And among the many factors motivating him to build a sprawling men's hub - which he reckons may be a national first - is one question.

"If my daughters are dating men in another 20 years, where are the good men going to come from?" he asks.

A Newcastle Breakers junior beside Jets captain Nigel Boogaard, Holt became an engineer then in 2015 began Cornerstone Strength and Conditioning Gym in Adamstown with his wife, Sam.

Two years ago he was reading a Benjamin Franklin biography and learnt how the US president created a Junto or "club of mutual improvement" for men to discuss philosophy, morals, politics and more. "The universe was trying to tell me something," Holt, 34, says. "For me, it was about men coming together for mutual growth."

He wrote a business plan and got Jordan Jensen (Bu Coaching) and Luke Conners (Talk2mbro) and his brother-in-law, PKF partner Chad Russell, to help. By now, Cornerstone ran a weekly "men's circle" and a father-and-son program and Holt saw the need for a standalone facility.

"It was mostly just sitting and talking about wins and losses for the week and learning through listening and talking ... trying to hold ourselves accountable to being better for the following week," Holt says.

When the shed adjoining the gym came up for lease in December, Holt leapt and within weeks he will launch The Junto Men's Hub - "a men's shed for younger guys".

The 220-square space will have a workshop, library, seminar room, table tennis tables and basketball hoop, and offices available to allied health professionals.

"This a place where good men can become great, and where men experiencing darkness in their lives can find a light," he says.

Holt's vision is to provide support programs that help young men develop, including after school mentoring.

"Whether men come for Friday night footy because they are alone, or to play ping pong, or for a workshop ... the goal is to meet them where they are at," he says.

Mr Holt welcomes small businesses to touch base with him if they think they can contribute to the space or offer sponsorship in view of running free support programs for needy clients.

He believes that loneliness is a big issue for men and says different age brackets face different pressures.

A fan of author Stephen Biddulph's book The New Manhood, Mr Holt believes many men are feeling loneliness and he says the scandals that have led to the Me Too movement are indicative of problems with how men are being raised.

"We've essentially got boys in men's bodies, they are not operating on a set of values and don't necessarily know how to be men in today's world," he says.

He hopes the Junto Men's Hub can help young men communicate better and develop stronger moral compasses.

"There's no initiation process for boys so we essentially get to 16 or 17 and it's like,'You're a man' but there hasn't been an initiation process, they don't know what the term 'values' means," he says.