The Health & Fitness Podcast, By Innerfight

What if you did not have to go out on a dark night and run until your legs did not work anymore to build some mental resilience? What if all this chat about setting big goals to build mental resilience was in fact not 100% true? Would you listen? Would you be keen to try a few things? In this weeks show we chat over 9 things that you can actually do in daily life that will help you build mental resilience. Some are easy, others sound easy but are hard and some are hard on all fronts but who said it will be easy. Give them a shot for 30 days and let's see where we get to.

We are joined this week by our fitness coaches Simon and Kobi as we answer some nice lighthearted questions from the listeners as well as have a deep dive into some waaaaay deeper topics. Things like what actually motivates these guys to coach and a few thoughts that may spark some further thoughts for those of you looking for or lacking a bit of motivation. These two always seem to bring a laugh as well as deliver  bit more of their serious side…..when put on the spot. Enjoy the show.

The environments we exist in have a huge impact on our performance. These environments in turn deliver our culture! Or is it the total opposite? In this weeks show Milos and Clarkie are here to talk to us about the impact of both culture and environment on our performance. They open up to some of their childhood experiences and the impact that they have had on their mindset and performance in life. A show not to be missed.

Some people go to bars and nightclubs on a Friday night. Others go to their bikes and their running shoes! What started as a bit of fun between mates 5 years ago is now a major fixture in the InnerFight calendar. Starting at sunset with a 50km ride, participants then run the same 50km before getting back on their bikes for another 50km with the aim of completing the nights work before the sun rises. This week we are joined by a few of the InnerFight endurance coaches who recap how the 2022 Into the Darkness played out.

12 months ago Keith Russell set a national and European record for "backyard" ultra running 6.7km per hour for 63 hours. Shortly after that he set his sights on a world record for this mind blowing simple event. Fast forward a year and at 10pm on Tuesday 17th May after being in the race for 86 hours he set that record having earlier broken his own national and European records. 4 hours later he returned from the 90th hour just ten minutes after it had started. Race result…..DNF.  (did not finish) Life can brutal, sport can brutal in this weeks show Keith teaches us more on both.

When you can run fast and you love the sport and want to be more involved in it what do you do? Normally you continue to run fast and love the sport a bit more. Not if you are Matt Fox, you take this love to another level and you get as close as possible to the best runners in the world to learn how they train, and then if you are a really good dude you share it with the world as Matt has done with Sweat Elite. What started as a blog to share information on running has become one of the worlds most unique you tube channels in the last year since it's launch as Matt and his colleague Angus (featured in show 749 here) travel the world recording training sessions of some of the fastest runners on the planet. In this show Matt gives the background on his love for running, blows our minds with some of the speeds he can personally run at and shares some very unique experiences he has had filming the worlds best. Enjoy the show. Marcus Links: https://www.sweatelite.co/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFYpwqeNXx7M9x

Kona is known as the pinnacle of Ironman triathlon. Anyone who rides the Ironman bus and even those who are quite happy with their sprint distances triathlons know what Kona stands for as well as the dedication, passion and blood sweat and tears that people put into reaching the event on the remote island of Hawaii. But why? What is the fascination? Is this the ultimate test or is it the ultimate marketing ploy? Those questions may never be answered. Everyone will have their own point of view. This week we chat to our own Tom Walker who tells us all about what Kona meant to him through his triathlon joinery, how he qualified for the world championships and what happens now. This is about way more than just triathlon! Sit tight! Toms Article on Kona here

Someone sends you an event they think you may like to attend. You either: Open it and register to go right away. Open it and think about it. Don't even bother opening it. Ultra Trail Drakensberg as the name suggests is a trail race in the heart of the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa on the boarder of the very unique Lesotho. When I was sent it option 1 above was in full flow. In this show I share the experience. Enjoy the show!

Are there certain things in life you are "numbing" yourself from? What is your true identity? And how are you practicing mindfulness in your life? In this weeks show Tom Conway-Gordon joins us to talk these things and so much more. A member of the InnerFight community for over 10 years and an incredible amount of knowledge and life to share Tom has a way of explaining things that make them simple and as he says if you can say something in 3 words then why use more. Tom takes on some tough questions in this show and is open and honest with some great answers as he explains to us times where he has written essays to emotions in order to deal with them along with the way that he manages his little black book! The talks we mentioned Tom has done InnerTalks 3 InnerTalks 19

In this weeks show Simon and Andy jump in and answer some of your questions! Everything from the best time of day to train, intensity, getting better at toe to bar and which classes should you be in? Tune in and get ready for their gold!

Areej Mansour walked into InnerFight on March 1st 2016, since then she brought her energy to 723 classes! She has been insanely consistent in her endeavour to build a life she loves, always saying yes to different ways of training, coffees with different people and being someone that pretty much talks to anyone anytime. In this weeks show Areej takes us through her awesome life, drawing parallels in so many different ways and leaving us with a pretty cool blueprint on how to approach things and have a whole load of fun along the way. Thanks for everything you do for us Areej.

Riding a bike from Cairo to Cape Town, running with the Kenyans, running with the Ethiopians and more recently creating some never before seen content of the worlds best athletes training in their sport. This is Angus Teeton a guy that has truly created a life of adventure. In this show we talk about some of Angus's incredible adventures in Africa as he shares his inspiring story with us.

In this weeks show we catch up with the two "Robs" from InnerFight endurance. They share a whole load of secrets on how they get their endurance athletes to do what endurance athletes do best....normally go "quite" long. As the winter ends in our region we wrap up some of the great stuff that has gone down and as the summer starts to open in Europe and the international race calendar kicks off there is a whole load to look forward to. Enjoy the show and go check out what these guys are up to. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/if_endurance/ https://www.instagram.com/robjonesendurance/ https://www.instagram.com/re_foster/

An ultra race that goes through a UNESCO heritage site? Welcome to EcoTrail ALULA, Saudi Arabia! What a place to go for a run, just a couple of hours flight from Dubai and through some of the most beautiful terrain in the region. In this weeks show Marcus takes us through the race that he participated in with other InnerFight members as well as sharing some super useful insights into visiting this region and the races on offer that may appeal to some people in 2023. Further resources: https://alula.ecotrail.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ecotrail_alula/ Marcus's race report here

How was the 2022 CrossFit Open for you? What hurt the most? What made you smile the most? What are you going to do with your fitness now? Andy, Kobi and Simon are back to wrap up things up. Some great chat from the guys and some awesome call outs on great performances to a whole load of epic humans in our community.

When you accept you are not living a life you love then you start to make changes. It takes time, effort, discipline and a load of other things but is perfectly doable. In this weeks show Mounir Baalbaki joins us and recounts the last 365 days of his life from when he made a commitment to make serious change. Mounir  who is Managing Director of The Sports Marketing Group in the MEA region shares ideas on ways that you can help yourself, how and when to put all of your trust in others and what his underlying drive is. We chat about anger and the anger of regret and how to turn this in your favor and we also cover the various metrics of physical and mental fitness. Enjoy the show. Marcus

Everyone talks about goals and society tells us bigger is better, for a lot of people that's a whole load of blah blah blah. The thing that brings goals to life is "the process" and the process is every minute between when you set the goal and achieve it. Some people call it life, it happens daily. This is what we must cherish, fall in love with, look forward to, call it what you want. Achieving a goal on any level will be infinitely easier if we are able to love and cherish the process as that is such a huge part of our lives. Three key takeaways from this show: Life happens daily, that is the process, win there and you win in your goals What are you excited about, if you do not  have answers then is the goal right for you? Be grateful on all levels that you are in a position to have goals and the process, sounds simple, it is and works. Thanks for listening. Enjoy the show. Marcus

We all want to grow up to be good and well balanced humans but we do not all have the same good and well balanced childhood and this has an impact on our futures. Lucie Jones was like so many in her upbringing and has now dedicated her life to coaching teenagers in some great ways. In this show we talk about mental and physical abuse on many levels, depression, ADHD and many more topics that are not spoken about in the main stream but are such a huge part of so many peoples lives. Lucie has a great coaching service where she helps teenagers (and often parents) with a range of tools to make them epic human beings. Connect with Lucie: https://www.instagram.com/teenagecoach/?hl=en https://myteenagecoach.com/ lucy.h@seznam.cz

The CrossFit open kicks off this weekend. A chance to test your fitness and have some fun. Have you registered? Do you know what it is? What should you do to prepare for it? Our CrossFit coaches Andy, Simon and Kobi join this weeks show to talk all about it and how you can get involved. Here at InnerFight we will host the works at 12 midday on Sundays for the 3 weeks it is on. Come and get involved in the fun. To find out more: Register here: https://games.crossfit.com/ Read more here: https://morningchalkup.com/2022/02/04/16-crossfit-open-workouts-that-wont-be-repeated-this-year-guaranteed-part-1/ Equipment list here: https://morningchalkup.com/2022/01/27/equipment-list-for-the-2022-crossfit-open/

When was the last time you went out into nature? How did it make you feel?  It quite possibly gave you a different kind of energy to that which you are used to in the stuffy environments we live in these days.  It was also quite possibly totally free! Mother nature has extreme power that as humans we have been harnessing for centuries. But how are we using it in the modern era to positively impact our lives.  Even though we live in cities and feel time poor, there are still ways we can take advantage of this natural resource to boost our performance. Enjoy the show.