Taylored By Tom

One for the thinkers💭

Hot & Cold thought process❄️🔥

Process I learnt from rugby where you would analyse your performance as soon as you’ve finished the match. Then, 24-48 hours after the game, you review your hot review and see if you think the same as what you did

The reasoning for this is to see whether your decision making when you’re in ‘fight or flight’ is the same to when you’re chilled.

I’ve taken this into most things I do in life!

What are my initial thoughts in the moment…
Give myself some time…
Then, see if my thoughts are the same.

I’m 1 week post show, here’s my cold review!

Everything I felt after coming off stage was everything I needed. In the moment, I had closure, clarity and new direction. Now, sitting here 1 week later, I feel even more of these feelings. I know how I thought was right.

This has made my post show phase a lot easier as I have a purpose, goals, direction & a shift in everything.

aasmaa was someone that saw this a lot in my prep. He saw the mindset, the process of what I went through from a psychological perspective & it was all massively positive.

Hopefully this helps & you can apply it🤘🏻

To Charl,

My number one supporter.
My best friend.
My right hand through everything & left hand🤣

Everything I do, you’re there, you support me, you back. I’m truly grateful to have found my person in this life.

I’m able to do all off this knowing full well you make me better.

Life shouldn’t stop when you prep, you’ve made this prep what it was & that was a special one.

These pictures speak a thousand words. Magical moments that we will look back on forever.

This one wasn’t for me, it was for us.

I love you endlessly.

Sempre noi❤️

charllouisexx

PCA Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

111 x 🔵✨

It was like it was meant to be

13 weeks working with ⚡️

The best Niamh yet…

But, the best part about this…Niamh is the exact same weight in both! This time round fuller and adding development to areas we want to bring up.

We initially entered a diet phase with a Low / High day set up which worked perfectly to manage and maintain performance while seeing scale weight shift down.

Now, we’re firmly into our improvement phase with a long runway ahead of us.

Exciting times🤝
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That’s a wrap on this tidy up phase for

7 weeks, done & dusted🧹

4 weeks of this done through Ramadan which was navigated perfectly through correct nutritional set up to maximise training performance, preserving tissue we’ve built & progress.

All done throughout a health phase & now, we’ve put ourselves into a position where our runway of progression is endless.

Abu is an absolute workhorse. Embodies everything I want within an athlete and it shows. Team.

2026, we will be ready🗡️
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Leading from the front…
Walking the walk…

Something to me that I think is important as a coach!

Being able to resonate with your athletes with how they feel, what they’re going to experience & the challenges they will face is what makes you a better coach.

If you been there…done it…walked the walk…

It’ll make you a better coach.

Condition speaks volumes and what it takes to get there is another challenge within itself.

This was 180 days work.
1st October 2024 - 30th March 2025.
One complete U-Turn.

I can happily say I did what I wanted & that’s being able to say to my athletes, I’ve been where you are.

This made me a better person & ultimately a better coach.

The 2025 prep🤘🏻

I’ve been thinking about how to start this & how to write this for a few days.

My why behind this prep was more than just the love for bodybuilding that I have. It was for me.

To make myself proud.
To prove to myself that I can lead from the front.
To showcase I have make improvements.
To not drop my standard as a coach.

Ultimately, with a smile on my face.

I can’t lie, this was hard. But, anything you want to achieve should be hard. I embraced every second of it & I’ll look on this time in my life as a time of massive success and progress in every aspect of life.

For me now, what’s the plan?

This prep has given me closure that coaching is my calling. I love bodybuilding. I came off stage on Sunday, to my first athlete being on stage taking the win and I was more excited for them, than I was for me just going on stage. That explained everything to me in that moment.

Moving forward, my goal is to be one of the best coaches in the industry. That’s always been the one. But, I want to do that while still being one great athlete leading one great team.

That’s the person I want to be & that’s what I will be. Acting like the person I want to become.

In life, people sometimes never get the closure they need. Sunday, I got that closure.

I loved being on stage. People were saying to me I looked like I was loving it & that’s because I was. I had my closest friends, family there & my best look ever.

Bodybuilding is about self progression. I’ve shown that and I will continue to do so.

I’ve found my calling. That’s coaching on the highest level while showcasing I can still be on hell of an athlete leading one hell of a team.

Your FITX Junior Champion🏆 .bickford

First athlete on stage this year. First win.

Kept this one quiet, but the goal remained the same & we got what we came after!

Peak couldn’t have gone any better. Full, peeled & dry.

We don’t stop here. Harrison has set the standard for the year. Proud of you brother.

Just me…chilling with the boys.

Back myself with this peak & look for tomorrow.

It’s a good day to be 1 Day Out🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

2 Days Out.

This might be the last rodeo so let’s make it a good one🙂‍↕️

I refuse…

The mantra of this whole entire prep

I refuse to drop below the standard I set myself
I refuse not to lead from the front
I refuse not to act like the person I want to become
I refuse to not give my all
I refuse to make excuses
I refuse not to improve every day

The mantra from day dot. This meant alot to me & I’m so glad it was captured.

Sep 2023 vs March 2025

193lbs - 221lbs

28lbs of stage weight added

18 months

Wanted to lead from the front.

Wanted to better & chose to be better.

This is what bodybuilding is all about🤝

5 days out & .charllouisexx has complemented me for the first time this prep…

So, I had to post for the very rare occasion.

5 days out. We’re coming in better than ever.

Granite City 2025

What a day. Reflection is a great thing & reflecting on yesterday, all it brings is happiness.

Smiling every second😁

18 months I competed and yesterday was the day where I wanted to be better & that’s exactly what happened.

In every aspect I was better & that’s what this is all about.

I can’t put into words what I’ve done to achieve what I did yesterday. It’s not about the outcome. It’s about the journey and the improvements it takes to get there.

Present. Grateful. Eveything inbetween.

Thank you to everyone who cheered my name, came to watch, messaged me. It doesn’t go unnoticed. Yesterday was truly a special day.

2nd Tall BB 🥈

What an experience getting back on stage!

The best I’ve ever looked.

The first time I’ve felt fulfilled on stage & actually feeling like a bodybuilder.

I’m proud of me & what I’ve done.

But, it’s 7 days now, to get even better.

❤️🖤

Show Day.

T- 10 hours.

Let’s do this😎

Gratefulness.

As I’m sat here, 1 day out, feet up, chilling. I’m reflecting on how grateful I am to be here.

Being present about not only the work done, the work we still have to do but about the memories I’m making.

Few highlights here from the Scotland Trip so far…

Thoughts that have crossed my mind on the way up here

- Having the best team of athletes where I can work with some incredible people within their physique development journey’s

- .charllouisexx being there every step on the way, carrying shopping and proceeding to shrug the bags. It’s the little things.

- Podcast with my closest pals, 2 days out.

Like I said before, how can I lose when it’s like this?

1 day out & already taken the W