Danny Heyes spends his days in the ring coaching budding boxers at his Mandurah boxing gym - but when he's out of the ring he's educating others about another type of battle - mental health.
Yesterday, on December 12, Heyes broke the world record for the amount of chest-to-ground burpees completed in three minutes.
The title was previously held by Ethan Fleming at 68 burpees, Heyes completed 71.
Heyes used this feat to fundraise for mental health service 360 Health - the company that helped him through a difficult time.
"The guys from 360 Health are the ones who helped me out when I retired from boxing," he said.
"I went through a bit of a bad time and they really helped - I thought they helped me, so I can help them."
Mental health fundraising is not new to Heyes, with the gym taking on the challenge to raise money for Peel Youth Services in 2020
"Last year we raised over $3000 in a big fundraiser day for mental health and Peel Youth Services.
"And this year it's the company that was there for me."
Heyes' mental health advocacy doesn't stop at fundraising - he has implemented strategies and pushed for mental health conversations at Fighter Fit Boxing Gym.
I think because I did a talk and I'm supposed to be a tough guy in all these fights it let people know 'oh, Danny's had a hard time'.
- Danny Heyes
"The biggest thing we do is help people out - try to get all of our members talking, especially with how the world is at the moment.
"Recently we went up and did a mental health first aid course so we know what to say and what to do.
"About a year or so ago I got all of our fighters into a group on Facebook and asked them why they wanted to be a fighter. I said I wanted to be a fighter to get fit but also for mental health.
"Every single one of our fighters had mental health as one of their reasons and I thought - there's something in this."
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The sheer volume of responses made Heyes and his team evaluate how widespread mental health struggles are.
"This affects absolutely everybody - so we decided to have another big fundraiser for mental health and reached out to all the members of the gym and said 'I know we are going through hard times and people are saying they're okay when they're not' and asked if anyone would like to have a talk."
After this chat, the members started talking to one another and checking in on their mental health.
"I had people coming up and thanking me for the talk and letting me know they had been having a hard time and would appreciate someone to chat to.
"I think because I did a talk and I'm supposed to be a tough guy in all these fights it let people know 'oh, Danny's had a hard time'.
"Sometimes males struggle to talk to each other about how they're feeling.
"It's something a lot of people struggle with."
The GoFundMe page for Heyes's burpee challenge fundraising event has already raised over $2000 and Heyes said any money on top of this would be a bonus.
"Any money on top of this would be fantastic - I don't want people to think they have to, I just want to get people talking about mental health."
Samantha Ferguson
Samantha Ferguson is a journalist at the Mandurah Mail. She is an entertainment, sport, crime, community and education journalist with a special interest in investigative pieces and human interest stories.
Samantha Ferguson is a journalist at the Mandurah Mail. She is an entertainment, sport, crime, community and education journalist with a special interest in investigative pieces and human interest stories.
