Vicki is a motivational speaker, adventurer, entrepreneur and world record holder.
After 20 years in a relationship that limited and stifled her, former advertising professional, turned fitness pioneer and award-winning entrepreneur, Vicki became one of the first ever women to participate in Channel 4’s ‘SAS Who Dares Wins’, reaching the final stages after 11 days in extreme conditions at an altitude of 3,000ft in Chile.
In 2021, she and 2 other women, the Girls Who Dare, set a new World Record for rowing unaided across the Pacific Ocean, confronting her fear of deep, open water to do so. It took 60 days, 17 hours and 6 minutes.
This year, she plans to participate in the World’s Toughest Bike Race, the Race Across America (RAAM), covering 3,000 miles across 17 states in just 7 days.
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Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s show:
- How leaving a 20 year marriage gave her the permission to live her best life
- The reason becoming physically fit gave her emotional empowerment
- The resilience misconceptions she had
- Why fear is really just opportunity in disguise and learning to manage it
- Navigating difficult relationships and how you can’t live as a lone wolf and expect to achieve great things
- The importance of momentum and breaking things down into manageable chunks
(Links)
(Website)
Vicki Anstey – Female Motivational Speaker
Personal Growth | Intrepid (weareintrepid.co.uk)
Personal Growth | Intrepid (weareintrepid.co.uk)
(Instagram)
Vicki Anstey (@vickianstey) on Instagram
(Facebook)
(Twitter)
vickianstey (@vickianstey) / Twitter
(Linkedin)
Vicki Anstey - Motivational Speaker - Vicki Anstey | LinkedIn
(Youtube)
Why fear is a choice | Vicki Anstey | TEDxKingstonUponThames - YouTube
This episode first aired on 29th March 2021
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Today’s episode is a fly-on-the-wall conversation with one of my closest friends, Paul Dermody. We focused initially on nutrition and diet and then went in a different direction about halfway through the episode. If you enjoyed any of our previous conversations with a similar show structure, then this is not to be missed.
Key Points
· Many of us have a tendency to overestimate our nutritional knowledge. Paul encourages us to reflect on why we think about food the way we do, especially if we’re stuck in our health and fitness goals. Cultivate self-awareness around where you’re taking in your information and humble yourself to embrace the possibility that there may be gaps in your knowledge—and that some of that “knowledge” may be outright wrong.
· Suffering comes from our belief that we can predict the behavior or thoughts of other people. It’s unproductive to rely only on the little voice inside your head, because more often than not, we tend to be our own worst critic and overrationalize situations when relying on our own assumptions. Don’t try to predict the intentions of other people. It’s almost always a fruitless endeavor.
· It’s easy to get wrapped up in the idea that this one achievement or one event or one purchase will make you happy. What usually happens is, once those goals are reached, whatever high you experience always turns out to be temporary, and you’re off chasing the next goal. True happiness is found in the moment and counting all the small blessings that we tend to take for granted, and not in simply pining for targets that we may or may never hit.
Becca is a hormone balance health coach who specializes in helping women permanently lose weight through different hormone balancing and nutritional strategies.
Her 12 week REBALANCE is a program for women who want to use hormone balancing strategies for permanent weight loss.
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Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s show:
- The dieting and cortisol paradox
- What to do if you are eating clean, feeling good and still not losing weight
- How to include more protein in your diet and why you shouldn’t be afraid of fat
- Under rated tools for reducing cortisol
- Gut health, hormones and the link to weight loss
- Managing cravings, balancing hormones and not falling off track during your time of the month
- And much more
(Links)
(Website)
(Facebook)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1191145721489354
(TikTok)
https://www.tiktok.com/@healthwithholland
(Instagram)
https://www.instagram.com/healthwithholland/
(Online Program)
https://healthwithholland.com/online-program/
(Free ebook)
This episode first aired on 15th March 2021
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Orla O’ Flaherty is a herbalist, naturopath, and nutritionist who specialises in female health.
She’s also one of my closest friends, and we go deep on hormones (for women and men) in today’s podcast.
This one is worth saving for a couple of relistens as there are knowledge bombs left, right, and center in today’s episode.
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Key Points
· Most people know that what we put into our system has a direct effect on our health. That said, the general public has accepted as healthy certain foods that actually have negative effects on your body. Oats are a great source of carbohydrates, reduce anxiety, and promote sleep; but at the same time oats are proinflammatory because they contain what are known as phytates. Then there is soy, which contains phytoestrogens that may adversely affect hormones. Unless your soy is organic, non-GMO, and fermented, Orla advises keeping it out of your diet.
· Before looking at how to boost your sex drive, the first thing to ask yourself is why your sex drive is low in the first place. For women, predominantly, there is an issue with their estrogen and testosterone—their estrogen levels may not be rising optimally, and their testosterone isn’t being activated. Women on the pill will automatically have a lower sex drive. For men, especially those over 45, low sex drive is usually due to low testosterone levels. Men under 45 with low sex drive, on the other hand, may be experiencing psychological issues.
· Stress is not only one of the biggest culprits when it comes to fertility issues, but it makes the sex act itself robotic. “My first thing is to get women to stop trying,” says Orla. In addition, beware “The Two-Week Wait” following ovulation when a woman
waits to see whether they are pregnant. Those two weeks may turn into two months or two years, which only serves to compound their stress levels.
Here’s another one of my few ‘press record and talk’ solo episodes. I hope it helps loads.
Habit 1: Pursue a passion 03:03
Habit 2: Back yourself more 10:02
Habit 3: Think about your past, current and future self 17:18
Habit 4: Digital detoxes – vertical expansion of our reference group 25:48
Habit 5: Learning to let go 31:41
Habit 6: Manage your fear and commit to goals 40:51
Habit 7: Surround yourself with the right people 48:30
Habit 8: How to actually live without regrets 54:06
Quick links to all my programs, courses and books
https://briankeanefitness.com/quick-links/
Gofundme page for Cancer Research:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ec77aw-irish-cancer-society
This episode first aired on 1st March 2021
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Tim Spector is a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King’s College London.
He has won several academic awards and published over 700 academic papers, a large proportion of which relate directly to nutrition and the causes of obesity. Since 2011 he has been leading the largest microbiome project in the UK, using genetic sequencing to study the bacteria in the guts of 5,000 twins. He is the lead investigator for BRITISH GUT, the UK’s largest open-source science project to understand the microbial diversity of the human gut.
He is a prolific writer with several popular science and diet books, the most recent of which will be the focus of today’s conversation. That book is called Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told about Food is Wrong.
If you’ve never questioned the conventional “wisdom” when it comes to the food choices you make, or you just geek out on nutrition and anything to do with the gut (like me), then this is a must-listen.
Key Points
Personalized nutrition is the way to go. As Tim explains, mainstream consensus on proper caloric intake, macro ratio, and the like are basing numbers off of a mythical ideal human being. Women needing 2000 calories per day and men needing 2500 per day is based on very crude averages that ignore all the latest science about how our body uses different foods differently even if they have the same calories.
If you want to improve your gut health, the main focus should be on increasing the diversity of species. There is no one probiotic that will optimize gut health. You need more strains to produce a wider range of chemicals. People who, every week, avoid ultra-processed foods and eat 30 different types of plants, nuts, seeds, and herbs that are high in polyphenols have the most diversity in their microbiome. They also don’t snack to rest their microbes.
We’re all unique in how we process different kinds of foods. There is no one-size-fits-all nutrition plan. You need to experiment with different foods and portion sizes to see what your body and brain best respond to. All the while, always look after your gut microbes. Gut health is
an incredibly underrated factor in human wellness. If you make it a point to maintain a diverse microbiome, your overall health will skyrocket.
I don't post much about business on this podcast; but I'm pretty excited about the new consultancy business I'm growing.
Most of you will be familiar with my fitness company Brian Keane Fitness LLC which focuses on my fitness programs, podcasts and books; but I'm in the process of building out a new consultancy company for online coaches, fitness experts and personal trainers.
For more information on any of the above, just email me briane@birankeanefitness.com
New business consultancy website coming soon..
Caroline also known as A County Down Under is a lifestyle and travel blogger.
She is the host of the podcast of the same name and founder of Sunrise Social.
This episode is very applicable to anyone who struggles with social pressure or worrying too much about the opinions of others. It’s a bit more of a ‘fly on the wall conversation’ than a traditional structured interview; so I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it.
Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s show.
- Her backstory and the creation of a county down under
- The social pressure around not being married and having kids in your 30’s
- Giving up alcohol and casual drinking (and the extreme social pressure that can come with it.
- Why you need to do regular digital detoxes for your mental health.
- And much more.
(LiNKS)
(Website)
https://acountydownunder.com/local-sunrise-social/
https://acountydownunder.com/product-category/clothing/
(Facebook)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/649802375659379/
(Instagram)
https://www.instagram.com/acountydownunder/?hl=en
(Ebook)
https://acountydownunder.com/product/lights-will-guide-you-home-e-book/
https://acountydownunder.com/product/ultimate-guide-for-moving-to-australia-2023/
(Podcast)
Maeve Madden is a model, actress, lifestyle and fitness blogger, personal trainer and qualified nutritionist.
She is also the founder of queen’s community where she has been educating women to help them improve their health, body confidence and find a new found love for fitness.
As with all our conversations, we went in a million different directions; but here are some of the main talking points from today’s podcast.
- The queens don’t quit evolution
- Home workout misconceptions
- Overcoming the fear of lifting weights
- Maeve’s current eating regimen and how cutting out a certain food has healed her gut
- Nutrition advice for beginners and anyone who wants to eat better
- Going sober for 80 days and its effect on her sleep and skin
- And more.
Shownotes:
Maeve’s Website: https://shop.maevemadden.com
Maeve’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maeve_madden/
Previous podcast episdoes:
Queens Don’t Quit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queensdontquit
Here is today’s episode (raw and unedited) - The 2023 Gaelforce West Adventure Race recap.
This is for anyone looking to do the event itself or any similar adventure race in the future.
Podcast layout:
1: Breakdown of the race
Road running 13.5k
Kayak 2km
Trail run 4k
Cycle 30k
Croagh Patrick hike/run up and down
Cycle 13km
2: My training in the lead up to Gael force
3: My nutrition in the lead up to it
4: RACE DAY: my nutrition, supplements and race day plan
5: What went well and what went poorly
6: The main things I would do differently and advice on anyone looking to do the race or a similar adventure race in the future.
My next challenge is a 200km run up the Tian Shian mountain range beside China in July 2023.
Gofundme link for Cancer Research – Click Here
Jaymie is a weight loss expert and founder of Body Smart Fitness.
His expertise has garnered him a substantial following of over 1 million followers on Instagram, where he regularly imparts valuable insights and tips on weight loss and fitness strategies.
He and his team specialize in helping busy professional women get in the best shape of their life while still enjoying life.
His goal is to help them feel more confident, empowered and energized through nutrition built around their lifestyle, training that is tailored to their goal and most importantly a winning mindset that will allow them to achieve the health, fitness and confidence they desire.
Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast:
- The importance of celebrating small wins
- Biggest obstacles to weight loss
- The diet and nutrition BS to avoid online
- Going from hate to acceptance to love with your body
- Why the all or nothing mindset can work great in some areas of your life but terrible for your nutrition
- Fat loss supplements
- What you need to me mindful of with the body confidence movement
(Links)
(Website)
https://www.bodysmartfitness.com/
(linkedin)
Jaymie Moran - Co-Founder - Body Smart Fitness | LinkedIn
(Facebook)
(Instagram)
Jaymie Moran - Women’s Weight Loss Expert (@bodysmartfitness) • Instagram photos and videos
(Youtube)
(Twitter)
Jaymie Moran (@Jaymiemoran17) / Twitter
(Podcast)
Body Smart Podcast on Apple Podcasts
(BLOG)
Adrian is a highly established Online Transformation Coach.
I’m currently working with Adrian in my business mentorship program; so if you’re struggling with that ‘skinny fat’ look - check out his online coaching below.
Previously a primary school teacher for over four years, Adrian decided to follow his passion and pursue a career in fitness when he started seeing first-hand the results he could achieve with himself before helping his clients do the same.
Training has turned Adrian’s life around from the inside out and this passion inspired him to help others transform their bodies, improve their performance and feel more confident about themselves through the McLifestyle Coaching Method.
He specializes in helping clients lose belly fat, stubborn body fat and transforming anyone that is skinny fat.
Here are some of the things we talked about in today’ show:
- Working out vs training and how there is a BIG difference
- How to eat and train if you are skinny fat
- What you need to know about stubborn body fat
- Book recommendations
- Your in-built self-sabotage thermometer
- And much more.
(Links)
(WEBSITE)
(FACEBOOK)
McLifestyle Fitness | Facebook
(YOUTUBE)
(1) McLifestyle Fitness - YouTube
(INSTAGRAM)
Adrian McDonnell - Online Fitness Coach & PT (@mclifestylefitness) • Instagram photos and videos
Kris is an athlete known for being an expedition leader, ultra-runner, and storyteller.
He is associated with organizations such as Beyond the Ultimate and the Spine Race.
Beyond the Ultimate is a company that organizes extreme ultra-marathons in various locations around the world. Locations that include the Amazon jungle, the arctic (the 230km race I completed in 2019), the desert and their new race in the mountain in Kyrgyzstan (which I’ll be doing in July of this year)
Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast:
- The growth of adventure races vs standard marathons and ultra-marathons
- The conception of BTU and designing races in some of the worlds coolest places
- The biggest mistakes people make on multi day stage races
- Dealing with pre-race anxiety
- The skills ultras teach you about managing life
- How much of ultras, stage races and adventure races are physical vs mental
- And much more
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£300 off any BTU Global Race Series entry.
Did you enjoy this episode? Then definitely check out these two episodes next.
https://briankeanefitness.com/podcast/213-running-230km-through-the-arctic-circle/
(Instagram)
Kris King (@kris_kingy) • Instagram photos and videos
(Facebook)
Beyond the Ultimate Race Series | Facebook
(Website)
(Youtube)
(2) Beyond The Ultimate - YouTube
(Twitter)
Beyond the Ultimate (@UltimateUpdates) / Twitter
(Linkedin)
Kris King - Owner & Expedition leader - Beyond The Ultimate Ltd | LinkedIn
This has been coming into my space a lot recently, and its outside the scope of this podcast; so instead I have a created a short cheat sheet (a free guide) for anyone who is working as a teacher but wants to pursue their passion into fitness.
It's just some lessons I learnt along the way that should be helpful.
There is no course or program or anything off the back of this, I just wanted to create a short resource that might help.
Feel free to pass it onto any family members or friends who might find it useful.
Click Here to download The Teacher To Trainer Cheat Sheet
Brad competed for nine years on the professional triathlon circuit, where he won 31 global events, was a two-time US national champion, and reached a #3 world ranking.
He continues to pursue competitive goals as a professional Speedgolfer and elite masters track & field high jumper.
Brad promotes the importance of pursuing peak performance with passion throughout life, but releasing the attachment of self-esteem to the outcome —a philosophy conveyed by the title of his podcast, B.rad!
He is known for his carefree communication style, lively sense of humour, and the ability to distil advanced diet and athletic training insights into simple, actionable principles to help the busy health enthusiast get healthy, happy, and fit for life.
Brad has written 20 books on diet, health, peak performance and ancestral living, and is a popular speaker, retreat host, and video course instructor. In 2017, The Keto Reset Diet, co-authored with Mark Sisson, became a New York Times bestseller, and #1 ranked overall bestselling book on Amazon.com for two days.
Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast:
- The process of improvement for building confidence and why this is much better than external validation from others.
- Building a mindset that blocks you from the outside world
- Triggering the stress response in a positive way
- Fasting, keto and when or how to use it for performance
- The problem with processed foods and why you should minimize or avoid them.
- Cold exposure and why you should try it.
- And much more.
(Website)
Brad Kearns Podcast | Peak Performance | Elite Masters Athlete
(Facebook)
(Instagram)
Brad Kearns (@bradkearns1) • Instagram photos and videos
(TikTok)
Brad Kearns (@bradkearns) | TikTok
(Twitter)
Brad Kearns (@bradleykearns) / Twitter
(Youtube)
(Blog)
(Podcast)
Brad Kearns Podcast - Brad Kearns
(Books)
Keto Reset Diet | 21-day Primal Reset | Carnivore Diet Books (bradkearns.com)
Marcus is an extreme athlete and coach, entrepreneur and motivational speaker.
As a show fan favourite, lolong-termisteners will be familiar with him from episodes 141 Find Your Everest and Showing No Weakness with Marcus Smith, Episode 207 Marcus Smith - The Intensive Care Unit To Running 30 Marathons In 30 Consecutive Days (which is still one of my all-time personal favourites) and most recently episode 253 on Making Yourself Mentally Tougher and Building The Ultra-mindset.
He is also the founder of Inner Fight in Dubai and the host of the great podcast by the same name.
EXPLICIT WARNING: This episode has more swearing than usual.
Here are some of the things we spoke about in today’s episode.
- Getting personal growth through getting out of your comfort zone and seeking out adventure
- Races vs your own challenges (for any endurance enthusiasts)
- Using ultras, endurance and difficult challenges as a vehicle for self-discovery
- Getting to the root of real pain point so you can stay motivated towards your goals
- Why Marcus thinks people need to seek out challenges
- Dealing with pain management and how the body keeps the score
- The RAKMAN and how Covid planting the extreme ironman seed
- The role gratitude plays in endurance challenges
- And much more.
Previous podcast appearances:
Marcus Smith Podcast 141: https://briankeanefitness.com/podcast/141-finding-your-mount-everest-and-showing-no-weakness-with-marcus-smith/
Marcus Smith Podcast 207 https://briankeanefitness.com/podcast/206-marcus-smith-the-intensive-care-unit-to-running-30-marathons-in-30-consecutive-days-in-less-than-8-months/
Marcus Smith Podcast 141: https://briankeanefitness.com/podcast/141-finding-
your-mount-everest-and-showing-no-weakness-with-marcus-smith/
Marcus Smith Podcast 207 https://briankeanefitness.com/podcast/206-marcus-
smith-the-intensive-care-unit-to-running-30-marathons-in-30-consecutive-days-
in-less-than-8-months/
(Website)
(Instagram)
Marcus’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mjd_smith/?hl=en
(Linktree)
Marcus’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mjd_smith
(Documentary)
Fight For Every Breath - Marcus Smith (mjdsmith.com)
RAKMAN
http://www.mjdsmith.com/rakman/
Shona is a personal trainer and yoga teacher with over 420k followers on Instagram and one of the most popular yoga channels in the UK on YouTube.
Shona's method, developed during her decade of teaching, combines weighted resistance training and cardio with her life-long passions - yoga and meditation – placing just as much importance on rest and recovery as hours in the gym in the pursuit of fitness.
We got through so much in this episode and it's definitely one I will be going back over; so I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it.
Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s show:
- What got her into health and fitness whilst growing up in Australia
- How she moved from a 1:1 training into social media and the UK culture and weather shock
- Why your body is a temple, not a gym and the importance of using fitness to enhance your experience of life, not dominate it.
- How over-identifying with your body can lead you down a path of unhappiness that will catch up with you when you’re injured, aged, or ill.
- The reason fitness should never come at the cost of health.
- How fitness is a celebration of what your body can do and an opportunity to push it into adaptation, another amazing feature of this human life. It’s not about repenting for perceived dietary or lifestyle sins.
- Using science to guide but not override what you’re feeling.
- Let the magic ten guide your next steps.
- And much more..
(LINKS)
(YOUTUBE)
(TWITTER)
Shona Vertue (@ShonaVertue) / Twitter
(INSTAGRAM)
Shona Vertue (@shona_vertue) | Instagram
(FACEBOOK)
(BOOK)
Evan Regan is a highly accomplished registered nutritionist and personal trainer with extensive experience working with high-performance athletes across multiple sporting disciplines, including rugby, Gaelic football, mixed martial arts (UFC), boxing, basketball (NBA), Australian football (AFL), American football (NFL), and soccer.
As the Lead Academy Performance Nutritionist at Munster Rugby and Lead Performance Nutritionist & Dietician for Mayo GAA & Mayo LGFA, Evan has developed a reputation as a top-tier nutrition expert in the world of sports performance.
With his wealth of knowledge and experience, Evan offers a range of specialized nutrition packages that cater to the unique needs of athletes at all levels of competition.
He also shares his expertise through his bestselling eBook, which offers practical guidance on topics such as optimal macronutrient intake, pre-and post-workout nutrition, and hydration strategies for athletes.
Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast.
- Optimizing pre and post-workout nutrition
- The role supplements play
- A food first vs a food first but not food only approach
- The red, yellow, and green carb cycling method
- The diet danger zone after 8 pm
- Sleep and underrated performance tools
- Alcohol and the athlete (gym or sport)
(LINKS)
Evan Regan Nutrition (@evanregan_nutrition) | Instagram
Evan Regan Nutrition | Facebook
This is part two of a two-part episode.
DDP is a WWE Hall of Famer, 3X World Champion, Founder & CEO of DDPY, Actor, Author and Inspirational Speaker!
The DDP story IS the heart of DDPY, a fitness program born out of necessity and reality. After years of wrestling injuries, including a broken back, DDP developed a real-life workout that completely gave him his life back. His thinking was that if it could work for him, why not share it with others who want to own their lives again too?
Dallas has had some of the most inspirational transformations I have ever seen and is not just changing lives with his programs, he is also doing it with his online presence, his book Positively Unstoppable – The Art of Owning It and combinations of docu-series and films.
In today’s show, we go into:
- Blood flow restriction training
- The difference between yoga and DDP yoga
- How and why you need to build self-discipline
- Arthur Boorman's incredible transformation story
- And more.
(Links)
(FACEBOOK)
(INSTAGRAM)
Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) (@diamonddallaspage) | Instagram
(WEBSITE)
(TWITTER)
(STORE)
(YOUTUBE)