Antifragile Radio

A really fun and super interesting chat with Tyler Scheinost who has an enviable lust for life, lifting and skating. We talk about skating, training and how the two have way more similarities than differences, injuries, what skateboarding teaches you and loads more. Make sure you follow Tyler and follow his incredible feats of strength as well as his enjoyment of skating since rediscovering his lo...

How difficult is it to skate every single day for a year? It turns out, a lot trickier than it was in your teens and twenties! Jobs, family commitments, bad weather, illness, injuries and general life stuff throwing constant curveballs. It was rad to chat with 3 friends who managed to skate every day in 2024 and this is a conversation about the why's the what's and the 'what were we th...

A short solo one today with a few things that have been on my mind recently. Is your desire to want to be able to keep skating as you get older stronger than your dislike of 'fitness'? What would protein made from pure stardust taste like? All the important questions are covered in this episode/ Got any questions or anything you'd like me to talk about? Let me know.

A short episode regarding my thoughts on the benefits of various physical traits and skateboarding as we age. Are some more important than others? Can training make you a better skater? What can you do to extend your ability to keep skating? Do you agree/disagree with any of what I talk about? Let me know.

A short solo one today. With it being World Mental Health Day I thought I'd add my experiences of the last 2 or so years into the ether. Stomach issues, almost s****ing myself on the regular, having a garden hose down my throat and a visit from the anxiety monster. And lactose can f**k right off (even if I do miss my greek yoghurt for brekkie)!

Chuck Dinkins is a true skateboarder, started in the 70's, turned pro in the 80s and never stopped. He's seen the emergence of all different forms of skating and embraced every one of them. Slalom, downhill, street, vert, mini ramp, park Travelled all over the world, skated with every legend you can think of, and has a hugely colourful personal journey that I'm sure many others will re...

Chris is a BJJ black belt and movement coach from Dublin, Ireland who has also spent some time skating. He struggled with a pretty serious lower back issue for quite a long time before getting the dreaded surgery but through meeting the right people to help with his rehab is now back training BJJ and coaching others to move better and feel better. His experiences give him a deep understanding of w...

I absolutely love hearing peoples individual skate history, how they started, all the experiences they've picked up along the way. So many of us have similar but at the same time incredibly individual stories to tell. My guest for episode 3 has stories to spare, from picking up his first board in the 70s and discovering the classic London spots to setting up his own skateshop in Hong Kong, bri...

Kicking off season 3 (even though season 2 only had 2 episodes). Since I've taken a different direction in what I do, this seemed like a perfect way to start the podcast again. Tion Torrence or @bukueone as he's also know as is as creative as it gets. Been skating since the mid 80's, sponsored by Alva and then New School, MC, graffiti writer, music promoter and manager, he's been a...

3rd time having Michael on and it's always a treat to catch up. This one is a special one, where we talk about Michael's amazing new venture 'Roll to Recovery', which is a charity organisation created to help people in recovery from alcohol and substance misuse using the art of submission grappling. Listening to his passion about this amazing program is utterly inspiring. Follow th...

The difficult follow up season, after the runaway success of season1, is it possible to maintain the high quality and output? I bring up the concept of vulnerability vs authenticity, are they different? Is one easier to be than the other?

Round 2 with Michael and it's always a pleasure to chat. I actually wanted to base this conversation around training as Michael works with both high level competitive fighters as well as everyday folk who just want to move and feel better. I'm sure we do actually cover that for a bit but as all good conversations we drift off into other realms of life. We also touch on addiction as Michael has rec...

Ricky is a skateboarder, a writer and individual with considerable life experience. A incredibly tough and tumultuous start in life, to nearly dying on a hospital bed from being stabbed 9 times finally to a life being turned around thanks to discovering a skateboard for the first time. He is the author of 8 books and is working on his 9th. A champion of being open about mental struggles and sharin...

Martin McPhilimey is an accredited and experienced Respiratory and Sleep Scientist, Exercise Physiologist, Behavioural Science Practitioner,  Coach and Mentor. With his qualifications, passion and 15 years of  experience in research, clinical work, and training, Martin's mission is  to create a world of high performing individuals with healthy minds and  bodies. (text from his...

Nathan's story is nothing short of miraculous, actually miraculous is doing him an injustice. This is the power of the human spirit in it's rawest form. A horrific accident during a triathlon in Scotland in 2021, where he spent over a week in a coma, then upon waking up being told his spinal injury would almost certainly have him spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Before the accident N...

I came across Bill and his work through some mutual online friends and what he did immediately intrigued me. In his own words: "I'm a Special Forces Veteran, a Therapist, and a gym owner on a mission to serve through building physical, mental and emotional fitness." He uses physical challenges to help people discover more about themselves, and I love that he uses his knowledge and experience of ex...

There's a saying that goes something like 'never meet your idols as you're sure to be disappointed' Well I'm extremely glad I decided to ignore that piece of advice and reach out to a true legend of the skateboard world, Ron Allen. The first black professional street skater Musician Multiple company owner A whirlwind of positive energy At 60 (actually 59 and a half) his boundless energy and deep l...

I contacted James to ask if he'd like to be a guest on my podcast with zero expectations. He has his own extremely successful podcast (6 years and 635 episodes so far). When I say 'successful', I don't mean from a monetary or amount of followers point of view, it's more the quality of guests and amazing thought provoking and life affirming conversations he has had with some of the finest people in...

Sean is someone with not just many strings to his bow but just as many arrows Dad Rapper CrossFitter Deadlifter Strongman Brazilian Jiu Jitsuer It was fascinating to hear how he honed his creativity for writing and performing lyrics then how he managed to seamlessly weave that process through almost everything else he's done. Had so much fun chatting about our mutual love of hip hop culture and it...

Andrew Tracey really is a champion of sharing, if you've been following him you'll have seen his constant rhetoric of showing what you CAN do rather than focusing on what you can't. Can't get to a gym? His early #YouAreNotYourGymMembership hashtag was a call to arms for anyone who couldn't get to a gym, hated the gym, maybe couldn't afford the gym. He was a champion for getting people moving, no u...

What a thoroughly enjoyable conversation with a solid human who holds many of the qualities that I one day hope to have. Honest, authentic and humble, but along with that a huge amount of knowledge not only about strength training (which we manage to completely avoid talking about) but about life, growth and everything in between. You can follow Michael on instagram @mwtrainingsystems @gointo_the_...

From a young rapscallion growing up in a rural West country village in the 1970s to present day gym co owner in Swansea, Wales and all the nonsense that happened in between. My journey from then to now.

We're told to write/talk about what we know, well one of the things I know is anxiety, 35 years of it to be precise. So I'm kicking off episode 1 of this podcast with when mine began up to present day. This is not a cry for help, neither am I fishing for virtual hugs, this is my experience of anxiety and how I believe there are many positives that can come from statistically the most common form o...