Dixon Fitness Co.

Anyone who knows me knows I’m a very introverted and anxious person. Which is a bit counterproductive when your job involves talking to people all day. But it actually makes me a better coach. I know what it feels like to walk into a gym and feel completely out of your depth. That’s why I go out of my way to make the experience as comfortable as possible for my clients. Because the gym should never feel like a place you’re dreading.

If you’re new to the gym and feeling anxious about it, here’s the best advice I can give you. Repeat the same routine. Over and over. The only way to stop feeling anxious about something is to get good at it. And you can’t get good at something you keep changing every session. Stick with a programme, learn the movements, build confidence in what you’re doing. That’s when the anxiety starts to fade.

Gym anxiety is very real and I don’t think enough people talk about it. I dealt with it myself for a long time. Every time I walked in I felt overwhelmed and insecure, convinced everyone was watching me and judging me. It kept me stuck on the treadmill for months because I didn’t know what else to do. That’s exactly why having a coach matters. It fast-tracks all that trial and error that causes the anxiety in the first place. You walk in with a plan and someone in your corner from day one.

As a culture in Scotland, we leave everything to the last minute. Especially our health.

We overlook it until we’re practically on our deathbed, and by then it’s a much bigger problem than it needed to be.

If you’re on weight loss injections, now is the time to get ahead of it. Get a bit more active. Eat a bit more protein. Try to hold onto the muscle that a big calorie deficit might strip away.

Do it now so it’s not a nightmare when you come off.

Nothing makes me cringe more than a personal trainer bragging about how disciplined they are and how they “still show up even when they don’t feel like it.”

Mate, you love training. It’s literally your job and your hobby.

There’s a massive difference between how much a PT feels like exercising and how much someone working a nine to five desk job feels like exercising.

For a trainer, four out of five sessions are fun. For a total beginner? It might be fun for about ten seconds.

So maybe we should stop acting like everyone should find it as easy as we do and start meeting people where they actually are.

Have you told someone you’re on Mounjaro and they made you feel awful about it? Maybe called you lazy?

Tell them to get lost.

They’re not living your life. They’re not dealing with what you’re dealing with day to day. They’ve got absolutely no right to have an opinion on how you’re managing your health.

All that matters is that you’re looking after yourself alongside the weight loss. That’s it.

The biggest problem I see with people on Mounjaro right now is that they’ve got absolutely no exit plan.

If you want to take it forever, crack on. But that’s going to cost you a fortune over a lifetime.

The real goal should be building the habits NOW while the injection is doing the heavy lifting. Learn to work out. Learn to eat well on your own.

Once you can do that, you’ll never need to rely on any injection again.

That’s the exit plan.

I don’t usually say stuff like this because I know people are genuinely busy. Jobs, kids, life — I get it.

But just humour me for a second.

Go into your phone settings and check your screen time. Then look at how long you spend scrolling social media each day.

I’d bet it’s at least 30 minutes to an hour.

That’s a full gym session. That’s enough time to meal prep for the next day.

I’m not judging by the way. Please don’t ask to see mine because it’s horrific.

If personal training cost 50p you’d get zero results.

Think about it. You wake up shattered, it’s dark outside, you don’t fancy it. If you’ve paid 50p? You’re rolling over and going back to sleep.

But if you’ve paid serious money? You’re moving heaven and earth to get there.

That’s not me bigging up my prices (because trust me, I’d be rich if that was the case). That’s just the power of financial commitment.

Most trainers would love to help everyone for free. But it doesn’t work like that. You need skin in the game to get real results.

If you want real results, hit me up.