The Fit After 35 Project

With Sydney lockdown still in place, people are getting their exercise outdoors running and walking.

We thought it would be quite fitting in this current environment to interview an absolute legend of the running game and get his advice on all things running after the age of 35!

In this episode we talk to Warren Williams, a Sydney based middle/long distance athlete and tri athlete with over 40 years of experience competing and coaching.

Warren is Head coach for Sydney's well known running club "The Run Squad", is an ambassador for Swiss Running Company and a speaker/ambassador for the Australian Heart Foundation.

In this episode we chat:

-Overcoming obstacles: From a serious medical condition that threatened his return to running, to back competing with people 20 years younger than him, we discuss his mindset strategies for overcoming hardship in injury/illness!!!

-Tips for running efficiency

-Tips for reducing injuries when you're running after the age of 35.

And much more...

So you think this episode isn't for you because you don't have osteoarthritis...WRONG!!!!

Hip and knee OA are an all too common disease: In Australia in people 45 and over, 1 in 5 people (20%) have some form of osteoarthritis.

The problem: Many people undertake joint replacement surgery far too soon when they can deal with their pain naturally through the right exercise.

In this episode we unpack:

-What osteoarthritis actually is

-Prevention of OA versus cure (the bionic joint lol!)

-Why its important to start training for preventing OA now (even if you don't have the problem!

-Training principles for OA: What to do and quantities.

And much more...

Today we are off to Chicago Illinois to our very first chiropractor Dr. Michael Risher.

Are you over 30 and finding your youthful movements you've been doing so well in your 20's are starting to let you down?

Finding niggles present themselves and stay present rather than leaving quickly as they used to?

Then this episode is for you!

For Michael, a fractured lower back in high school sparked his love for sports chiropractic, a career he has pursued up to the present day, where he now treats elite athletes from the Chicago Bears. His unique style of chiropractic is one that will help fast track your body to becoming more resilient and perform for far longer doing the things you love:

We chat:

•What you're probably not training: Fascial pathways (connective tissue)! Why it is an essential part of much needed training for the over 35's

•Training your body's function more globally, a unit that works together to make complex movements far easier and resilient to injury.

•Challenging traditional views on the health practices: You're a chiropractor you crack backs, you're a physio: you give massage and therabands etc.And much more...

Just watched the Game Changers documentary and thinking of becoming plant based?

Tried veganism before and found you became fatigued, underperformed in your current sport or exercise regimen, or even became sick as a result of the diet?

Going full plant based is not to be done on a whim without educating yourself first!

In this episode we have naturopath and plant based medicine expert Bianca Sheedy, to get us ready to eat plants with an evidence based approach to a healthy, high performing vegan diet.

In this episode we chat:

- Is a plant based diet healthy and sustainable for long-term health?

- What are the important key nutrients in a vegan diet that we need to pay particular attention to and where can we find them in food sources in order to perform at a high level?

- What women 35+ need to be aware of with hormonal changes and some tips of what foods are beneficial for managing hormones.

In this episode we gravitate back to what we think is an integral part of being holistically Fit: Mental Health!

Australian renowned Psychologist Kim Granland has an incredible story: Investment banker in the heart of London turned Psychologist in Sydney's CBD.

Her passion: PEAK Performance coaching. That is helping CEO's, Executives and busy professionals optimise their cognitive health and performance so they can live happier, healthier lives.

We chat:

- Managing burnout: If you are a Type A personality overworked, stressed, trying to still workout while managing your relationship and feel like you're juggling way too many balls this is for you!

- Finding your purpose: Holistic health, finding life hard because you do not know what to do

- Self-efficacy: The evidence based process she performs with her clients to become their own therapist or executive coach through daily tasks and strategies.

And much more...

Fitness entrepreneur: Owner Creature Fitness and The Lockeroom, founder of peak chocolate and creator and coproducer of the Mind Muscle Project. In this episode we chat:

•How to make changes to your holistic health for people over the age of 35 with demanding jobs

•New emerging Fitness industry trends

•Using technology to help you achieve better goals

•Newest research in biohacking your health

•AND LOADS MORE!

In this episode we catch up with legendary physiotherapist Dr. Andrew Lock. Andrew boasts a whopping 30 years in the physiotherapy profession and helps elite athletes worldwide overcome injury from Jiu Jitsu, to powerlifting, to cricket and baseball. In this episode we unpack:

- The changing body: How to train properly for a changing body and avoid injury after 35

- Bench press 101: How to avoid front of shoulder pain when lifting

- Stop owning your pain: Getting over long term injuries with a better mindset.

In case you missed some of these last season, in this episode we discuss the remainder of our awesome guests preaching the word of preventative health and fitness over the age of 35!

Expect small bite sized tips and tricks as a general summary of 2020 guests that keep you fit, healthy and pain free now... And for the long term!!!

In this episode we discuss all of the fine and inspirational people we chatted to in the first half of the year.

You can expect to get small bite sized tips and tricks to keep you fit, healthy and pain free now... And for the long term!!!

In this episode we chat with Christian Ralston, an ex footy player turned yoga instructor. Yes, a very different transition to what most do. After 2 x ACL surgeries and a stiffness that radiated throughout his body, he was able to transform his mobility individual in just 3 years. The secret, consistent structured yoga. He shares his own unique style "bloke friendly" yoga classes and also shares his secrets on doing the perfect handstand, something he now instructs as well.

And loads more we dive into...