I've been active my whole life. Gymnastics as a kid, then football, karate, swimming, performing arts, you name it, I tried it. But for a long time, something never quite sat right.

I was always behind. Slowest in the race. Weakest in PE. Least athletic on the pitch. My coaches and teachers told me I had a lot to offer through my attitude, my leadership, my support for teammates. I'd captain the football team or lead the cast, but the gap between how hard I was trying and what my body was capable of doing never seemed to close. I didn't understand why. And for a long time, that gap quietly wore me down.

It went deeper than performance though, as I had a difficult relationship with my body image growing up. I remember being about eleven years old when a family member made a joking comment about my fatty chest. I went to my room, closed the door, and cried. Nobody came to console me. I believe they didn’t truly understand just how much that ‘joke’ hurt. I continue this pursuit of health and fitness to show that little boy how much value and capability his body has.

The challenges didn’t stop at the feelings of inadequacy or the discomfort in my own skin. Hidden injury and unaddressed rehabilitation needs were the same story. With seemingly hypermobile shoulders I suffered repeated minor injuries through sports and collisions. The initial pain and weakness often dismissed by those around me: "You're fine. It's not that serious." So I adapted. I compensated. I kept moving and pretended it didn't matter. The cost of that neglect didn't become clear until years later, when I needed my body to perform at its absolute best.

What changed everything was volleyball.

I found the sport at the end of sixth form, fell in love with it at university and eventually made the decision to pursue it professionally. The moment I had a real reason to train, not to look better or because I should, but because I genuinely needed to perform, everything clicked. Having something I so deeply valued and cared for in my life emerge, it made the training, the nutrition, the rehab a choice I had to make. Not because I was forced, but because it was necessary to be true to myself. After years of planning and talking about my fitness journey, what made it all fall into place was the purpose finally becoming clear.

I've been neck deep in health, fitness and sports performance ever since. My personal journey has taken me to rehab my shoulders properly for the first time, to trawl through cookbooks and research scientific literature on training modalities and nutritional guidance. This process has taught me more about movement, about the body, and about what it means to truly support someone's physical development than anything else I've studied.

I started Connor Movement because I know exactly what it feels like when your body feels limited and nobody takes it seriously. When you're trying your hardest and still feel behind. When the comments stay with you longer than anyone intended them to. When the injury gets brushed off and the damage quietly compounds.

My job is to be the person I needed when I was younger. Who I believe we all needed.

Whatever your reason for being here: the pitch, the dance floor, the fun run, the comeback, I'm here for it. Whatever it is that moves you, we'll make you better at it.

— Will Connor