Sport + Life

Oli Mell is a drama school graduate, ex Marine (machine gun specialist), a personal trainer who runs an outdoor gym in Cheshire (@wolfpackfitnesscheshire on Instagram) and multiple world kettlebell champion for Team England: 6 X IKMF WORLD CHAMPIONCurrent WKSF WORLD CHAMPION (80-87kg 32kg 30 min long cycle)World record holder for 2hour super marathon 24kg long cycle 1,227 repsWorld record holder 40kg world games IKMF half snatch (92 reps) In this podcast we also talk kickboxing and basketball.

Keith has been a Personal Trainer for more than a decade, currently working out of Super Training Gym in Bishops Cleeve. He's a nutritional therapist and has competed in CrossFit events. He's also taken part in body building, boxing and weight lifting. Teddy is employing Keith - who's qualified as an Olympic Lifting Instructor - to hone his technique. For more about Keith - or to book a session: https://keithirvinept.co.uk/

Katie Brighton Jones, based in Cheltenham, England, has been a personal trainer for more than 15 years and is also a sports therapist. For more information about Katie: https://www.kbjwellness.co.uk/ Katie is also a triathlete and at the end of June is competing in her first Iron Man in Nice, France. In the event Katie will be raising money for The Little Princess Trust - which provides real hair wigs, free of charge, to children and young people who have lost their own hair through cancer treatment or to other conditions such as Alopecia. The charity is also one of the largest funders of childhood cancer research in the UK. To support Katie's efforts for The Little Princess Trust: https://tinyurl.com/3wh37mva ******************************* For a free mentoring session with Anthony Astbury of The Whole Man Academy: https://go.once.hub.com/wholemanacademy

Jack Duncan spent five years in The Royal Marines, including a spell as a sniper, before becoming a Personal Trainer in the Cheltenham area of The UK. Jack uses a nutrition-lead approach with clients. He also has an exercise clothing brand - Front Line Fitwear - which donates a percentage of its profits to help ex military personnel who are suffering from mental health issues: http://www.frontlinefitwear.co.uk @frontlinefitwear on Instagram.

Chat with Padel Shift Founder Jack Chaplin at the company's new courts at Elkstone Studios in Gloucestershire (near Cheltenham). Padel is a hybrid tennis/squash game that's very popular in Spain and Latin America and is starting to generate a following in The UK. For more about Padel Shift: https://www.padelshift.com/ ******************************* For a free mentoring session with Anthony Astbury of The Whole Man Academy: https://go.once.hub.com/wholemanacademy

Darren Wilson help individuals level up their physique, performance & overall health, unleashing confidence & creating incredible physical & mental shape. boxing coach to Bellator number 8 ranked MMA Fighter Brett Johns. Instagram - darrenwilson_coachingTwitter - @darrenwilson30Facebook - Darren Wilson coaching ******************************* For a free mentoring session with Anthony Astbury of The Whole Man Academy: https://go.once.hub.com/wholemanacademy

 Aaron Radin moved to the BBL in December 2022. Before that he held increasingly senior-level positions at a multitude of sports, media and tech organisations such as the NBA, The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal and Meta. I addition to his professional career, Aaron has been significantly involved in his community for over 20 years through volunteering as a basketball coach and helping to lead a grassroots program which helped generate opportunities for hundreds of inner-city youth to expand their educational and professional opportunities through the sport.   For more about BBL and basketball in the UK: https://www.bbl.org.uk/

Emma Jones is a Sports Therapist based at Kingsbridge Health and Sports Therapy centre in Devon. She is trained in Deep Tissue Massage, Swedish Massage, Kinesiology Taping, Touch for Health Kinesiology and Manual Lymphatic Drainage treatments, along with specific knowledge of sporting injuries. In this conversation we focus on Manual Lymphatic Drainage.

Ben Wilkinson was a keen track and field athlete, semi-pro rugby player and yachtsman before training as an Osteopath. In his spare time he's now a competitive rower. With his twin brother, Dan, Ben has set up The Origin Health Clinic in Elkstone, near Cheltenham where they also work with physiotherapists, personal trainers and other health practitioners. Ben is also an official osteopath to Gloucester Rugby Club. For more info: https://originhealthgroup.com/ ******************************* For a free mentoring session with Anthony Astbury of The Whole Man Academy: https://go.once.hub.com/wholemanacademy

Mark Weir was a pioneer of MMA in the UK and won with a 10-second KO on his UFC debut in 2002. He also won titles in Tae Kwon Do and Kickboxing. Weir is now a coach and preparing his fighter - Gloucester's Christian Leroy Duncan, https://www.instagram.com/christianleroyduncan/ - for his UFC debut in London on March 18th 2023.  ******************************* For a free mentoring session with Anthony Astbury of The Whole Man Academy: https://go.once.hub.com/wholemanacademy 

Chris Billingham, founder and CEO of MuscleSquad – https://musclesquad.com/ -  an online fitness equipment store and community. Chris left school at 15 and worked his way up as a buyer for large UK  retailers before setting up his own company in 2017 with savings of just  £7k, going on to achieve revenue of £4.5m in 2022.

Max is a GP in North East England. Following testicular cancer and viral meningitis, Max suffered significant and progressive mental and physical challenges, which were eventually connected to low testosterone. Here we talk in depth about testosterone: what is is, what a symptoms manifest from low testosterone and how to get levels checked/adjusted.  ************************** For a free mentoring session with Anthony Astbury of The Whole Man Academy: https://go.once.hub.com/wholemanacademy

Mike Nicholson taught secondary school English in The UK for nearly two decades. During this time he worked as a mentor for many troubled boys and young men. These experiences prompted him to launch Progressive Masculinity in 2021: The program is Mike’s  effort to give young men the freedom and confidence to remove a stereotypical masculinity mask and, through open dialogue and practical activities, reconstruct a  healthier and more open-minded understanding of what it can mean to be  ‘a man’. Mike works with schools, young offenders institutes and football clubs. For more information: http://progressivemasculinity.co.uk/

Cornelius Carr is a former British Boxing Champion from Middlesbrough. He also won a version of a world title in 1999, claiming the WBF belt. Arguably his most famous night came in a narrow defeat to Steve Collins in a world title fight in Dublin in 1995 - a fight Carr took at short notice. Carr continues to train boxers and members of the public in Swansea. He is a qualified personal trainer. Carr's autobiography ' WARRIOR IN WELLINGTON BOOTS' is out now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warrior-Wellington-Boots-Autobigraphy-Cornelius-ebook/dp/B0BP2TSGKZ ************************** For a free mentoring session with Anthony Astbury of The Whole Man Academy: https://go.once.hub.com/wholemanacademy

Dr Mark Draper is GP and Nutritionist specialising in micro nutrition. In this conversation we talk about the function/importance of Vitamin B12 and Magnesium, what symptoms of any deficiency might be be and how to make our levels replete once again. The Vitamin B12 conversation is of particular relevance to vegans and vegetarians.

Mark Hopkins was a pioneer in The UK, and played professionally in The USA for a spell. As well as being as elite Offensive Lineman (he's in the British Gridiron American Football Hall of Fame), Mark worked for four decades as a highly respected bricklayer in his home town of Cheltenham - this after spending his formative years in Singapore.  Mark has written a great book about his story - An ordinary life a little less ordinary  - which we hope to see published in 2023!

Lorien Holiday is a health and wellbeing professional who aggregates  the fields of physical and mental coaching to create simple, effective  and sustainable solutions for his clients.  He is passionate about  accessible mental and physical health solutions for all and regularly  shares practical advice through his social media accounts, focusing  primarily on the field of mental health. For more about Lorien: https://www.lorienholiday.com/ ****************** For free mentoring session with Anthony Astbury of The Whole Man Academy: https://go.once.hub.com/wholemanacademy

Richard Graves is a sports broadcaster and journalist  with more than 25 years experience as a reporter and presenter - across radio, TV and digital. This included a 17-year spell as a reporter for Sky Sports. Since leaving Sky Sports in 2021, he's worked for a raft of outlets including SUTV (Sheffield United), IMG, The NFL Network and has worked as an events host. Richard has reported on Premier League football for decades and has reported on location at eight Super Bowls.  For more about Richard - or to book him for a gig - please visit https://rdgmedia.uk/ (For the free mentoring session with Anthony Astbury of The Whole Man Academy please visit - https://go.once.hub.com/wholemanacademy)

Dr Mark Draper is a former anaesthetist who's been a General Practitioner for more than 30 years. He's also trained as a nutritionist and has run courses in nutrition with a special focus on micronutrition.  Here we discuss the importance of Vitamin D3 and supplementation in the UK during winter (and possibly all year around) relative to variables like lifestyle, skin pigmentation, amount of clothing an individual wears etc. Relative to seasonality we talk about the possibility of banking vitamin D3, but the dance between getting enough sunlight without suffering sunburn and/or skin damage.  We also touch on selenium and zinc too and discuss the varying quality of soil in the western world and how this may affect differing requirements of supplementation (e..g. Canadians and Americans consume food grown in more replete soil than British people). 

Charlie is a central defender for Cheltenham Town. His previous clubs: Port Vale, Hinckley United, Nantwich Town, FC United of Manchester, Chesterfield and Oxford United. **** For the free mentoring session with Anthony Astbury of The Wholeman Academy: https:go.one.hub.com/wholemanacademy