The InnerFight Podcast

Faris al-Sultan (Arabic: فارس السلطان‎) is a German professional triathlete and the winner of the 2005 Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Faris al-Sultan is known for his strengths in all three triathlon disciplines. In the running segment, he has a consistent but uncommon form of a long stride and loose arms, described as "looping." In competition, he typically wears a Speedo and...

“I am getting old” is something I hear these days from a number of people. My immediate reaction is “Yeah, so what.” Is age a legitimate excuse or is it just an excuse? What really happens to our bodies when we get older? and what should we be thinking about? Of course if you look at all of the world records in various sports you can somehow age bracket them so there seems to be a certain time whe...

Annika Naidoo first walked into InnerFight in around 2014 with her brother Nik. I could see that both of them liked to workout and were having fun with big smiles. Since then Annika (and Nik) has been on an amazing journey with her fitness, not afraid of hard work and still having fun. Annika was the kind lady that hooked me up with Carey in podcast #604. In this show Annika tells us all about her...

That is no new saying for many of us is it? But how is it that we are still reading things of varying levels of truth and taking them as the truth with no cross checking, no questioning, not a thought? We are strange bunch as humans aren’t we. So strange that even some publications that we believe to be legit may not quite be. I recently listened to Joe Rogan talk to Colin O’Brady and it made me t...

Rockay is the brainchild of Daniel Chabert, an ultra runner from Copenhagen. While travelling around the world, Daniel saw first-hand the pollution and destruction harming our planet and felt compelled to be part of a movement for change. From this vision Rockay was born. Combining Daniel’s passion for sport and the environment, he decided to produce the best technical Performance Wear on this pla...

We have all done it, not only in a workout but in life too…..we “fly out of the gates” and a few minutes into things we are out of energy and or motivation and wish that we had started out a bit slower. But why do we do this over and over even though we know! Why don’t we learn from our mistakes? In this show I try and answer the questions for you and take things into a workout setting. There is s...

Rich Sores is the founder and host of the Mile High Endurance Podcast. He started his journey in endurance sport by just running 1 mile around the block and then each day would ask himself “how far can I go today?" or "how far can I go this week?”. This mindset has led him to numerous marathons, half ironman and ironman races and a love for the sport which through his podcast has seen him talk to...

I am pretty sure most of us have heard of the 80/20 rule at some stage of our life. I remember when I was in Adidas and as a sales dude we always said 80% of our business came from 20% of our customers but it also felt like we spent 80% of our time chasing that last 20%. What on earth has this got to do with health and fitness you may ask? Well, I came across an article on Mens Health recently whi...

With over 35 years of experience in the health and wellness industry, Dr. Breuleux is an international consultant, innovator and figure of visionary leadership in the domains of medical and corporate wellness, health promotion and healthcare. Currently the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Medical Wellness Association (MWA), a prestigious institution specialized in medical wellness, hea...

How you start your day may just be the deciding factor as to how that day, and in some cases week, pan out. But how much focus are we putting into the things we do to get us moving in the morning? What should we be doing? Does it really make a difference? In this show I am going to fully “sell you” on having a solid morning ritual. I am going to give you examples of the things I have done or have...

Carey Kepler, a wife, mother, business owner, motivational speaker, top-ranked athlete and coach who resides in Austin, Texas. Carey is the co-founder of CrossFit Central, a business she started with her brother with the mission of building a fit community in their city. Since 2006, Carey has worked as a coach and inspirational speaker and played a dynamic role in seeing the lives of thousands of...

I posted something a few weeks back about asking how people are and actually listening to the answer rather than moving on to our own agendas. That sparked a lot of feedback on my Instagram which I kick this show off with. Asking for help seems so hard for so many of us. Some of you may remember show #588 where I talked about Mental Health with Dani and she explained how they had systems set up so...

Alasdair Hall Jones is a globally experience marketeer and having spent a chunk of his career with the Marketing Society he has had exposure not only to some of the most influential brands in the world but also the leaders behind those brands and the CMO’s that are bringing ever new marketing ideas to life in attempt to snatch the attention and money of the consumer. In this show Alasdair and I di...

We often hear people saying that there particular “body type” does not really suit a sport or activity. Thats what I talk about in this show, what are the limiters? Are they for real or are they just an excuse. The bottom line I think is simple in that our “body types” are what we mold and for the most part unless we are playing top level professional support there are many sports we can all enjoy...

600 shows!!!! Thank you so much for your support! Dan Wagstaff has an incredible story and in this 45 minute show he shares some super power snippets of it with us. From a sporting background to drinking and smoking and very soon drugs, Dan talks openly about his life and the defining moments in it. He also shares with us what he is up to now and how he has built a super strong community and the g...

Everyone is busy or at least that is what they say, but how busy are we and how can we free up time to do the things that make us the most happy. In this weeks shorter show I talk about some examples of great leaders who you would think are just working all the time but seem to have a lot of time on their hands and then share some hacks with you about not being so busy. Also please…stop telling ev...

I found John Lindsey through the good old trusted Instagram and was immediately intrigued as to the positions he was able to get his body into. Of course my immediate thoughts were that John was just “one of those guys” who was hyper mobile. Of course I stalked him a little bit and quickly found a piece on his site that said "In grad school my body was broken; I couldn’t touch my toes, squat past...

We get a lot of questions from people in classes and also to the show about how we put together our class program. The tag line of CrossFit as we know is “constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement” and for a long time in the early days gyms took the "constantly varied" to new heights without applying much science to their approach of programming, nothing against that as the objective...

Alastair Hearte has an incredible story and delivers it in it’s rawest form with energy and passion. Having started smoking at 12 years old, he was kick out of school at 15, had a serious drug problem which led into alcohol addiction by the time he was 28. It was at that age that he said enough is enough, “found his anchor” and a “purpose” and changed his life. In this show Alastair speaks super o...

When I first went into a CrossFit gym and saw the rings I was intrigued. When I then saw someone doing a muscle up I knew I had to do one. This was back in 2004 where things were a lot more straight forward, we used bands less and we were just playing around with things hoping that something good may happen. Over 15 years later I am sure thousands of others have done the same thing as they walk in...

A number of you may remember this guy from a few years back in show 382 where we talked about life, Oasis and his mad dress sense amongst other cool things. Well Monty was passing through Dubai recently so I took the opportunity to get another show with him. Monty used to live in Dubai, two years ago he took a job in Europe with cycling brand Maap which has seen him travel extensively for the last...

“Simplicity” is one of the InnerFight brand values. This show is not only because of that. It’s because when it comes to human performance we see so many people complicating things so much but don’t understand why as 9 times out of 10 the most simple things work. The simpler you live in a number of areas of life the more fulfilled you will be, trust me. Enjoy the show. Marcus

Tom Otton is no stranger to InnerFight. He has been on the podcast twice before and in this show joins a special few for his third appearance. I am not sure why I don’t get him on more often as every time I put a mic in his hand and fire some random questions in his direction he gives us absolute gold! For some shows I spend hours prepping and researching my guests but having done various ultras w...

Final one for 2019 folks. A short show to say thanks and to give you a few things to think about for 2020. You have been epic in support this year and we massively appreciate you all. Marcus

Well that was fast wasn’t it. I can quite literally remember as though it was yesterday sitting down to wrap up 2018 and prepare for 2019 and here we are 12 months and 104 shows later. Firsts off a huge thanks to every single one of you that have listened to the show in the last 12 months. An even bigger thanks to those of you that have shared it with a friend. That’s how we grow! In this show I k...