Normalised Activity

Hannah Brown is a British canoeist and two time  Wildwater Canoeing World Champion. She is now a performance analyst and technical coach in the Paralympic program for British Canoeing. Here she shares her experience of high performance, recovering from injury and transitioning from competing to coaching. She talks about how she started her canoeing career at her local club and the importance...

Get your flow on and release your inner animal. This week we continue in seeking to broaden our horizons with a conversation with Rachel about all things Animal Flow. With a passionate world-wide community, Animal flow uses the fundamentals of movement to strengthen both the body and mind. Rachel teaches us what it is, what the benefits are and how to deploy it as a stand alone modality, but also...

Andy started moving with purpose when he joined the army at the age of 16, and 30 years later show no signs of stopping.  Through an impressive military career, through to being an elite strength and conditioning coach, he shares his thoughts on the most beneficial things we can do to be as capable as possible. A knowledge base harnessed from far and wide including Russian massage torture, a...

We all have it in us to be our own Talisman. Frankie Tinsley recently completed the Talisman Triathlon, and with it became the first person to run, swim, and cycle from Lands’ End to John O’ Groats. Over mountains, across lakes and everything in between, it’s quite simply awe inspiring, as well as benefiting the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) charity. This conversation goes deep into wha...

Dr John Sykes is a GP, trained in the UK and is currently working in Bath. He’s a trustee and director of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and a fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) and a certified nutritionist. In this fantastic conversation, we cover many aspects of health and the practical use of lifestyle medicine.

We had the opportunity to speak to Jeff Martin, one of the founders of Brand X Method. Considered to be the most comprehensive, thoughtful and careful coaching program for kids. Jeff with over 40 years of coaching experience takes through the importance of using movement, outcome and play as the foundations for activity. With the challenge of increased sedentary lifestyles and the earlier intensiv...

Two and a half hours chatting with Toby Segar? Yeah, I don’t mind if we do. Toby is a parkour athlete, film maker and 1 seventh of parkour team and you tube sensations, STORROR. Known for his ridiculous speed and incredible power, toby takes us deep into the world of parkour and how it’s rapidly becoming more and more popular and visible, how UK Ninja Warrior tried to stop parkour athletes competi...

This was a highly enjoyable conversation with Kevin Toonen. Kev is recognised as one of the best in his field of strength and conditioning, and also happens to be a thoroughly decent human. Having been an elite soldier, to redeveloping and delivering the training for Australia’s elite special forces, including the physical, mental and emotional tools to deliver in the extremes of military theatre....

In this episode we discuss the benefits of Qigong. With 15 years in fitness industry working in both group and one and one environments. Arron understands the need for a variety of tools. To this end he has incorporated Qigong into his professional and personal training. Understanding the value of both performance and longevity for his clients and himself.  Join us in exploring this fascinati...

We were honoured that Kegan took some time away from sitting on an assault bike, to have an epic chat with us. Kegan is a coach, athlete and all round top notch human. Having gathered coaching experience with some of the words top strength and conditioning coaches, he has much to pass on. This conversation covers so much ground that it’s hard to summarise. So maybe just dive in, absorb, and enjoy....

Logan Gelbrich is former professional baseball player, writer of a best seller and owner of Deuce Gym. But to hang those titles on him would be a disservice, for he is much more. A deep and purposeful thinker, Logan shares insights into: breaking stereotypes, coaching for all people, the growth mindset, and embracing the process and enjoying the mundane. This was an amazing conversation and we are...

In this episode, we are delighted to be joined by Lucy Lismore. From the UK to Australia and back again, Lucy's adventure has been both physical and metaphorical. From a small spark that proved to be a catalyst for change that has been powered by curiosity and enjoyment. Lucy is simply one of the most upbeat and positive people you could come across. Her transformational story became mainstream in...

As the 2020 Tokyo Olympics finally gets underway, albeit now in 2021, we are delighted to be joined by athlete and Olympian Heather Fell. Heather won a silver medal in 2008 at the Beijing games, and tells us the fascinating story that surrounds this achievement and what followed, through to Triathlon, ultra-running and a media career. From her tiny quarantine hotel room in Tokyo, whilst awaiting c...

We are humbled to be joined by Ian Morgan. Ian hasn't always been an ultra runner. In the not so distant past you would likely find him nursing a beer whilst watching some mind numbing TV show, but then one day he put the beer down and went for a run. He's still running, and he'll probably run for the rest of his life. With frank honesty and openness, Ian talks about his journey, his motivations a...

We are joined by Marcus Smith, a true inspiration and motivational human. Marcus is an endurance athlete, coach, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and founder of InnerFight in Dubai. Hold tight and strap in as we had so much to talk about, and we're convinced that you will take a lot away from this one.

For this episode we are delighted to joined by Andrew Tracey. AT is the fitness editor of Mens Health UK, host of the Bulldog Gear Podcast, creator of a multitude of resources, training plans and cool t-shirts, and much, much more. We talk about doing pull-ups on the side of a travelodge, the fitness industry, fitness magazines, getting older, not realising what is really important,...

Kicking things off with an introduction of sorts, Sean and Paul discuss their approach to training, health and a generally active life without the need to ever set foot inside a gym. They discuss human capability, messing around on the monkey bars in the park, why what you do doesn't matter as long as you just do something, and that bags of cement and tins of paint are not the most ideal equipment...