All Things Fitness

Today's episode is with Ben Smith. Ben is the founder of The 401 Foundation passionately strive to help people build their confidence and self-esteem along with tackling mental health and self-development issues. The 401 Foundation was created off the back of Ben running The 401 Challenge - 401 marathons in 401 days. There is so much to this story so we hope you enjoy.

In todays episode we speak with ultra runner Stuart Leaney. We cover what is it that drives us to run and to run such long distances? What characteristics does it require to do so? Is there a dangerous line between hobby and obsession?

In today's episode we have CrossFit gym owner and competitor Adam Stanton with us. We take the time to talk about the development and progress of his amazing facility Oxhouse in Weston Super Mare in conjunction with the growth in popularity of CrossFit. We discuss how Adam found his love for CrossFit and how following this method of training is beneficial to everyday people as well as to those who view it as sport. Listen in and see if CrossFit might be for you.

What a pleasure it was to speak with Josh about his amazing journey from his home town Axbridge in the U.K to Beijing by bike. I had the great opportunity to speak with josh after he made a surprise visit back to his family for Christmas leaving his bike in South Korea. If this adventure sounded difficult enough he would have to endure some of the highest mountain roads in the world, Siberian Winters and as much as -26 degrees in a tent. What an adventure that hasn't even finished!

In todays episode we bring you Tony Gentilcore. Tony is one of the leading writers in the fitness industry due to his refreshing no bullshit philosophy. With 15 years of experience to his name he is a go to for knowledge for coaches of all experience. I personally learnt a lot from Tony's words when studying for my diploma and I continue to learn from him today. it was a pleasure to listen to his wise words. We talk coaching philosophy, training philosophy and most importantly deadlifts, because deadlifts are amazing.

Welcome to episode 16. Today we talk with Marcus Nel a Sports Psychologist, Lecturer and owner of Ahead For The Game. Today we talk about different motivation and discipline theories and techniques that Marcus often uses within his work, we talk about how people perceive certain situation as either threats or challenges and hw to deal with that in order to grow and we also discuss perceptions failure. A fantastic conversation that we can all learn from and implement it's teachings into our lives.

What can we learn from a man who has climbed the highest mountain on each the seven continents at the first time of asking!? We will hear the story of being help up by local tribes in Indonesia, hanging upside down facing death on Mount Cook and standing on the top of the world as the highest man alive.

This episode is a summary of the best bits form the All Things Fitness Podcast so far. It is a collection of the key takeaways from each episode and some highlights from popular episodes. Jump in and take a listen to get the most actionable information from our amazing guests!

This episode is all about a successful way to view the relationship between your training and your nutrition. Using this view on the relationship between the two can help you to get the best out of your training, manage your weight and body composition and improve your performance.

In today's episode we have a great guest. Lee Boyce. Lee is a strength coach who works with clients and athletes for muscle, strength, and sport performance, based in Toronto, Canada. Lee is also an internationally published fitness writer who’s regularly featured in many of the world’s largest publications, like Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Oxygen, Esquire, The Huffington Post, Men’s Journal, and T-Nation. Today we ask the questions 'Why do we train?' 'Should we be following the current guides for strength standards?' and 'How does the shape and size of our body effect or training and performance?'

In this episode I am delighted to sit with an old friend of mine and have a discussion about subjects passionate to both of us. we start with conversations about the pro's and cons of Crossfit, the freedom life that Sam lives enabling him to travel the globe and we have an in depth discussion about mindset, philosophy and books. What a pleasure it was to sit down with an old friend and talk with passion about subjects we both love.

Did you realise the levels of fitness you need to pursue in order to be an effective race driver. It isn't simply about sitting in a car for a couple of hours. With your heart rate sitting at similar to a Tour De France cyclist the cardiovascular demands alone are immense. Factor in G-Forces and you have a physically and mentally tough challenge ahead. The same holistic approach of being physically ready, nutritionally set and mentally strong can pass over into your fitness goals too.

In this weeks episode we get insight into what it took for Joel to work ridiculous hours as a DJ and in other areas of business whilst at the same time winning Professional Bodybuilding competitions. From listening to Joel's account of that time in his life it became clear to me that the bigger the challenge, the more pressure that built up the better he got. A clear understanding that the more pressure and work that had to be done the more focused and disciplined he became. A characteristics I am certain we all do or can have.

It's More Than Just Physical - no! Not our relationship but Will's view of training. In this weeks episode Will talks about how important his training and nutrition is for both his physical and mental health in such a hectic lifestyle. The differences of living in the US and back home in the UK. You will find out how if you want to be at your best and produce at the best of your ability you need to care for yourself by training, eating well and becoming aware of your mental state.

This episode uncovers Dr Jacob Harden's principles for success. Giving clarity to how and why you need to be able to move well and efficiently in accordance with your goal and how to continue to make progress on a very busy schedule.

Why are you doing this? What is the purpose? What do you strive to achieve? Without purpose you have no direction. this episode delves into the importance of goal setting and how it can direct you towards achieving things you never dreamed you could. Hint Dream Big!

Lewis speaks with Dr Aaron Horschig or as Lewis sees him, The Squat Guy! However this name doesn't do the man justice and this episode is well worth a listen to learn much about you, your body and how to look after and improve you. Owner of @SquatUniversity

In this episode we delve into the life of an adventure athlete. Laura is a wild, open water extreme cold swimmer. She has swan the English Channel in a relay, competed at the Outdoor Swimming World Championship and has recently competed in Triathlons. Sh what does it take to take on such challenges? and are we all capable of such outrageous adventures?

An introduction to our new Podcast 'All Things Fitness' where we seek out fitness professionals to find out the truths in the fitness industry and provide you with actionable information that you can implement the same day. Podcast bought to you by RiseFitnessHQ www.risefitnesshq.com

Paul Waters a fantastic Personal Trainer and Personal Training Tutor, in fact the tutor who taught host Lewis Matthews. This man has overseen and guided many a successful personal transformation so his advice is gold. He is also somewhat a extreme event specialist, just listen in on the podcast to listen to some of the things this great man has achieved.

Oli McCann is a Personal Trainer based in London, in this episode we talk about the misconceptions within the fitness industry and give you simple advice that you can implement from today that will help you to achieve you fitness goals.