Escape Your Limits & LIFTS

OK Boomer… Time to get fit! The Baby Boomers, ageing fitness, over 55s, the grey pound… Call it what you like, there's a sector of the fitness industry full of people that are underappreciated and underserviced. In this special episode of the Escape Your Limits, live from ukactive's Sweat 2020, we explore how to grow the industry, grow our engagement and grow old healthily. With so many opportunit...

Sarah Anne Stewart has started a movement of meditation and mindfulness. Empowering clients with the responsibility to change their behaviour, Sarah is holistically bringing self-love, self-worth, and self-confidence to a whole community. Overcoming everything from eating disorders and body shaming to breast implant illness and mental health concerns, this episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast...

Ultimate Performance by name and nature, in this episode Nick Mitchell explains how his business is leading the field in not just traditional personal training, but app development, nutrition tracking, team management and growth plans that benefit clients by raising the standard of trainers in fitness. With worldwide coverage, Ultimate Performance is pioneering personal training based on results,...

This episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast is a branding and marketing special, with Amanda McVey of Upgrade Labs in partnership with ukactive and Sweat 2020. Sweat 2020 will reveal business tips and success stories – equally as applicable for start-ups and established brands alike – from entrepreneurs pioneering fitness in urban spaces around the world. Please join us on the 20th February at...

Sharran Srivatsaa has gone from fighting with a raccoon in a dumpster for food, to scaling a real estate business for 10x success and billions of dollars. This is the ultimate story of struggling against all odds and overcoming a lot of obstacles. Within this Escape Your Limits interview we break down some of the key business strategies, skills and habits that Sharran's used in several of his comp...

This episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast is an inspirational story for athletes, entrepreneurs and the public alike. With a never-say-quit attitude, Amanda McVey, VP of Upgrade Labs, is revealing the secrets of longevity and wellbeing through application of technology and pioneering research. Part of the Bulletproof family, Upgrade Labs at the Beverly Hilton is where you'll discover the worl...

The third and final part of our CES special from Las Vegas sees Matthew Januszek speaking to three icons bridging the gap between contemporary fitness and the technology of the future.   Hear how thought leader Emma Barry, Emmett Williams of Myzone, and David Shaw of Growth Fitness Design see the years to come. Discover what you'll be seeing more of, such as clothing sensors and even Bluetooth dig...

Part two of our CES special from Las Vegas sees Matthew Januszek speaking to some of the most innovative and exciting exhibitors that are leading change in the fitness tech space. The entrepreneurs in this episode explain all about the pioneering technology that's helping with measuring fat, monitoring bodily metrics, embracing sexual wellbeing, improving mindfulness, embracing mindfulness and bri...

In the first of our three-part Consumer Electronics Show technology special from Las Vegas, we speak to Julie Sylvester, producer of fitness and wearable tech summits for Living In Digital Times, official partner of CES. This episode is a who's who of fitness technology, from the start-ups that have evolved to the huge brands we know today and the people behind them. Learn what caused this growth...

Both controversial and cunning in the ways of behavioural science and sales, Benjamin Dennehy is an expert in challenging beliefs around money. These secrets of selling from the UK's most hated sales trainer will allow you to not only discover new predictors of success and recruit the right candidates for any sales roles, but battle against money concepts, subservience and tired belief systems in...

Larry Domingo and Gino Lombardo are leading the future of the wellbeing market with a gym and recovery studio in one business. 6th Sense Fitness + Recovery not only offers traditional functional fitness benefits, but they're leveraging technology such as cryotherapy, compression, and other parasympathetic treatments that allow you to rest and digest compared to when you're working hard the rest of...

Host of the Escape Your Limits podcast, Matthew Januszek, takes a look back on the 12 months of 2019, identifying trends from every episode and how they'll make a difference in fitness. Whether it's finding what areas of the market are set to explode in the coming years from our guests' insight, or what you need to do in order to grow your business in any industry as an entrepreneur or business, t...

Brendan Brazier and Mark McTavish are the game changers of alcohol. The two entrepreneurs are pioneering new growth in a market of drinks steeped in wellness and nutritional benefits. Through a vegan mindset and ethical stance, they're sharing the benefits of alcoholic elixirs, whether it's probiotics or the zero sugar, to prove there's new way of drinking for everyone. Watch the full episode on Y...

In these days of fake news, Facebook and Google monopolies and general misinformation, trust is hard to come by. Bryan O'Rourke knows how important trust is in any business, and why inspiring long-term confidence will shape the future of fitness, changing the leaders of internet activity as we know them. From a fitness futurist, board director, advisor, keynote speaker and president of the Fitness...

Through yoga, Stacey Mulvey is taking time to relax within the 'green rush' boom of the marijuana industry. As founder at Marijuasana, a traditional fitness concept combined with cannabinoids, she's creating a community of one-on-one coaching and trainer certification fuelled by CBD, THC and other cannabis products. Watch the full episode on YouTube Stacey Mulvey started doing yoga as part of a li...

Do you value your time? Brad Lea is responsible for the training platform that gives you the most value from every second, helping you raise the game of your employees and business while adding value to your customers. Brad is also host of the Dropping Bombs podcast. His company, LightSpeed VT has helped authors, motivational speakers and serial entrepreneurs such as Tony Robins, Tom Hopkins, John...

Through decades of experience in leisure culture and the nightlife industry, along with endless feedback and research, Peter Marks knows his market, audience and customers like no other. This episode is all about recognising patterns and embracing change to stand out in a digital world with old school approaches that work. Through his role heading up The Deltic Group, Peter is proving how his know...

Whether it's Kobe Bryant, The Rock, or Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Ferruggia knows that you need to think like an athlete to make the difference in your life. Whether working out, fixing your diet, getting enough sleep or embracing personal development, you can always improve. This episode is a lesson in how to be a better entrepreneur, employee, boss, dad and athlete, from a world-renowned stren...

As well as UFC fighters, celebrities such as Chris Hemsworth and many athletes, Da Rulk is responsible for training heroes – firefighters, Navy SEALs, SWAT team members and other first responders. His inspirational ethos of "always can" allows him to cultivate a team mindset that proves that while fitness isn't easy, anyone can do it.   Watch the full episode on YouTube   Da Rulk has an impressive...

An internationally renowned icon of corrective and high-performance exercise kinesiology, just one conversation with Paul Chek, founder of the CHEK Institute, is never enough. A previous guest on the Escape Your Limits podcast, Paul returns to offer more insight into strength, spirit and our place in the universe.  This episode will challenge your beliefs while helping you to embrace others that y...

In this emotional and honest episode, we hear how our guest went on a journey of recovery and pain relief, creating an international business by accident in the process. Following a motorcycle accident, he developed a therapy tool that's helped everyone from stroke patients to CrossFit icon and fittest man in the world Mat Fraser benefit from an improved quality of life and better performance. For...

Wendy Coulson is responsible for developing thousands of instructors in the fitness industry. Through a passion for collective leadership in the global giant that is Les Mills, her position as CEO for the UK and Ireland is built on brilliant branding insight, innovation, staff engagement and trust. Through these incredible efforts she's helping lead the charge towards a fitter planet. Watch the fu...

With FightCamp, Khalil Zahar has not only created an incredible product that's valued by MMA, boxing and martial arts athletes worldwide, but he's grown his venture to build and nurture a community like no other. This 'Peloton of boxing' is a martial arts-centric, full body workout programme backed by world-leading technology to bring physical and mental benefits to anyone, pro fighter or family f...

Bill Parisi is a pioneer of performance in sports and athleticism. His understanding of how to coach for speed, power and agility is at the core of his world-class programming. Now, he's diving deeper into what the human body is capable of through a new fascination with fascia and how it inspired a new level of physical ability. Unlocking the secrets of better athletic achievements, day-to-day pos...

A pioneer of fitness in Asia, Eric Levine has a passion that's driven him to truly understand members, customers and clients. His career over four decades has taken him from positions where he would have worked for free because he loves fitness and knows how to get results through genuine care, to growing hundreds of clubs in multiple countries around the world. This episode is a lesson in adding...