The InnerFight Podcast

Fresh back from his recent Everest success with a small party of 4 Sean took time out to chat to use before heading on his next adventure as we spoke: -How fit do you need to be to climb Everest -Is Everest the hardest mountain -A life of adventure -Putting more in than you take out

Today we’re throwing it back to Podcast #382 when Andrew “Monty” Montgomery joined us on the show nearly 2 years ago. You may have known Monty as the bike guy but there’s so much more to the Scot who managed Oasis’ Liam Gallagher’s clothing store. Monty talks about the importance of being honest, not pretending to be someone you’re not and the book that changed his life. Hope you enjoy the show as...

In this show she takes us step by step up the mountain and it literally is gripping the way that she delivers her story. We also ask her about how this seasons events on Everest were covered in the media with regards to the increased numbers of deaths and the number of people causing human traffic jams in vital places as well as: -Having energy -If you want something it will happen -Deaths on Ever...

We could not round out this series without talking to you about food and drink now could we? So here we go as we chat: -Freezing water and gels -Sweat test -Post workout nutrition -Bloating

InnerFight was founded in 2008 on the back of my passion to help people “get better at life”. In this show pretty much for the first time I talk about how it all started and then get out my crystal ball and try and predict what will happen in the future. It’s been a great ride. Hope you enjoy the show as I talk: -The early days -Having a plan -CrossFit? -If it makes sense we will do it

So you liked the sound of last weeks show on the Technogym Skill Run but you are not a runner? No stress. We have some equally good news for all you cyclists out there. If you haven’t already listened to show #529 in which we address the basis of this series in “Why we suffer in the heat” then be sure to have a listen. This week is all about bringing your cycling indoors: -Types of indoor trainer...

“Things are not like they used to be” is a phrase that the old school seem to be bounding around these days like never before. Do they have a point or are they just growing old too fast. But we are not only talking about kids here, grown ups are entering sports competitions based on the size of medal they are going to get just for “finishing”. In this show Tom and Marcus try and breakdown the topi...

Last week we kicked off this series talking all about “why we suffer in the heat” so if you didn’t check out that show it would be a good idea to give it a listen as we move this week into specifically talking about bringing your running indoors. Already you may be thinking “running inside is boring” well in this show we prove to you that it doesn’t need to be as we chat: -Technogym skill run for...

Our vision at InnerFight is “making people better at life” and it runs through everything we do and everyone that is a part of us. Our coaching staff are an integral part of this vision and we have and always will recruit coaches based on a fit rather than a demand. In this show we catch up with Riccardo, Minhal and Lloyd the 3 newest additions to the coaching staff as we learn: -Their backgrounds...

Welcome to another 4 part series. As the weather heats up here in Dubai and all over the northern hemisphere what better to topic to attack than “Indoor training in the hot months.” Your training does not need to suffer just because it is hot outside. There are however certain things you need to know and adjustments that you need to make. We kick off this series looking into why we actually suffer...

Have you every thought about the title of this show? Yeah it’s pretty deep but at the same time it may be the route to find out what you really want in life. Well this weeks guest Dia Hassan asked himself that very question just a few years back, fast forward to today and he is the managing partner at Create Production. In this show we talk all about Dia’s journey and then into  what’s facing us a...

In November 2016 David Labouchere was our speaker at InnerTalks 13. He had the audience gripped with his story, his honesty and the way he delivered both. David spoke on the topic of energy and there is so much to learn from his experiences and this show. David spoke about: -Living until he will be 108 -Real life war stories -Time frames for goals -Becoming the oldest world Ironman champion

We last had Brian Keane on the show a year ago in show number 436 when we talked about "The power of persistence.” Since then Brian has taken on an immense challenge of a Ultra Marathon in the Arctic! IN this show he tells us all about his experience: -Controlling the controllables -Not having a plan B -Being in snow to hip height -A changing relationship with pain

Marcus is no stranger to extreme running challenges but even for him the 250km Ultra X Sri Lanka served up some challenges. This 5 day event made it’s way through some brutal parts of the Sri Lankan jungle and Marcus shares his story with us in this show: -A race of controlling your body temp -Drawing on various sources of energy -Racing a “multistage" -Embracing the situation you are in

Some of you may remember the name Jamie Sparks from episode 506 when we spoke to him and Sam about Ultra X. This time Jamie is on his own as he has quite an incredible story to share about his rowing antics and the things he has learnt from them including: -Feeling most alive on the edge -6 world records to his name -Removing choice -Saying yes to things

We are back with another story from the Sahara in this the 18th version of InnerTalks. This year we trained 4 guys to run the famous Marathons Des Sables and in InnerTalks Marcus hosted them on stage as they discussed: -Why run this race -This was not the beginning, it’s just the start -The long day -A world of disconnection

Heidi is an integrated health coach based in Dubai and this show is loaded with value as we learn more about her own journey which took her into the health coaching industry as we talk:  -Looking for something more -Having a beginners mindset -"Even better if" -Commitment

Welcome to our 4th and final episode in this series on Getting Stronger. We trust that the first 3 shows have helped you out which has landed you here on the final episode where we address “eating”…everyones favorite part of the process right? - How much do you need to eat - Eating for recovery - Times of meals - Types of food for maximum effect

On January 18th 2019 Big Rossi walked into InnerFight weighing 113kg and declared that he wanted to change his life. He had an aggressive timeline of dropping over 10kg by Red Fest which given that was in 5 weeks was a big ask. He went to work and the weight started to drop off. In 3 days time he will run the London Marathon. This show is his story so far as we talk -Being a big lad! -In need of a...

Welcome to episode 3 of our 4 part series on Getting Stronger. In episode 1 we talked about definitions and strength, we then went on to discuss various strength protocols in episode 2. We now get a bit more specific as we talk about how we approach strength at InnerFight: -How we do things -Class programming approach -Cycles -Testing

Whilst on holiday in Dubai Peter took time out of his break with the family to chat to us on the show. He has recently retired from a 20 year professional rugby career, has never had an operation and is in exceptional shape. This show is full of energy and some sound advice from a man with a wealth of experience. -"Give me a reason not to drop you" -Everyone wants to win -Becoming the 24 hour athl...

Welcome to episode 2 in the getting stronger series. We hope that you enjoyed the first episode in which we talked all about defining strength. In this show we continue the conversation as we look at various ways to build strength such as: -The 5x5 protocol -Wendler 5/3/1 -Russian and German systems -Auto regulated protocols There are a number of different ways to build strength and each has its p...

Growing up Pat Flynn wanted to be ACDC, music was his passion and his sights were set on making it his life. Today Pat still has his drive and energy for success and as his statement “I help people get good at many things” suggests he has a whole load of skills that he uses to bring this vision to life. This show just flew past as Pat dropped his thoughts on so many super interesting things. -From...

Welcome to our second “series" To kick this series off we look at various definitions of strength and equally as important give you some food for thought on strength measures. We believe that these two parts are where people start to go wrong throwing up the common complaints of “Im not getting stronger. In this weeks episode: -What is strength? -What was strength traditionally? -Strength training...

The CrossFit games “open" is done for the 2019 season and our very own Carmen Bosmans has qualified for the games. In this show we talk all things the open and how Boz feels about what is ahead for her: -Learning from experience -Is the CrossFit video verification process enough? -Analysis of the open workouts -The next stage of training