The Food For Fitness Podcast | Nutrition | Training | Lifestyle | Healthy Living

Graeme, aka The Fitness Chef, is a social media sensation with over 500,000 followers on his Instagram account @thefitnesschef_. His amazing infographics are focused around health, nutrition, and fitness advice, challenging a lot of the myths and dogma out there. FFF 150: 

Today, we have a unique episode as I am playing a podcast that I have been a guest on called the Hoop Commitment with Mike Nilson. Our discussion focuses on nutrition for youth athletes: what should they be eating before and after training, supplementation, meal planning, tracking macros, and muscle-building. FFF 149: 

Scott and Dr. John Berardi chat about his fitness journey, the keys to success, and the importance of understanding the context of someone’s life. John is the co-founder of Precision Nutrition, one of the largest nutrition coaching companies in the world. He recently just sold his share in the business to focus on the Change Maker Academy. He has also recently authored his new book, Change Maker: Turn Your Passion for Health and Fitness into a Powerful Purpose and a Wildly Successful Career. FFF 148: 

Jordan Syatt is a fitness expert and former world-record holding powerlifter. Recently he did a 'Big Mac Challenge' where he ate a Big Mac every day for 30 days and lost weight in the process. This episode explains why calories are always king and how flexible dieting and macro tracking can allow you to eat any food you like... FFF 147: 

In this episode we're chatting all about gut health, the vegan diet, probiotics, lactose intolerance, the carnivore diet, fibre intake and lots more... FFF 146: 

Scott and Paul Salter talk about yo-yo dieting, weight loss, and weight management. Did you know that some people find it easy to lose weight but it’s keeping the weight off after a diet phase that is more challenging? Find out how you can tackle this dilemma in today’s episode. FFF 145: 

In this episode of The Food For Fitness Podcast Scott is joined by Wim Hof 'The Iceman'. Wim is renowned for his amazing ability to withstand freezing temperatures. He has various Guinness World Records for ice exposure including swimming under ice and running barefoot ice marathons. To enable him to do this he has developed the Wim Hof method which is a combination of breathing, cold exposure and medication. FFF 144: 

Scott and Fraser Smith chat about mental health. A Glasgow-based psychologist, Frasher is just finishing off his doctoral research in Psychology and has worked as a counselor for many years. Fraser was previously on Episode 131 talking about SADS or Seasonal Affective Disorder. Today, he talks about men's mental health and mental health in general. FFF 143: 

In this episode, Scott & Dr Laurent Bannock share what you need to eat before, during and after a sports event to achieve your best performance. FFF 142: 

Scott and James Kennedy chat about chemophobia, debunking some myths around chemicals, social media influence, and how this has actually become a serious public health issue people must pay attention to. FFF 141: 

Scott and nutrition therapist, Ian Marber talk about his book, ManFood: The No Non-Sense Guide to Improving Your Health and Energy in Your 40s and Beyond. They look at some of the main health challenges men face such as conditions affecting the heart, prostate gland, cognitive function, and more. FFF 140: 

Scott and Dr. Tharaka Gunarathne talk about mindset and motivation, specifically having a positive mindset and how to get rid of negative thoughts. FFF 139: 

Scott is joined by Dr. Joshua Wolrich, a surgeon by trade, who also has thousands of followers on Instagram. This is largely due to his excellent content on nutrition and respectfully calling out a lot of the nonsense content posted by influencers on IG. Today, he talks about some of the biggest BS posted on Instagram, why these are wrong and dangerous, and what you can do, food in general, and the discussion around what is healthy FFF 138: 

Scott chats with Richard Allison who is a sports nutritionist at Arsenal Football Club. They chat all about the the nutrition set-up and routines of the top players. FFF 137: 

Scott chats with Anthony Warner aka The Angry Chef about some of the factors that contribute towards obesity. Topics include food environment, lobbying, messaging, food addiction, and more! Anthony is the author of The Truth About Fat. FFF 136: 

  Scott and Dr. Catherine Hood chat about women’s health, specifically covering three main parts: menstrual cycle, menopause, and PCOS FFF 135: 

In this episode Scott is chatting about obesity and weight management in the NHS with GP and fitness enthusiast: Dr Mike II. FFF 134: 

Scott and Mike Matthews discuss motivation and mindset around training and goal setting. FFF 133: 

My buddy Gordon Greenhorn jumps back into the host's chair to interview me (Scott) about my new book. We'll cover why I wrote it, the problem with all the other weight loss books out there and I'll share some of my favourite weight loss tips from the book with you. FFF 132: 

This week, Scott and Fraser Smith as they talk about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). What is it? How does it affect us? Who is more likely to experience it? Is it more prevalent in Scotland compared to the people in Norway? And what are ways to alleviate it? This episode is worth a listen because you might just resonate with the symptoms and it may be affecting you more than you thought. FFF 131: 

This week, Scott and Barbara Oakley talk about how you can learn how to learn, why our learning ability tends to decline as we grow older, and some learning hacks you can to do learn more effectively. FFF 130: 

This week, Scott and Dr. Jennifer Guttman talk about the six principles to achieving sustainable life satisfaction, including closing, decision-making, facing fears, reducing people-pleasing behaviors, avoiding assumptions, and active self-reinforcement. Learn how you can apply each of them into your life! FFF 129: 

This week, Scott and Dave Cottrell talk about his recent A Life a Day project. Learn what mindset really is and how it can shape your daily life including relationships and experiences, and what effects social media has on it. Should you be more ruthless in unfriending and unfollowing people? Let's find out! FFF 128: 

This week, Scott and Emma Derbyshire talk about nutrition around pre-pregnancy, during pregnancy, and while breastfeeding. Learn about what food you should eat, supplements you need, what to avoid, weight loss while breastfeeding, and some myths around these topics debunked. FFF 127: 

An author and speaker, James is known for talking about habits, decision making, and continuous improvement. Featured on New York Times, Entrepreneur, Time Magazine, and lots of TV appearances, his website gets millions of visitors each month. He regularly speaks to Fortune 500 companies and has worked with NFL, NBA, and NLB sporting professionals and teams. In this episode, James shares some great strategies for creating habits you can stick to and get rid of the things you know you shouldn't be doing through sensible and evidence-based ways. FFF 126: 

Food waste is a global problem. In fact, we waste around 1/3 of the food we produce globally. This week, Scott and Tristram Stuart talk about the scale of the problem and what you can do to minimize this, as well as some of the regulations and what supermarkets are doing to combat this global scandal. Tristam is one of the UK's leading figures on promoting food waste reduction. He has written books on this and campaigned across the world. He's making a difference and constantly meeting with supermarkets to address this. FFF 125: 

This week, Scott and Mike Matthews talk about what’s wrong with the fitness industry today, some diet fads (do they even work?), and the truth about dodgy marketing. Mike Matthews is primarily a writer, best known for his books, which sold about a million copies over the last six years. Among his books include Bigger, Leaner, Stronger (for men); Thinner, Leaner, Stronger (for women); and The Shredded Chef, a flexible, dieting cookbook for both men and women. FFF 124: 

This week, Scott and Ben Mudge talk about cystic fibrosis and its impact on one’s health. Having such condition, Ben shares about what cystic fibrosis is, its symptoms, and what he does in terms of training and nutrition. Additionally, he gives us a glimpse of his experience with Game of Thrones before entering the fitness industry and why he stopped competing in bodybuilding FFF 123: 

This week, Scott and Tim Brownson talk about what a life coach is and what they do. If you're struggling to achieve certain goals, a life coach may just help you get back on track. Or if this is some career path you want to take, find out more about what you can do to get started. FFF 122: 

In this epsiode we're chatting all about type II diabetes. What is it, what are the symptoms, how can it be managed, how important is diet to mitigate the onset. FFF 121: 

This week, Scott and best selling author - Michael Heppell - talk about how to be brilliant. Do you need accountability? Do you feel you lack the willpower to do the things you need to do? Listen in to discover ways to keep yourself on track and be brilliant each day! FFF 120: 

In this episode, Scott and Steve Kemp talk about the effect alcohol has on your body and your waistline. They specifically tackle how alcohol affects your food cravings during hangover, how to structure your training after a nights booze, and some things you can do to mitigate the effects of alcohol to help you quickly get back on track. FFF 119: 

In this episode, Scott and Tom Hamilton talk about how you can get stronger. Tom shares things you can do to improve your deadlift, squat, and bench press. Discover how you can create a better and more focused training structure, rather than just following freestyle or random programs. FFF 118: 

In this episode we're chatting about how to stop your NEAT dropping (one of the main reasons why people experience a fat loss plateau) and why measuring your body fat levels is a waste of time. FFF 117: 

Does it matter what time of day you exercise and can you minimise the harmful effect of shift work on your circadian rhythm? FFF 116: 

This week we're chatting with Brian Keane who's just completed The Marathon De Sables - a multiday ultra-endurance foot race in the Sahara Desert. The 6 day event requires athletes to cover around 254 km with individual stages varying in length with the longest day around 91 km. Aside from the extreme temperatures which can range from ~50°C in the day to ~5°C at night, a further challenge is that competitors are required to be largely self-sufficient and must carry all their own food and equipment for the event. FFF 115: 

This week we're chatting with Ben Smith who ran an epic 401 marathons in 401 days. Why 401? What prompted Ben to take on such a challenge when he’d only really just started out running fairly recently? Ben shares how running helped transform his life and provided a way for him to find happiness and greatly improve not only his physical but his mental health too. We’ll chat about some of the hardest parts of the challenge, the annoying injuries, his secret rice and chicken post-race fuel, the people he met and the lessons he learned. FFF 114: 

Jackson's main area of research is on a subject called concurrent training. You might not have heard of concurrent training but it's something you are probably doing….without being aware of it. It is when you do some form endurance training and strength training in your training routine. If you lift weights and run or you class yourself as a runner who occasionally lifts weights, that's a form of concurrent training. There are a lot of myths about doing the two. We discussed if cardio will ruin your gains and if you do strength training, will it make you run slower or get too bulky? We talked about the benefits of doing both, if we should do them in the same session, if we should do one before the other. FFF 113: 

This week we are chatting about eating disorders, body image and fitspiration with Rhiannon Lambert. She is a nutritionist with a clinic in Harley Street and often works with people who have various eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating. In this episode we looked at the definition of disordered eating, why ‘cheat meals’ and the restrict/binge cycle isn’t healthy, the problem with food labeling, tracking macros vs intuitive eating and the influences of social media on eating habits and body image. FFF 112: 

You might remember Ross from Episode 85 when he came to chat about 30 marathons in 30 days along with various other crazy challenges that he's done. Ross is a bit of an adventurer and he likes to see how he can push the human body to its absolute limits. In this episode, we chatted about his new book (The World's Fittest Book: How To Train For Anything & Everything, Anywhere & Everywhere) which he talks about how he does training and all the things that he's learned from interviewing industry pioneers and various world champions. He also talked about hybrid training; how can you train for an endurance sport whilst getting stronger or how can you get faster but build muscle at the same time. It is an interesting episode because you'll learn how Ross managed to train for these crazy events that he swam for four hours non-stop once yet he looks like a powerlifter. FFF 111: 

This week we are chatting with Greg McKeown – the author of the book Essentialism: The disciplined Pursuit of Less. We’re going to be chatting about how to apply the concept of essentialism in your life so that your fitness and nutrition goals can become more attainable. Greg and I discussed how to prioritize, how to avoid getting distracted and pulled off target. He also explains why we should say “no” more so that we're actually able to focus on the things that are important. When we are trying to lose weight, we get bombarded with conflicting messages: what type of diet should we follow, what are we going to do in the gym, what’s the best supplement to take. The problem with the information overloads is that we then start trying to do a hundred different things and we forget about the bigger picture. This episode will give you clarity and it should show you how to focus on the things that are important. FFF 110: 

This week we are chatting about some of the reasons why you are not experiencing the results you were expecting. My guest is Gar Benn. He is a coach based in Ireland for a company called Sigma Nutrition and he’s also the owner or a gym called City Gym Limerick. In this episode, we dive deep on setting realistic expectations, different metrics to track progress, and some of the misinterpretations that people have when it comes to following weight loss guidelines. It's helpful if you are in that process of trying to lose weight. Or if you experience success at the beginning but you may have noticed that results start to slow down and may be getting a little bit frustrated. This will help get you back on track and allow you to look at the bigger picture. FFF 109: 

In this episode we’ll be hearing from Darko Botic who lost an incredible 14 stones of body weight. We talked about his whole journey. He shared the tipping point to the extent that he was almost on the brink of death before he decided to turn things around. We'll be looking at how he started and his first experiences of stepping into the gym. We talked at how his diet and nutrition evolved as he lost weight and how he was even on the verge of bulimia at one point. You will hear how he tracked his progress along with the best and worst decisions he made. FFF 108: 

This is the second part of an interview that we started last week with US transformation coach Chris Powell. We'll continue to go behind the scenes on Obese A Year To Save My Life. What were some of the actual tactics and approaches Chris used to help people lose 100's of lbs of body fat? What happens once people start on the transformation and how do they keep motivated on their long progress journey. We discussed some of the challenges that they had and you will also find out the stumbling blocks and how Chris used community to help keep people on track. FFF 107: 

This week you are in for a treat. We’ve got Chris Powell on the show. Chris is a transformation coach and he was the host of a program that we called “Obese: A Year to Save My Life” but in the U.S. it was called “Extreme Weight Loss”. We've had to split the episode into two parts. In this part, we'll be looking at how Chris ended up becoming one of the most popular transformation coaches in the U.S. We chatted about his experiences of working with people and helping them lose crazy amounts of weight like 200 pounds in a year. Chris had some serious challenges and boundaries to break. He helped people who were so obese they were struggling to walk, had years of terrible diet choices and hadn’t exercised in years. This really is an amazing episode, here’s part one…. FFF 106: 

This week we’re speaking with Dr. Carrie Ruxton who’s been a registered dietitian for nearly 30 years. She completed a Ph.D. in child nutrition before working as an academic, industry nutritionist and hospital dietitian. We chatted at some of the main challenges facing parents and children about installing a healthy diet, dealing with fussy eaters and the traditional aversion to vegetables. She also provided tips on how to survive the supermarket trip and we discussed if it is right to use food as a reward or a reprimand. FFF 105: 

This week’s podcast is all about injuries. What causes injuries and what do you do if they happen? The guest this week is Dr. Teddy Willsley. He is a physio and strength coach based in the U.S. In this episode, we looked into the three main things that causes injuries. He also discussed the importance of form and some specifics about how you can have healthy shoulders, knees, and hips. He tackled how you can avoid lifters elbow and his thoughts on barefoot squatting. FFF 104: 

This week I'm joined by two guests. The Dynamic Duo - Chris and Eric Martinez - are identical twins and fitness and nutrition coaches based in California, U.S.A.. In this episode, we will be looking at their book ‘The New Era Of Fitness’ and the key elements that they say contribute to helping you level up your life and have a kickass lifestyle. We will dive into their approach towards flexible nutrition, exercise, having a growth mindset, the importance of personal development and how to engineer your lifestyle accordingly. FFF 103: 

In this solo episode Scott rebukes several popular weight loss hacks and shares with you seven habits that will actually help you lose weight. FFF 102: 

In today’s episode, dietician - Nichola Ludlam-Raine - chats is on the Podcast to chat all about weight loss surgery. A huge part of our discussion is about the different kinds of bariatric surgery. Nichola explains the difference between gastric bands, bypasses and sleeves along with the pros and cons of each. Later on the show, we talk about the habits that people who undergo surgery should put in place. These habits are not only relevant for people who have had surgery, but applicable to everyone who wants to lose weight. FFF 101: 

To mark this special milestone of the Podcast, the tables have been turned and it’s now Scott’s turn to sit in the guest’s chair. In this extremely insightful episode, Scott’s friend Gordon Greenhorn (who appeared on episode 68 of the podcast) interviews him about his fitness journey so far. You’ll hear why too much ice cream motivated Scott to start lifting in the first place, the wackiest thing he’s done to build muscle and lose fat and what competing as a natural bodybuilder and dieting for fitness cover shoots taught him about fat loss. You’ll learn why he’s so motivated to stop others making the mistakes he made when he started out, why he almost passed out at a wedding because of ridiculous diet and he reveals some unexpected truths about his own diet too. Gordon and Scott finish by chatting about the best he’s made investment in helping him become a better coach (and it’s not financial) and you’ll learn the most important lessons that Scott has been taught from working with is own clients and how his approach to training, nutrition and coaching has evolved over the years. FFF 100: