The Work

Send a text In this episode we discuss physique development and how we define it, working towards photoshoots, how difficult it can be both in gaining and dieting phases plus the positive and potentially negative effects. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watc...

Send a text In this episode we are joined by Osteopath Angus Gould, Angus is based at one of the TWPT studios. Angus discusses his education, how modern osteopathy has a different philosophy to previous eras, working with clients in pain and how the health and fitness industry can be an incredibly important tool for getting patients out of long term pain. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.insta...

Send a text In this episode we discuss how being yourself and coming across authentically will allow you to build stronger more genuine relationships with your clients, books that have helped us to develop and how to go about understanding yourself and your values. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy:...

Send a text In this episode we discuss the importance of coaches experiencing being coached, the importance in investing in yourself for progression and how mentors and tutors can be great for growing your network, knowledge and service. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www....

Send a text In this episode we are joined by Paul Standell, who is highly respected in the fitness industry. In part 1, we talk about biomechanics, how to simplify it and how it massively helps our coaching. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZ3TikRV9...

Send a text Part 2 with Paul, we dive into his personal life, in which we are grateful that he opened up about as this is an extremely valuable conversation. Paul talks about personal struggles, how they impacted him and how he has learned from them.  Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes...

Send a text In this episode we discuss stress, how we define it, is stress positive or negative, how we work with clients to come up with stress management  strategies and coping mechanisms, the effect it can have on reaching health and fitness goals and the physiological stress response.  Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview e...

Send a text In this episode we are joined by James Sutton to discuss his new project The PT Project, his career to date including how he built a successful business within a commercial gym, the importance in building relationships and networks and the opportunities they provide, exercise mechanics and how we apply them to the general population. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/j...

Send a text In this episode we discuss how we programme for the general population client, how ongoing investigation is our preference to a one off assessment and variables for progression. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZ3TikRV9s Chloe Thomas: ht...

Send a text In this episode we discuss some of the foundations of nutrition, how we can communicate this to clients and how we work together with the client to help them adhere to changes in diet and lifestyle. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZ3Tik...

Send a text In this episode we discuss working with clients with obesity,  understanding the complexity of of this subject, our own experiences in working with clients from this demographic and does the fitness industry do enough to welcome and encourage people with the goal of loosing a lot of weight. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.co...

Send a text In this episode James sits down with Ryan Hook from Procoach to discuss their experiences with mental health, studying psychology and how this has helped them grow both as people and coaches.   Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZ3TikRV9s...

Send a text In this episode we discuss our experience in building and retaining a client base as both a new and more experienced  trainer in commercial gyms plus on social media. We discuss a few tools we used plus the importance in retaining a client base which can often be overlooked in favour of driving new business. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: james...

Send a text In this episode we continue the discussion with regards to helping clients with lower back pain and some practical take always with how we help within a session. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZ3TikRV9s Chloe Thomas: https://www.youtub...

Send a text In this episode we discuss back pain, the myths, common mistakes we see made when working with people with persistent back pain, modern pain science and some of the ways in which we can help. We will follow up with part 2 in which we will work through specific case studies and how we can help within our sessions. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email:...

Send a text In this episode Dan, Luke and Ryan discuss exercise mechanics, how it’s furthered their understanding of exercise and anatomy and great resources for starting a journey in this area. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZ3TikRV9s Chloe Thoma...

Send a text In this episode we discuss beliefs, the importance in understanding your values and potential limiting or blocking factors. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZ3TikRV9s Chloe Thomas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQEhKfcAZgk Johnny Lawre...

Send a text In this episode we discuss reasoning process and how your reasoning process needs to be valid. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZ3TikRV9s Chloe Thomas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQEhKfcAZgk Johnny Lawrence: https://www.youtube.com/...

Send a text In this episode we discuss what makes a good coach/ trainer and the qualities that can help people succeed in the health and fitness industry. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZ3TikRV9s Chloe Thomas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQEhK...

Send a text In this episode Dan, James, Luke and Ryan discuss how they got in to the industry and why they have created PT Education. Get in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_shireby/ Email: jamesshireby@hotmail.com Interview episodes you might enjoy: Anthony Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZ3TikRV9s Chloe Thomas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQEhKfcAZgk Johnny Lawrenc...