The Science of Fitness Podcast

The first in a new series that we'll be running on our podcast channels, 'The Solo Series' is all about a range of topics that our team is particularly interested in, passionate about or researching. For episode 2 of The Solo Series, podcast host Kieran Maguire dives into all things longevity in training and exercise, including programming for robustness, injury prevention and rehab...

Another cracking episode from the booth this week as host Kieran Maguire sits down with practising dietician and social media maestro Sophie Rindfleish @healthybodhealthymind. As an online dietician and co-founder of the hugely popular Brisbane run club known as @sosos_runclub, Sophie's not one to shy away from a busy schedule as she balances clients, career, social life and training for her...

On today's episode, host Kieran Maguire sits down with Science of Fitness Co-Director and owner Joseph Agresta to chat about the evolution of our Strength class. Strength has been a core part of our class offerings since 2017, and since it's inception has evolved from 'a group of 5 lads doing PT' to a training program designed to introduce our members to a range of weightliftin...

The first in a new series that we'll be running on our podcast channels, 'The Solo Series' is all about a range of topics that our team is particularly interested in, passionate about or researching. For episode 1, podcast host Kieran Maguire dives all things running for our upcoming Running Mechanics workshops in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast.

Settle in for a massive episode this week as host Kieran Maguire sits down with sports dietician Eliza Freney. Eliza's impressive career has taken her across Australia and the world with multiple elite sporting codes; she's been a nutrition consultant for the Penrith Panthers, a sports dietician for Cricket Australia, the Wallabies performance dietician and now the National Head of Perfo...

Welcome to The Science of Fitness Podcast. In this episode, host Kieran Maguire sits down with co-founder and co-director of TH7 Recovery Labs, Tom Harvey. TH7 is one of Australia's leading businesses in the recovery space, offering evidence-based recovery protocols in world-class facilities that cater to not just elite athletes but also everyday people looking to take ownership over their he...

Welcome to The Science of Fitness Podcast. In this episode, host Kieran Maguire sits down with SOF Head of Performance Rehab and Head Physio Jacob Lawrence. The month of March marks the 12-month anniversary of our Platinum facility being in operation, so we wanted to take the opportunity to discuss key learnings from Platinum's first year of business and the impact that it's had on the m...

Welcome to The Science of Fitness Podcast. In this episode, host Kieran Maguire sits down with Alexander French, CEO of nasal health and wellness company Nadu. Nadu harnesses cutting-edge science and technology to address nasal congestion and associated challenges for people suffering from a range of health issues. From a young age, Alex struggled with compromised sinus function, breathing difficu...

Today marks an exciting chapter for the Science of Fitness Podcast as we welcome our first ever external guest to the show! In this episode Kieran Sits down with PhD Candidate @Megdoohan to discuss all things women's health.  Meg’s research is based on women’s health - in particular the effect of heat on cognitive performance during specific phases of a woman’s menstrual cycle. Key topics dis...

The Science of Fitness Podcast is back for 2024. Tune in as new host @kieran.r.maguire sits down with @rorytims - Head of Programming at Science Of Fitness to discuss all things group fitness programming and in particular what NOT to do/red flags to look out for.

We are officially one episode away from being in the "top 1%" according to Alex Hormozi. Which is exciting.   In this episode, we do a deep dive into how the average career lifespan of people in the fitness industry is so low and why this may be the case. Joe touches on the systems he looks at when trying to ensure that his staff want to stay around and stick in the industry for as long...

In this episode, we go into a deep dive on Joe's speciality, both starting and running a successful gym business.  We look at high level details of running the business such as leasing, finding the right space and the importance of being on top of all your financial management. As well as Joe's key lessons he has learnt.  This episode is for all of you young health professionals that are...

Why training for longevity is the way forward In this episode, Matt and Kieran discuss the longevity approach to training and why this has been popularised recently as the key to a healthy, long life. Longevity looks at a sustainable approach to training so that you can continue to train and stay healthy all the way from 15 to 85.  The boys touch on how the old way of training, going in and smashi...

What makes a great team a great team? This episode sees the return of Joseph Agresta to talk about all things hiring, managing and growing staff through their career journey.  Science of Fitness has a unique internship progression model where you can shape and mold young health professionals into highly qualified and knowledgeable health practitioners that are able to carry forth the businesses va...

In this episode, Matt and Kieran discuss the evolution of the group fitness classes that are offered at Science of Fitness. Growing from high intensity 'primal' sessions, which was the foundation for the rest of the group fitness classes, Science of Fitness has evolved into a one stop shop for all your health and fitness desires. With yoga, pilates, and strength and conditoning classes b...

The final part of this three part series is finally here! So far we have discussed the mechanics and neuroscience of breathing and today we tick off the chemistry portion of breathing. Simply put, breathing is an exchange in gases, oxygen and carbon dioxide. But that exchange in gases impacts so many different aspects of how we function and feel. We take a deep dive into the importance of balancin...

THE NEUROSCIENCE ABOUT HOW WE BREATHE In the last episode, we covered all things breathing mechanics. In this episode, Kieran goes in depth about the neuroscience around the importance of breathing and how this impacts our overall health.  Our bodies are essentially governed by our nervous systems and one way we can directly influence which system is dominating is through our breath. We can increa...

Welcome to our three part series about all things breathing. This part one, where Kieran Maguire goes into depth about the specific mechanics that are necessary to breathe effectively. Breathwork has taken the world by storm, mainly popularised by Wim Hof, so much so that it is being integrated into peoples daily health regimes. Although breathing is something we do from our first moment until the...

In this episode, Matt is joined by Billy Rutherford, the Head of Athletic Performance at Science of Fitness to talk all things Athletic Performance and the most recent athletic performance testing day that was held at SOF. There were over 80 athletes at the athletic performance testing day the other day to see where they currently rate in terms of their athleticism.  From across all different ages...

Matt and Joey sit down again today to discuss the importance of goal setting, both professionally and personally. Both as a business owner and a trainer, Joe has had to set a lot of goals with himself and his clients. So, he has created systems and processes that he has figured out what works best for certain tasks and goals.  We discuss the importance of process vs outcome and how to breakdown a...

We have our first SOF Sprint episode. A bitesize version of the podcast where we keep things short and sharp.  In this episode, we are talking all things content when it comes to running a gym and marketing yourself in a noisy world social media these days.  Content has taken the world by storm and everything can be 'content' these days. In the world of gyms and fitness, content is so im...

In this episode, we step inside the brain of Jacob Lawrence, the head physiotherapist at Science of Fitness. When SOF physio launched, so did a new way to treat clients through our physiotherapy service model. A membership style approach to seeing clients has been implemented aiming to increase adherence and consistency to their rehab journey. None of this would've been possible without Jacob...

We are stoked to have our first international podcast guest on the SOF Pod today, Sasha Cochrane.  Sasha was an intern at Science of Fitness back in 2019 and has now returned to apply his knowledge that he has learnt while interning overseas in American College, University of Iowa with their American Football team, and in the UK with, Leicester Riders basketball team.  We discuss the cut throat an...

Oh how the turntables! In this episode, the scripts are flipped and Joe interviews Matt about his time so far as an Exercise Physiologist and working at Science of Fitness. Joe tries to find Matt's hidden secrets and sauces to uncover as to how he has maintained his client list and his approach to work.

UNREASONABLE CUSTOMER SERVICE In this episode, Matt and Joe sit down to discuss topics brought up in the book Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara. A book about a three star Michelin restaurant whose focus is more on the customer service than the food and is doing wonders for them. The correlations between high quality service in a restaurant and high quality service in a gym is huge. The boys...