In this episode Ed and I discuss the myriad of benefits of walking and we shouldn't be apologizing for doing it!

Enough reading, load it up and listen ye legends, its a good one.

Introducing our latest guest Kevin and his two biceps thunder and lighting!

Having gone to the doctor in his late 40's and being told that his cholesterol was high and that he needed to start medication Kevin decided to make some dietary and lifestyle changes to see if he could address his health issues himself. Not only was he successful in dramatically reducing his cholesterol but he also lost 50 pounds of unhealthy weight in 100 days and has kept it off!!! That is the key here, he has made it sustainable, healthy fat loss without going on some crazy restrictive diet or eating nothing but grapefruits for 9 months. 

In this episode, he shares a whole host of information from the practical processes he used to get the weight off to the psychological benefits and thought processes behind his successful journey. All without trying to sell us anything or insisting that this way or that way, this diet or that diet, are the only ways to achieve your fat loss goals! His advice is practical and translatable to all walks of life and can even be reverse engineered for weight gain!

Ed chips in, as always, with some insightful and informative gems and I talk too much about walking. 

Kevin can be found at fit.factor.40.with.kevin on Instagram where you can get in touch with him for support and guidance, although he specifically works with men in their 40's his sound, healthy principles for fat loss are applicable to all.

In this episode, Legendary Listener Mark writes in to tell us that unfortunately, he has suffered a hernia. He asks what types of exercises are safe to carry out while he awaits his operation.

Ed fills us in on how to avoid getting a hernia in the first place and how to avoid aggravating it further if you do have one. The key is to control your intrabdominal pressure so that you don't overstress your abdominal wall and squeeze your intestines out! Pretty hardcore stuff!

As always this is not patient-specific advice and is intended to give everyone a very generic overview. Always seek professional in-person help to assess your specific situation.

Thanks as ever for taking the time to listen and please feel free to be in touch if you have a question of your own. [email protected]

I asked Ed to come up with an Ed heavy episode and oh boy did he deliver! I sure learnt a lot and you will too. 

In this episode Ed's phone goes off... we also discuss in detail how to create a beautiful symphony of stability, mobility and integration throughout the core of our body. This will directly lead to being able to function better "at the speed of life" and prevent us from injury while ensuring longevity to enable us to do the things we love.

As always, thanks so much for listening and please do like comment, share or rate us on your podcast app to help us build the show... if we really taught you something then  do all of those things. 

Remember, all ye who listen are legends.

"The one podcast you need to listen to, to fix your back in just 1 hour," said with a big grin and a hint of sarcasm, listen on to find out why!

In this, our fantastic back pain special we have special guest William Richards, from fitness4backpain.com on to discuss a wide variety of back pain triggers, causes and strategies to make a full recovery over time whether you are pre or post-op or just suffering from 'mild' chronic back pain.

William has a whole host of useful knowledge to share with you, our Legendary Listeners, with tales of how he fixed his own chronic back pain and how he would go about fixing yours too. We talk spinal hygiene, washing dishes, mowing lawns and 1,000 lb deadlifts as well as more.

This is easily one of my most favourite episodes so far because it is so close to home with my (Giles) back injury and recovery.

If you think you have something of value that you can contribute to our audience then feel free to get in touch and offer to come on the show as a guest, or just send us your questions directly to [email protected]

You can find William at the following links...
Website
YouTube Channel

Both are well worth checking out and are full of high quality, helpful, free content.

Here is an answer to an excellent question from one of our Legendary Listeners Jason from Ontario, shout out to you Jason. His question was...

"Can tight calves cause backpain"

The simple answer is yes! You'll have to check out the episode to find out how and why this occurs but tight calves are a super common cause of backpain and likely at least a contributor to most of us who suffer from back pain.

As always we really, really, appreciate Jason writing in and hope you guys do too. We love to hear from you and answer your questions.

Here to a safe and healthy 2021! Fingers crossed!

In this episode we discuss the role of exercise in resiliency, particularly when it comes to getting through the horrible year that was 2020. We give some overall tips and science as well as sharing our personal experiences of using exercise to stay resilient.

As ever please enjoy and rate or review us on Apple Podcasts to help us build our name.

Thanks so much for listening and wishing you all the very best for 2021.

In this Christmas Special, we aim to inspire people to set healthy attainable goals in the early part of 2021. Ed enlightens us on how to go about setting goals and what sort of goals we should be focused on.

We want to set SMART goals for ourselves.

Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Timely.

Listen on to find out how much you didn't know about goal setting.

Well folks we did it! We made it all the way through the injury series and in this final episode we summarize what we have learned and convey a message of HOPE. 

Even if you are the guy with the bad knee or the girl with the bad shoulder you can change that and improve from a life of pain into a pain free and active lifestyle that allows you to do the things that bring you the most joy in life. You just have to do the work and it takes time and patience.

As you will hear after the episode we are going to be taking a little break until we are all on the other side of 2020  and cannot wait to bring you some more randomly selected episode topics and special guests! Its gonna be a great season.

Best, Stiles and Giles 

In this episode we discuss neck injuries and how technology is having a greater and greater effect on our cervical  vertebrae.

We also do a fair bit of weed whacking and discover that once again, surprise surprise, Ed has suffered an injury to this part of the body.

As always thanks for listening and we appreciate  you taking the time. Write in to the show if you have any questions. More  and more people are doing this and we love it so keep the questions coming.