Mature Muscle Podcast

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.12 - NOT DONE YET! Inspiring new Book by Mona Smith, Author & Powerlifter Today I interviewed Mona Smith about her new book "NOT DONE YET!" This tells the story of her life from a tragic life-changing injury as a child to competitive powerlifter, using strength training to get there. Full of inspiring stories, and her take on trai...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.11 - ALCOHOL: The Demon Drink? With Profs. Greg Whyte & Andy Lane Had a great chat with the Professors today, we spoke about both the physiological and psychological effects of alcohol. Phil shared a tragic personal story.  For further reading on the issues we discussed, please use the link below: https://www.ias.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.10 - Fad or Fix? The Inside on Cupping, Dry Needling and Kinesiology Taping with Performance Consultant Louie Sims. Great chatting to Louie about how pain is controlled, how Cupping, Dry Needling and Kinesiology Taping can work and when they should be used. We also chatted about the effect of Placebo, whether Ultrasound is still being used and...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! THE MATURE MUSCLE PODCAST - Season 4 / Episode 9: OZEMPIC, MOUNJARO & WEGOVY (SEMAGLUTIDE & TIRZEPATIDE) PLUS THE “NEW” WONDERS OF CREATINE MONOHYDRATE Today we had a chat about the huge increase in people using Mounjaro , Wegovy , and Ozempic . They all injectable medications that contain a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist. Th...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.8 - Racket Renaissance: Training for Tennis, Padel & Pickleball Today, we're joined by tennis coach Dan Rippon, we discuss how the sport is making a comeback, and how two new variations are taking the world including the UK, by storm. We also chat about specific training for it, injury prevention, prehab and rehab. The two popular rack...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.7 - Bringing your Mental "A" Game with Chris Hunt of Therapycise Today Aaron and I interviewed Christ Hunt of Therapycise. Chris is a mental performance psychologist and former Royal Marine Commando. He specialises in helping people master their own destiny and is highly regarded as a an authority on Mental Performance. It was a fasci...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! Welcome to the first episode of 2025. Apologies for the delay since Ep.5. I was in Nepal climbing mountains over November and December...  In this episode, I welcome Aaron Hopkins, sucessful PT and gym owner. I interviewed him a few months ago and we had a great laugh and were very much of the same mind when discussing all things health/fitness. He wi...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.5 - Extreme Dieting Part 2: Vegan In Part 2 of 2, I talk to Professor Greg Whyte OBE (Sports Science) and Professor Andy Lane (Psychology). We discuss Extreme dieting or Fad dieting, why we are drawn to extremes. We discuss the Carnivore diet, the Vegan diet their effects, the negatives and the positives. Please join the Mature Muscle Podcast ...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Sp.4 - Extreme Eating Part 1: The Carnivore Diet, with Nutritional Therapist Mark Bennett. This week I spoke to Nutritional Therapist Mark Bennett. We spoke about extreme diets, specifically about the carnivore approach which is animal only products. We discussed its effectiveness, safety and how to implement and follow it properly. We also spoke...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.3 - Coach Masterclass: Greg Mikolap from ICON  This is the second of a series of interviews of local (to me) established coaches, PTs and gym owners. Todays guest is Greg Mikolop owner of ICON in Maidenhead, Berkshire. I've known him for several years, we worked together for a few years as freelance PT's many years ago. Today, we dive...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.2 - Coach Masterclass: With Aaron Hopkins of PT:U This is the first of a series of interviews of local (to me) established coaches, PTs and gym owners. Todays guest is Aaron Hopkins, owner of PT:U in Crowthorne near Wokingham. Aarons Bio:  Aaron Hopkins Aaron has a wealth of knowledge and experience ranging from sports performance to body compo...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.1 - The Science of Pain & Pushing Through the Pain Barrier Welcome to a new season, looking forward to some great new guests and also getting some previous guests back on. Today i'm speaking to Dr Richard Harrison, he is a pain researcher employed at the University of Reading and affiliated with the School of Psychology and Clinical La...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! This isn't an episode, just an update and review of season 3, plus a  few words about the upcoming Season 4. 15,000 downloads, so far and some great feedback, thanks all!  I hope you find this useful and enjoyed the podcast. Watch for the next episode soon, please subscribe when you can and please leave us a rating or review. It would really help...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.20 Optimal Heart Health: Coming Back Stronger After A Heart Attack Last episode in this season, and its a cracker! Today i'm joined by Dr Richard Godfrey, a lecturer in physiology at Brunel University, London. In 2007 he had a near fatal heart attack, but using his knowledge and lots of research, he managed to rebuild his health and heart...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.19 - Creating A Dementia Defence Plan. With Prof. Andy Lane This episode has a focus on longevity. Today I teamed up with Professor Andy Lane to look at nutrition, exercise, sleep and social interaction and how they may be able to slow down the onset, or reduce the severity of dementia. Brain health is a subject of interest to both of us, as we...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.18 - Sugars, Sweeteners & Metabolic Damage. With Mark Bennett BSc Today I was joined by Mark Bennett, a highly qualified Nutritional Therapist. The plan was to talk about sugars and artificial sweeteners, which we did. But then we got into so much more. Sometimes it got quite technical and we went pretty deeply into chronic health condition...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.17 - Meal Prepping Tips & Tricks Today i'm joined by my buddy Phil Agostino to discuss all aspects of meal preparation. We chat about the many benefits of planning ahead; - Time saving - Reduced stress (the trauma of decision!) - Promotion of healthier eating habits - Better Macro/Micro nutrient balance - Economical, less waste - Less...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.16 - Ice Baths & Cold Water Immersion with Prof. Greg Whyte In this episode i'm joined once more by Professor Greg Whyte OBE (Sports Science). We discuss: The concept of cold water immersion including optimum duration and temperature.  What scientific evidence exists to support the idea that cold water immersion can have positive effec...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.15 - Nutrigenomics: Nutrition Based on Genotype - With Vicky Godfrey & Kate Scott. Vicky and Kate are both Nutritional Therapists and have started a company called DNApal. This is based on Nutrigenomics, the method of establishing optimum nutrition based on a persons genes. We spoke about : How they both got involved in Nutrigenomics. The d...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.14 - A Battle With Long Covid. Part 2 - With Nick Hollis & Dr Deepak Ravindran You may like to listen to Part 1: S.2/Ep.5, to understand this podcast better, but it is not essential. After nearly two years of experimenting with everything from LDN, Fluvoxamine through to eastern medicine such as acupuncture and nutritional fasting etc, Nick...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.13 - The Menopause, Exercise & HRT with Author & PT Amanda Thebe This is Part 2  of a Hormone Special. In Part 1 I looked into TRT with Expert Dave Crossland Today I chat to Amanda Thebe, a British PT and author who lives in Canada. She has written a book to help deal with the Menopause, what to expect and how to use exercise to help. ...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.12 - TRT - Testosterone Replacement Therapy with Dave Crosland This is Part 1 one of a Hormone Special (In Part 2 I will look into HRT). Today, I chat to TRT Expert Dave Crossland and we cover the following: How testosterone drops in men & from which age The importance of getting blood work (tests) done Blood markers to check The levels of...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! In this episode I talk to Professor Greg Whyte OBE (Sports Science) and Professor Andy Lane (Psychology). We discuss ageing; how you define it - chronologically or biologically, the physiological effects and the psychological effects. We also touch on the things you can do TODAY to reduce the decline in functionality from ageing. Please join the Matur...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S3.Ep. 10 - The AGILE Mindset: Learning From The Corporate World 50th EPISODE!! - Thanks to all of you for listening... I met Alistair Corrie after completing the 3 Peaks with my team several years ago in a record time. Alister who was in the same group - was interested to see how my team had prepared for the event. I've been working with him and...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.9 - YouTube Creator: Mark Lewis In this episode I chat to successful YouTube creator Mark Lewis. Mark produces great content about fitness, competing in events and is as a self confessed better than average athlete. I recently competed in Hyrox competition in the NEC (winning the 50-59 Pairs) and was advised to watch a video of Marks with tips...