The Freedom Project

We know coaches struggle with three main things: burnout, losing the love of training/being in the gym, and finances. All of these, and many other challenges have a mindset component to them. We know because we are coaches and we coach, coaches. Luckily, there's a path to fixing this and finding the career you always wished you had. This is the first in a three part series where we will teach you...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation I had with CrossFit Games athlete, Bethany Shadburne. Bethany’s vulnerability in this podcast was inspiring to see as she walked us through what it’s really like to be an elite level athlete, and the mindset struggles which go along with that. A large part of the conversation is focused on how Bethany has overcome variou...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation I had with Simon Jeffries. Simon Jeffries is a Mindset and Performance Coach with The Natural Edge. In a former life, Simon was in the UK Special Forces. In the conversation, Simon takes us through his life and how he wound up joining the Royal Marines, then enrolling in, and eventually successfully completing, selection...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation Tom had with Jonas Kaplan - Cognitive neuroscientist at USC’s Brain and Creativity Institute and Co-Director at Dornsife Neuroimaging Center The theme of today is the structure of beliefs, and what creates them. Jonas & Tom stick to as broad an application of beliefs as possible, so they don’t talk much about applying to...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation between physiotherapist, breathwork practitioner and much more besides, Justin Ternes and Tom Foxley. Justin is passionate about helping patients address pain, injury and physical limitations through functional exercises, manual therapy skills, biopsychosocial education, pain science and mindfulness techniques. In this p...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation between author, and former Navy SEAL Commander, Rich Diviney and Tom Foxley. After spending over 20 years in the Navy SEALs, Rich wrote The Attributes, a book detailing what he believes are the attributes we all possess which lead to our success, or lack thereof. In Rich’s opinion, we all possess these attributes, but in...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation between 25x powerlifting world record holder, Stefi Cohen, and myself, Tom Foxley. One huge topic we cover is the difficult balance of femininity and the masculine parts of athleticism. This one goes deep and we dive into appearance and social pressure to look like everyone else. Stefi is an incredible human. She is one...

Today on The Debrief, Coach Tom discusses Hunter McIntyre's appearance on the Limitless Athlete Podcast. The point in question is "when are you working too hard, and when are you not working hard enough?"

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you'll be listening to a conversation between myself and Hunter McIntyre. Hunter is an elite, multisport athlete with an incredible background. He holds the world record in the workout Murph, has competed at The CrossFit Game, and is a world class Obstacle Course Racer. We discuss Hunter's journey from drug and alcohol abuse to one of the fittest athletes on...

Today, Rachel and Tom dive into finding deeper meaning behind your goals & why that's' important to athletes.

Special Forces veteran, and GORUCK founder, Jason McCarthy joins Tom on today's episode. Jason has created a brilliant community around the pursuit of the most simple but effective exercise there is: carrying large loads a long way. Call it rucking, yomping, or tabbing, it works. Plus, it had hugely beneficial effects on your mindset too. This is just part of what Jason and Tom explore in this epi...

Today on The Debrief, Coaches Tom and Rachel discuss their own mental health struggles within CrossFit and training. They talk eating disorders, anxiety, and more besides.

Today, Tom speaks to Niki Brazier, about a variety of mental health challenges. In particular, they touch on postnatal anxiety, body image challenges, and intrusive thoughts. Niki is a familiar face to most in the world of CrossFit as she's a reporter at The CrossFit Games and is a regular guest on many shows and podcasts. There's value in this show even if giving birth isn't in your immediate age...

Today on The Debrief - partner episode of the Limitless Athlete Podcast - Tom & Rachel guide you in how to stop compulsive thoughts and actions. It's vital you can get out of those mental ruts that cause you to plateau your growth. In this episode, you can expect to learn: Why you perform numbing behaviours What activities will help you mentally recover Building mindfulness in being an athlete How...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, Coach Tom speaks to psychiatrist and author, Dr. Anna Lembke, about the role of dopamine and how to stop it ruining your progress as an athlete. There's two main topics of conversation here: leaderboarding, and phone addiction. These are the two forms of addiction which form the greatest destructive habits to athletes like yourself. Dopamine is an extremely...

Today on the Debrief, Coaches Rachel and Tom will be dropping tips on how to improve your mood, energy and drive through mindset training. They'll help you from both a mindset and a physical perspective to stop having to drag yourself to the gym. They'll be drawing on the episode they recorded with Richard Aceves of StrongFit and Movement Ayahuasca. If you want to listen to that episode, that will...

The body and the mind are not two separate things. Your mind influences your body and your body influences your mind. In today's show with Richard Aceves, we go into this in detail. Can your mentality be affected by your left pec? How does being in fight or flight change your training? What role does nutrition play on your mood. These are all discussed in today's podcast with the wonderful, Richar...

Today on the Limitless Athlete, Rachel and Tom discuss 7 strategies you can use to increase your mental fortitude.

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you'll be listening to a conversation between myself and Stoic author/commentator, William B. Irvine. Stoicism is an essential tool I deploy every single day in every area of my life and training is no different. I found Bill through Sam Harris' app, Waking Up, and found his book The Stoic Challenge exceptionally helpful. So why are we exploring Stoicism (ph...

Today, Rachel Binette & Tom Foxley discuss the mindset required for longer events. If you struggle with endurance style workouts, end up cherry picking shorter workouts, experience negative self-talk in longer events, or struggle when you get 4/5 through a longer WOD, this episode is for you. We draw heavily from the episode with Chris Hinshaw (episode 10 of the Limitless Athlete Podcast)

This episode is simply dripping with stories about how Chris has helped train the minds of some of CrossFit's greatest athletes. Mat Fraser, Rich Froning, Julie Foucher, Sara Sigmundsdottir, Kara Webb, Jason Hopper and many more feature in today's show. Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation between aerobic coach to the biggest names in CrossFit, Chris Hinsha...

Today, we search for nuance on subjects which caused some trouble to our previous guest, Khan Porter. We go into depth on whose opinions you should actually listen to, the pillars of mental health, and how to apply this to your athletic pursuit. Especially when you become wrapped up in your external results.

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation between multiple time CrossFit Games athlete, Khan Porter and myself. Khan has always been on my radar since I found CrossFit. Of course, he was a great athlete, but I sensed there was a depth to him you don’t often find. And sure enough,  it’s his conversations around mental health which made him a must feature guest on...

Today, Coach Rachel and Coach Tom pull out the key extracts from Alison Scudds's appearance on The Limitless Athlete Podcast. Our biggest focus in this show is bringing to light the process Alison has used to train her mind - the Mindset Rx'd Method

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation between CrossFit Athlete Alison Scudds, and myself. Alison is another brilliant example of an athlete who on one hand has all the mindset advantages handed down to her - supportive environment, parents who taught her to push hard whilst being kind to herself, supportive yet encouraging community - yet has chosen to work...