Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast · 23–25 January 2027 · Australia Day long weekend

Reconnect with the man you're capable of being.

Three days with good men that reminds you what you're made of. The boxing is just the vehicle — the man who drives home is the point.

Over the Australia Day long weekend — take one day off work and turn it into a four-day break on the Coast.

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What This Really Is

This isn't a boxing camp. It's a reset for the man behind everything.

You've spent years building — a business, a family, a life for everyone else. Somewhere in it, the man who started all that went quiet.

This is three days to bring him back. The training is real and it's hard. But the boxing is only the vehicle. What you're really here for is the man who drives home Monday — steadier, sharper, present again.

Is This For You?

You're doing well. So why does something still feel missing?

Most of the men who come look fine on paper — and quietly know they've lost touch with part of themselves. You're not broken. You've just poured everything into everyone else. This is where you get some of it back.

Business ownersTradiesExecutivesPolice Military & veteransEmergency servicesFamily menRoughly 35–60
Never Thrown a Punch?

Good. Most of them hadn't either.

Nearly every man who comes has never boxed. Nobody's thrown in the deep end. Nobody's judged. Nobody has to prove anything.

Every session is coached, controlled, and scaled to you — whatever your age or fitness. You'll be challenged, never put in danger. The goal was never to make fighters. It's to give a man his confidence back.

Used to Box?

You never really forget.

Maybe you trained years ago. Then life happened — business, kids, mortgages, the lot.

Putting the gloves back on has a funny way of bringing part of you back with it. The part that was fit, sharp, and up for anything. He's still in there.

How Your Long Weekend Moves

Arrive a stranger. Leave a brother.

SATURDAY

Nervous energy

Everyone arrives a little on edge, nobody knowing anyone. By the first evening — a walk, a session, a talk that lands — the walls start to crack.

SUNDAY

The walls come down

Train hard, recover, and the honest conversations start. This is where the brotherhood forms and the confidence builds.

MONDAY

Every man steps forward

The peak. Every man does something he wasn't sure he could — and discovers something about himself he carries home for good. Australia Day Tuesday to recover.

Who You'll Stand Beside

Led by men who've lived it.

Les Sherrington

Les Sherrington

Former world champion with titles across two weight divisions. Over the last decade he's helped hundreds of ordinary men rediscover discipline, confidence and self-belief.

Dave Harms

Dave Harms

Business owner. Husband. Father. I built Lock & Load alongside Les because somewhere along the way I realised too many good men spend decades building businesses, careers and families — while quietly forgetting themselves. That's who I am now.

The Real Transformation

It doesn't happen in the ring. It happens when you get home.

The husband who's more present.
The father with more patience.
The businessman who's clearer.
The leader who's calmer.

That's what you're really paying for — not a weekend, but the version of you that everyone around you gets back.

The Track Record

Les has put hundreds of ordinary men through this.

Blokes who'd never thrown a punch. Blokes who thought their best years were behind them. They walked out standing taller — and stayed that way. Your story's next.

Secure Your Spot

Ten men. Three days. One hell of a long weekend.

Every man trains under former world champion Les Sherrington and his team. Here's exactly what's included.

The Raw Challenge
Lock & Load Weekend
$1,495 / person
23–25 January 2027 · Australia Day long weekend · Burleigh Heads · 10 men

3 days. 10 men. See what you're made of.

The raw Lock & Load experience — the physical challenge, the boxing, and doing it beside nine other men. One day off work turns it into a four-day break.

The experience

  • Three days of boxing with Les & his team
  • Technique, pads & conditioning, defence & movement
  • A controlled sparring finale — every man steps in
  • Breathwork & recovery (ice & sauna)
  • The final group lunch
  • A Lock & Load welcome pack
  • Transfers between activities where applicable
  • Nine other men in it with you

Not included: accommodation, travel, meals outside the program, personal spending — we'll point you to great places to stay nearby.

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Payment plans available.

Can't wait until January?

Our next Gold Coast weekend runs sooner — 6–8 November 2026, same format, same price.

A few spots left. If you're ready now, come in November.

See the November weekend  →