Escape Your Limits & LIFTS

Through yoga, Stacey Mulvey is taking time to relax within the 'green rush' boom of the marijuana industry. As founder at Marijuasana, a traditional fitness concept combined with cannabinoids, she's creating a community of one-on-one coaching and trainer certification fuelled by CBD, THC and other cannabis products. Watch the full episode on YouTube Stacey Mulvey started doing yoga as part of a li...

Do you value your time? Brad Lea is responsible for the training platform that gives you the most value from every second, helping you raise the game of your employees and business while adding value to your customers. Brad is also host of the Dropping Bombs podcast. His company, LightSpeed VT has helped authors, motivational speakers and serial entrepreneurs such as Tony Robins, Tom Hopkins, John...

Through decades of experience in leisure culture and the nightlife industry, along with endless feedback and research, Peter Marks knows his market, audience and customers like no other. This episode is all about recognising patterns and embracing change to stand out in a digital world with old school approaches that work. Through his role heading up The Deltic Group, Peter is proving how his know...

Whether it's Kobe Bryant, The Rock, or Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Ferruggia knows that you need to think like an athlete to make the difference in your life. Whether working out, fixing your diet, getting enough sleep or embracing personal development, you can always improve. This episode is a lesson in how to be a better entrepreneur, employee, boss, dad and athlete, from a world-renowned stren...

As well as UFC fighters, celebrities such as Chris Hemsworth and many athletes, Da Rulk is responsible for training heroes – firefighters, Navy SEALs, SWAT team members and other first responders. His inspirational ethos of "always can" allows him to cultivate a team mindset that proves that while fitness isn't easy, anyone can do it.   Watch the full episode on YouTube   Da Rulk has an impressive...

An internationally renowned icon of corrective and high-performance exercise kinesiology, just one conversation with Paul Chek, founder of the CHEK Institute, is never enough. A previous guest on the Escape Your Limits podcast, Paul returns to offer more insight into strength, spirit and our place in the universe.  This episode will challenge your beliefs while helping you to embrace others that y...

In this emotional and honest episode, we hear how our guest went on a journey of recovery and pain relief, creating an international business by accident in the process. Following a motorcycle accident, he developed a therapy tool that's helped everyone from stroke patients to CrossFit icon and fittest man in the world Mat Fraser benefit from an improved quality of life and better performance. For...

Wendy Coulson is responsible for developing thousands of instructors in the fitness industry. Through a passion for collective leadership in the global giant that is Les Mills, her position as CEO for the UK and Ireland is built on brilliant branding insight, innovation, staff engagement and trust. Through these incredible efforts she's helping lead the charge towards a fitter planet. Watch the fu...

With FightCamp, Khalil Zahar has not only created an incredible product that's valued by MMA, boxing and martial arts athletes worldwide, but he's grown his venture to build and nurture a community like no other. This 'Peloton of boxing' is a martial arts-centric, full body workout programme backed by world-leading technology to bring physical and mental benefits to anyone, pro fighter or family f...

Bill Parisi is a pioneer of performance in sports and athleticism. His understanding of how to coach for speed, power and agility is at the core of his world-class programming. Now, he's diving deeper into what the human body is capable of through a new fascination with fascia and how it inspired a new level of physical ability. Unlocking the secrets of better athletic achievements, day-to-day pos...

A pioneer of fitness in Asia, Eric Levine has a passion that's driven him to truly understand members, customers and clients. His career over four decades has taken him from positions where he would have worked for free because he loves fitness and knows how to get results through genuine care, to growing hundreds of clubs in multiple countries around the world. This episode is a lesson in adding...

Mark Mastrov has done it all in fitness and beyond. Building an empire, including one of the biggest chains in the world, his involvement in brands and markets such as 24 Hour Fitness, UFC GYM, Crunch, NFL associated training centres, NBA ownership, eSports and countless others prove his model for success works and his work ethic cannot be beaten. Humble but determined, Mark Mastrov has written th...

Rick Richey not only owns the WeWork of fitness but has co-founded the first studio in the world to use technologies that help fight cognitive stress, anxiety and sleep deprivation. His mission? To restore your body, reboot your mind and reshape your system. Used by NBA players, UFC and Bellator fighters, and other professional athletes, ReCOVER NYC also offers the value of great recovery to anyon...

Jay Wright has built a business based on passion not only for the design of buildings around the globe, but also for the human body. Creating beautiful gyms, high-end luxury condominiums hotels and consulting for developments in many other world-class locations, The Wright Fit elevates experience everywhere it touches for the future of fitness. Creating opportunities to run, jump, lift and carry t...

Cuoco Black came from a background of engineering and natural bodybuilding to rise an icon of interior and conceptual design. His work stands as a playbook for innovation with exciting branding that's respected around the world. An Italian American, Cuoco also "recalibrated" his artistic ability after a professional visit to Paris, understanding how intellectual, cerebral, artistic and academic de...

Charles Chen's weight loss journey saw him lose 100 pounds before continuing his discipline to help others and rise up as an influencing businessman in his own right. His ventures have drawn interest from serial entrepreneurs Gary Vee and Tom Bilyeu, motivational speaker Gabrielle Bernstein and he's now moving into the corporate world, working with companies such as Microsoft and Google.   Watch t...

This week we meet a man who has not only brought in £50 million in revenue and stood alongside the most famous figureheads and influencers – including sharing the stage with American presidents – but he offers tools and techniques that that change lives. His courses offers insights and implementation of how businesses can improve their message, deliver the ultimate presentation, or discover a new...

Frank Zane agreed to this special follow-up episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast to give us even more insight into the life of a Mr Olympia icon. He tells us behind the scenes secrets of the Pumping Iron era, Gold's Gym and working out with Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as how bodybuilders regularly helped each other improve, despite competitive nature. This is the life of a constant creator...

Frank Zane agreed to this special follow-up episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast to give us even more insight into the life of a Mr Olympia icon. He tells us behind the scenes secrets of the Pumping Iron era, Gold's Gym and working out with Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as how bodybuilders regularly helped each other improve, despite competitive nature.  This is the life of a constant creato...

A sought after mentor, analyst, advisor and consultant, David Minton, director of The Leisure Database Company has seen it all. Through exploring data, research and insight, he knows what it takes for companies and entrepreneurs to thrive, embracing the catalysts of evolution for member benefit. This deep dive into health and wellbeing is a lesson in understanding of the real state of the fitness...

Kali Muscle is a master of money and motivation. Whether it's building his body or building a business, he's known for outworking anyone. Turning his life around after a prison sentence, he kicked his PT career off at 24 Hour Fitness before 'making it' as a larger than life YouTube star, inspiring millions and preaching that there's no excuse not to get motivated.   Growing up, Kali Muscle was a y...

Kali Muscle is a master of money and motivation. Whether it's building his body or building a business, he's known for outworking anyone. Turning his life around after a prison sentence, he kicked his PT career off at 24 Hour Fitness before 'making it' as a larger than life YouTube star, inspiring millions and preaching that there's no excuse not to get motivated.   Growing up, Kali Muscle was a y...

Bret Contreras, "The Glute Guy", has found a niche and developed business after business in a market where it's hard to be heard. His workouts, training, books, studies and experience have led him to become a gym-owning serial entrepreneur that's kicking ass on Instagram.  Whether it's finding your one rep max or performing reps to failure, this episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast is a lesso...

Six-figure income, some of the most successful guests in the world, education and teaching others lessons he's learned on his own journey… An incredibly successful entrepreneur in his own right, John Lee Dumas can often be found talking to other big names in business such as Tim Ferris, Seth Godin and Gary Vaynerchuk as part of his Entrepreneurs On Fire podcast.  This episode is a lesson in inspir...

John Romeo has industry experience through 40 years in fitness. In this episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast, he talks about the importance of people, customers and employees alike, as well as giving insight on the birth of 24 Hour Fitness and the growth of the Crunch Fitness gym franchise. Watch the full episode on YouTube John Romeo got out of a rat race lifestyle as a Union worker in New Y...