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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…
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#202 Pavlo Kordiyaka
We are joined live from Lviv, Ukraine by the man mountain (6ft 5inch, 135kg) Pavlo Kordiyaka. Pavlo is the 2023 Europe’s Strongest Man & has also won The Official Strongman Games World Title. He will be competing this weekend in London at the historic & iconic Royal Albert Hall in the Giants Live Strongman Classic.…
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#201 What’s changed in the last 25 years?
Recently James was reflecting on his 25 years in the fitness industry & how the world (& our daily lives) have changed over that time. He & Pete discuss the changes in habits, food, technology, lifestyle & the convenience culture & how despite having so much more knowledge, opportunity (& supposedly) time, we, as a…
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#200 Armour Building with Dan John
We are joined for this very special 200th episode by ‘record holding’ return guest – Dan John – for his 10th appearance with us! We talk about Dan’s latest book ‘The Armour Building Formula’. The genesis of this programme & how it exploded in popularity (along with many of Dan’s other ‘apparently’ simple programmes). We…
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#199 In Love with Strong with Alison Young
We are joined by returning guest & 2 x Tactical Strength Challenge WINNER Alison Young. Alison is an SFG1 (Kettlebell) & SFL (Barbell) instructor through Strongfirst & is also a Level 3 Personal Trainer embarking on a new career within the fitness industry – transferring from the world of I.T. In this fascinating conversation Alison…
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#198 The Confrontation with Yourself with Mark Reifkind
We are joined (following a 3 year gap) by returning guest Mark Reifkind, from San Jose, California. At 67 Mark has his training ‘dialled in’ & knows from experience what works for him, his body – & what his current goals are. We discuss what it takes to remain consistent for nearly 60 years, rehabbing…
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#197 Finding Your Strength with Alex Nicoll Bennett
We are joined today by competitive Strongwoman & SFG1, SFG2 Kettlebell Instructor Alex Nicoll Bennett. Alex shares her personal fitness journey with us & her progression into the world of kettlebells, lifting & learning to embrace & nurture her own unique ‘strengths’. We discuss breaking free from the prevalent ‘calorie burning’ mindset that categorises many…