In Part 1 of this interview with UFC fighter Paul 'Bear Jew' Craig we get an insight into his background and how he broke through into the UFC. Paul talks about the barriers he faced when pursuing his dream of becoming a professional fighter and how he overcame these to make his dream a reality. He speaks about one of his fights against Magomev Ankalaev where he went in as a massive underdog and Ankalaev was dominating the full fight until the last second of the last round where he won by the latest submission in UFC history.

This week we had the pleasure of interviewing Ajax ladies goalkeeper, Stephanie Bukovec. During this interview we delve into how information is gathered on Steph's fitness and performance levels and how this information is then used to shape her training when playing at the top level. We also find out how she monitors her progress throughout the season. We touch on the mental factor of concentration and how she, as a goalkeeper manages to keep her focus throughout a whole 90 minute game, especially during times when her team has the bulk of possession. We end this episode with our usual quick fire round of 3 questions where she offers advice to aspiring young female footballers.

If you want to follow Steph on Instagram, below is her user name:

@scbukovec

This episode we discuss our 21 day cold water therapy challenge. We do our very best to discuss the science behind it in very simple terms based purely on our understanding of the research we have done into it. We talk about the 3 step process to the cold water therapy along with the suggested benefits. At the end, we talk about our top benefits that we felt based on this mini life experiment. This challenge was inspired by a man called Wim Hof who has several world records relating to withstanding extreme temperatures. Below is his twitter handle and instagram name.

@iceman_hof - Twitter & Instagram

On today's episode we have a good friend, ex colleague and competitive powerlifter. Adam gives us an isight into the training that goes into lifting your as much weight as possible through the deadlift, squat and bench press. Adam was the junior IPF champion when he was 21 and 22 holding the record for all three lifts. His passion for the sport and commitment to his training oozes from him as he goes into some depth about his training methods and how he prepares for competitions. He also touches a little on mental health and anxiety and how this can impact on training along with his methods for keeping this under control.

On this episode we talk about our attempt to conquer the UK's 3 highest mountains and running between them ALL by foot in 1 week. We talk in depth about the planning in terms of training, logistics, and fitting in the full time job of endurance training on top of our full time jobs and university placements. We round this episode off nicely summarising the things we did well, the things we did not do so well and what we would do differently going forward if we are to do this challenge again.

This week we have our friend Ross Hyslop on the podcast. Ross is a counsellor and neuro feedback coach and specialises in addiction. Ross has a wealth of knowledge about the mind and why we do certain things. We try and pick his brains about attitude and ability and how our attitudes are formed from a young age. We ask Ross his thoughts on the impact social media, our upbringing and role models has on our attitudes and beliefs.

In 2017 we made our way back to Brazil to work with the connections we made in 2014. This time, we went to deliver lectures/talks on Growth Mindset through our West Highland Way endeavour that year and coach an under 14's team in south Brazil. We spoke to athletes, school students, parents and coaches about the concept of Growth Mindset and how your abilities are not fixed - they can indeed be developed through task persistence and resilience.

Today's episode takes us to the capital of Spain, Madrid, to speak to Ryan Egan. Ryan is a Physical Educator in an English International school in Madrid. He talks to us about his successes and challenges in his teaching experiences and his life in general. We touch on topics like the process you need to go through to teach abroad and try drawing some comparisons and similarities to teaching in Scotland.

On this episode we are discussing all things West Highland Way and in particular, when we tried to accomplish this feat in an ambitious 24 hours. We talk about the preparation involved and the challenge itself along with reflecting on the key lessons we learnt from it. In this episode, we speak about the power of working as a team to achieve challenging tasks. As always, we finish with our take away messages. We hope you enjoy it!

This episode is an introduction to your hosts and our backgrounds. We dive into our experience when visiting the World Cup in Brazil in 2014. During this episode we talk about the football clubs we visited personally in Brazil and Argentina to learn from culturally and from a footballing perspective. We also talk about what it was like going to South America at the raw age of 19 and 20 to take in the biggest sporting competition in the world. Listen to hear the full story!