CamBro Conversations

Today’s conversation is with the Broar Brothers, Triple World Record Holders who rowed the 3,000 mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge in January 2020, beating many teams of four and five. The boys share everything around their preparation for the challenges, regarding training, nutrition, mindset and equipment. We touch on gut health, preparing for challenging environment and situations. We lea...

Life after a Business Degree, Starting your First Business Today’s conversation is with Liam Cavanagh, a Psychology and Business graduate, content creator, online coach and business owner. Liam shares his experience of a Business Degree at University, including a turning point in his mindset and aspirations after a placement year in Recruitment in London. We dive in on the nature of University ver...

Today’s conversation is all about resilience and how we can be more resilient. We are joined by Dr Mustafa Sarkar, a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, and a specialist in the psychology of resilience. Today’s episode spans both sport and business so real practical implications for everyone listening Mustafa has worked with coaches, athletes and busine...

Today’s conversation is with Andy Smith, Owner of Lift Gyms. We discuss his now viral video on the logical fallacies and questionable decision making of the Scottish government in relation to the Leisure Sector alongside the re-opening of facilities If you are someone who works in the fitness industry or cares deeply about the sector and its longevity then this is a must listen. We need to underst...

Is it time to take a Tactical Break from Alcohol? Today’s conversation is with Andy Ramage a former professional athlete, who following an injury, went on to co-create two multimillion-dollar city brokerages. But after achieving traditional “success” Andy was left feeling broken. He was unfit, unhealthy, overweight, stressed and unhappy. The elephant in the room preventing peak performance in...

Today's conversation is all about sales and we are joined by Matt Sykes. Matt is a Sales Trainer with 25 years experience practising what we now preaches to Businesses and Sales Professionals looking to convert more deals. We explore the contention that "Everyone is in Sales" as we are all selling an idea, looking to influence others, if we are not directly selling a product. The cover a range of...

Today, we are joined by Dr Norah Simpson of the Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences department at Stanford University. We discuss Norah's research on sleep and maximising athlete performance. From this, we delve into the impact of sleep loss on cognitive function, decision making, and concentration. Beyond this, we explore the impact of sleep on athletic performance, injury risk, and illness susce...

Today, the guest is me. as I answer the Questions sent in by the listeners over Instagram and LinkedIn. These include my biggest regret, what would I tell 20 year old Colin, 3 people who motivate me, and even my skin care routine?! I hope you all enjoy this one and the plan is to have a solo episode every 10-15 episodes if there is a topic I can add value on. Connect with me on Instagram: https://...

Today, we are joined by Charlotte Tulloch, better known as Lottie Lifts - Online Coach and Co Founder of a Taste of Fitness. We cover a host of topics including "Making Fitness Less Miserable" for the general population, supporting clients achieve freedom long term from calorie counting and tracking, the difference between binge eating and “overeating on the weekend”. Alongside this, Lottie shares...

Today, we are joined by Ryan Atkin - Personal Trainer, Online Coach and member of MTN Coaching. Ryan specialises in female fat loss, and muscle building specifically glutes. We discuss what led to Ryan focusing on the niche as a coach for females and glares, and his approach to client service and support which has led to his success in this space in his coaching career so far We cover why group cl...

Today, we are joined by Evey Sjardin - Professional Pole Dancer. Evey explains how she manages a chronic inflammatory disease knowns as AS through training, nutrition and mindset. There is so much within this that any of us can introduce in managing our own bodies regardless of being diagnosed with a chronic disease. Alongside this we address some of the misconceptions about Pole Dancing, explore...

Today, we are joined by Aaron Knightley from Knightley Investment Group and we explore what we can learn from High Net Worth Investors. Aaron explains how he support his clients in their investments, the different allocations that he and they invest in and the methodology behind this. We learn about and discuss fixed investments, stocks and shares, pensions, commodities . Whether you’ve never thou...

Today, we are joined by David Hatt - Online Coach and Founder of MTN Coaching. In David's second appearance on the podcast, we decided to talk more about the fitness side of things than business. Together, we have over 2 decades of training experience combined and a whole lot of mistakes we made during that time! We both share 5 things we wish we knew when started our Fitness Journey, meaning you...

Today, we are joined by Anxiety Specialist and Coach, Shane Haron. We learn where Anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder comes from, how our childhood experiences shape our subconscious, and some of the ways anxiety manifest itself. Shane shares his own experience of anxiety and how, as a typical guy that is into fitness, shrugged it off for a period before addressing it. His own period of sel...

Today, we are joined by Talia Bentley who is a full-time Performance Analyst in Professional Football after graduating with a Sport Science alongside an Online Coach for females with Type 1 diabetes We find out about how Talia secured her role at Watford Football Club and some of the experience she gained during University that is applied today. In one of the rawest chats we’ve had on the podcast,...

Today, we are joined by Digital Marketing Consultant and Coach, Neil Shoney Maclean. We find out about Neil founding and growing Scotland's first ever Fitness Exhibition in 2013, growing it into a huge event and selling it on. Neil then shares how he went full time into the Digital Marketing Consultancy space with his first ever job resulting in £297,000 worth of sales from a £4,000 budget for Fac...

Today, I am joined by Personal Trainer, Online Coach and Content Creator Nathan Collins.  Nathan shares his story of how we made a big career change to pursue his passion in the fitness industry. We discuss the steps he took, the challenges he faced, how his business grew and the mindset required for his success as well as overcoming two periods of adversity. Nathan shares how his online circ...

Today, we are joined by Dean Palmer a chartered accountant based in London with one of the large global accountancy firms. We dive into Career Development, travelling abroad with job security, and dealing with a career hurdle. As you would expect we chat about Dean’s passion for fitness, shout out Zyzz, and learn a little bit about his early content creation on Youtube. We then discuss his secondm...

Today, we are joined by Jonny Rose. Jonny leads the Marketing at Slater Menswear, host of the "30 Something Podcast" and a Digital Content Creator. Jonny shares his career journey that many of us go through in the UK, with a great insight into why he took some of these steps and what he learnt during each step. We discuss Jonny’s experiences when he went travelling after working in London. He expl...

Today, we are joined by Wallace Wilson, PT, Online Coach and recent Love Island contestant to discuss having your identity defined by just one of your interests or activities. Many of us can relate to being categorised by one thing we do. For Wallace, this has been a number of things in his life so far including Footballer, Mens Physique competitor, and more recently Love Islander. We discuss comp...

The first Solo Pod so far, and I'm having a conversation with myself to explore a period of real turbulence in my life during May-June 2019. I explain the real reason why I booked a fitness photoshoot for June 2019, what I learned through adversity, the importance of how you see yourself, and ways to make yourself more valuable. If you are facing any adversity at this or if you are on furlough, ha...

Today we are joined by Ant Mellor, 21 year old serial entrepreneur to discuss his experience in business and the process of turning your side hustle into your full time income. Ant shares how starting his first business in the fitness clothing space led to him identifying how his second business could solve the same problems he faced for Clothing Start Ups. We have a great discussion of how to ide...

Today, we are joined by Ben Williams. Once a drug addict on the brink of suicide, Ben turned his life around by owning the courage to join one of the worlds most elite fighting forces as a Royal Marines Commando. Ben shares his journey through basic training and serving his country in Afghanistan and the mindset lessons we can translate from the military to civilian life. Top of this list is a thr...

Today we are joined by Bryce Bell, Royal Navy Veteran, engineer, property business owner, and former Youtube and Instagram sensation. We discuss how Bryce starting his lifting career, the influences and sources that got him going as well as the impact on his confidence in his appearance and ability.  Bryce shares how this love for transforming his body influenced his initial military car...

Today, we are joined by Sam Capps and we discuss the process of understanding yourself on a deeper level. Sam has been on his own journey of understanding himself better for a number of years, particularly relating to accepting himself and gaining clarity of his own why. We explore the relationship we can form with fitness as an identity, using certain methods as a crutch for feelings, as well as...