How I got here
I didn't get here through a 12-week transformation plan.
I'm Ross Geldart. I run Mind Core Fitness out of a studio in Elgin, in the North of Scotland, and I spend most of my days helping people make real, lasting changes to their lives and their mindset.
Through most of my twenties, I was living for the weekend. I'd work hard through the week, then drink and use drugs to switch off. I told myself I'd earned it. But the thing I thought was my reward was actually the thing keeping me stuck, and the reason I was so deeply unhappy.
I was 32 when I walked into a kickboxing gym for the first time, and that's where everything began to shift. It cleared my mind. It mended my mental health. Kickboxing taught me discipline, awareness, and gave me a foundation I didn't know I'd been missing.
The truth
You don't have a motivation problem.
After working with over 200 people, I see the same thing again and again. People apologise for not completing a set, for not being able to do a certain exercise, for nearly not showing up. And I always tell them the same thing — you don't need to apologise for any of that. The most important thing you did today was walk through that door.
The biggest thing holding most people back isn't laziness. It's perfectionism — and the fear of failure that comes with it. All most people actually need is one person to tell them one thing and hold them to it.
That's what I do.
I'm not here to shout at anyone or pretend I have all the answers. I'm just a grounded, honest person who tells people how it is. If you show up and you try, that's enough. We build from there.
I work with people one-to-one in my studio here in Elgin. I also coach people online. However you choose to start, the philosophy is the same. Stop chasing perfection. Stop waiting until you feel ready. Just begin, and let the rest follow.