All About Ability

Former WBO cruiserweight, European, British and commonwealth world boxing champion Enzo Maccarinelli. Professional record of 49 fights 41 wins 8 losses, Enzo reached the pinnacle of his sport competing all around the world for the top prizes. He runs his own gym training a young group and sharing his love for boxing, Enzo’s passion to help and support all his fighters really comes through in this...

Ex professional footballer turned bodybuilder/personal trainer and now host of Flip The Mindset podcast, Kenny McKay. Playing football for a number of clubs including Greenock Morton, Annan Athletic and Queens Park, before his footballing career got cut short through major injuries. 4 knee surgeries and the tragic premature loss of his older brother in 2012.  Kenny’s attention turned to the g...

These guys took part in an incredible effort of 60km in the one day - 20km run a 20km row and a 20km cycle for the 60 men we lose every hour to suicide world wide each day. Lewis Irvine Euan Edward Malone and Spencer Brown achieved this raising over £800 for Movember. Great causes including men’s mental health, suicide prevention and prostrate cancer awareness. 3 men who have been on their own jou...

From our first conversation Shannon’s creativity, care for others and amazing personality always came through and I knew we would have plenty to talk about. Studying product design at central Saint Martins university of the arts & being a support worker, Shannon shares her experiences and thoughts on a variety of different subjects, I can comfortably say there is something for everyone in this...

In episode 1 of All About Ability I shared a journey filled with mental health struggles and how I dealt with them in the hope to help someone else. I got so many incredible messages saying how much it helped and we’ve went on to have amazing guests and conversations since. With mental health it has always felt like a battle in my head and while dealing with my issues, getting support through anti...

Professional and ex Paralympic wheelchair basketball player as well as online nutrition/training coach Dan Highcock! Dan has travelled the world playing wheelchair basketball at the highest level in Spain Italy Germany and Britain. First playing for Liverpool Meteors in a 5 year period, leading to representing team GB in 2 world championships and being selected for the London 2012 Paralympics. Amo...

Personal trainer and podcast host Caroline Milne. From nutrition to training plans, setting goals and achieving dreams Caroline’s passion for her clients comes through.   “My objective is to provide Client's with the tools they need to build healthy habits & flexible routines to sustain long term changes to their lifestyles. I strive to educate, inspire and motivate to build Client c...

The current host of BBC’s award winning children’s news program, Newsround and former wheelchair basketball Scotland captain Martin Dougan. In 2010 Martin Applied for a Channel’s 4 competition that were looking for unknown presenters and reporters to lead the 2012 Paralympic Games. He made the final team and covered 5 different sports at the London games. Following this success Martin would go on...

International keynote speaker, bestselling author and award winning comedian Gavin Oattes. Gavin delivers talks on various topics, including - Creativity and innovation Mental health and wellbeing Leadership Resilience and self belief He is the Owner & Managing Director at Tree of Knowledge who’s mission is to help others become the best version of themselves. By delivering inspirational train...

In 1996 He became Britain's youngest ever track & field Olympic and Paralympic gold medallist at the Atlanta Paralympics. Going on to be undefeated in all competitions until 2005 - 9 years in total, winning 3 Paralympic gold medals in a row. Known for competing in the Club Throw discipline, Stephen held the world record for the event between 1997 and 2008 . Stephen was honoured in the 2016 New...

Jon has being playing Powerchair football for 18 years winning multiple trophies with his club Aspire and captaining England in Several Major tournaments including reaching the World Cup final in Paris 2012. Most recently captaining England to EPFA Nations cup glory in a historic come back from 2-0 down with 10 minutes to go, 2-2 and beating France on penalties in 2019. One of the best game’s in P...

From our new studio this Halloween with Scottish comedian and actor Darren Connell.   Best known his role in Scot Squad as Bobby The role earned him best actor nomination at the 2015 British academy Scotland new talent awards.  He Also Appeared in the Glasgow trip, trust me and abandoned all hope which he played to a sell out audience at the 2019 Glasgow comedy festival.   One of fu...

From homeless youth to world champion, Jessica shows just how much you can achieve with courage, mindset and a will to win.  Listen to Jessica's story and tell me you can't do something, truly inspirational. Jessica goes into her upbringing, overcoming barriers throughout her life, incredible "No days Off" mindset and preparation's for the up and coming title defence.  It was a true hono...

Former WWE superstar Matt Rehwoldt!    Matt, with the name Aiden English in WWE was part of the successful tag team - The vaudevillians, winning the NXT Tag Team championships.   He went on to team up with fellow wrestler Rusev creating “Rusev day” which was one of the biggest and most over parts of WWE television, loved by fans all around the world.  We go through his who...

Inspirational speaker and business owner Stuart Myers Stuart delivers talks and speeches on many different subjects with the aim to inspire and motivate audiences using his own personal story and experiences. Stuart interacts with audiences, and not only invites questions, but challenges them to think about their life choices in a whole new way. The owner of World At Your Feet Solutions, Stuart wi...

Scarlet goes through his journey from overcoming cancer to life with a disability. An in depth look at how we can take down barriers for disabled people.  He is a proud ambassador for Parallel London, the inclusive, disability-led push/run event. Winning a UNICEF award for work with disabled children. Campaigning for equality and disabled rights for decades. In 2018, Scarlet was named on The...

After a successful bodybuilding career Ebanie turned her attention to the boxing ring. 2 golden gloves at amateur level and now undefeated professionally with a 4-0 record the Australian is catching the attention of the boxing world. Incredibly Ebanie is also a math teacher and speaks of how important teaching is to her as she continues teaching during her boxing journey. Her mentality and work et...

Comedian presenter and Insane championship wrestling commentator Billy Kirkwood.  As well as being hilarious, Billy shared some great advice on mental health, managing your thought process in difficult situations and supporting those around you. We go in on life as a comedian, some of the common perceptions and juggling life as a comic, radio broadcaster, wresting commentator and father of 3....

Finding balance in life with work and a healthy exercise routine is a struggle for many, Colin speaks of how focusing on personal development and having the ability to look at all areas of life including sobriety and mindset he was able to find the right balance for his career and go on to have great success emphasising the importance of Personal Development.

After an injury back in 2000 that caused him to be paralysed Mike has went on to make history being the only Scottish wheelchair rugby player to represent Team GB competing at London 2012 and Rio 2016 as well as winning the European championships 2015 in Finland. Captaining team GB in that time.  Mike talks through his incredible journey, discussing the extreme training regime it takes to com...

As the final season of his professional football career begins, James discusses his ups and downs with mental health and how changing the perception he had of himself gave him the tools to maximise his abilities. An incredible story of self belief. James goes on to talk about life after football as an owner of the Kixx program which gives kids the chance to get involved in football. He is also cre...

Inspiring chat with athlete Martin Perry. We go through his journey to competing at the top of table tennis with no hands, the barriers preventing the "disabled" from participating in sport and his own approach to handing stress in the big game moments. I left our chat feeling motivated and I hope you are too! enjoy. 

Tommy and John are two amazing experienced coaches from Everyday Athlete Gym. We go in depth on all areas of mental and physical health as well as Social environments, personal experiences, adapting exercises, gym accessibility, personal development and more. All the while having some laughs.

In the first episode of the All About Ability podcast I open up on a journey through my own mental health struggles, the tools I have used that I hope can help anyone who takes the time to listen. As well as what started the path into physical fitness and how the gym changed my life. Also includes what you can expect from the podcast going forward in terms of guests and discussions, the current Co...