The Built For Coaches Podcast

In today's episode Mark & Jen discuss the theory behind real coaching. Coaching can very often be misconstrued for teaching & mentoring and as a result, people aren't achieving long term transformative change because they're being told what to do, instead of coming to the conclusion themselves with the help of a designed coaching process that also takes intuition into account. From both a...

In today's episode Mark & Jen discuss mental and physical performance. Both go hand in hand, which many people don't take into consideration. To perform optimally & get the best from your training for the RIGHT reasons, you need to develop instinct to push and pull. Intuition that allows you to understand the physical, psychological, behavioural & environmental forces at play.

In today's episode Mark & Jen discuss the 6 stages of inaction. We all know the term "I know what I need to do, I just don't know why I don't" & today's episode brings awareness to where you could be holding yourself back with applying the information you have to overcome challenges that are holding you back from taking action.

We're back! Apologies to all our regular listeners that we haven't been as consistent with the weekly podcasts as usual, it's been a mad couple of months! This week, Mark and Jen discuss a concept that we see so many people struggle with, often referred to as "life after the goal". You achieve the big thing that all of your energy, focus and attention has been working towards, only to complete it...

In today's episode, Mark takes a solo podcast with Jen being away on her long awaited honeymoon, to talk about some life lessons and the importance of being able to decipher the lessons from any experiences you've been through in life to approach similar situations differently again in the future. 

From the recent Built For Life live event, The Built For Life coaches took to the panel to answer questions from their clients in the room. There was no structure or question off limits. These range between curiosity of where The Built For Life programme is headed to the impact that social media has on peoples mental well-being when it comes to idolising a specific body.

Welcome to the first ever Built For Life LIVE podcast! Recorded at the most recent Built For Life quarterly event, five clients sat on a panel to discuss their Built For Life experience. Picking just five clients, was an incredibly difficult thing to do. Every client inside of the programme has what it takes to be on this panel & it's something that will be ran again in the future. In this epi...

In today's episode Mark, Jen & Ru explore what fitness means to them. Everyone will have a different perspective and perception of what health and fitness looks like at different stages of their lives & the part it plays. The team wanted to offer some insight to provoke some questions in you, to discover how it's currently serving you or how you could use it to serve you moving forward.

In today's episode Mark & Jen are reunited with the 3rd musketeer, Mr Ruaridh McCall - The Built For Life programmes Head of High Performance. The team speak about becoming fluent in your own bullshit. Your own bullshit can often be like a foreign language at times. Difficult to understand but based on the tone, you know fine well what it's saying. Understanding how you can become better at re...

In today's episode Mark & Jen discuss character traits. They explore what temperament and behaviours are often associated with the shapes we are most drawn to which can very often give you an insight into the way you think & approach situations. It can really open your eyes to how your mind works and what needs to change to achieve the outcomes you want or even better, what can be used to...

In today's episode Mark & Jen have a discussion about being two old married cunts. Neither are experts on marriage but the intention behind today's episode was to discuss the complexities within the dynamics of a partnership and how it can either aid and support your growth or limit you from growing as an individual. Being Built For Life is about creating the life for yourself that enables you...

Today's episode is a solo one from Jen, exploring something we like to go in depth on with our clients inside the Built for Life programme. Jen explores the concept of Paradigms, and how the lens through which you view the world impacts your perspective on yourself and your journey through change. Shifting paradigms is crucial for long term success, and will change the way that you see yourself an...

In today's episode Mark & Jen explore the subject of actions Vs behaviours. Going through a process of growth and transformation often means that you can get caught up in believing that small changes have made a life altering difference to your behaviours. Until, you find yourself in different environments that influence underlying behaviours that have not been changed due to a few surface lev...

In today's episode Mark & Jen explore fear. An emotion that often magnifies itself the more you focus on it and keeps you rooted and stuck, instead of taking action. People will often say things like "I'll wait until I feel ready" when really the only way to become ready to tackle something is by actually acting differently when fear arises. There is so much gold in here!

In today's episode Mark & Jen discuss The 4 Stages To High Performance. A mental framework you graduate through on your journey to stage number 5, mastery. Spanning from not knowing what you don't know to being conscious and aware of so much in your life that's impacting you, this episode may be eye opening for where you find yourself currently & why you're getting stuck progressing to the...

On this week's episode, The Three Musketeers aka Mark, Ruaridh and Jen ask each other some questions about life's successes, challenges and even some embarrassing drunken moments. This one isn't to be missed if you want to get to know the people behind the coaches, and to have a good laugh at our expense!

In today's episode, Mark & Jen are joined by their newest addition to The Built For Life team. Head of High Performance, Mr Ruaridh McCall. With a degree in Sports & Exercise science and a similar approach to peoples transformative process, Ru has quickly become at home within The Built For Life community with his personality, knowledge, charisma & outlook. In this episode, the trio di...

Over the past few months Mark & Jen have had several people reach out with questions. Some of which, are questions they've experienced throughout their coaching careers multiple times which are often misunderstood. Due to poor information and cultural beliefs around the complexities of someones transformation journey, Mark & Jen wanted to set straight the answers to some unanswered or poor...

Within The Built For Life programme we believe that if you live your life by a set of principles, they can be your guiding light during extremely difficult circumstances. Life principles allow you to apply high performing standards to everything you do regardless of the size of the challenge that stands before you. In today's episode Mark & Jen discuss some of the principles they help their cl...

Very often people look at the problem on the surface instead of the source. They try and improve their relationship with food without improving the relationship they have with themselves. They don't make the relevant changes to their lives and they fail to recognise the impact their surroundings have on them., including the language they often use towards themselves. Having both struggled with eat...

In today's episode Mark & Jen discuss the issues that people battle with on their transformation journeys in adulthood. Many people reflect on a time that was much simpler, where they had more time, energy, freedom & resources to place into their health and fitness. They romanticise about what they were able to achieve previously which often stops them from figuring out a strategy for how...

We've both been in and around this industry for over a decade & have both had our fair share of bad experiences. We know that many of you may have experienced the same. In today's episode Mark & Jen speak about the biggest red flags when hiring someone on your journey of growth and transformation.

Most people don't realise that the biggest thing holding them back is their beliefs. What starts as an assumption can quickly grow into a belief that creates conscious and subconscious behaviours. These behaviours can either work in your favour or they can cripple you.  They can lead to a life of fulfilment and freedom or they can lead to a life of limitations. In today's episode Mark & Jen di...

Let's be serious, people will do stupid shit to achieve results. When we're so emotionally invested in what we do, we will often crawl across broken glass to make it happen. But, without taking the lessons from some of these failures along the way we can often leave ourselves paralysed and caught in the same cycle looking for the next best thing. Mark & Jen talk about the importance of failure...