The Health & Fitness Podcast, By Innerfight

In this show we bring you some super exciting news about "The Next Chapter" of InnerFight as we hear from Jamie, Tom and Marcus. It is also a celebration of 800 episodes of the InnerFight podcast! That's a whole load of talking and we hope that it has helped some people. Thanks for listening and your ongoing support. Enjoy the show.

What is purpose? How do we find it? Are we born with it? Who better to have on the show to ponder these questions and more than Jeff Strachan. A man who recently embarked on a 1,000km bike round around the country of Rwanda. But far better than that a man who has an ability to think and articulate things in a way that makes you think, it is that thinking that we hope brings your some answers on the topic of purpose.In this show we discuss: The impact of the environment you are brought up in. Remembering smells from childhood Technology distracting who we really are Life becoming premeditated Enjoy the show.Marcus

The pandemic did different things to different people. One thing it did was give us todays show! An idea that was born in the pandemic which was supposed to be a run in 2020 but turned out into a bike ride in 2022. In this show we learn: There was a good side to COVID Goals sometimes get delayed and thats ok Fun and adventure is key Getting out should be the norm. Enjoy the show. Video on the ride  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDKTXuuVaD0

Well that was a load of good fun wasn't it. 3 weeks of sleepless nights waiting for a brutal workout to be announced. Thinking about it whilst trying not to think about it all day, sometimes for a few days until it is time to give it a shot. And then getting it absolutely handed to you as you push way harder than  you normally do in a class or think you ever should. What joy the annual CrossFit open brings us. In this show we wrap up the three weeks as we chat: The biggest participation figures ever! Doing things for the first time Keep it safe for us CrossFit Creating intensity in workouts We hope you enjoyed the open and we hope you enjoy this show!

Life tasks become easier, heart condition improves, fat levels reduce, self esteem sky rockets, bones become stronger, mental focus increases....yet so many people still fear Strength Training! In this weeks show we talk: What actually is strength training The benefits of strength training How to put together a strength training program Mixing strength and conditioning If you want to live a happy life then you need this show in it. Enjoy!

Jamie McConnell is the director of instruction at Claude Harmon Performance Golf Academy here in Dubai. He has been coaching the highly complex sport of golf for a number of years but is not your average golf pro, he loves the data but knows there is a lot more to it! In this show we chat: What is performance? Emotional V technical coaching. The Golfing Buddha Creating singular focus Enjoy the show. Connect with Jamie: https://www.ch3performancegolf.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jmgolfcoach/

Struggling with sleep? Getting to sleep, staying asleep, quality of sleep? There could be a whole number of factors, some simpler than others but a number of quite straight forward check points that you can go through. In this show we talk: The need for sleep Preparing for sleep Hours of sleep Measuring sleep Enjoy the show.

Health policies around the world may be the key to easing political conflict in many countries and is something that Aditya Mehta is extremely passionate about. He joins us this week as we chat: -The intersection of conflict and global health -Conducting research in high risk areas -Doing simple things and getting huge results -A passion for learning and solving Enjoy the show! Connect with Aditya https://www.instagram.com/adityaumehta/ Check out some of his other work: https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj-2022-070331.full?ijkey=v6ZaUTr5R0uzZzz&keytype=ref https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-14625-4

Your body was designed a long time ago. There is a miss match in the way it was designed to be fueled and the way it is being fueled. We are eating an increasing amount of crap and facing an increasing amount of issues. You would not put diesel in your brand new petrol Ferrari but that is what we are are doing to the human body. In this show you will learn: What Paleo eating is all about Where Paleo eating started The importance of pure food How easy it is to make Paleo food The benefits of Paleo eating Enjoy the show and drop the processed shit, you will thank you for it.

This year is the 14th CrossFit open! An all inclusive global competition consisting of 3 workouts done at your own gym!We will be hosting the open workouts in Feb here at InnerFight so we got our coaches Matt, Andy and Simon on the show this week to chat all things CrossFit Open and how to go about it. You will learn: What the open is. How to take part in the open. How to prepare for the open. Which InnerFight coach will do the best in  the open. Enjoy the show.

In running there is power, in running there is connection, in running there is community, in running there is a safe space....and so the list goes on. We all have different sporting experiences as kids growing up, some positive and others not so great. One option for the boys was always to kick around a football in the yard, the girls never seemed to have this option. Is this the start of a bad relationship with sport? Was running used too much as a punishment for not being able to do a double back flip in gymnastics? This week Steph joins us as we tackle these points and many more. We learn the impact of the female cycle on running, the want for a safe space and a place to talk to someone and much more as Steph tells us all about the Ladies Run Club she has built here at InnerFight. Enjoy the show.

This guy is the real deal! We are all motivated by something different. When Abdullah Zeinab was part of a camera crew filming an edition of Australia's continent crossing  Pacific Wheel Race bike race it was the ability of the riders to remain so relaxed during this brutal endeavor, that's what he wanted in his life. Since then Abduallah has completed some mind blowing feats in the sport of ultra cycling. In this show he talks to us about peeling layers of his life back through ultra cycling to gain a deeper understanding of himself. He explains the importance of spending time with his own mind as well as the concept of putting himself in situations where there is no way out but to keep going. Enjoy the show!

Ever been told that due to an injury you will never be able to do something again? You are the same as todays guest! In 2013 after a major back surgery Pratik Desai was told he would never run again. At just 33 years old he was not ready to accept that and went to work. Injuries and surgeries affect is in a variety of ways and in this weeks show Pratik serves up his formula for getting over them and living a happy and healthy life. Enjoy the show.

New days, new weeks, new months and New Years. All timelines that resonate with us to “start afresh” or begin a new approach to things. In this weeks show we throw around some ideas on how to use the start of a New Year to your advantage but at the same time make sure that your “new year new you” energy makes it past the first week of the month! Enjoy the show and all the best for 2023!

Was it your goal to be more relaxed in 2022? What strategies did you put in place to achieve that? How has it all panned out. Haaaa. Half of you have stopped reading this and are already furious. For sure everyone wanted to be more chilled this year, few of us want to be more fired up do we? In this show we chat over 9 things that you may or may not have done this year and or may want to do in 2023 to make your life and hopefully the life of those around you more fulfilling. Enjoy the show. Links: The best day of my life mindset - article  http://www.mjdsmith.com/this-day/

Some of these thoughts may resonate with some of you and in doing so help you in  some way. Thats the objective of this weeks show. Enjoy! Links to the articles: Connecting the dots A view from the pavement Superficilasm On the cusp I’m F**ked We all feel Whats actually real? Long Covid Outlier For you my friend Stay the course Tablets UTMB 2022 Together

We are joined this week by 3 parents who share their knowledge and experience around staying fit whilst raising a healthy family as well as ways to get kids into sport. Jamie, Bonnie and Rob (all coaches here at InnerFight) have some super useful insights and humor on parenthood. They talk to us about time and how everything seems to take longer, encouraging kids to be active, creative and have fun at the same time, being flexible, forming family routines and being engaged with their kids! Enjoy the show.

So how much do you love the thing that you will spend 90,000 hours of your life doing......your job! Sometimes the job that we grew up thinking we were going to love we end up not loving so much, but there is something that holds us back from making a change. What is it? How can we overcome it? What is there to lose? This week our coaches Jamie and Steph who both started out on a different track from coaching join us to talk all about it. Enjoy the show.

Making people better, delivering bad news to people, dealing with life, dealing with death, these are just some of the things that todays guest Paul Jones does in his capacity as a nurse seeing over 100 patients a week. Paul has an amazingly calm manner and care for other humans. A massive influence and driver on the way he takes care of people is his mindset that he should take care of everyone the way he would have wanted his grandma to be taken care of. Solid benchmark! Enjoy the show.

Before the pandemic made everyone think twice, buy dogs and convert vans Claire and Luke were already on their way to living the van life. Long term Dubai residents departed it shores at the end of 2019 to go and find a new place to live in Australia by first doing a lap of it in a van to make sure they found a place they loved! In this weeks show they tell us how they did it and how 3 years on they are now onto their second van and have a son! Life is awesome when you just go and make it happen! Enjoy the show! Rent their van: https://www.camplify.com.au/rv/campervan-rental-mentone-vic-dandy-straya/12930 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanlifestraya/ https://www.instagram.com/islandofluke/ https://www.instagram.com/clairefalconer__/