The Day I Chose Myself: Starting Again at 40, Still Training at 50 (with a 30-Day Workbook)

Ten years ago, I sat alone in a room in London and cried.

My marriage of seventeen years was over. I had lived in this country for only three years and could barely speak the language. I did not know where to begin. I did not know how to start my life all over again.

So I walked into a gym, nervous and alone, feeling late to the party.

The next day my muscles ached, and part of me did not want to go back. I went back anyway. And for an hour or two, I felt free.

Today I am fifty, and I am still showing up.

The Day I Chose Myself is the honest story of those ten years. It covers learning to train and to speak English at the same time, the stranger who helped me without needing words, the surgery that sent me back to light weights, training through lockdown, and the day I looked in the mirror and did not recognise the man looking back.

Inside:

• 9 short chapters you can read in an evening
• A 30-day workbook with one question and one small step for each day
• A beginner's guide to 30 exercises you will meet in the gym
• PDF and EPUB, for phone, tablet, Kindle or computer

If you are sitting in your own version of that room right now, this book is for you. It is not too late.

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I am not a personal trainer or a medical professional. This book shares my personal experience and is not medical or fitness advice.