First We Lift

I welcome back two previous guests Gabrielle Fundaro & Shannon Beer. In this episode we talk about intuitive eating and the importance of weight neutral approaches to help combat peoples unhealthy behaviours and relationships with food. Gabrielle and Shannon are working hard to 'bridge the gap' between diet culture and non diet culture. A fantastic discussion talking about effective coaching strat...

In this episode I am joined by personal trainer Dan Smith. We discuss the importance of psychology & mindset to creating healthier lifestyle changes to get you closer to your goal.  This was episode was real, powerful and delivered superbly by a coach who lives and breathes helping others.

First episode back in 2020 and I am joined by my colleague, good friend and fantastic personal trainer Kaif Razzak. In this episode we discuss the Muslim diet, the culture, how we can still achieve our goals eating exactly the same way we always have and in way we enjoy without giving up on all other components that contribute to true health. We also covered Ramadan nutrition and gave some insight...

In the last episode of 2019 I discuss how to approach your health & fitness over Christmas, how we need to come away from the 'fuck it' mentality over this time of year and understand that Christmas is much more than just about food.  

In this episode I discuss peoples approach to exercise.  How getting hot, sweaty and feeling sick doesn't mean you're necessarily working towards your goals. The negative implications that can occur through regular strenuous exercise on other areas contributing to fat loss and ultimately helping people get away from the 'calorie burn' mentality towards workouts. 

This week I was joined by Eric Helms, who is a coach, author and educator.  In this episode we discussed his concept of the 'default diet' which is something Eric uses with himself and his bodybuilders to help combat the post show drastic weigh re-gain, binge eating tendencies, poor relationships with food and in some cases eating disorders. We spoke about quantitative and qualitative variables, i...

This week I was joined by Danny Lennon who is a very well known and respected educator in the field of nutrition and founder of Sigma Nutrition. Danny has a masters in nutritional sciences and has worked as a performance nutritionist with a wide variety of clients ranging from mixed martial artists to boxers. Today we spoke about rapid fat loss. We discussed calorie deficits, aggressive calorie de...

This week I was joined by Lyle McDonald, who is the author of ' The Women's Book - A Guide to Nutrition, Fat loss and Muscle Gain. We discussed all things female physiology, such as the menstrual cycle and much much more. This episode was brilliant and one I think all women should listen to, not just for the scientific information shared but also the practical. 

This week I was joined by Jacob Schepis who is personal trainer from Melbourne, Australia. Jacob is the owner of JPS fitness and JPS education which a very well known educational company for personal trainers. We discussed diet adherence, nutritional periodization and the importance of weight maintenance, all of which are very important when it comes to NOT falling off the diet wagon. 

This week I was joined by Jordan Syatt who is a strength and nutrition coach from the U.S.  Jordan is very popular on social media and his videos and content have exploded over the last few years. We discussed the health at every size movement, Jordan's videos exposing BS weight loss products sold on our high streets and much more. 

This week I was joined by Dr Stephan Guyenet, who holds a PhD in neuroscience, who then went on to study in particular the neuroscience of obesity and eating behaviour. In this episode we spoke about the neuroscience of overeating and how the brain regulates body fatness. He also spoke in detail how our brains circuits work within this us and from a evolutionary standpoint how they're still drivin...

In part 2 of ‘Too Scared To Lift’ David continues to talk about programming for beginners to help them develop the confidence and education to go into the gym and lift weights.

In this episode David talks about  barriers to participation in resistance training,  programming for beginners to help them develop the confidence and education to go into the gym and lift weights.

This week I was joined by Shannon Beer who is a MMU certified nutritionist and coach at Flex success.  In this episode we covered some very important topics when it comes down to successful weight management. We discussed the pros and cons of using apps like my fitness pal and the many different nutritional strategies and interventions you can use other than necessarily counting calories, esp duri...

This week I was joined by Dr Gabrielle Fundaro who is a Renaissance Periodization coach, ISSN Certificed Sports Nutritionist and ACE certified Health Coach. She also holds a PhD in Human Nutrition, foods and Exercise. In this episode we discussed the ever so popular topic of late, gut health. Gabrielle gave a solid account of what it is in layman's terms, not to mention she certainly cleared the m...

This week I was joined by Dietitian Sophie Medlin, we discussed all things Obesity. Covering what we believe are key drivers to the ever growing Obesity rates in the U.K. We also spoke about the latest 'Cancer Research' campaign, the health and every size movement (HAES), weight stigma and diet culture.

Today I was joined by Matt Duncan a personal trainer from the U.K currently working in Sydney, Australia. We discussed motivation and he shared a great insight into this very popular topic and some incredibly powerful stories of his work with some clients. 

 In this episode David was joined by Steve Taylor who is a registered dietitian from the U.S. They discussed everything you need to know about emotional eating with brilliant tips how to combat this problem. Finally, they explored sustainable fat loss and how important it is to set up an adaptable and enjoyable game plan for long term success. 

In this episode David discusses body image and shares his experience with this topic. Usually the number 13 represents bad luck, however you will actually be in luck listening to this episode (13) of the 'Fatfix' podcast as this ones not to be missed if you suffer from poor body image. 

This week David was joined by Luke Leaman of Muscle Nerds. We covered the many mistakes people make when it comes to losing body fat and how many neglect their health chasing their goal. 

Welcome to series 2, my first guest on the show was Juggy Sidhu also known as the 'Indian Body Coach'. We delved into how important it is to understand a persons a culture when it comes to nutrition, how to deal with social occasions within the Indian community and how you don't have to be a weirdo and take Tupperware to Indian weddings to lose weight.

In this episode David talks about dreaded weight regain and how our bodies will do everything in their power to return back to previous pre diet weight. This ones NOT to be missed.

In this episode David talks about fad diets and there contribution to not only poor nutritional health but also mental health too.  This one is seriously not to be missed! 

In this episode David talks about the importance of protein for fat loss and how it is the most important macronutrient. 

In this episode David speaks about the importance of self-monitoring which is next in line in the fat loss priority pyramid.