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#211 Addiction, Chronic Pain & Redemption with Allen Willis
We are joined all the way from New South Wales, Australia by Allen Willis for a hard hitting, honest & challenging conversation with a man who has faced many demons & trials in his life & is certainly on an upwards trajectory of strength, resilience, empowerment & redemption. We hear how Tim Anderson’s Original Strength…
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#210 Gary Clarke – London Calling
We are joined for the third time by Disabled Strongman pioneer & organiser of Britains Disabled Strongman & Strongwoman Competition Gary Clarke. This year the prestigious competition is being held at the Indoor Athletics Centre at Brunel University in London on the weekend of 14th/15th September & is going to be bigger than ever! Health…
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#209 Staying on track while away from home, English rambles & meeting King Arthur
Peter & James return from their summer vacation (not together) & debrief their experiences of exploring the English countryside & mountainous terrain & discuss how they stayed on track with training while away from home. The importance of deciding on your outcome & strategy BEFORE you go away & how to hit the ground running…
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#208 Cultivating Crossover Strength with Sven Rieger
We are joined by our first ever German guest, the strong & mighty Sven Rieger from Stuttgart (dialling in from a family vacation in the idyllic Tuscan countryside). Sven is the 204th lifter of the Dinnie Stones in Scotland (as referenced in Episode 203 with Andrew Russell) a Strongfirst Team Leader & Elite level instructor.…
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#207 Canoeing, Breaking Records & Becoming World Class with Keith Moule
We are joined from Poland (between races at the European Canoeing Championships) by 20 year veteran International Canoeist turned ultra-runner & motivational speaker Keith Moule. Keith describes the chance passing of a local canoe club at around 10 years of age that led to an international competitive career that saw him travel the world. We…
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#206 Overcoming Setbacks with Ben Morris
We are joined by returning guest Ben Morris (last seen on Episode 80: Less is More) Coffee Junkie, Sports Dabbler & a man strangely attracted to trying to lift heavy things. In this engaging conversation we talk about overcoming setbacks in training & life – an inevitability if you adopt training as a lifelong pursuit.…
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#205 A Hobby That Got Out of Control with Lucy Underdown
We are joined today by Lucy Underdown – Europe’s Strongest Woman 2023, Britain’s Strongest Woman 2024, the first woman to deadlift 700lb (318kg) AND full time serving Police Officer. We discus Lucy’s early athletics career in Shot Put & Discus. Her talent for (& love of) deadlifting, dealing with pressure & anxiety, discovering that training…
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#204 Walking, Wimbledon & Modern Wisdom
In this breather episode Peter & James take a focused ramble through some recent events & discussions. James returns from his walking weekend surprisingly sore & fatigued. We discus what Wimbledon tennis can teach us about training & lifestyle management & we review a recent episode of the Modern Wisdom podcast where Dr Mike Israetel…
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#203 Lifting the Dinnie Stones with Andrew Russell
Andrew Russell is a Fitness Trainer, Strongfirst SFG1 Kettlebell Instructor, Shift worker AND the 274th person to lift the legendary Dinnie Stones in the Scottish Highlands. Andrew (from Northern Ireland) discusses his training history, setting up his garage gym to allow him to train around his challenging work pattern, programming his training to take into…