MyoMinds Podcast

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I spoke with professional strongman Luke Fullbrook, Luke has competed at The Worlds Strongest Masters competition and Britians strongest man. He is a personal trainer and S&C coach and has recently suffered a severe tricep injury.

In this conversation we go over Luke's life adversities, being bullied at school, dealing with suicide in the family, and the crippling comparison that comes with being a strength athlete. Luke also shares his experiences with counseling, training with the 2017 Worlds Strongest Man Eddie Hall, and how he deals with social media pressures.

Please remember that no episode of the MyoMinds podcast can be used as a replacement for medical advice and/or care.

I spoke with Ben who is a Loughborough University student and the founder of the upcoming app SPOT, which plans to connect people through exercise.

We talk about a wide range of topics, from finding who you are to the toxic nature of bodybuilding social media. We also talk a lot about how social media seems to drive us all to portray ourselves in a certain way and limits us to thriving outside of this definition.

To check out Ben and SPOT go follow the Instagram: @meetlivespot

Please remember that no episode of the MyoMinds podcast can be used as a replacement for medical advice and/or care.

I speak with my friend Guille about dieting tracking for eating disorders.

Those of you who have followed MyoMinds for a while may remember Guille, he helped us with some posts and with promoting. Myself and Guille have lived experience with eating disorders but we differ in one specific way. For myself, tracking my diet was a catalyst for my ED, making it worse and worse over time, but for Guille tracking helped him recover from his ED.

So in this episode we have an open discussion about our ED experiences and how tracking affected us. We hope you enjoy!

Please remember that no episode of the MyoMinds podcast can be used as a replacement for medical advice and/or care.

Hope Virgo is an award winning mental health campaigner and the founder of the #Dumpthescales campaign trying to remove the BMI requirement to receive help for an eating disorder that is currently in place.

In this episode, we talk about Hope's experiences with an eating disorder and delve more into how exercise played a role in her experience. We also talk about the power of social media, giving our tips on how to make it less toxic. We also discuss how great talking and sharing your emotions with others can be and share our tips on how to get the most out of these conversations.

To find Hope, check out her website: http://hopevirgo.com/index.html

Her social media: @hopevirgo_

And please go sign her petition (currently has over 100,000 signatures): https://www.change.org/p/eating-disorders-are-not-just-about-weight-dumpthescales

Please remember that no episode of the MyoMinds podcast can be used as a replacement for medical advice and/or care.

Carly is one half of the duo (Alongside Leah) with set up the campaign WorkEDout. They are fighting to raise awareness and education surrounding eating disorders in the fitness community.

In this episode, we learn about Carly and Leah's story and the barriers of a PT and client relationship when an eating disorder is involved. We also touch on the research that they completed, finding that half of the PT's they asked had experienced disordered eating at some point.

Carly gives some advice for PT's who experience a client with disordered eating and together we also share our experiences of talking about mental health for the first time.

I really enjoyed this conversation, to find out more about the WorkEDout campaign check out their website: https://workedout.co.uk/

Or their social media: @workedoutcampaign

Please remember that no episode of the MyoMinds podcast can be used as a replacement for medical advice and/or care.

Mark is a personal trainer who has recently began his project to help indirviduals with mental health issues get into the gym.

Mark has personal experiences struggling with suicidal thoughts that led to an event that changed his life. This moment made Mark realise he needed a new purpose and began to daunting commitment to a more physically active life. There were ups and downs but Mark is now doing all he can to help other people improve their lives the same way he improved his.

To find Mark check out his website: https://www.mdthept.com/

Or his social media: @mdpt.mentalandphysicalfitness

Please remember that no episode of the MyoMinds podcast can be used as a replacement for medical advice and/or care.

I spoke with Troy (aka @The_Weightlifting_Lawyer) about personal experiences with poor mental health and how exercise plays a role in both our lives.

A recent masters graduate in Law and powerlifter, Troy is also known for his openness about his personal mental health struggles. In this chat we both share our experiences with poor mental health, sharing stories and revealing how we now cope day to day. Troy also opens up about his past struggles with alcohol and how he found a way to now be over 16 months sober.

The podcast is filled with raw and emotional moments from two fitness loving men, as we both try to be as honest and open as we can.

Please go follow Troy on instagram: @The_weightlifting_lawyer

Please remember that no episode of the MyoMinds podcast can be used as a replacement for medical advice and/or care.

I spoke with psychotherapist Rob Smith about the role of trauma in the development of disordered eating and compulsive exercise in exercisers, athletes and the general population. Rob also teaches us about some of the neuroscience behind these behaviours, explaining the physiological response to traumatic events.

We also explore real world applications of the theories after I open up about my own personal experiences.

Make sure you check out the charity Rob works for First Steps ED:

www.firststepsed.co.uk

@firststepsed

And Rob's practice and youtube videos:

www.robsmithpsychotherapy.co.uk

@RobSmithPsychotherapy (Social Media)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsBkWEhJSh9MSev7FIlMCvg

Please remember that no episode of the MyoMinds podcast can be used as a replacement for medical advice and/or care.

I spoke with Brid, the founder of Free With Brid. She works with women who are struggling with binge eating to move away from their fears around food.

Brid and I talk about our personal experiences with binge eating disorder. We learn all about Brid's story of struggling with loneliness whilst at university and while traveling and how this led to her eating disorder.

We both share some insights and details above our experiences and find out we have rather similar stories! Later on in the episode we also go into our recovery process and how Brid now helps others who are going through binge eating episodes.

Make sure you check out Brid's instagram: @freewithbrid

And her website: www.freewithbrid.com

Please remember that no episode of the MyoMinds podcast can be used as a replacement for medical advice and/or care.

We spoke with elite powerlifter Thomas Davis (TD Smash), getting his thoughts on mental health in the gym, his own experiences and his advice for others.

In this interview we talk about:

- What it is like to be one of only 6 people to bench press 700lbs (317.5kg) raw

- The importance of accepting his personal mental health struggles

- His experiences during COVID-19

- His advice for upcoming strength athletes

Make sure you check out his Instagram: @TDsmash