Originator of the Built4Life Lifestyle and creator of the Built4Life Total Immersion Program

Mike is the original Built4Lifer and one of the finest elite performance coaches in the world.

Over the last 40 years Mike's helped 1000's of men from injured, overweight men who couldn’t walk without pain, to world-class athletes, Premier League footballers, world-champion boxers, and CEOs.

Today he is focused on helping average men over 50s get in shape – physically, mentally and emotionally and make the rest of their years the best of their years.

He specifically designed the Built4Life Total Immersion Program for these men and personally coached and mentoredBuilt4Life Head Coach Matt Lazenby.

Built4Life head coach

Matt earnt his role as Head Coach by overcoming, in Mike's words, "the worst genetics, the slowest metabolism, the poorest natural athletic ability, and a pretty poor attitude to become the living embodiment of the Built4Life philosophy for men over 50."

Matt himself says:

"This is a dream job for me. Mike's coaching and the Built4Life strategies made me the man I am today.

More than that, I've used Mike's methodologies to bring everything together in my 50s in a way I'd never have believed possible in my youth.

At 59 my physique has never looked better.

Mentally, I'm sharper.

Emotionally, I'm more stable.

My 50s have been the best decade of my life and I'm excited to see what my 60s bring."

Originator of the Built4Life Lifestyle and the creator of the Built4Life Coaching services

The original Built4Lifer and one of the finest elite performance coaches in the world. He's helped 1000's of men and women of all ages and professions from Olympic Athletes, World Champions and CEO's to the everyman build themselves for life over the last 35 years.

The Built4Life Lifestyle is based on his own life experiences. He created the Built4Life Total Immersion Program to introduce his unique life changing techniques and philosophies to a wider audience and personally coached and mentored Built4Life Head Coach Matt Lazenby.

Head coach

Matt specialises in helping people who think that looking and feeling great is out of reach for them. What makes him so successful with his clients is his unique empathy and understanding of how they think and feel based on his own personal experience.

You may find it hard to believe when you see or hear Matt now but he was once completely out of touch with his own physicality. Despite having weight trained for 13 years, he'd made little progress, struggled with poor biomechanics, was overweight and had a closed mindset that made it difficult for him to make the changes he so desperately craved.

With Mike's coaching and mentorship Matt transformed himself physically, mentally and emotionally using the Built4Life strategies contained in the Total Immersion Program. He established himself as successful personal trainer in Edinburgh, passionately sharing his knowledge and experience with hundreds of happy clients for 10 years before stepping into his role at Built4Life. Matt is currently living happily in Colombia with his wife, Eve, and their cat, Boo.

"I'm delighted to be here! Mike's coaching and the Built4Life strategies made me the person I am today. I live the Built4Life style and I've been pushing Mike to share it with a wider audience for years so this really is a dream job for me!"