The Imperfect PT Podcast

In a particularly impassioned episode, we lift the lid on food shaming and the language we use around the nutritional habits of ourselves and those around us.   Who can’t recall an occasion when a throw away comment about something we’ve been consuming has instantly led to feelings of guilt, glutiny and general self consciousness? However well meant the sentiment was, delivered by the most well me...

The Imperfect PT Podcast: SHOW NOTES - Season 2, Episode 1 – The Power of Sleep    After a brief hiatus in recordings, we couldn’t be happier to be back in your ears and what meatier topic to launch season 2 with than the wonder that is sleep!    Described by health experts as the “elixir of life”, sleep is the single most effective thing you can do to reset your brain and body health each and eve...

The Imperfect PT Podcast: S1, Ep8 – The Guest Pod: Tom McPartlan   As we draw our first season of recordings to a close, what better way to end it than with our first guest appearance. Now, we make no apology for our content thus far being relatively female biased (quite an understandable leaning given your hosts are both women) but we thought it time we turned the tables and focussed on the male...

Never ones to shy away from a topic, today’s subject is one we both feel deserves a greater level of discussion and awareness in terms of its impact on our everyday.  As ludicrous as it is to describe this as one of life’s “taboos”, that is still the reality for many and yet the menstrual cycle impacts all aspects of health including metabolism, gut health, training performance, sleep, relationshi...

Ever felt you are your own worst enemy when it comes to achieving your nutrition or fitness goals? Ever hindered your own progress with an act of self sabotage? Ever felt like those around you are somehow sabotaging your efforts, knowingly or unknowingly? On this topic we can relate, as both the victims and perpetrators of sabotage and so, in this episode, we explore the many forms these damaging...

In today’s episode we return to the subject of nutrition and hone in on one of the most hyped of the macronutrients; protein! It is undeniable that protein has never been more popular, while carbs and fats are still widely demonised. Lured by its multifaceted benefits including appetite regulation and weight loss, muscle growth and muscle mass preservation, most of us know we should be prioritisin...

If there’s a topic that gets us really fired up it’s this one: the wonder that is Resistance Training!  We’ve touched on its virtues in previous episodes but today we deliver an easy to digest ‘how to’ guide for those who want to incorporate resistance training into their fitness regime but don’t know where to start.  With a multitude of potential protocols and methods out there, it can be confusi...

In this, the fitness and nutrition Podcast the celebrates all things wonderfully imperfect in the pursuit of long term, lasting progress, we take our first dive into the realms of mentality and mindset.  Far beyond calorie counting, macro splits and workout structures, the mindset we apply in the pursuit of our health goals is fundamental and the reason so many of us trip ourselves up.  And, you’v...

With the same level of candour and honesty you have come to expect from us, today’s episode focusses on nutrition and the wealth of mistakes we have made over the years in the endless pursuit of fat loss! From over restriction and inevitable binging, to demonising food groups and scale weight obsessions, we fess up on all the unhealthy and ultimately unsustainable behaviours we once adopted.  As e...

Continuing on our mission to bring you a non-preachy, realistic insight into ways we can improve our relationship with fitness and nutrition – this is the episode we wished we’d listened to years ago! If we had, it might just have saved us years worth of harmful exercise obsessions coupled with dieting extremes and fixations. Most importantly, we shed light on why Resistance Training is one of the...

Thank you for joining us at the start of this Podcast journey – and hopefully, your journey to a more realistic approach to health and fitness without the constant quest for perfection. In this, our debut episode, you get to hear a little bit about us – us as people, us as Personal Trainers and us as imperfectionists!  We talk candidly about our own struggles with negative body image, destructive...