Neil Taylor is a former Commonwealth medalist in Olympic Weightlifting. Since his time as an athlete, Neil has worked as an elite Strength and Conditioning Coach for different sports and clubs, as well as working with England Rugby Union for over 15 years.
– Coping with Covid-19 in his current role as a Performance Manager for Sports Wales
– How Neil would have coped with Covid-19 back in his day as an athlete
– How he went from athlete to strength coach, to working at the top of international rugby
– The biggest lessons he learnt in 15 years at England Rugby
– Advice to those looking to return to the gym after lockdown.
– Post-Workout Nutrition
– Aids growth in muscle mass(1)
– Increase performance(2)
– 2:1 Carb to Protein Ratio
Ben Fanning is a fitness professional, entrepreneur, and family man. Ben goes through his story of how he went from a personal trainer to businessman…
– Ben’s difficulties from the very beginning
– Lessons learnt from a prison cell
– How he went from personal trainer to businessman
– The importance of self-care
– How to win the morning
Be sure to reach out to Ben on Facebook or Instagram (@benjaminfanning).
– Potent pre-workout drink with vitamin C and Creatine
– Contains a blend of 9 different amino acids
– Added Bioperine for maximum absorption of ingredients
– Sugar-free
– Available with caffeine or caffeine-free
Matt Luxton is a personal trainer and coach based in Southwest of England. Have played International Rugby as a junior athlete and semi-professional as a senior, he has gone on to be one of the most successful fitness professionals in the UK. He was awarded the Most Innovative Fitness Entrepreneur (2012), co-authored an Amazon Best Seller, and written numerous recipe books. He has presented across the world, written articles and featured in numerous magazines and coached world record holders, Olympic games athletes and international representatives.
– Adapting his business at the start of the covid-19 lockdown.
– Adapting his coaching for both the general public and athletes as well as dealing with their changes in expectations and goals.
– The value of coaching during periods of uncertainty.
For more about Matt, you can find him on Facebook, or learn more about the Tamar Performance Centre where he offers a range of coaching facilities for endurance athletes and triathletes.
– Potent pre-workout drink with vitamin C and Creatine
– Contains a blend of 9 different amino acids
– Added Bioperine for maximum absorption of ingredients
– Sugar-free
– Available with caffeine or caffeine-free
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Benjamin Owen is the Owner of Fast Way To Fitness. His passion is to help people transform their life by transforming their body.
Ben has been training people for 15 years and has spoken all over the country about using body transformation as a tool for driving change in life and business.
Fast Way To Fitness is one of the largest bespoke body transformation gyms in the country. Their mission is to bridge high-level coaching, training and performance to more people. They offer 6 week and 6 – 12 Month programmes.
They have recently launched their corporate business coaching package and have had incredible results from helping teams transform via a vehicle of health.
– The landscape of the health and fitness industry in a post-COVID 19 world
– The dawning of a new ‘health economy’
– Health as a vehicle for success
– Void created value – how we crave what we don’t have
– The five things he concentrates on for client engagement
– Contains 400IU of Vitamin D3 in each spray
– Absorbed into the bloodstream via the inside of the mouth in less than 4 minutes* Sweet orange flavour
– Vitamin D is required for healthy bones (1), teeth (3) and muscles (2)
– Suitable for vegetarians
If you are taking any prescribed medication or have any medical conditions ALWAYS consult your doctor or pharmacist BEFORE taking vitamins or supplements. Food supplements must not be used as a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. If pregnant or lactating, ALWAYS consult your doctor before use. Or if you have any queries about any supplement ALWAYS consult a QUALIFIED medical professional.
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Patrick Wilson is an associate professor of exercise science and directs the Human Performance Laboratory at Old Dominion University. He earned a PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Minnesota and completed post-doctoral training in sports nutrition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Wilson has authored over 45 scientific articles that span the disciplines of exercise science, sports nutrition, and health. He is the author of the recently released book, The Athlete’s Gut: The Inside Science of Digestion, Nutrition, and Stomach Distress. Wilson is also a credentialed registered dietitian through the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
– Patrick’s early career and how he found himself research in the area of GI symptoms in athletes.
– Some of his first major findings and what it means to those undertaking endurance events.
– The most common GI symptoms experienced by athletes, some of the major contributing factors, and how you can try to avoid them.
– What he wished he knew before writing his new book.
You can find Patrick on twitter @SportsRD_PhD
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– Used in four clinical trials with endurance athletes
– 25 Billion viable cells per capsule
– Helps aid digestion during intense exercise
– Also contains L-Glutamine, N-Acetyl Glucosamine and ElavTPT
– Endurance supplement
If you are taking any prescribed medication or have any medical conditions ALWAYS consult your doctor or pharmacist BEFORE taking vitamins or supplements. Food supplements must not be used as a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. If pregnant or lactating, ALWAYS consult your doctor before use. Or if you have any queries about any supplement ALWAYS consult a QUALIFIED medical professional.
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Gabriel Martins is a researcher at the University Camilo José Cela in Madrid where his research focuses on studying supplement contamination and the use of ergogenic aids in sports performance. He also works with cycling athletes and competing in both road cycling and mountain bike events.
On top of that, he hosts the fantastic podcast Fuel the Pedal – which is definitely worth checking out.
– Prevalence – how caffeine is one of the least used supplements.
– Dosage – what level you shouldn’t go above and how to control the dose you take.
– Efficacy – what sports does caffeine have the most evidence for being effective? Is there a difference between male and females?
– Individual response – can be ergolytic, not always ergogenic
– Timing – when do caffeine concentrations peak? Should you take it during exercise?
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– Contains a blend of 9 different amino acids
– Added Bioperine for maximum absorption of ingredients
– Sugar-free
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Dr Daniel Owens is a lecturer and research in cellular and molecular sport and exercise science at Liverpool John Moores University. He also works as an applied Sports Nutritionist with experience in professional football and rugby league.
– Vitamin D – why is there so much interest in research and it’s use as a supplement
– Assessing – should you assess, how to assess, some of the potential issues with current methods and understanding
– Contraindications and other issues – particular focus here on whether vitamin k or any other nutrients should be supplemented as well
– Recommendations according to latest research – daily amount, daily vs weekly vs monthly
– Vitamin D for the whole family
– Mainenence and high strength vitamin D available
– Come in chewable tables and super-absorable mouth sprays
Karl Morris has worked with over 100 PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour players including six major winners including Louis Oosthuizen, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke. He is the co-author of a number of books including; ’The Lost Art of Putting’ as well as previous books. ‘Attention –the secret to YOU playing great golf’ and ‘Golf –The Mind Factor’ with Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke. His passion is to provide golfers of all levels with simple and effective tools to get the very best from their game. His Mind Factor seminars have been presented all over the world to the PGA’s of Australia, Sweden, South Africa, Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium.
He also presents his own podcast series called ‘The Brain Booster‘
– How and why we form habits
– Why it is so difficult to break old habits
– The most important period when you’re trying to form new behaviours
– What tactics Karl uses with PGA golfers for when things start to go wrong
If you are taking any prescribed medication or have any medical conditions ALWAYS consult your doctor or pharmacist BEFORE taking vitamins or supplements. Food supplements must not be used as a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. If pregnant or lactating, ALWAYS consult your doctor before use. Or if you have any queries about any supplement ALWAYS consult a QUALIFIED medical professional.
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Dean Johnston is a keen athlete (recently completed Iroman Wales) and sportsman who has just completed the 2019 Welsh ‘Ironman’ challenge. He lives in Cwmafan, Port Talbot with his wife Victoria and two boys Ioan and Theo. Dean has always been a keen sportsman since a young child and was a regularly seen running or playing semi-professionally on the football field.
After being a firefighter for a number of years which was a life long dream, unfortunately, he was involved in a road traffic accident whilst on his bike. The accident, though not his fault, meant his life took a different term and he spent the next 3 years surviving and recovering.
He has overcome this, and just completed his first Iron man (Ironman Wales) in 10 hours 47 and coming 9th in his age category, and 78th overall out of 2039 other competitors.
In the Podcast video above, Jamie speaks to Dean about his training and the event itself.
WOW! What an emotional weekend that was!!!
I managed to finish my first ever Ironman which was Ironman Wales, Tenby – an unforgettable sporting experience that I’m going to find hard to beat. Amazing course, amazing supporters and of course representing an amazing club in Port Talbot Harriers!
Crossing that finish line was a bittersweet moment for me. I was ecstatic to finish but kept thinking about the journey I’d taken to get there. Exactly 3 years ago to the day, I was recovering from an operation to fix a double compound fracture to my right arm, after avoiding a collision with a car. A fracture that ultimately cost me my job! A job that I loved as a firefighter! A job that I’d done for 18 years and had expected to do for another 18. The pain wasn’t a problem, I knew it would go away soon. But, suffering with PTSD, depression and the realisation that I’d have to find a new career to help support my family was tough. I blamed myself! I sure visited some dark places!
I am so, so lucky to have such a close loving family. A wife who was so supportive and understanding and put up with so much s*** she deserves a medal!! Without them it would have been even tougher!
When I decided to take on the Ironman I soon realised that this was my medicine! It took me out of those dark places! Gave me a purpose! I was so envious hearing people talking about it. I wanted a piece of the action. If I couldn’t be Dean the firefighter, maybe I could be Dean the Ironman.
The training was tough! But a breeze compared to what I’d been through personally. I didn’t want to just survive and get through the Ironman. I wanted to complete it as fast as I could. I thought I’d set myself a target. After being inspired by Geraint Thomas’ (my hero) winning the Tour de France the year before, I thought I’d set a lofty goal of trying to secure an age group Kona spot – the birthplace of Ironman and where the Ironman world championships are held. The holy grail of triathlon. To do this a felt a time of 10 hrs 30 mins was needed.
Before getting into triathlon I’d been a fairly competitive runner. I had a 5k PB of 16.27 which I set as a 15 year old. I soon got distracted by football though and gave up running to play semi-professionally. I always promised myself that I’d go back to running after football and at 35 I returned, almost beating my 5k PB at 39 years of age, running 16.36. As I got older I decided to try longer distances running a half marathon PB of 1.15 and a marathon PB of 2.47.
Unfortunately, I started to develop stomach issues during these races, which really frustrated me as I was training really well, but when it got to the races the pain would get too much and I would have to stop. That’s when I decided to go into triathlon (sprint and Olympic distance). My logic was, the race can still last for 2 hours but the run only lasts 40 minutes. Unfortunately after time the stomach issues returned again. I saw a large number of physios to try and sort the problem but it always returned. I knew this was going to be a problem when taking on this Ironman challenge so I decided that if a physio can’t sort it then maybe it’s more of a gut health problem rather than a muscular problem.
That’s when I spoke to Charlotte at Aliment and PRP Supplements. I’d seen the Intensive Training Probiotic Complex on social media and did a bit of research into the product and was impressed with the studies. After speaking with Charlotte we decided to go with the probiotic but also decided to add the Omega Max Pure as an anti-inflammatory and vitamin D for bone health. It would prove to be a great decision and a pivotal moment in my training and races.
I always loved the research of training. There were so many different opinions, different books – Joe Friel’s Training Bible, Don Fink and Paul Newsome’s Swim Smooth and Jack Daniels’ Running Formula. I read them and decided to plan my own programme and coach myself. It was something I enjoyed and immersed myself in.
The training was divided into 3 phases. A BASE (start till 20 weeks from race), BUILD (20 weeks before race) and PEAK (10 weeks before race) phase.
The BASE phase would start with 2 swims a week (2 x30 mins), 3 bikes a week (2×1 hour & 1×2 hour) and 3 runs a week (1×30 mins, 1 x brick & 1x 45 mins long ) all at low intensity at zone 2 HR and slowly adding volume to the sessions, just building up the endurance. It was going to be a long 9 months of graft; I didn’t want to blow up months before the race.
In the BUILD phase I added 1 extra session to each discipline which was a threshold session. Swim (1 x easy, 1 x Technique, 1 x threshold) Bike (2 x easy, 1 x threshold, 1 x long building up to 4 hours) Run (1 x easy, 1 x brick, 1 x threshold, 1 x long building up to 1 hr 45 mins).
In the PEAK phase frequency remained the same but volume increased again for all long sessions. Swim (1 x easy, 1 x Technique, 1 x threshold) Bike (2 x easy, 1 x threshold, 1 x long building up to 6 hours) Run (1 x easy, 1 x brick, 1 x threshold, 1 x long building up to 2 hr 30 mins). Until 3 weeks before the race which would start the taper.
The PEAK phase was interrupted by an injury sustained to my ankle during a race. 3 weeks of running were missed as a result and had a detrimental effect on my running performance during Ironman.
The training was really tough! Feeling tired most of the time, but what surprised me the most was that I never got ill. When I was in demanding blocks of training I would find that I’d breakdown with a sore throat. It never happened this time.
Close but no cigar. I was to finish in a time of 10hrs 47 mins. I’m really pleased with the result. It’s a time I would have been thrilled with at the start of the day. But…I couldn’t help be a little disappointed! I missed the Kona spot by less than 9 mins.
As I was about to ‘toe the line’ for the start the race, I had a lump in my throat! and the national anthem hadn’t started to play yet. It wasn’t to do with nerves of what was to come, the hours of suffering with 2000+ other athletes and teammates. It was the realisation that I’ve had a pretty s***ty 3 years and yet here I am chomping at the bit to face another challenge, looking forward, being positive. I was proud of myself!
The race itself was everything I expected and more. It filled every expectation! I’d prepared well, my body was ready!! The only thing I hadn’t truly prepared myself for was the crowd. Ooofff! Everywhere was rammed! The banks overlooking North Beach for the swim, the streets of Tenby town for the run. The highlight? The hill after Heartbreak Hill, leading up to New Hedges. I remember looking up, seeing a sea of bodies in a line, 2 or 3 deep for 400m just leaving enough gap for 1 cyclist to pass. screaming ‘Go Dean’. This is the closest I’ll ever get to feeling like a pro athlete I thought! I lived the dream for 30 seconds!
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– Used in two clinical trials with endurance athletes
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Nigel is the CEO of Cultech Ltd, one of the largest supplement manufacturers in Europe. Nigel has also leads a team of research scientists that investigate the efficacy of nutritional supplements as well as their manufacturing process.
Cultech has become internationally recognised as both an innovator and premium quality manufacturer within the nutritional supplement industry. Cultech has become known worldwide for it’s quality of manufacturing and clinical research especially within the field of probiotics and fish oils.
– What are fish oils
– How they are omega 3 supplements manufactured
– What you can tell from a omega 3 supplement label
– How much EPA and DHA you should consume per day
– Naturally enriched fish oil (no harsh chemicals used)
– High Levels of EPA & DHA
– No Heavy Metal Impurities
– Sweet Orange Taste
If you are taking any prescribed medication or have any medical conditions ALWAYS consult your doctor or pharmacist BEFORE taking vitamins or supplements. Food supplements must not be used as a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. If pregnant or lactating, ALWAYS consult your doctor before use. Or if you have any queries about any supplement ALWAYS consult a QUALIFIED medical professional.
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