About us

700,000 people commit suicide every year. That is one person every 40 seconds and it breaks my heart. I created Vantage Fitness in one of the lowest points of my life. I wasn't eating, sleeping or even functioning like a regular human being. I was sick and I was tired of my mental health constantly beating down on me without any signs of it letting up. That's when I decided to lean into a long-time passion of mine and train even harder than I ever did. I remember like it was yesterday. September 2021. I was looking around the gym, seeing smiling faces and wondering why I was so different. Then a voice popped into my head and reminded me that I wasn't. So as I looked around the gym I started to see myself in everybody and realised that mental health in the gym space wasn't being pushed nearly enough. I created Vantage Fitness for people like me and people like you. Because I knew that as bad as I was feeling, a lot more people had it worse. Everybody struggles. I wanted to not only create a symbol for people like us to support in the gym, but I also wanted to create a place people can associate themselves with and unite to be stronger.

“Nobody should suffer in silence”

I stand by this. That is why I have created the community. So you can wear your war with pride knowing that you are not alone. As Well as it being an easy way to talk through your struggles even on your darkest days, because a simple symbol will show you that YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Together we have managed to raise a helpful amount of money for mental health charities across the UK and have been able to work with Fitness brands such as Pure GYM.

The goal I set for myself in the gym that day was a big one. But we have climbed out of such a deep pit. I think it's time we climb to the peaks of our very own mountains. My goal is to intertwine Gym and Mental health on a global scale. They both go hand in hand. Afterall a happy body makes a happy mind, and a happy mind will drag you out of bed and push you towards a happier body. My goal is to help you… Our goal is to help others. Welcome to the Vantage movement.