So you have bought Amazon or your local sports store out of fitness equipment and built the perfect or near perfect home gym, you have also downloaded the latest app from your fav “Fitspo” and maybe even got yourself some new workout kit. Week one was all good as you jumped into Zoom classes, shared your workouts with your friends and posted rampantly on your social media about this new way of staying fit. Who knows what happened next but something did and suddenly you are not super motivated to...
Apr 05, 2020•13 min•Ep. 619
Mike Ballard was on the show in June 2016 not long after he returned to the UAE in his then new state of paralysis due to a rugby accident. He was wheelchair bound and coming to terms with that being his life now. Over 3 years later Mike comes back on the show to talk about life, his progress and his new goals which is is qualify for the Paralympics. At the time of recording the 2020 Paralympics had not being cancelled, it now has and I am sure Mike is firmly set on the 2024 games. After the ses...
Apr 02, 2020•47 min•Ep. 618
It's all you ever wished for but now its happening you are in a meltdown working for home? No. Well thats cool if you have it nailed but I have heard from a lot of people that it is super challenging so thought a quick Sunday show with some hacks would help you out. What we need to be trying to do for you is recreating your normally work day routine but just at home now. There are some things in this show that are sure to make you think twice but trust me and try them as they work. Like many thi...
Mar 29, 2020•12 min•Ep. 617
Over the past 15 years Dave has immersed himself in an obsessive pursuit to discover everything possible about preventative natural medicine, stress reduction techniques and performance nutrition, which has become a continuing journey that has taken him around the world. This journey introduced him to new cultures, new perspectives, and he has had the opportunity to learn everything from functional diagnostic nutrition in North America and Asia to natural plant healing with South American shaman...
Mar 25, 2020•46 min•Ep. 616
Google this subject and either 3 minutes or 3 days later you may still be totally confused as everyone has an opinion and every one has a different goal to you. Of course in this show I am going to add an additional opinion, maybe two! There are however some guidelines that I share, some things to think about and certainly some things that you should not be doing. The most important factor here is that yes, the times that you eat and the frequency could have a massive impact on your performance ...
Mar 22, 2020•11 min•Ep. 615
Faris al-Sultan (Arabic: فارس السلطان) is a German professional triathlete and the winner of the 2005 Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Faris al-Sultan is known for his strengths in all three triathlon disciplines. In the running segment, he has a consistent but uncommon form of a long stride and loose arms, described as "looping." In competition, he typically wears a Speedo and half-singlet. His interest in triathlon was inspired by Thomas Hellriegel, a German triathlete. Duri...
Mar 18, 2020•47 min•Ep. 614
“I am getting old” is something I hear these days from a number of people. My immediate reaction is “Yeah, so what.” Is age a legitimate excuse or is it just an excuse? What really happens to our bodies when we get older? and what should we be thinking about? Of course if you look at all of the world records in various sports you can somehow age bracket them so there seems to be a certain time when we are at our athletic peak. However, that's only important if we are trying to set world records ...
Mar 15, 2020•10 min•Ep. 613
Annika Naidoo first walked into InnerFight in around 2014 with her brother Nik. I could see that both of them liked to workout and were having fun with big smiles. Since then Annika (and Nik) has been on an amazing journey with her fitness, not afraid of hard work and still having fun. Annika was the kind lady that hooked me up with Carey in podcast #604. In this show Annika tells us all about her fitness journey all the way through to today as she teaches and promotes “Yoga for the athlete”. Ho...
Mar 12, 2020•50 min•Ep. 612
That is no new saying for many of us is it? But how is it that we are still reading things of varying levels of truth and taking them as the truth with no cross checking, no questioning, not a thought? We are strange bunch as humans aren’t we. So strange that even some publications that we believe to be legit may not quite be. I recently listened to Joe Rogan talk to Colin O’Brady and it made me think a lot about this topic (links to those shows below). Enjoy the show. Marcus Joe Rogan and Colin...
Mar 08, 2020•10 min•Ep. 611
Rockay is the brainchild of Daniel Chabert, an ultra runner from Copenhagen. While travelling around the world, Daniel saw first-hand the pollution and destruction harming our planet and felt compelled to be part of a movement for change. From this vision Rockay was born. Combining Daniel’s passion for sport and the environment, he decided to produce the best technical Performance Wear on this planet, but with a core aim for Rockay to help give back and protect our planet. In this show I talk to...
Mar 04, 2020•41 min•Ep. 610
We have all done it, not only in a workout but in life too…..we “fly out of the gates” and a few minutes into things we are out of energy and or motivation and wish that we had started out a bit slower. But why do we do this over and over even though we know! Why don’t we learn from our mistakes? In this show I try and answer the questions for you and take things into a workout setting. There is so much correlation between workouts and life in general and I try and pull the two together so it ma...
Mar 01, 2020•11 min•Ep. 609
Rich Sores is the founder and host of the Mile High Endurance Podcast. He started his journey in endurance sport by just running 1 mile around the block and then each day would ask himself “how far can I go today?" or "how far can I go this week?”. This mindset has led him to numerous marathons, half ironman and ironman races and a love for the sport which through his podcast has seen him talk to some of the greats of the endurance world (noted below). In this show Rich shares with us some mind ...
Feb 27, 2020•53 min•Ep. 608
I am pretty sure most of us have heard of the 80/20 rule at some stage of our life. I remember when I was in Adidas and as a sales dude we always said 80% of our business came from 20% of our customers but it also felt like we spent 80% of our time chasing that last 20%. What on earth has this got to do with health and fitness you may ask? Well, I came across an article on Mens Health recently which was promoting the 80/20 rule as a "safe approach to fat loss” and that “its not a diet, that is w...
Feb 23, 2020•7 min•Ep. 607
With over 35 years of experience in the health and wellness industry, Dr. Breuleux is an international consultant, innovator and figure of visionary leadership in the domains of medical and corporate wellness, health promotion and healthcare. Currently the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Medical Wellness Association (MWA), a prestigious institution specialized in medical wellness, health fitness consulting, training and development, he is also the founder of the Family Hygiene Insti...
Feb 19, 2020•44 min•Ep. 606
How you start your day may just be the deciding factor as to how that day, and in some cases week, pan out. But how much focus are we putting into the things we do to get us moving in the morning? What should we be doing? Does it really make a difference? In this show I am going to fully “sell you” on having a solid morning ritual. I am going to give you examples of the things I have done or have had clients do and I am going to share the success and benefits with you guys. Enjoy the show. Marcu...
Feb 16, 2020•12 min•Ep. 605
Carey Kepler, a wife, mother, business owner, motivational speaker, top-ranked athlete and coach who resides in Austin, Texas. Carey is the co-founder of CrossFit Central, a business she started with her brother with the mission of building a fit community in their city. Since 2006, Carey has worked as a coach and inspirational speaker and played a dynamic role in seeing the lives of thousands of people change. Carey’s greatest passion is helping others find their purpose, set goals and live an ...
Feb 09, 2020•48 min•Ep. 604
I posted something a few weeks back about asking how people are and actually listening to the answer rather than moving on to our own agendas. That sparked a lot of feedback on my Instagram which I kick this show off with. Asking for help seems so hard for so many of us. Some of you may remember show #588 where I talked about Mental Health with Dani and she explained how they had systems set up so people could easily ask for help. I have thought about this a lot since and had a personal encounte...
Feb 09, 2020•12 min•Ep. 603
Alasdair Hall Jones is a globally experience marketeer and having spent a chunk of his career with the Marketing Society he has had exposure not only to some of the most influential brands in the world but also the leaders behind those brands and the CMO’s that are bringing ever new marketing ideas to life in attempt to snatch the attention and money of the consumer. In this show Alasdair and I discuss how marketing has changed over the last decade with a focus on the health and fitness industry...
Feb 02, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 602
We often hear people saying that there particular “body type” does not really suit a sport or activity. Thats what I talk about in this show, what are the limiters? Are they for real or are they just an excuse. The bottom line I think is simple in that our “body types” are what we mold and for the most part unless we are playing top level professional support there are many sports we can all enjoy with the bodies we have, it just depends how much you want to enjoy that sport. So no, your body ty...
Feb 02, 2020•11 min•Ep. 601
600 shows!!!! Thank you so much for your support! Dan Wagstaff has an incredible story and in this 45 minute show he shares some super power snippets of it with us. From a sporting background to drinking and smoking and very soon drugs, Dan talks openly about his life and the defining moments in it. He also shares with us what he is up to now and how he has built a super strong community and the great things he is doing there. There are so many powerful points in this show. 2 that stuck with me ...
Jan 30, 2020•49 min•Ep. 600
Everyone is busy or at least that is what they say, but how busy are we and how can we free up time to do the things that make us the most happy. In this weeks shorter show I talk about some examples of great leaders who you would think are just working all the time but seem to have a lot of time on their hands and then share some hacks with you about not being so busy. Also please…stop telling everyone you are busy. Enjoy the show.
Jan 22, 2020•9 min•Ep. 599
I found John Lindsey through the good old trusted Instagram and was immediately intrigued as to the positions he was able to get his body into. Of course my immediate thoughts were that John was just “one of those guys” who was hyper mobile. Of course I stalked him a little bit and quickly found a piece on his site that said "In grad school my body was broken; I couldn’t touch my toes, squat past parallel, and I’d have back pain after most workouts." I knew I had to get John on the show! In this...
Jan 22, 2020•42 min•Ep. 598
We get a lot of questions from people in classes and also to the show about how we put together our class program. The tag line of CrossFit as we know is “constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement” and for a long time in the early days gyms took the "constantly varied" to new heights without applying much science to their approach of programming, nothing against that as the objective for many was to get many moving and they did a great job of that. In May 2019 Boz took over writing ...
Jan 19, 2020•21 min•Ep. 597
Alastair Hearte has an incredible story and delivers it in it’s rawest form with energy and passion. Having started smoking at 12 years old, he was kick out of school at 15, had a serious drug problem which led into alcohol addiction by the time he was 28. It was at that age that he said enough is enough, “found his anchor” and a “purpose” and changed his life. In this show Alastair speaks super openly about his past, he hides nothing and shares an insane passion just to help make people better....
Jan 16, 2020•55 min•Ep. 596
When I first went into a CrossFit gym and saw the rings I was intrigued. When I then saw someone doing a muscle up I knew I had to do one. This was back in 2004 where things were a lot more straight forward, we used bands less and we were just playing around with things hoping that something good may happen. Over 15 years later I am sure thousands of others have done the same thing as they walk into a gym and some may have mastered the muscle up but others haven’t. In this show I give you the bi...
Jan 12, 2020•10 min•Ep. 595
A number of you may remember this guy from a few years back in show 382 where we talked about life, Oasis and his mad dress sense amongst other cool things. Well Monty was passing through Dubai recently so I took the opportunity to get another show with him. Monty used to live in Dubai, two years ago he took a job in Europe with cycling brand Maap which has seen him travel extensively for the last 2 years to get his job done. We talk about that, the success he has had but I think more importantl...
Jan 09, 2020•49 min•Ep. 594
“Simplicity” is one of the InnerFight brand values. This show is not only because of that. It’s because when it comes to human performance we see so many people complicating things so much but don’t understand why as 9 times out of 10 the most simple things work. The simpler you live in a number of areas of life the more fulfilled you will be, trust me. Enjoy the show. Marcus
Jan 05, 2020•13 min•Ep. 593
Tom Otton is no stranger to InnerFight. He has been on the podcast twice before and in this show joins a special few for his third appearance. I am not sure why I don’t get him on more often as every time I put a mic in his hand and fire some random questions in his direction he gives us absolute gold! For some shows I spend hours prepping and researching my guests but having done various ultras with Tom and spent countless hours shooting the breeze I am not sure what more research I can do with...
Jan 02, 2020•53 min•Ep. 592
Final one for 2019 folks. A short show to say thanks and to give you a few things to think about for 2020. You have been epic in support this year and we massively appreciate you all. Marcus
Dec 29, 2019•4 min•Ep. 591
Well that was fast wasn’t it. I can quite literally remember as though it was yesterday sitting down to wrap up 2018 and prepare for 2019 and here we are 12 months and 104 shows later. Firsts off a huge thanks to every single one of you that have listened to the show in the last 12 months. An even bigger thanks to those of you that have shared it with a friend. That’s how we grow! In this show I keep it short but wrap up 2019. What went down, who we caught up with, some cool things we did around...
Dec 26, 2019•20 min•Ep. 590
