Chasing Discomfort

Nutrition can be such a dogma these days, eat this, don't eat that, track your marco's, eat intuitively, weigh your food, take this supplement, eat meat don't eat meat! We get it and fortunately for me I come across the Vertical diet  (which is more a lifestyle than a diet) around 2016 and it blew me away the level of detail that had gone into making sure you are feeding your body all of its micronutrient requirement, as well as hitting the most bioavailable and more importantly least harmful macronutrients for your body to absorb and digest. Backed by numerous credible studies, the diet was founded by Stan Efferding, the Worlds Strongest IFBB Pro and coach to some of the worlds top athletes. We take a dive into all the great things The Vertical Diet has to offer with Matt MacDonald official certified Vertical Diet & Nutrition coach.

17 hours and 53 minutes of swimming is a phenomenal task, doing that while crossing the English Channel described as "The Everest of Swims" for its currents, rip tides, chuck in getting stung by a jelly fish in the first hour, being scrapped by 200 meters worth of kelp, dodging oil tankers and an encounter with a man sized seal, swimmer of the English Channel Mr Hugh Bennett describes his adventure, training and life up and till that point.

It would be fair to say Hugh has had some life experiences, 3 tours in Iraq & Afghanistan, security work during the political uprising of Egypt & Libya, life changing surgery, and one mammoth task of swimming from England to France.

MMA, mixed martial artists, are probably the closest sportsmen to the modern day Gladiators. Combined fighting by standing (boxing, kick boxing, karate etc) and on the floor (wrestling, jujitsu etc), two fighters pit themselves against one another locked in a cage and fight it out until one remains victorious. A brutal sport combined with mastering many different disciplines, we speak to Lee Wieczorek, former UWC lightweight champion, about the road to becoming a MMA fighter & being a champion. Very insightful conversation into his journey preparing for fight night, making weight, training, sparring, nutrition & mindset. Now retired, Lee is now one of the Worlds & UK top CrossFit Masters Athletes, this guy is driven and a little bit competitive!

Stress, stress, stress is everywhere in 2021 and if you let it, it can overwhelm you and break you down, leaving you burnt out and in bad place. If you're caught up in the rat race in a constant state of GO,GO,GO (fight or flight) mode, at some point it will all come crashing down. Your body did not evolve to live in a revolving heightened, stressful state. In this episode we chat to  William Frost who is a remarkable human being with a great perspective and view on life. A stress management coach who is an official certified coach of the Wim Hof Method, Will takes people beyond there limits with cold exposure and opens their pathway to controlling their immune and nervous systems as well as gaining the ultimate relaxed/meditative state with the breathing technique. Dive into this podcast with an open mind, you never know, it could be life  changing. Enjoy!

What does it take to be a professional bare knuckle boxer? Arguably the most brutal sport going. We talk about the mindset Paul takes into the ring and life and discuss his training, nutrition, fasting, recovery and how he juggles life as a partner, father, coach and pro fighter. Enjoy!

David Harmer has been to the Olympics, Rio 2016, World Championships, Commonwealth games, The London Anniversary Games and The Pan American games, to name a few, with his athletes. David is an elite endurance running coach within the GB coaching team.  David thinks beyond the old school approach of just clocking up countless miles. David's forward thinking has now brought him to working with the worlds most elite runners in camps around the world. David talks us through his role, experiences, expectations and challenges faced within his role and working with some of the worlds best athletes.

Ex Royal Marines Commando turned professional Mindset coach, Tom Foxley works with athletes to help them unleash their potential. We deep dive with Tom into the world of mindset and mental behaviours, mental health and discuss the limitations that we can impose on our selves with negative self talk and ego chitter chatter.

Mindset Rx'd provides world-class mindset coaching to the functional fitness community. They can help you find your peak mental performance in training and competition then carry that over to the rest of your life too. Tom & his team help athletes remove mindset limitations and help you become the best version of you.