Field-ready fitness for earth's champions

Focus on documenting, saving or exploring the planet, instead of worrying about your back giving out at the airport.

Discover the bespoke 1-2-1 online coaching service that's helping scuba divers, environmental researchers, and outdoor creatives build the muscle & strength needed for their purpose or passions, despite intensive work demands, disruptive travel and limited equipment.

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Let me paint a picture that will feel all-too familiar...

You're away from home in some distant land, living out your dream doing critically important and fulfilling work for the things you care about - be it exploring a breath-taking environment, collecting vital research data on an endangered species, or capturing the nuanced relationships between people and nature through your lens - and all the while, your body is absolutely SCREAMING at you.
You've heard these internal protests before…"Christ, this backpack / dive kit / camera feels heavier than last time."

"My lower back absolutely wrecks, and it's only Day 2. I have four more weeks of this!"

"I swear this wetsuit fit last time."

"I know this piece of equipment costs more than my car…but can we please put it down before my shoulders cave inward to form a new singularity?"

Your passion for the planet is limitless.
Your physical capability? Ehhhh...not so much.

You know as well as I do that this struggle is only getting worse with each trip, shoot or season of field research - and it risks undermining everything you've worked so hard for:

• You're feeling physically unprepared for field expeditions, secretly questioning if your fitness will be able to handle the demands of your next project.

• You're embarrassed when you need assistance carrying equipment that your colleagues seem to manage without issue (whilst trying to hide the involuntary wincing, buckets of sweat and intense soreness crippling your body for the next 3 days).

• You've watched your strength and energy deteriorate with each passing expedition, field trip, or diving excursion - all the while the weight you used to routinely lose on these trips has flipped to weight you now gain that doesn't come off once you get home.

• You've missed critical opportunities because you were recovering from injury, or simply lacked the physical capacity and confidence to seize the moment.

• You're a smart cookie, you know EXACTLY what you should be doing for your health, but you have zero system to implement it when you're home, or accountability to make sure you stick to it, never mind maintaining it when you're hopping between time zones, research stations, and dive sites. As soon as you slide into that Uber at the start of your next trip, you press the 'fuck-it' button on your nutrition and training.

• You're trapped in this maddening cycle of starting fitness programs when you get home, building habits and seeing some progress, that then immediately fall apart the moment your field season begins or you board that plane for your next adventure.

The most depressing part? You're growing increasingly worried that your physical limitations will eventually force compromises in your career or ambitions - the very work that gives your life purpose.

TRANSFORM YOUR BODY, SUSTAIN YOUR PASSION

How building muscle & strength amplifies your purpose, rather than distracts from it.

My name's Danny, and I know those struggles all too well, because I've lived them myself.

For years I poured everything into my career and passions - scuba diving, filmmaking, and marine conservation - in order to have a positive impact on the world. I worked at nonprofits and supported field research in remote places; I spent years working the long office hours at production companies for feature films and blue-chip documentaries, before then jumping straight into physically-intensive weeks on shoots. I've hustled as an independent freelancer navigating all the above under the extra pressure of financial insecurity. For much of this time, my fitness took a backseat, and I started feeling the consequences physically and mentally.I knew I needed to make a change, but generic gym programs and fitness advice didn't mesh with my reality. Personal trainers didn't understand how to coach around my lifestyle.Towards the end of 2019, I began to develop my own approach to training and nutrition, that could flex and adapt to my unconventional career. It began as a personal experiment to build a better-looking body that I was proud of (because let's be real, this is something most of us care about). As new projects threatened to disrupt things, it evolved into a way to continue building and maintaining the strength and resilience I needed for work, without it all crumbling away whenever I left my home and my normal routines. I designed personalised training protocols that I could do on the road, and refined my nutrition strategies that worked on projects where I didn't always have full control over my diet (doubly important as a plant-based guy).Over time, everything changed.

I noticed that carrying my camera gear, my rebreather, or lugging around Pelicases, felt a helluva lot easier. I felt more energetic during long days of filming. I felt confident my progress wasn't going to totally slide backwards, because I had a proven game plan ahead of each project. I finally felt comfortable in my own skin (and wetsuit!).
In hindsight, this wasn't just a physical transformation - I built mental fortitude and developed my mindset in a way I never expected. I reclaimed agency over my body and mind, whilst becoming more adaptable and resilient in the pursuit of my passions as a result.This happened over the course of 5-years despite;

• The COVID pandemic shutting down gyms for 7-months across 3 lockdowns.

• Thereafter being involved in 12 film shoots, totally 34 weeks away from home in 10 different countries over roughly 3 years.

• Bouncing between 3 fixed-term jobs for 3 different companies before returning to self-employment and working for 3 other clients.

How I changed over time

Nowadays, resistance-training has become a foundational part of my life. It's essential for me to clear my head, regulate my emotions, and deal with whatever stress life or work throws at me.

Looking back, it has been character-building, not just bodybuilding.

I'm convinced it can positively change your life too.

So I've brought everything I've learnt together into a service designed to support YOU.

Introducing

The Natural Strength Accelerator

A tailored 1-2-1 online coaching service that implements resistance-training into your unconventional life, without it taking over your life.

So what's involved?

Tailored Training
Programs

Based on your schedule, preferences, personal goals and professional needs, I create a training program with evidence-based exercises that will actually build muscle that supports the demands of your work - whether that's hauling dive equipment, carrying camera gear for hours, or managing field equipment in remote locations.

YOUR FIELD-SEASON
STRATEGY

Together, we look ahead to upcoming projects and create a game plan to adapt your training in response - whether it requires minor modifications or a complete overhaul. Maintain the strength and the muscle you've built, whether you're in a 5-star resort with equipment you've never seen, or on a remote island with nothing but your body weight and a backpack.

PROJECT-PROOF
NUTRITION

I set you bespoke nutritional targets so you can build muscle or lose fat whilst at home. When the time comes to travel, we'll adapt your goals based on the challenges ahead. I'll help you maintain your progress even when meals are unpredictable or limited by field conditions. I'll show you how to fuel your body effectively for long hours spent underwater, behind a lens, or buried in spreadsheets, instead of pressing the 'fuck-it' button. When you get back, we'll re-assess and pick up from where you left off.

EVOLVING YOUR
FITNESS I.Q.

As we work together, I will teach you the rationale behind your training and nutrition, so that over time you understand WHY and HOW to apply fitness principles to your unconventional life and work.

MINDSET
RECALIBRATION

We'll get to the root cause of any self-limiting beliefs that hold your fitness back. This won't happen overnight, but in time we will transform overthinking and paralysis-by-analysis into decisive action, and imposter syndrome into conviction and confidence. Because the mental barriers to consistent training are often more challenging than the physical ones.

SUPPORT & ACCOUNTABILITY, WHEN HOME & AWAY

At home we will have a weekly check-in over a call or by recorded video diaries, to review the last 7-days and prepare for the weeks ahead. You'll have access to me daily over private messenger for any in-the-moment questions or urgent updates. The support doesn't stop when you're in the field, even in a remote location. We will adapt our communication if needed, but so long as you have occasional internet or satellite contact, I'll be there to guide you throughout your trip.

A Reality Check & my promise

Does building muscle & turning your fitness around require effort? Absolutely.
But for those that turn up, put the effort in and embrace the process, I promise you will experience meaningful improvements in your strength and body confidence within 3 months. If you haven't objectively progressed in that time, you'll receive a complete refund.Depending on your line of work, you will;• Begin confidently handling your dive equipment with significantly reduced aches & pain.
• Start lifting those overloaded Pelicases without fear & fragility.
• Build the baseline capacity to carry camera rigs for longer periods.
• Experience noticeable reduction in physical fatigue during fieldwork.
• Recover faster between demanding days in the field, maximising your effectiveness whilst you're doing your best work.Here's the unvarnished truth: Your physical & mental health is your most fundamental asset in supporting your passions or professional ambitions. Without it, you undermine all the knowledge, skills, and experience you've cultivated over the years, and risk blunting the impact you want to have in the world.

This isn't just about looking better (though who doesn't want that too?). It's about ensuring you can continue making a positive impact in the things you care about for years to come.

Because frankly, our planet is in a very sorry state. It needs people like you more than ever, and it needs a physically and mentally fit version of you operating at your best, in order to make a difference.

NEXT STEPS

If that's something you're ready to work towards, I can't wait to support you.

Drop me a message to say you're interested, and we'll find a time to have a zero-pressure chat to see if we're a good fit to work together, and take it from there.

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