The Science of Fitness Podcast

Welcome to our three part series about all things breathing. This part one, where Kieran Maguire goes into depth about the specific mechanics that are necessary to breathe effectively.

Breathwork has taken the world by storm, mainly popularised by Wim Hof, so much so that it is being integrated into peoples daily health regimes. Although breathing is something we do from our first moment until the last, we rarely stop and think about how we breathe.

In this episode, we dive into the musculature of how we breathing and how it can be a whole body movement, the difference between chest breathing and diaphragmatic breathing and the chronic effects if we are breathing incorrectly plus so much more.

Stay tuned for the next two parts where we discuss the neuroscience and chemistry of breathing. 

Huberman Lab post about how breathing can slow down your heart rate:
https://www.instagram.com/p/COeSxVGnTF0/

In this episode, Matt is joined by Billy Rutherford, the Head of Athletic Performance at Science of Fitness to talk all things Athletic Performance and the most recent athletic performance testing day that was held at SOF.

There were over 80 athletes at the athletic performance testing day the other day to see where they currently rate in terms of their athleticism.  From across all different ages and sports, these athletes were tested using state of the art equipment and taught from professionals within the field. 

We discuss the importance of a good off-season and how if you want to become a professional athlete, why you need to be part of a program to get you there.

For any aspiring athletes, this is perfect for you.

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Matt and Joey sit down again today to discuss the importance of goal setting, both professionally and personally.

Both as a business owner and a trainer, Joe has had to set a lot of goals with himself and his clients. So, he has created systems and processes that he has figured out what works best for certain tasks and goals. 

We discuss the importance of process vs outcome and how to breakdown a big scary goal into small daily actions that you can take to get you closer towards that goal.

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We have our first SOF Sprint episode. A bitesize version of the podcast where we keep things short and sharp. 

In this episode, we are talking all things content when it comes to running a gym and marketing yourself in a noisy world social media these days. 

Content has taken the world by storm and everything can be 'content' these days. In the world of gyms and fitness, content is so important. These days, your social media feeds are filled with influencers all producing different types of content to grab your attention. 

We discuss what works and what doesn't and everything in between. 

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In this episode, we step inside the brain of Jacob Lawrence, the head physiotherapist at Science of Fitness.

When SOF physio launched, so did a new way to treat clients through our physiotherapy service model. A membership style approach to seeing clients has been implemented aiming to increase adherence and consistency to their rehab journey. None of this would've been possible without Jacob.

This creation of a community to assist clients through the rehab journey has been so important for increasing positive outcomes from injuries. We discuss the reason behind this type of service model, the challenges that have come from it but also the massive benefits from this. 

This is one for everyone.

Enjoy and please leave a rating if you enjoyed it!

We are stoked to have our first international podcast guest on the SOF Pod today, Sasha Cochrane. 

Sasha was an intern at Science of Fitness back in 2019 and has now returned to apply his knowledge that he has learnt while interning overseas in American College, University of Iowa with their American Football team, and in the UK with, Leicester Riders basketball team. 

We discuss the cut throat and disciplined nature of the American College sports system and what he is going to apply to the Athletic Performance Program here at SOF and for his future endeavours.

A lot of knowledge in this one so grab your notebook and pen out. 

Oh how the turntables!

In this episode, the scripts are flipped and Joe interviews Matt about his time so far as an Exercise Physiologist and working at Science of Fitness.

Joe tries to find Matt's hidden secrets and sauces to uncover as to how he has maintained his client list and his approach to work.

UNREASONABLE CUSTOMER SERVICE

In this episode, Matt and Joe sit down to discuss topics brought up in the book Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara. A book about a three star Michelin restaurant whose focus is more on the customer service than the food and is doing wonders for them.

The correlations between high quality service in a restaurant and high quality service in a gym is huge. The boys explore the comparisons and talk about how important good leadership skills are when it comes to a well functioning business.

Question of the week: how can you be more unreasonable in whatever job you do.

The SOF Pod is sponsored by TH7 Bodylabs, 

EPISODE FIVE

This episode is brought to by TH7 Bodylabs, official sponsor of The SOF Pod.

We are lucky enough to be joined by Rory Tims in this episode to talk about all things training. Rory was one of the original interns at Science of Fitness and is now the head of the group fitness program at SOF.

In this candid interview, we talk about his learnings as a coach over the years and he has developed as a human. 

We hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed making it

EPISODE FOUR

This episode is brought to by our first official sponsor, TH7 Bodylabs.

In this episode, we are joined by Kieran Maguire, co-owner of Science of Fitness, to talk about all things data and wearable technology and the impact it has on our training.

The past few years, wearable health trackers and monitors have exploded onto the market and they are able to show us more than ever. From your heart rate, your sleep, to your stress and how many steps you have done that day. 

We talk about how this data can be useful in calculating your training and recovery but also how it can be dangerous if you look into it too much and not actually tune into how your body is feeling from a subjective point of view.