PerformWell Podcast

Every goal I set as a kid, I quit. The Marines, two weeks from Greenberry. SAS selection. A business that folded in COVID. Cycling the length of Britain. At 35, the Ironman is the first one I've actually ticked off that...

Archie Hunt was born ten weeks early with a heart that isn't supposed to let him run. In April he ran 2:27:41 at the London Marathon in a cape and a pair of red pants, and set the Guinness World Record for the fastest...

Bryony "Killer Bee" Tyrell spent seven years as an intensive care nurse. She spent her nights becoming one of Britain's leading female cage fighters. She raised two kids through all of it. Nobody on the ward had...

Should you do an Ironman? Probably not. Three days before Ironman Leeds, Nick Finch and Grant McDonald talk about why chasing someone else's challenge is the fastest way to end up training for a life you don't want...

Rob Stark photographs physiques for a living. He still catches himself in a mirror and thinks he looks small. Rob went from 64kg at 6'2" to 101kg and back down to 80kg. Before the camera he was a DJ at Ministry of...

As far as we can find, this is the first podcast ever recorded hanging off a cliff. If you know otherwise - comments are open. I'm terrified of heights. Tim has spent 20+ years as a mountaineering and climbing...

Six months ago Luke Bland sat in his car, pressed record and spoke from the heart. One of those messages - we're all going to die, and most of us are sleepwalking through the time we've got left, stopped over three...

Nick Bester started running at 23 with a 25-minute 5K. Today: a 2:19 marathon PB, 100 consecutive marathons under 3 hours, and an England vest that took 13 years to earn. In episode 151 of the PerformWell Podcast, the...

Everyone overcomplicates fat loss. In this episode we break down the single biggest reason you're not losing weight - and why "I'm not losing weight" is the wrong question in the first place. We get into the difference...

DeeDee jumped off Southampton's Itchen Bridge and survived. In this episode he opens up about that night, getting sober, and how movement gave him a reason to keep going. This is an honest conversation about men's...

It's Men's Mental Health Month and I'm taking on an Ironman to raise money for men's mental health. If this episode hits home, please donate or share. Stronger Than The Silence: https://www.justgiving.com/page/stron...

A doctor told Mark he'd be in his coffin by 40. Two years later, he's 137kg lighter — and he never touched a weight-loss jab. No Ozempic. No surgery. Just the most honest transformation we've ever filmed. Mark went from...

Is "science-based lifting" actually making you better - or just making you train like a robot with a foam roller through your arm? In Episode 146, Nick and Grant break down where evidence-based training earns its place...

Most people think pole fitness is a party trick. Beccie Dunn thought it looked cool in a photo and couldn't even walk into a class alone. Then it fixed her. Beccie spent years trapped in body dysmorphia — eating 900...

Everyone's telling you to start your summer diet. We're telling you to stop. Nick, Grant & Gemma have a combined 40+ years of PT experience — and their biggest lesson isn't about what to eat or how much cardio to do...