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Why the gym helps me run my web design agency

By Alex Whitehead·June 2025·2 min read
Why the gym helps me run my web design agency

Running a design agency’s a mad mix of deadlines, feedback loops, and early morning & evening designs. Staying in shape keeps me sane, and sharp. Here’s why I graft in the gym as much as I do behind

Running a design agency’s a mad mix of deadlines, feedback loops, and early morning & evening designs.

Staying in shape keeps me sane, and sharp.

Here’s why I graft in the gym as much as I do behind a screen:

💥 Discipline carries over, if I can smash leg day, I can handle a last-minute brief.

🧠 Clears my head, good for ideas, better for not losing my sh*t over feedback.

⚡️ More energy = less faffing about.

💪 Confidence hits different when you’re mentally strong.

🛠 Same mindset builds muscle and a business, show up, do the work, no shortcuts.

🚿 Start the day with a win and you’re already ahead.

It’s not just about looking good, it’s about showing up better in everything else.

Energy, mood, routine, mindset - all on point right now.

The main man running the show @harankiru / @alexchallinor with the unreal shots 📸

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Alex Whitehead, Director at AW Media & Marketing

Written by Alex Whitehead

Director, Developer & Award-Winning Web Designer

Alex founded AW Media in Sheffield in 2016 and has led 500+ website, branding and SEO projects since, picking up four back-to-back industry awards along the way. He writes the way he works: straight answers, no jargon, judged on results.

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