Today's episode is with Ben Smith. Ben is the founder of The 401 Foundation passionately strive to help people build their confidence and self-esteem along with tackling mental health and self-development issues. The 401 Foundation was created off the back of Ben running The 401 Challenge - 401 marathons in 401 days. There is so much to this story so we hope you enjoy.

In todays episode we speak with ultra runner Stuart Leaney. We cover what is it that drives us to run and to run such long distances? What characteristics does it require to do so? Is there a dangerous line between hobby and obsession?

In today's episode we have CrossFit gym owner and competitor Adam Stanton with us. We take the time to talk about the development and progress of his amazing facility Oxhouse in Weston Super Mare in conjunction with the growth in popularity of CrossFit. We discuss how Adam found his love for CrossFit and how following this method of training is beneficial to everyday people as well as to those who view it as sport. Listen in and see if CrossFit might be for you.

What a pleasure it was to speak with Josh about his amazing journey from his home town Axbridge in the U.K to Beijing by bike. I had the great opportunity to speak with josh after he made a surprise visit back to his family for Christmas leaving his bike in South Korea. If this adventure sounded difficult enough he would have to endure some of the highest mountain roads in the world, Siberian Winters and as much as -26 degrees in a tent. What an adventure that hasn't even finished!

In todays episode we bring you Tony Gentilcore. Tony is one of the leading writers in the fitness industry due to his refreshing no bullshit philosophy. With 15 years of experience to his name he is a go to for knowledge for coaches of all experience. I personally learnt a lot from Tony's words when studying for my diploma and I continue to learn from him today. it was a pleasure to listen to his wise words. We talk coaching philosophy, training philosophy and most importantly deadlifts, because deadlifts are amazing.

Welcome to episode 16. Today we talk with Marcus Nel a Sports Psychologist, Lecturer and owner of Ahead For The Game. Today we talk about different motivation and discipline theories and techniques that Marcus often uses within his work, we talk about how people perceive certain situation as either threats or challenges and hw to deal with that in order to grow and we also discuss perceptions failure. A fantastic conversation that we can all learn from and implement it's teachings into our lives. 

What can we learn from a man who has climbed the highest mountain on each the seven continents at the first time of asking!? We will hear the story of being help up by local tribes in Indonesia, hanging upside down facing death on Mount Cook and standing on the top of the world as the highest man alive.

This episode is a summary of the best bits form the All Things Fitness Podcast so far. It is a collection of the key takeaways from each episode and some highlights from popular episodes. Jump in and take a listen to get the most actionable information from our amazing guests!

This episode is all about a successful way to view the relationship between your training and your nutrition. Using this view on the relationship between the two can help you to get the best out of your training, manage your weight and body composition and improve your performance. 

In today's episode we have a great guest. Lee Boyce. Lee is a strength coach who works with clients and athletes for muscle, strength, and sport performance, based in Toronto, Canada. Lee is also an internationally published fitness writer who’s regularly featured in many of the world’s largest publications, like Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Oxygen, Esquire, The Huffington Post, Men’s Journal, and T-Nation. 

Today we ask the questions 'Why do we train?' 'Should we be following the current guides for strength standards?' and 'How does the shape and size of our body effect or training and performance?'