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Jess & Sacha are joined by women’s health physio and nutritionist Chloe Steven (@chloestevensphysio) on this week’s podcast. Chloe shares what got her interested in women’s health, some of the wildest overgeneralisations she hears, navigating challenges such as prolapse and incontinence, and where the health and fitness industry crosses the line between empowerment and exploitation. If you’ve enjo...

Today we narrowed down the huge topic of distractions. There are completely valid distractions such as kids, illness, workload etc. and then there are distractions we bring on ourselves, such as comparison, allowing charlatans to unleash hell on our ears via irresponsible podcasting. And lifestyle distractions, such as focusing on strange anomalies instead of what's been slapping you in the face f...

Ahead of Thursday's "GIVE ME STRENGTH" webinar, we go into RPE today and why effort is so important when it comes to your training. A perfect programme is nothing without a person who is willing. We also go into the subjectivity of training and how too much focus on data can lead us into a false sense of security, and also enable us to become attached to our past performances. *GIVE ME STRENGTH TI...

Jess and I had a bit of a deep chat today about the amazing lessons fitness has taught us beyond the gym. From having the confidence to do a Ted Talk, to just knowing that hard shit is OK and should be welcomed. We want to help people realise that fitness opens so many doors, but to have access to those doors, you need to keep at it and never quit. *Get tickets to our ‘Give Me Strength’ webinar ta...

Joining Sacha & Jess on the podcast this week is British athlete and coach, Vic Williamson (@vicswilliamson) From being an elite track cyclist winning medals, to navigating a life changing injury in sport, she shares her resilient journey back to competing and changing lanes to bobsleigh. If you loved this week’s episode as much as we did, share over on socials, tag us and let us know your thought...

After a little social media driven tangent at the beginning, we get into the topic of too much rest. What happens when we take too much time away from training? Physically? Mentally? We then go into how experience is what allows us to know when we need rest and when we need to ignore the voices in our heads and get on with it. We go into our personal experiences of this, and how knowing yourself i...

We recorded in the same room today, which was a treat. With all the talk of HYROX, we wanted to go into a few training principles which will help you understand why structure is your best friend when training for an event that involves both endurance and strength. We also talk about why getting good at running should be your number one priority.

Are you resting between sets enough to accumulate quality work, or are you turning everything into a circuit? Are you committing to a programme or do you assume the answers lie in the one you'll try next? Are you over-analysing protein but not creating an environment for muscle to grow? We answer all of those questions in today's episode. Enjoy!

On today's episode, Sacha & Jess go into the inevitable peaks and troughs of training for life, and how it's best to accept and move on than to dwell. Both also go into some great analogies involving music volume and concerts, to rubber and glass balls – and how they make perfect sense for fitness in our current world. From performance to mindset, the ups and downs will never go away – today's cha...

Jess and Sacha go into some in-depth details surrounding body image and how it can affect everyone so differently. They go into why it is consuming so many people's thoughts how it came to be, and some personal stories that helped them come out the other side. If you need help with this, a podcast might cause you to have some realisations, but please seek a professional if you feel you need it.

Harriet joins us on today's episode to talk about what owning a facility looks like in the fitness industry. From opening her unit in 2020, just before life as we know it changed for a few years, to closing at the end of 2023 to pursue deeper and more meaningful relationships with her clients. Hardships and amazing experiences make up Harriet's experience as a business owner/coach, but she has now...

Jess & Sacha dive straight into 2024 with their ins and outs and, of course, the fitness ones. What do they want to see more of? What do they want to see the back of? A social media trend they were happy to become a part of makes for a great first episode.

Jess and Sacha wrap up yet another year of podding – for which we are eternally grateful. They go into everything personal and business, so if you're a coach this one is for you. The topic of 2024 arises, and what's in store for both. Jess and Sacha also go into lessons they've learned this year, and how they will reflect and ensure challenge and growth as they go into January.

Jess and Sacha are huge cardio advocates, but they've both been in positions where it was nudged off a cliff because they thought strength was more important. This is not a "Cardio Vs. Strength" podcast, it's not a battle. It's a podcast to help explain why both are needed and why cardio is seen as the weaker part of the duo, even with such potent benefits. Even as an active person, your heart and...

Beliefs guide our lives. It's odd when you think about it, but every thought and every decision you make is guided by what you believe in/believe to be true. The things you tell yourself and the voices in your head (the normal ones) are essential for your health and fitness. Negative self-talk? Negative outcomes, it's as simple as that. Jess and Sacha go into their own strengths and weaknesses reg...

We hear, "Just stick to the basics and you'll be fine" constantly in the fitness world. But without context what does that even mean? Steps, water, protein... simple things that require a personalised touch. In this week's episode, we dive into transcending the basics to make them relevant in our lives, and how sometimes it's good to get lost in complexity and overwhelm to come out the other end.

It's easy to see growth over a decade, but today Jess and Sacha looked back on very recent shifts in perspective. They spoke about steps and how for some people they just aren't enough to bring a cardiovascular adaptation, how obsessing over form will leave you fragile, and how undesirable levels of consistency could end up being your downfall. As always, please share this episode if you found it...

Inspired by Sacha's most recent substack, Jess and Sacha spoke about how important time and patience are within fitness, and why, if you understand something, it can actually reduce stress and bring you peace. False promises are everywhere in the fitness industry, but sometimes it's up to the coaches to set things straight. We go over what helps, what doesn't help, and certain thought patterns whi...

A haunted house but… is a trend that rears its head every Halloween, but Jess & Sacha wanted to go into it with a little more context and some personal experience. Scary is subjective, and they wanted to focus on things we should be looking out for but also WHY we should be looking out for them. A little humour, and more swearing than usual (passion needs cuss words sometimes) but also some educat...

Today Jess and Sacha go over the seasonal fitness hamster wheel, and how to get off as soon as possible. We get it, we've been there – the temptations surround us. We go into why we might feel challenges, Christmas shreds and holiday 'mini-cuts' might seem like the answer when really it's likely an internal itch we're trying to scratch. As always, Jess and Sacha go beneath the surface-level topics...

It’s a trend at the moment to believe you don’t care about what you look like, and some people genuinely don’t – but there are some ways you can tell people are still attached to the “smaller is better” idea, and hide it behind apparent body confidence. We’re not saying an aesthetic focus is negative in its entirety, but if it’s something you’re wanting to venture away from, here’s some things to...

Yesterday was World Mental Health Day which prompted the conversation - what’s mental health got to do with physical health? As we discuss our own experiences with mental health, the boundaries we have explored between healthy and unhealthy approaches to physical health, this week’s pod is a bit of everything on what we’ve found matters. As always we’d love to hear your take so head over to social...

Leg day. Loved by some and hated by others, but why? Why is it certain genders perhaps prefer training lower to upper? Why do certain leg exercises benefit some of us more? How do we know where to start or find the appropriate level of challenge? This week Sacha and Jess delve into all this and more. As always if you’ve enjoyed this week’s podcast, don’t forget to let us know over on socials or sh...

The action of making the best out of something isn’t uncommon when it comes to our health and fitness. After all, none of us want to spend time spinning our wheels. But where does the helpful cross over to unhelpful? Where does a hack, become a hinderance? This week Sacha and Jess explore what optimising nutrition, training and sleep practices can look like, as well as always asking, is it necessa...

Simplicity can often be mistaken for making something easy, whereas today Sacha and Jess talk about how simplicity can often mean clarity when it comes to your health and fitness. This week’s episode includes how social media captures our attention with our fitness endeavours, why a simple programme is often one with clearer intention, and why clear and achievable lifestyle guidelines can offer us...