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Flexibility, mobility, and aches and pains are relatively quiet in the health and fitness world, where fat loss and muscle growth rule. However, as we age, ensuring that we stay mobile, active, and pain-free by focusing on our joints might just be the most important thing we can do.
Today's guest, Paul Millard, talks us through his journey from being a regular personal trainer in 2001 and going through various experiences to where he is today, working as a coach who focuses on building strong foundations first.
His unique practices ensure his clients stay pain-free, strong, and active well into their 70s.
Check out Paul's website here.
www.paulmillardfitness.com
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When a routine blood test came back showing signs of cancer, 45-year-old Jo White knew he wasn't going to let the disease beat him.
Jo, from oldboystraining.com has spent his life training both the military and civilians up in the mountains and underwater and has been passionate about health and fitness for as long as he can remember.
Despite spending the last 10-plus years receiving treatment for his cancer, Jo continues to smash out remarkable feats that I quite frankly can't quite get my head around.
In this episode, Jo recounts his 365 half marathons challenge, his daily workout routines that he believes are key to him staying fit and healthy into old age, his ongoing passion for helping others, being humbled by a fellow hiker without legs, his upcoming marathon that his cancer drugs will prevent him from running properly, and his ongoing 1000 mountains challenge.
www.smashingfifty.com
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Jamie Prokell is the Creative Director of Men's Health Magazine.
He's also a father, a husband, and a middle-aged man who, at 45, felt like he was being left behind in terms of his health and fitness.
In this episode, we learn how Jamie's eldest daughter running a 5k prompted him to start on his own running journey (and failing terribly), but how his persistence took him all the way to the New York Marathon and beyond.
Our conversation takes a wonderful twist from the physical benefits and positive changes that running can have on your life into mental health, the strange things that happen in your head whilst on a long run, and how Jamie's running brought him closer to his recently deceased father.
Check out Jamie's original article here: https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a46165499/marathon-running-transformation/
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In this episode, I discuss with world-renowned stretching coach Brad Walker everything you need to know about runner's knee.
In this episode, we discuss:
• What runner's knee is & how to prevent it
• How to treat runner's knee
• Recovery techniques
• What to do if you're currently struggling with runner's knee and you have an event coming up
• We'll also discuss strength training for runners and alternative forms of cardio
Brad Walker is a coach, author, speaker, and stretching expert, as well as a nationally-ranked athlete in Australia.
He's been featured in dozens of magazines on hundreds of websites across the globe and is often referred to as the stretching guru.
https://stretchcoach.com/
https://smashingfifty.com/
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Freddie Bennett has been to places that most of us haven't on the spectrum of despair and personal achievement.
He went from being an overweight, unfit, drunk and depressed corporate executive to a Guinness World Record holder, running across the Sahara desert, winning ultramarathons, becoming a bestselling author and following a dream to move from the UK to New Zealand.
At rock bottom, he faced the barrel of a gun, but despite so many false starts and failures, he turned his life around completely.
Freddie shares many of his crazy stories in this episode, PLUS some of his top tips for how you can transform your own life.
Freddie's now on a mission to get people unstuck, unshackled & unleashed, and prove to the world that everyday people can achieve remarkable things.
His next challenge?
The world's toughest Ultra-Marathon through the Arctic.
Enjoy
https://smashingfifty.com/podcast/
https://freddiembennett.com/
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Have you ever made a to do list because you’ve got loads of things on your mind and you want to start making progress in one area of your life or another, but then it all goes onto the list along with a handful of other things… and then you never do them.
Then instead of making long to-do-lists try making short and concise must-do lists.
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I always considered myself to be an average, middle-of-the-road drinker who, despite drinking excessively in my younger days drank much the same as everyone else. However, could my drinking have been responsible for the mental health problems I suffered, especially with anxiety?
I hope that you will be able to relate to this story, and maybe help you to explore your own relationship with alcohol and what harm it may have done to you.
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How much alcohol should you drink in order to enjoy alcohol at a safe level?
Well, as of January 2023, Canada has announced that their new recommendation for a safe amount of alcohol to drink is ZERO!!
And if you must drink, then it should be no more than two drinks (a glass of wine or a beer) per week!
Previously they had recommended around 10 drinks per week in line with the US (the UK currently recommends about 6 per week).
The new guidelines are based on new research that says "any amount of alcohol is a risk to your health".
What do you think? Will this change how much alcohol you drink?
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More resources:
https://smashingfifty.com/21-benefits-of-giving-up-alcohol-for-a-month/
https://smashingfifty.com/20-things-to-do-instead-of-drinking/
https://smashingfifty.com/how-to-get-rid-of-a-beer-belly/
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Body Sculptor Ben is a coach and founder of the unbreakable man program. In this episode, we discuss what he thinks are the biggest challenges facing middle-aged men and how you can get out of a middle-aged rut. Ben also gives us a simple breakdown of how calories work as well as a few other interesting insights into men's health and happiness.
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Four years ago, Jake Malarney was going through a divorce. Around the same time, he also saw a picture of himself that he barely recognised. Inspired by a close friend he decided to get fit and change his life. By chance, he ended up in his local gym and has never looked back. In this episode, Jake reveals to me his workout routine, how he manages his time, what he eats, and how he sculpted his most enviable physique (check out the before and after image at www.smashing fifty.com/podcast).
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This episode follows on from the previous episode - Injury prevention for new runners - with Chris O’Brien from the Confident Runner.
In this episode, we discuss how the body works, and how to be more efficient in your running by developing a more helpful and efficient technique.
Stop thinking of your technique as being good or bad and instead ask yourself is your technique helpful or unhelpful Tips on how to move better and improve your range of motion 5 Good markers for helpful techniquePlus a surprising complimentary exercise that will really help to build your fitness and flexibility.
10k Hero Challenge | The Confident Runner
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If you're new to running or are starting a new running program such as the 10k Hero Challenge then you need to be mindful of doing too much too soon and picking up an injury.
In this episode, I speak to running coach and endurance specialist, Chris O'Brien from The Confident Runner about the science of running and how injury occurs.
Learn the number one cause of injury in new runners and its 5-variables that will cause injury. Plus - Why your body produces pain and tips for avoiding it. -
In this episode, I speak with Brad Walker, AKA the Stretch Coach about how beginners can stay injury-free when training for a 10k race. We cover warming up, cooling down, stretching and injury prevention.
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In this episode, I speak with 70-year-old Frank Rothwell who is rowing solo 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (TWAC), in support of Alzheimer's Research UK.
Listen in to discover what creates such incredible spirit and lust for life. You'll also learn what he fears most in life and what he's most afraid of during this incredible challenge.
Frank likes a challenge! In 2017, he spent five weeks on a deserted island for the Channel 4 programme, 'The Island with Bear Grylls'. Before that, he was only the 10th person to ever circumnavigate North and South America by boat.
His passion for challenges started back in the 1980s when he started running marathons and since then he's also competed in the Scottish Six-Day Trials motorcycle race, sailed around the world, likes to heli-ski and builds his own coal-fired steam traction engines.Frank hopes to raise £1 million for Alzheimer's Research UK. which will be helped by the Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation, which has generously offered to match-fund the first £500,000 of donations.
Please visit Frank's Just Giving page and make a donation.
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Four years ago was the best day of my life. Four years ago I was broke…
Listen to the story of how 34-year-old Josh Steger from Illinois went from being a broke mechanic, worrying about paying his bills and buying food for his family, to closing on the home of his dreams in just four short years.
Learn how he changed everything in his life through self-reflection, personal development, asking himself better questions, thinking differently and simply looking in the mirror and taking responsibility for his life.A remarkable story of huge transformation just by making small changes.
What will your life look like ten years from now?
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This is the story of an ordinary bloke from the UK who at age 38 found himself overweight, unfit and about to become a father. Inspired by the birth of his twin girls, Chris O' Brien set out to run between two lamp-posts, a feat he could barely achieve.
Today, he runs sub-3-hour marathons, is an endurance junky and even started a few new businesses around his passion for running.Listen to Chris's incredible journey to discover what it takes to turn your life around and what happens to your body when you try to win a 12-hour endurance race.
In a quite remarkable life-transformation, Chris is now the founder of two new businesses focussed on trying to help individuals get better at running and uses some quite different techniques.
Here's how Chris describes those businesses:
"Elite athleticism for the everyday runner. Become a ninja mover using a brain-first approach for rapid and lasting improvements to your running."
Boom.
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After listening to the Tribe of Mentors podcast with Tim Ferris and Jocko Willink I’ve become quite fascinated by the concept that ‘discipline equals freedom’.
I used to think of discipline as being quite restrictive but if you think about it, having the discipline to work through the tasks you need to do in order to buy yourself the freedom to do what you want to do is quite a liberating thing.
Having the discipline to exercise will give you the freedom of health.
Having the discipline of saving money will give you the freedom to have a better retirement or take a long holiday
So, in order to have more freedom, you need to be more disciplined.
What do you think? How could more discipline create more freedom in your life?
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In this episode, I speak with Matt Hall, a former firefighter from the UK who is six months into a 'new life' living without alcohol.
Listen in as Matt and I discuss his journey with One Year No Beer (OYNB) and discover how he saved over £3,000 in just six months and how his life has changed in so many other ways.
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In this episode, I continue the discussion around taking a break from alcohol and speak with Gabriel Paues, a 44-year-old man living in Stockholm.
Listen in as Gabriel and I discuss his journey with One Year No Beer (OYNB) and discover how his life has changed since giving up alcohol and living a more fulfilled life.
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In this episode, I speak with Harvey Roberts, an ordinary bloke living in the UK without drinking alcohol (shock!).
Listen in as Harvey and I discuss his journey with One Year No Beer (OYNB) and discover how his life has changed since giving up alcohol and living a more fulfilled life.
For more information on the benefits of giving up alcohol and One Year No Beer visit: smashingfifty.com - Visa fler
