The Health & Fitness Podcast, By Innerfight

Welcome to the new InnerFight, a new era for our brand and a totally new experience for our clients that remains routed to our vision of “Making people better at life.” In this show we discuss what is going on at InnerFight these days, what is different, what is better and most importantly why we have made these changes to our brand. Enjoy the show and we look forward to seeing you soon. Marcus

Sam Browning is a father of 2 with an amazing mindset and a super interesting story. He tells us how “going cold turkey” and making big changes in his life has seen him lose 37Kg in just 18 months. Not only that but he has taken on some awesome physical challenges and recently clocked 13km in a single run which is a huge milestone for him. Sam’s story is no different from many people that somehow let things go and suddenly Sam was 147kg, eating burger king on the way home for dinner! He knew something had to change and when he was out of breath running just 15m with his daughter the point was driven home. Sitting with his wife on Jan 1st 2019 they both made a decision to change their lifestyles. Huge change as Sam explains in the show and a lot of challenges along the way. If you are struggling Sam has a lot of great advice. Enjoy the show. Marcus

It's nothing new, if you want to be successful, to win at life then you need to be prepared. But what is preparation, what should we be thinking about, what should we do? Thats the key really isn’t it, people often tell us to prepare but we have no clue what to prepare! Do we ask?? Ha ha. Sometimes more is better and of course sometimes less is better but preparation in any form is super important if we are going to get what we want in life and have fun along the way. This show will give you some practical tips into good preparation for LIFE! Enjoy it. Marcus

This week we talk about this challenge that our coaches Tom, Rob, Rob and Marcus recently completed. They started at 4:24am and completed 50km ride, 50km run, 50km ride at Al Qudra in Dubai in the middle of the summer? Why would you do such a thing you may ask? What were the challenges? How did it all play out. In this show the guys have a very open and candid conversation about the challenge, where the idea came from and they also chat about hosting the same challenge for people but this time in cooler weather and in the night and not into the middle of the day where temps reached 52 degrees. Enjoy the show! Further resources: Toms report: https://tomwalkerfitness.com/f/into-the-light Marcus’s report: http://www.mjdsmith.com/into-the-daylight/

We crave instant gratification as we are able to get it in so many areas of our life. It is fast becoming our biggest weakness as it is leading to long term issues that we have to address. If you follow a fitness plan for a week or two you are often viewed on as weird! 2 weeks seems like a long time to be doing the same thing. And then walk in the people that have been eating a certain way for years and they are just look as as aliens.  Well long term commitment may well be what is missing for a number of people in life and this really is what needs addressing. Enjoy the show. Marcus

You have heard of OCR? and you have heard of Kilimanjaro? Well you are about to hear about OCR on Kilimanjaro. Epic probably does not do this race justice. Join us as we talk to David Pickles the founder of @worldshighestocr. Connect with David and the challenge https://www.worldshighestocr.com/challenge https://www.instagram.com/worldshighestocr/

“I feel great”….”I feel crap!” Which one feels like what, when, why and how on earth do we measure it? Daily check in on yourself is what this show is all about. We share simple hacks that will allow you to easily measure how you feel in a way that you can benchmark again! We heard it all to often that some days are better than others but why is that? This is a super important question. And when it comes to feelings how can we really measure them? Also an important question and sometime harder to answer. In todays show we give you the hacks that you need. Enjoy the show. Marcus

Jules Curtis is on a mission to live her best life to be able to coach others to do the same. She left her Corporate job and got a one way ticket to New Zealand to live the dream of being a traveling Life Coach. She's challenging life by doing things differently with lots of interesting learnings and fun stories along the way. Can she make Work Easy, Play Easy the new goal in life? This show will certainly make you think on a number of levels as we move from living your best life all the way to meditation, we hit waterfalls, hire cars and talk about not talking. This is not the last time we will ave Jules on the show that is for sure. Enjoy it.

Acai, acaaaai, aci…..pronounce it however you like, consumption Acai is on the rise around the world, but what is it, where has it come from, is it good for us, how much can we have? Yup there are a whole load of questions around it which we dive into in this show, we let you know what you should be ordering and how often. Acai is a small fruit, round, and black-purple in color. The fruit became a staple food in floodplain areas around the 18th century, but its consumption in urban areas and promotion as a health food only began in the mid 1990s along with the popularization of other Amazonian fruits outside the region. The key to your consumption of Acai is all down to what you have it with, how much and how often! Enjoy the show.

Welcome to episode 650, this podcast has been an epic journey, this show is another landmark number but the motivation behind it as never changed….”to give people as much value as possible.” Thanks for listening, enjoy the show.

Waking up early may come easier to some of us than others but in this show the case to make it happen is proven and strong. I have always been an early riser so I guess you could say it’s in my blood but as you will hear in this show I will go over the why’s and more than that the benefit. Of course like many things in life waking up early takes some training but once you train the body and mind then things in life start to change for the better. Enjoy the show. Marcus

The first modern Olympics were held in 1896 but their traditions date back to the 8th century BC. It is an iconic event littered with tradition, hard work, records and emotions. Could that all be able to change as there are whispers of video games being included in future Olympics? In this show I discuss some thoughts around a recent article in the Economist which delivered some very interesting insights into the participation in video games such as Fortnite and Leave of Legends. I look into the rich and interesting history of the Olympic games, where it all started, why it only happens every 4 years and some of the popular and less popular sports that we see in the spectacle that is the Olympics. Maybe this is a change we need, maybe it is what the modern world looks like and maybe as new sports are added, others are dropped off it is time to include the sports, hobbies or pastimes that get the most attention these days. What do you think? Good? Bad? Let us know on winning@innerfight.com

We have known what calories are for a long time but even 15 or 20 years ago the thought of counting them and or weighing food in order to ensure that you get the right amount was not something the layman would consider. If you were an “athlete” then maybe but otherwise not a chance. Fast forward to today and everyone seems to know about counting calories, whether they are doing it correctly or not is another thing. At the same time the number of eating disorders we are seeing and generally poor relationships we see that people have with food is on the rise at a scary rate. So whats going on? That is the question we answer in todays show.

Just 4 years ago Keith Russell started running as something he could do with his severely disabled daughter Alanna. It brought them both great joy and happiness. Sadly in December 2017 Alanna passed away but in the short time Keith ran with her they had a huge impact on many communities both in Ireland and further afield. What started as something they did together soon developed into something that would help Keith deal with being apart from Alanna as he explained to us “I had two choices and the world would have accepted if I chose to drown my sorrows but I didn’t I chose to keep running.” Since Keith has run a sub 3 hour marathon, completed the 173km Belfast to Dublin ultra, on Alannas second anniversary completed 100 miles on a 400m track and on 27th June ran 227km around an athletics track as he chased the Irish 24 hour record. In this show Keith speaks in detail about all areas of his life, lessons learnt and how he has overcome extreme adversity. Enjoy the show.

“You should read more” was probably a phrase we have all had shouted at us at some stage or another. But how, but when, but why? In this show we talk all about books, reading, podcasts and learning, how much is too much, how much is enough and when should we start doing! You can check out my book list right here www.mjdsmith.com/books and if you have any books you want to share please drop us a mail to winning@innerfight.com

Ever done a juice detox, been told to have a shake or been tempted by the new world of smoothies? This show is all for you and of course for those that have heard about all these things and yet are a bit unsure! In show I try and give you all you need to know about liquid nutrition by keeping it nice and simple and straight forward as well as giving you the truth about some of the detox juice cleanses out there. Enjoy the show!

If you live somewhere in the Northern hemisphere then I hope your mercury is rising and you are able to take advantage of some awesome summer weather. Right here in the Middle East it is of course nice and warm as we head into July so about time for a sort show on hydration, training in the heat, managing your training plans, recovering well and being ready to go again. There are a number of simple check ins for hydration and I share about 10 in this show. Add to this a slightly different approach to your training, no you are not going to lose all of your gains down worry. And then round things out with good revery and you will win big this summer. Thanks for tuning in to the show. Marcus

Brendan Foster CBE (born 12 January 1948)[1] is a British former long-distance runner who founded the Great North Run. He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the gold medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1974 European Championships and the 10,000 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. The man is a legend and he is also on of our coaches (Rob Foster) Uncle so Rob managed to get him on a talk for our Endurance team. I loved pretty much every second of his talk and as I was listening back to it thought it would be fun to debunk his mindset so thats what I have done. Hope you enjoy the show.

The time is fast approaching when the “New InnerFight” will open and we are getting an increasing amount of questions so here is a quick show that answers the more frequently asked questions and gives you an insight into what we have been working on for you.

People are afraid and that is understandable. For the last few months we have been confined to our homes and listened to the media tell us how dangerous and deadly COVID 19 is. But then in the next moment facilities open up and we are expected to hop back like nothing ever happened. Meanwhile the campaigns to get us back have been images of fogging machines and people in hazmat suits. It's no surprise people are scared of going out never mind exercising in gyms and high contact environments. In this show we look to the science of all this fogging and sanitization and leave a number of points that the general population can do to make this situation better. Hop on board folks as fitness is the answer.