\n Matthew Dixon, 21, started his business, Dixon Fitness Co, after struggling with drink and drugs as a teenager.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, he used fitness and sport to rebuild discipline and improve his mental health.\n<\/p>\n
\n He started off with mixed martial arts (MMA) and began training in that.\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking to the Press, Matthew said: \u201cWhen I was an early teen, I got into the wrong crowds and stuff.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI started drinking really young and doing other substances and things, but then I got into MMA as a kind of outlet for that.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI got to that stage through training for multiple years. I competed nationally, taking a silver medal in the Four Nations tournament, and from there I decided I wanted to use that as the basis for a business.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Matthew then completed a HND at Fife College and qualified as a personal trainer. He now helps people in Dunfermline lose weight and build healthy habits.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe support and interest I\u2019ve been getting from people is insane,” he admitted. “I\u2019ve managed to help quite a lot of people, which I\u2019m really proud of.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI do sessions at the martial arts gym that I train at. It\u2019s a private facility so it\u2019s really good if someone\u2019s anxious, or they don\u2019t want a crowd there after their work.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s nice and it\u2019s one-on-one with the client.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cUsually, I work with people who are trying to lose weight. We do a lot of free weight exercises to build muscle, and that boosts their metabolism and helps them maintain weight loss,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n
\n He is also currently completing a pre- and post-natal course so that he can be certified in training women who are going through a pregnancy.\n<\/p>\n
\n Going forward, Matthew says that he is doing partnerships with some businesses and wants to continue with that, and to continue supporting people to make realistic, long-term changes, rather than quick fixes to their health.\n<\/p>\n
\n You can contact Dixon Fitness Co via Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matthew Dixon, 21, started his business, Dixon Fitness Co, after struggling with drink and drugs as a teenager.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[565,134,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-238383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}