FitStoryTV

FitStoryTV is back with a bang and in episode 72, I sit down with the owner and founder of The Natural Club, Sammy Pierre. He tells us about what life was like growing up in North West London navigating the environment and challenges he faced as a young boy, growing up with a radically religious father and the splitting of his parents at a young age, to how later he overcome time in prison by disc...

It’s been almost three years to the day… but FitStoryTV is back — and we’re coming in strong. In the opening moments, I share where I’ve been, why I stepped away, and the mission behind FitStoryTV as we shift toward telling stories of transformation through the art of Jiu Jitsu. In this first episode, we go beyond the mats with my coach, my friend, and 2nd-degree Jiu Jitsu black belt — Matt Whyton...

One of the OG's of the fitness world, Steve Maxwell joins us on the podcast to share his story. A lot of people know him as fitness guru, BJJ blackbelt, coach and trainer since 1972, Steve Maxwell. He is nomadic, going city to city, doing what he loves everyday and we caught him for an hour in his busy diary, to talk about his story and hardest learnt lessons over the past few decades and beyo...

Back on episode 48 you may remember my good friend Chris Mooney shared his story - but what we didn't cover was the origin story behind his brand 51FIT. Today was that day. We spoke about the creation of 51FIT, the meaning behind the name and within that, the number one thing you must have to build a fitness business (and its not as complicated or as difficult as you might think to master this...

Owner and founder of Physique Essentials and Elite Physique Project, Josh Dickinson joins me on the podcast to talk about his story and detail parts of his journey to becoming and staying a leader in the fitness space. With a career spanning for over two decades, Josh had a lot to say about starting a fitness business and staying in the game. We actually discovered he built his platform during a t...

Ed Flood is the founder of Trail Pursuit, which is known for its unique trail race festivals & adventure retreats for people who love the great outdoors. But who was he before that? We started off the episode by talking about his upbringing, being positively influenced and growing up where giving back was a standard and strong family value. He spent his formative years on a pursuit of his own,...

On the show we have Rodney Stewart - not the singer but the proud owner of Club Performax, Florida. A successful gym with a team of highly skilled personal trainers that know how to train a diverse population and deliver the ultimate in customer service - to get there, Rod has faced many seasons of hardship in building the brand, so you could say he knows a thing or two. On this episode he talks t...

Entrepreneur and agency owner, Ricardo Fleuranvil joins us in this episode to talk about his story - he spoke into the days before entrepreneurship, the businesses and making money. He opened up telling us what it was like to grow up as the oldest of 10 kids and what it was like growing up in a functioning-dysfunctional family. Needing to grow up fast and take on responsibility early. Ricardo toda...

People like us are cut from the same cloth and that's why I loved having him on the show. Mikey Mckinson is here... On this episode (which is late to launch fyi, as we had some production issues early on) I had the pleasure of sitting with professional boxer "The problem" - Mikey Mckinson, who shares insights of trial, tribulation and now the journey to triumph, weaved into a truly v...

Damn, this episode was a hot one. I was joined by the founder of BreakFree Festival and online fitness mindset coach, Rachel Pastor, and boy oh boy will this story hit hard. Most of all because it was so real, raw and authentic. Rachel, who now helps people breakthrough limiting beliefs and completely transform their identities through fitness, nutrition and NLP, was once addicted to drugs and had...

You may remember they came to share their story (episode 4) and now they're back again for a second feature on FitStoryTV... Chris & Eric Martinez, otherwise known as the Dynamic Duo came to talk with Matthew Burbridge about how things have changed for them since the start of the "pandemic", to now. Unlike the last time they came on, this episode was far more tactical, as we dove...

"A billion dollar body is a state of mind" - that's what our guest and expert coach Keri Ford believes... And people must agree because she's building an empire by teaching high-performance women how to stop performing with diets so they can achieve Cookie Confidence. She's been on the show before (episode 34) and we wanted to get her back again since her growth has been asto...

Hayden McEvoy is the creator of "Academic Personal Training" and founder of "A Team Tuition". Before we got into the gritty stuff, Hayden shared with us how it was growing up, feeling like the "lesser talented" brother to Cam McEvoy (who later became 2012-2016 swimming olympian), but he didn't let a perceived lack of talent hold him back from achieving greatness i...

Vince Gabriele is on a mission to help gym owners build businesses that grow without them chained to it - more on that shortly, for now though.. In this episode, we talk about how a "normal upbringing" can sometimes leave you feeling like you don't have much of a story, however we learned that this is not the case. As Vince's story evolved, he tells us how he faced major challeng...

On this episode of the podcast I caught up with Darren Bruce, who walked us through his story. Darren is obsessed with helping high performers win. Having started life himself with challenges and sets backs when it came to education, he found solitude in movement. Something that changed the way he saw himself and his place in the world.. From there, Darren entered a leadership role in the military...

Sexual abuse is REAL and as much as we try to avoid the hard conversations about exposing it, it needs to be spoken about in order to create awareness...and that's why I wanted to speak with Paul Remmer on the podcast. Before we got going into Paul's incredibly powerful and thought-provoking story, we gave credit to former business partner Perry Power for launching his new book "break...

Have you mastered the basics of building your fitness business before trying to master everything? It could be the reason things aren't going how you'd hope... In todays episode I speak with owner of GymBoss Marketing, and host of GymBoss Podcast Jimmy Halley. He shares his story, highlighting key chapters that you will find relatable and funny. We dove into the mindset you must carry if y...

Today I caught up with Tom Hibbert, the owner of Winning Strength to talk all things story. From humble beginnings, he is a World Record Breaker and world class strength coach who no doubt has earned his stripes after being in the game for well over 10 years. Residing in Southampton, UK. He currently works with several high level athletes (some of which are record holders themselves). His training...

Suicide is a hard thing to talk about. It's very taboo. And at a very young age my guest today, Jimi Pomponio experienced it first hand when his mother took her own life. For 28 years he barely spoke out about it but on the show, he dives deep and shares his story with an open heart. We spoke about how that trauma has over the years manifested itself in his life and what he does to work throug...

Jeff Davis is a top notch, fit-habit coach and on the show today he got super vulnerable. He shared his what life was like when he was younger, growing up with a tough home life and environment that subconsciously instilled negative habits into his identity, that he then carried for years and years into his adult life. Jeff spent a lot of time sabotaging himself because of these detrimental habits...

The founder and owner of Fearless Training and host of the Roar Knowledge podcast, Alex Connor came through to spend some time with us and share his story. Born out of the UK, now living in Australia, Alex talks about how fitness was something he did from a young age. Being inspired by his dad who would take him to the gym to train, it became part of his identity early on. He went on to become a p...

Have you ever had a moment in your life where you just had to look at yourself in the mirror, say "fuck it" and commit to something that scares you? Well on the show today, my guest Dennis Deheza talks us through what that moment looked like for him and why as scary as it was to pack up his life, leave his family and head for another city he hadn't been to before, was ultimately it w...

Today on the show, I caught up with an old friend, endurance athlete, elite level trainer, coach, gym owner, and all round badass, Owen Gayle. We actually met back in 2012 at one of the most prestigious MMA gyms in the south of England, GYM01, where I had the pleasure to not only train with him but also watch his growth, as he climbed the professional rankings, ultimately making his way all the wa...

Today on the show, we spoke with former fitness expert turned fitness business coach, Tobias Young. He is the co-founder of TNT FitPro Explosion that specialises in fitness coaches scale with their 6-figure blueprint. It was humble beginnings for Tobias who grew up without a dad after being born in one of the roughest areas of Richmond, CA. From a young age, he always wanted to be like the Hulk an...

If someone else’s story acts as the roadmap for others to follow, then make sure you put the off-road tyres on for this one.. Chris Mooney, joined me on the show today, talking Fatherhood, growing an online fitness business and navigating life at the highest standard possible. Today, Chris is the founder of 51 FIT, a personal trainer mentor and has almost 18 years experience which leaves a lot of...