Throughout his teenage years Christian Marchegiani struggled with his weight, bullying and anger issues. He headed down a dark road and found himself in court after a brawl that saw some of his friends stabbed.

The judge gave him a choice: go to jail or join a boxing gym. Christian opted for the latter and began a career that has taken him around the world.

In this first episode I chat to Christian about his teenage years and what led him to start the now world renowned THUMP boxing courses followed by HIRT (High Intensity Resistance Training).

As Christian explains, THUMP started on the second floor of a mechanic’s garage with the bare essentials and grew to being taught in 12 countries and the course material translated into six different languages.

He started the busine [...]