Steve has been coaching since 2004 and owns MyGym in Manchester — a working strength gym that doubles as the testing ground for most of the equipment reviewed on this site. Before opening MyGym he spent years on the gym floor as a personal trainer, working through the British Weightlifting and Level 2 Kettlebell coaching qualifications, plus the Level 4 Exercise on GP Referral specialism for clients with chronic conditions.
His writing pulls from two decades of putting kit through real sets with real lifters. That practical lens matters: a barbell that flexes nicely under 60kg in a YouTube unboxing can feel completely different at 200kg with a tired hook grip — and the only way to know is to load it and pull. Steve writes the technical reviews on this site (squat racks, dumbbells, all-in-ones, flooring) because he has the hands-on hours to call them honestly.
Outside the gym, Steve’s married to Rachel and dad to two sons. He coaches his eldest’s football team, mentors trainers stepping into the industry, and travels when the gym’s quiet. The cited features in Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, the BBC, and The Guardian are mostly strength-training pieces — areas where the editors needed someone who’d actually coached the lift, not just read about it.