The Female Fitness Podcast

In today’s episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I talk about building a better relationship with food. I discuss why you might struggle - reverting back to old behaviours at times, and how to combat that. I help you identify how it might change your life if you lean into the discomfort of doing the work on your relationship with food. And give you some helpful advice for yours or your clients’ jo...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I discuss the importance of rest and pulling back to move forward in fitness and business. Topics Importance of Rest in Training - Recent experience: Running performance declined due to accumulated stress - Pulled back on volume/intensity for 2 weeks, took 1 week off - Result: 7K run at 5:09 pace felt easy vs. previous 6K at 5:59 pace feeling challe...

Your Nutrition - Your Training - Your life. It’s about finding your sweet spot with nutrition, training, and your life ~ in order to facilitate growth across ALL areas. In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I go into this in far more detail, talking about the 3 pillars of Find Your Flow Coaching and how I support my clients in making progress within each of them. I discuss how we go bey...

In this week’s episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I talk about how it’s absolutely ok to want to lose body fat or build muscle tissue whether that’s to support your health, performance, or personal preference! There’s nothing wrong with fat loss or muscle gain when pursued in the right way at the right time, People often just overestimate it’s importance, and neglect the work that’s really goin...

In today’s episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I talk about why I'm taking a break from posting on social media, and the benefits I've already seen over the past week. This chat will provide you some helpful food for thought whether you're someone navigating your own fitness journey, whether you're a coach, or someone running or working a completely unrelated business. If you want to learn to lo...

In today’s episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I discuss the mistakes you’re making before, during, and after social occasions. These mistakes are keeping you stuck in cycles of overeating followed by restriction, causing you feelings of guilt and shame, taking away from your ability to connect with your friends and family, and getting in the way of you achieving your goals! If you want more whe...

In today’s episode I help you understand what our body image is, and the difference between that and our body composition! I discuss some of the things it can be influenced by, and why it’s important to address even if you do have goals to lose body fat or gain muscle tissue. I hope you enjoyed this episode, and if you did - it would mean the world if you could share that you're listening on your...

In this week’s episode of The Female Fitness Podcast myself, Michelle Carroll, and Jess Neary chat about what going ‘Beyond The Basics’ means to us as coaches, and how we embody that within our practice. We discuss the points in our journey/career we realised there was more to fitness, And why we think it’s important for coaches and their clients to push beyond generic information given around onl...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I have the pleasure of being joined by mindset coach Katie Bambrick, where we discuss: - Why identifying your core values is so important (alongside how you can act in line with them). - How your subconscious beliefs could be holding you back when it comes to achieving your goals. - How some people might be able to better support themselves when fee...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I discuss some of the common concerns you or your clients may have or obstacles you might face when making the transition from bodybuilding (or training for physique development), to functional fitness or training for performance! As a lot of you will know I've been through this transition myself personally after competing in bodybuilding for 5 year...

In today’s episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I talk about common concerns of fears that can come up when considering taking a more flexible or health focused approach to our fitness goals. I understand where concerns such as the fear of gaining body fat or letting go of control can come from, especially when rigid approaches might have worked for you or others in the past. It makes sense as to...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I talk about where people often go wrong with performance goals - using them as a vehicle to facilitate fat loss, and why this can be problematic. I discuss how it can be simultaneously harmful to our health and quality of life, whilst also being detrimental to our progress with both our performance and body composition goals. If you have any questi...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I'm interviewed by good friend and peer Sophie Dakin, on how to protect your own and your clients' relationship with food whilst chasing performance or body composition goals! Let me know if you have any thoughts or questions at all after giving this a listen. And if you'd like some support achieving your own goals whilst keeping your health in tact...

Happy New Year and welcome back to The Female Fitness Podcast! In today's episode I talk through some considerations for goal setting, considering the pressure we often experience through the beginning of a new year. I share some of my own goals with you, and explain why sometimes it could have it's benefits to be a little less specific with certain goals, when you might be more specific with othe...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I update you on everything I have going on both personally and professionally including my training goals, a trip across the world and some work events in the new year! I then cover values as per a request I had from one of you guys to cover my own values. I talk through my own and give examples of how I act and operate my business/coach in line wit...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I talk about how my 90 year old nan is my inspiration, and share some insights from my week visiting family in Sheffield to help shift your perspective and give training/exercise more of a purpose for you. I include some of the science/facts on the benefits of both resistance training and cardiovascular exercise to help give your training more purpo...

It can be easy to shy away from asking questions, to worry about what others might think of the question itself or of you for asking it, to feel pressure to look like you know it all and view the admission that you don’t as a weakness I’ve been there But it’s not It’s a strength So in today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I talk about the importance of leaning into the discomfort of being...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I have the pleasure of being joined by Holly Jackson, who is an online coach & personal trainer of 6 years, ex competitive swimmer, and great friend of mine! Holly gives us a run down of her own journey through health and fitness both personally and professionally, and talks to us about what health and fitness means to her now in comparison to when...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I have the pleasure of being joined by my wonderful client Holly Walmsley who I work with on a 1-2-1 basis with both her own training and nutrition as well as being her mentor. Holly is a fantastic coach who has been through an incredible journey both personally and professionally. Whether you're a coach or someone interested in learning more about...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I have the pleasure of being joined by Craig Massey aka Mass who is a coach turned educator/mentor and integral part of the PFCA. I was introduced properly to Mass on the PFCA's FFC1 after having followed him for years, and he's one of the few people I look up to in the industry. This episode is an absolute MUST listen for any coaches or PT's who wa...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I have the pleasure of being joined by Dr Ash Cox who is the clinical lead at Red On, an Epidemiologist, Researcher, and Performance Analyst. Myself and Bec were introduced to Ash through the Red On event that we went to in Liverpool, and subsequent fitness testing that we had done over there (lactate threshold, back squat 1RM, vertical jump, and ha...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I cover some of the key points I would consider (and I think you should too) when looking for a coach or mentor, to make sure you make a worthwhile investment that's going to pay off...as opposed to wasting your hard earned cash! Thank you so much for listening as always. I’d LOVE to hear from you whether this is your first listen or you’ve been her...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I talk about one of the most common reasons I see people not achieving their goals at the moment - trying to do too much at once. This is relevant in fitness but also business, and as an example in fitness it could look like trying to lose body fat at the same time as setting a demanding performance goal such as running a half marathon. I discuss wh...

In today's episode of The Female Fitness Podcast I have the absolute pleasure of being joined by my good friend Michelle! Michelle has an MSc in Nutrition, and is currently doing a PhD in body image. She's a coach herself with multiple services in the education space, and puts out some incredible information on how you can support your own self and your clients if you're a coach from a body image...

The Female Fitness Podcast is back!! I’m SO happy to be back recording and excited for the episodes I have planned. In today’s episode I update you all on everything that’s gone on personally and professionally over the last 9 months and my plans moving forwards with my work life including the podcast. My goal is for this podcast to be a hub of education, inspiration, insights from myself and an a...