The Health & Fitness Podcast, By Innerfight

Brian Keane is no stranger to the InnerFight podcast as this is the third time we get him on. (Check out link below for previous shows) For those of you that have listened to Brian in the past or to his podcast you will know he has a unique energy and passion for life. Without briefing him until 30 seconds before we recorded this show during his recent visit to Dubai I started firing deep questions around self awareness to Brain. Self awareness is something that we hear spoken about a lot and for many I think you will agree we know we should have it, we may have even read books on it and we totally buy into it. However like many of these things actually practicing it on a daily basis is something else. In fact how do we practice self awareness? What are the check points? What should we be doing? These are all questions that I fire at Brain during this chat and he has some great answers. I am sure you will enjoy this show. Thanks for listening and if you do enjoy it why not share it with a friend that you th

Marcus is a guest on the Brian Keane podcast! "Today’s episode is with someone who I look up to and admire greatly. When I’m trying to build my mental toughness, Marcus is one of my biggest influences for doing that. You may recognise his voice from Podcast 207 where he talks about going from the intensive care unit to running 30 marathons in 30 days. There are few people who light me up as much as Marcus, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it. -Building the ‘ultra’ mindset to just keep going when times get difficult -Being on his deathbed in an intensive care unit and thinking ‘what if’ -How to build confidence by doing things that cause you discomfort -Making yourself mentally tougher by just showing up every day

"Janez "Jani" Brajkovič (born 18 December 1983) is a racing cyclist from Metlika, Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in 2004; he rode for the Adria Mobil team and suspended in July 2018 after positive anti-doping test.[4] After passed suspension he came back to previous club Adria Mobil in the end of 2019.[5]” Jani has been a friend of mine for a few years and for a short time coached me when I was preparing for my ultra cycling races. He is truly a unique human. As once described by team mate Lance Armstrong as “the hardest worker” Jani’s insane cycling career which has seen him race for the best teams in the world on the grand tours with a top 10 place finish in the tour of all tours the Tour De France in 2012. Unless provoked (which I do a lot) Jani is more of a silent assassin but when you get him to talk he is knowledge and inspiration personified. In this show I push him to open up on some topics and give us a closer look into the world of cycling which in some ways is what is por

#008. "Scott Jenkins lives and works in London, UK as a Marketing Manager for Johnson & Johnson’s knee portfolio. Born in Penarth, Cardiff, Wales, he moved to London in 2013 to pursue a career change from a GP exercise referral personal trainer to join the corporate world of Johnson & Johnson. His career has flourished as a result of his strong mental attitude, which he often attributes to his strong ultra-running resume. Scott and his brother Rhys, always look to create their own extreme ultra-endurance challenges, and where schedules match up, complete them together. By doing this they have raised over £50,000 for a variety of different charities, all of which have a special connection to each of them. In recognition of this, Scott via Johnson & Johnson, was lucky enough to complete an Operation Smile mission in 2015 in Mekele, where he assisted in screening and in theatre for the repair of Cleft Lips and Palates. Since then, Scott has been selected as 1 of 3 UK Ambassadors for the charity Opera

#007 Endurance coaches Tom Walker and Rob Jones welcome you to The Run Strong Podcast. A show to discuss topics to educate and inspire runners. From couch-to-5k'rs, triathletes, up to multi-stage ultra runners this podcast will interest you. Each topic show is followed by a Q&A show, making the podcast interactive and relevant to you, the listener. This weeks show is a topic show all based on recovery. The boys chat through what recovery is, there mental aspect, the physical aspect and some strategies to help you recover faster. What works? What doesn’t work? What is a complete waste of your time and money? Find out in todays show. If you have any questions please send them in to @ifendurance on instagram or mail endurance@innerfight.com. Want to know more about the Run Strong program? www.innerfight.com/runstrong #RunStrong

I haven’t done a listener Q&A recently but have been asked a few questions over and over the last few weeks so thought I would share these with you and maybe a few thoughts to get you thinking! After a few news updates we jump into: • I feel like I am not progressing in my fitness, what can I do? What should I change? • Why am I doing it? Figuring out your motivation behind your actions. • I know I have time but I still am not able to make everything fit. What should I do? • My job increasingly feels like a means to an end. I can’t quit as I need the stability and money. What can I do? • Making life changing decisions based on a 90 minute documentary. Thanks for the continued support of the show and have a great day. Marcus

Endurance coaches Tom Walker and Rob Jones welcome you to The Run Strong Podcast. A show to discuss topics to educate and inspire runners. From couch-to-5k'rs, triathletes, up to multi-stage ultra runners this podcast will interest you. Each topic show is followed by a Q&A show, making the podcast interactive and relevant to you, the listener. This week is question week! The boys answer some questions sent in. Fuelling for a marathon. The long run for a marathon. Running mechanics and muscle activity. Recovering after an ultra. Got anything to add or further questions? Send them in to @ifendurance on instagram or mail endurance@innerfight.com. Want to know more about the Run Strong program? www.innerfight.com/runstrong #RunStrong

Greg Boucher moved to Dubai in 1999 for 3 years with the objective of opening and running one of Dubai’s first independent health clubs. Fast forward 20 years and he is the founder and CEO of MEFIT and has a number of tales to tell about the evolution of the fitness industry both locally in Dubai and also on a wider scale. Greg has been a driving force behind ensuring and delivering high education standards for fitness professionals across the region and this is something he remains passionate about. He brings these individuals together on an annual basis and has done since 2003 in the form of the MEFIT Summit, a 3 day event held in Dubai on 14,15,16th November open to fitness professionals and the general public. I first met Greg in 2000 shortly after he arrived in Dubai and he has always been a benchmark of the industry here through his company MEFIT. Not sure why I have not had him on the show before as he has so much knowledge and some really solid opinions on the industry. I am confident that this chat

This week is topic week! The boys discuss a new female 24hr run record and a disgraceful disqualification over a hijab in the USA before getting into their main topic of the show, how to be more efficient with your training time. Let us know if it has helped you at all or what ways you have to be more time efficient? Got questions for next weeks show? Send them in to @ifendurance on instagram or mail endurance@innerfight.com. #RunStrong

In this show we go deep into self awareness a topic that Alan is well read on and breaks down in simple detail as we talk about the negative stigma around getting help from counsellors and that we should embrace the opportunity to learn more about ourselves to be great human beings. Winning is also something that Alan focusses on and of course I ask him about participation medals and rewarding people for mediocre performance. I loved chatting to Alan and hope you guys enjoy the show. Alan Stein, Jr. teaches proven strategies to improve organizational performance, create effective leadership, increase team cohesion and collaboration, and develop winning mindsets, rituals, and routines. As a successful business owner and veteran basketball performance coach, Alan spent 15+ years working with the highest-performing athletes on the planet (including NBA superstar Kevin Durant). As a keynote speaker and the author of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best, he now transfers that vast

#004. Endurance sport, where next? Endurance coaches Tom Walker and Rob Jones welcome you to The Run Strong Podcast. A show to discuss topics to educate and inspire runners. From couch-to-5k'rs, triathletes, up to multi-stage ultra runners this podcast will interest you. Each topic show is followed by a Q&A show, making the podcast interactive and relevant to you, the listener. This week is question week! The boys answer questions on Interval training for beginners, the different avenues of endurance and how much to train for 5 & 10km races. Want to join us on our ultra running camps? Email RJ@innerfight.com Got questions for next weeks show? Send them in to @ifendurance on instagram or mail endurance@innerfight.com. #RunStrong

Chris Duffin was born and grew up homeless in the Pacific Northwest wilderness. He was raised in an abusive and chaotic household where his childhood was composed of skinning rattlesnakes, foraging for food, and protecting his sisters and mother. In high school, he was a star athlete and straight-A student who earned a full ride to college where he graduated at the top of his class. He did this while working full-time and taking care of his 3 younger sisters who he had taken custody of because he couldn't stand to see them live in such a toxic and violent environment. Chris worked his way up the ladder and became a corporate executive in the aerospace, automotive, and high-tech manufacturing industry. In 2014 he quit his career to start Kabuki Strength, an organization that stands on 4 pillars: strength equipment, education, coaching, and charity. During a long and tenured powerlifting career, Chris held numerous all-time world records and became one of the strongest pound-for-pound powerlifters in the wor

Rob return for this weeks show alongside Tom. They chat through Robs experience at Ultra X Jordan, the recent multi day 250km stage race he achieved 4th in. He also gives us insight into how 14 fo the IF Endurance ultra athletes got on. They boys then discuss the Ineos 1.59 challenge, is it doping to have that much support to run sub 2? Tell us your thoughts at @ifendurance on instagram or mail endurance@innerfight.com. Also covered is the Women’s marathon world record set in Chicago on Oct 13th, bringing the long standing Paula Radcliff record to an end and the recent updates on the closing down of the Nike Oregon project after head coach Alberto Salazar was found guilty of doping his athletes. Got questions for next weeks show? Send them in to @ifendurance on instagram or mail endurance@innerfight.com. #RunStrong

“The Big Dance on the Big Island” as it is known to many took place last weekend in Kona Hawaii but what actually is it. For some it is the pinnacle of their career, for others a place they dream to one day reach. Every October the world Ironman championships are held on the Island of Kona, the birthplace of this grueling endurance event which constitutes a 3.8km swim, 180km bike ride and then a 42.2km run. Some people have deemed Ironman distance triathlon the ultimate test of human endurance and it was with that in mind that this lethal combination of disciplines and distances was born as a few mates each representing the different disciplines argues who in fact was the fittest or best endurance athlete. In this show I chat to our resident endurance coach about this years event, how it panned out, why the island of Kona is so magical and the fact that we saw a world record tumble at the race this weekend. There is something truly amazing about this sport in that the professionals and amateurs race in the s

This weeks show Tom is solo, he chats through Eliud Kipchoges incredible Sub 2hr record, The IRONMAN World Championships and Ultra X Jordan. What do you think of the controversial Nike Vapour Fly 4%? Is the sub 2hr a legit record or not? Tell us your thoughts at @ifendurance on instagram or mail endurance@innerfight.com. Tom answers two questions this week, the first is when is your HR too high for running? At what point are you in the ‘danger zone’? The second is based on run intervals, work time vs rest time. What intervals elicit certain gains? Got more questions? Send them in to @ifendurance or mail us!

In his own words Ben Blowes is just a “roof tiler” from New Market however as the show goes on you will realise that Ben is actually quite a lot more than that. He is a truly unique nature and a unique mindset to go with it. Softly spoken he talks about sub 3 hour marathons as the norm and his marathon with a 25kg tumble dryer on his back to land him a world record will have you thinking what he is made of. Ben talks us through how his whole life changed when he got into health and fitness and explains how at 47 he doesn’t know how he could be more content with where he is at.Not only an athlete Ben is also a coach and for a number of years held the position of head coach for Cambridge University boxing team working with some incredible academics as well as athletes. He has moved on from roof tiling and now spends his time helping other people improve their life through sport as he runs Vivo Outdoor Fitness. I am confident that many of you will really enjoy this show and the manner in which Ben delivers h

For the next few weeks we are introducing some shows from our Endurance Coaches Tom Walker and Rob Jones' new show; The Run Strong Podcast to give you the best knowledge from the running world! Enjoy... Endurance coaches Tom Walker and Rob Jones welcome you to The Run Strong Podcast. A show to discuss topics to educate and inspire runners. From couch-to-5k'rs, triathletes, up to multi-stage ultra runners this podcast will interest you. Each topic show is followed by a Q&A show, making the podcast interactive and relevant to you, the listener.  This weeks topic stems from the IAAF World Championships and the Women’s marathon. Tom and Rob discuss the drop out rate, start times and after thoughts of the athletes and coaches.  The question the lads answer this week is based on sweat loss, a common problem faced in hot climates. Got further questions? Send them in for show #002 which will be a show dedicated to answering questions you might have from this one #RunStrong

For those of you that listened to #547 you heard all about Boz heading out to the CrossFit Games and in doing so fulfilling one of her childhood dreams. Well she is now back on home soil and in this show Tom and I catch up with her and talk all about her experience, feelings and future goals.Recently I had Morning Chalk Up founder Justin LoFranco on the show who spoke super openly about the games and what they had printed on their site. It was great in this show to get to hear it from Boz as an athlete.What are your thoughts are fitness enthusiasts? Is the CrossFit games a true test of fitness? Should the events be published in advance and should they follow the same format each year. As Boz told us on this show “the cream always rises to the top” as Tia and Matt won and no one disputes they are the best. This is a topic which I am sure will be debated for years to come!

Do I need a heart rate monitor and GPS watch is a question we are getting increasingly asked. In this show we dive into the various uses of these devices, their pros and also their cons. I talk about a few different models that are on the market and what you should be looking out for if you are going to buy one. Personally I have had a heart rate monitor since Polar launched the Polar Favor when I was about 13. I have used devices from various brands over the years and recently moved over (or back) to Suunto as my device of choice and the Baro 9 with its mind blowing a never before seen 100 hours of GPS time.

Some of you may remember “Project DXB” at the end of 2018 and the start of this year where the InnerFight Endurance team took 12 individuals on a 3 month journey to the 2019 Dubai Standard Chartered Marathon or 10km races.The project is back and in this show we offer up full details of what’s coming for the 2020 version which kicks off in a few weeks. We not only talk about the project but also and as importantly the impact of setting a goal and getting involved in a framework to take you to that goal along with a support network and community to make the process ultimately more enjoyable.This years Project DXB is kindly supported by ON Running, Suunto, Naked Running Band, Secret Training, Runderwear. To find out more or speak to one of the Endurance team about getting involved mail endurance@innerfight.com