Normalised Activity

Normalised Activity

By Sean Robson and Paul JonesHealth & Fitness
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Normalised Activity episodes

  • 47. An evening with a hooker: The scrum doctor - With Dan Richmond

    We had the pleasure of sitting down and speaking with former professional rugby player Dan Richmond. We talk about his journey into and through professional rugby, the transition to coaching, mindset and the importance of understanding yourself.

    Having come through the age groups at Bath rugby before turning professional with Northampton Saints with whom he spent 9 years. During those 9 years he saw the changes in professional rugby first hand whilst going toe to toe with then incumbent England hooker Steve Thompson. 

    After leaving Northampton he joined Bedford Blues and took the opportunity to start his coaching career with a local school. Since then he has had spells with Worcester, Wasps, Sale, Bayonne and Argentina as a skill coach for their hookers. He is currently helping with the Italian age group pathway, Chile, and Uruguay with their international preparation along with the Saracens women's team.

    https://thescrumdr.com

    1 hr 59 min
  • 44. The Bag Man - with Dan Spinks

    Dan Spinks is a coach dedicated to building healthy, happy, strong humans. With a background in gymnastics, martial arts and skateboarding, moving well and smoothly is at the heart of his methodology. More recently he’s embraced the use of sandbags, and is the creator of BagWod. It’s no secret that we love sandbags and odd objects in the context of training, so this latest episode is dedicated to exactly that. But naturally we digressed and had a wide ranging in depth chat with Dan about all things life and beyond.

    2 hr 21 min
  • 43. Fear stops play - with Carl Paoli
    We had the absolute pleasure of talking with Carl Paoli. What started as a conversation based on movement evolved to incorporate life, family, emotion and empathy. Starting where you are and working towards virtuosity and spiders doing handstands. We also touch on the programming of this year's games, including the story behind 'The Alpaca' workout, born out of CrossFit San Francisco many years ago.
    Carl has a vast and deep body of work. He started as a gymnast and found himself working as a subject matter expert in gymnastics for CrossFit HQ. He was based in the crucible that was CrossFit San Francisco working with and developing ideas at a rapid pace with CrossFit OG's Diane Fu, Kelly Starett and Adrian Bozman.
    Beyond CrossFit, Carl has written a New York Times bestseller in Freestyle Connection. Becoming a member of the Ownership Group of STRIKE MVMNT. Has his own Podcast - The Freestyle Way. To running the INTERFACE Experience, which is a four-week course designed by Carl, dedicated to guiding you towards Self-Mastery by diving deep into Emotional and Mental Fitness practices.
    And most importantly he is a good human.
    1 hr 43 min
  • 42. Millimeters to Mountains - with Arron Collins-Thomas & Ed Jackson

    In 2017, at the peak of his professional rugby career, Ed Jackson suffered a broken neck after diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool, leaving him paralysed. The journey from being told he wouldn’t walk again, to scaling mountains around the world is an amazing one. Supported by a great team, including Arron, Ed’s rehabilitation story is an extraordinary testament to physical, metal and spiritual progress. The conversation culminates discussing this year’s expedition, in what could quite easily be a Hollywood movie screenplay, as they attempt to scale one of the highest mountains on earth.

    1 hr 39 min
  • 41. Roundtable 2: Movement - with Georgina Gabriel, Lucy Lismore, and Rachel Thompson

    Our second roundtable episode focusses on “Movement”, and what this means in the context of our lives, no matter what it is we choose to do for exercise and/or fun. Georgina, Lucy, and Rachel discuss their own approaches, perspectives, and insights on what is such a wide-ranging and subjective topic. There’s so much we can all take away from hearing this.

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    2 hr 3 min
  • 40. Life after burpees - with Charles Mears

    To say that burpeeing up Ben Nevis was simply a physical challenge would be wrong. For Charles it has transcended into to something else, something unique and life changing. He shares his thoughts on the momentous achievements, reaching his fundraising goals, and some of the set-backs along the way. But more importantly, he exclusively shares for the first time the legacy that has emerged and how this is all just the beginning.

    1 hr 15 min
  • 39. You get to make it happen - with Axel Brown

    Axel Brown is a Trinidadian/British bobsleigh driver, who represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in the 2-man bobsleigh. But to define him by that would be a disservice to the man. Have a listen as we discuss how having a goal and executing the plan to achieve it pays off. Not being defined by one thing and being open minded and brave enough to change what you're doing to achieve more.

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    As ever, if you value what we do, consider buying us a coffee to help keep all this going - https://ko-fi.com/normalisedactivity.

    2 hr 11 min
  • 38. The warrior in the garden - with Daniel Strauss

    Daniel Strauss is well know for his Brazilian jiu-jitsu but he is far more than just a grappler. With deep interest in anthropology, the history and mythology of stone lifting. We cover these topics, and how grappling is interwoven into the history of the world, how perspective normalises training techniques, and how denim is the fabric that athletes are missing out on.

    A true renaissance man.

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    As ever, if you value what we do, consider buying us a coffee to help keep all this going - https://ko-fi.com/normalisedactivity.

    2 hr 32 min

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Normal people who want to be capable for as long as possible, exploring the culture of exercise, activity and societal perceptions of what we do.

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