The Everyone Active Podcast

This week, Jo and Michelle are joined by Steph Heath - our National Fitness Products & Training Manager to talk all about strength training. They discover what it is, what happens when we do it and why it's so important - and not just for getting big muscles (hint: you probably won't)! Is strength training something we should all be doing? Find out now with this week's episode of The Everyone Acti...

This week, Jo and Michelle are joined by Denise Westbury - a volunteer at Berkhamstead Leisure Centre. It's here she indulges her passion for gardening with a community garden at the centre. Denise and other members tend the garden, boosting their Social Wellness all the while and we explore how the garden came to be, what produce comes out of it, how the centre supports it and what the plans for...

In this week's episode, Jo and Michelle are joined by Lucy Horsell - co-founder of PEBE Sports Bras. Together they discuss the problems affecting women and wearing sports bras and how PEBE can help. You'll hear all about the company's inception, how the product came to be and exactly what it is that makes these sports bras so special - and why the world needed them! Everyone Active members get a d...

This week, we take a look at some of our past episodes where guests have espoused the YOU+ Brain principle of taking on and overcoming new challenges. Oli Patrick and Steph Heath take us through the science behind the importance of taking on new challenges, while Paul Minter, formerly of the Royal Marines and founder of the Head Up charity describes some of the challenges he's faced both in the mi...

This week, Jo is joined by Caroline Odogwu, co-founder of She Is You, a social impact organisation set up to help women and girls fulfil their potential. In this episode, we're focusing on the dance programme Caroline and She Is You runs at one of our centres in Sutton, learning about how it works and the effect it's having on the local community. Find out more about She Is You here: https://www.s...

This week, we're joined by Denise Gray - an Everyone Active Master Trainer and EA Breathing Space expert. In this episode, she takes us through all the details of the new Breathing Space class, what it involves, what you should wear, what to bring with you, what to expect, how the class is structured and all the benefits that come with it. Find out more about the podcast here:  https://www.everyon...

We're back in the North East this week for our 100th episode, chatting to Bob Glass - Sunderland Aquatic Centre member, Ibiza Wellness Retreat competition winner and regular gym-goer - who's here to tell us all about how activity has changed his life. He tells us how he thought winning the competition was a 'scam', that going to the gym pretty much every day does him the world of good and that yog...

This week, Jo is joined by John Lofting, Managing Director of D2F Fitness, one of our key gym equipment suppliers. In this episode, we'll hear all about How John got to where he is today, the evolution of D2F itself and precisely what it is the company does. We'll also learn about how the relationship between D2F and Everyone Active has managed to remain so strong for the past 20 years! Find out m...

This week, Jo is joined by Keiser's UK & Ireland Manager Garry Spreadborough and, continuing on with YOU+ Movement Month, we're talking all things indoor cycling. Garry's the oracle when it comes to indoor cycle classes - he still teaches - and we learn everything there is to learn about the company, the bikes and what makes them special and why Everyone Active chooses them. Find out more about th...

This week, Jo's joined by Harpenden Leisure Centre Personal Trainer, Tom Doe, to discuss everything to do with functional fitness. What it is, why it's so important and how to incorporate it into your health and wellbeing regime.  Find out more about the podcast here:   https://www.everyoneactive.com/content-hub/online-tools/everyone-active-podcast/ Join YOU+ Today Everyone Active -  everyoneactiv...

It's YOU+ Sleep month, so for this week's episode, we've delved into the archive to bring you some of the best bits from previous episodes dedicated to helping you sleep better. Firstly, Jo and Michelle are joined by the architects of YOU+, Oli Patrick and Steph Heath to talk about how sleep works and why it's so important. Secondly, they're joined by clinical psychologist Michaela Thomas to talk...

This week, Jo is joined once again by Nikki Wells – Fitness Manager at Harborough Leisure Centre – as well as one of Harborough's expert yoga teachers, Courtney Lee. As it's YOU+ sleep month, they'll be taking us through all the ways yoga can help us sleep better and, subsequently, become a more 'well' version of yourself. We'll be discovering which yoga poses we can practise before bed to help us...

This week, we're back at The Sunderland Aquatics Centre, where Jo is joined by Tigz - the Fitness Manager at Redcar Leisure Centre. We hear all about what her role involves, but also how YOU+ has impacted her life. How she has implemented the various pillars into her routine and how it has helped turn around the parts of her life that weren't quite working as well as they could. Find out more abou...

In the wake of the Everyone Active Champions Awards, held at The English Institute of Sport in Sheffield in February, we took some time out to chat to some nominees and winners in the Community Champions categories to uncover more about their inspirational stories. We heard from dance collectives The Y.E.S Project and Pinder Dance Productions, mental health warriors Active Minds and sports group 6...

This week, Jo is in Sunderland, speaking to Nikki Francis - Fitness Manager at The Neptune Centre in Middlesbrough, as well as her friend, client and Neptune member, Yasmine Abulfia who has come on the show to tell us all about her YOU+ journey, with a particular emphasis on the Recovery pillar and how it has transformed her life for the better Find out more about the podcast here: https://www.eve...

Heat therapy is a growing area of wellness and it's been proven to play a vital role in improving how we recover. In this episode, Jo and Nikki explore some of the science behind heat therapy, how to get the best out of a sauna, as well as busting some common myths you may have heard! Everyone Active - everyoneactive.com Join us over on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram , and TikTok .  

This week, Jo is joined by Nikki Wells - Fitness Manager at the Harborough Leisure Centre. Together, they chat about Heart Rate Variability - HRV - and its importance to you and me. They discuss what it is, its relevance to everyday active people, as well as elite athletes and how its measured. In this episode, we focus on how it affects our recovery and how a lower HRV can make our recovery less...

Today Jo is joined once again by Gary Foley to talk about breathwork and the new Everyone Active Breathing Space class. Joining them on the podcast this week is the class's inspiration and guru - breathwork expert Jamie Clements. He'll be speaking to us all about how and why he became interested in the practise, why paying attention to our breath is such a good idea and give us an idea of what the...

This week, Jo is joined by the returning Steph Heath - Everyone Active's National Fitness Products & Training Manager - as well as Mike Murphy, who is our nutrition partner, Nutrable's chief nutritionist. In this episode, they have got together to discuss Everyone Active's all-new Medicated Weight Loss Support Programme. This is a new product that's been designed to help people who have been presc...

This week, Michelle is joined by Keri Paliczka from our ever-popular Coral Reef Waterworld site. With five outrageous water slides, rapids, a lazy river, a pirate ship sailed by Pete the Pirate, it really is the perfect day out for the whole family. With half term approaching and the Easter holidays following rapidly on their coat tails, there's never been a better time to book your session!  Cora...

In this week's episode of The Everyone Active Podcast, we're talking to Mike Murphy, Chief Nutritionist at Nutrable – a nutrition company with which Everyone Active has just partnered. As YOU+ members, you'll have access to a Nutrable membership and Mike will take us through exactly what this means, what you get with your membership and how you can benefit. He'll also take us on his journey from t...

For our first episode of 2026, Jo and Gary take a look at the ACSM's (American College of Sports Medicine) list of fitness trends for 2026. They'll analyse what's new on the list, what's moved up, what's moved down and how you can enjoy what's on that list at your local Everyone Active centre! Join YOU+ Today - Join - Everyone Active Find out more about the podcast here: https://www.everyoneactive...

In this special festive edition of The Everyone Active Podcast, we take a look back at some of our favourite moments from the best episodes of 2025. This year, we've introduced revolutionary new wellness concepts with YOU+, taken on knife crime with The Ben Kinsella Trust, tackled breast cancer, social inequality in east London, performance nutrition, looked at how to get the most out of your post...

This week, Jo is joined in the co-host's chair by Gary Foley to chat with Harpenden member and owner of several incredible stories, Enzo. In this episode, Enzo regales us with his life story; through hardship, tragedy, health difficulties and yo-yo-ing weight before finding his community with Everyone Active at Harpenden Leisure Centre. Find out more about the podcast here:  https://www.everyoneac...

This week, Jo is joined by Chloe Moore - a swim teacher at Harborough Leisure Centre, who's going to talk to us all about Swimming Crash Courses. What are they? Who are they for? When are they available? What's so great about them? To find out all this and more, listen to this episode of The Everyone Active Podcast now. Find out more about the podcast here:  https://www.everyoneactive.com/content-...