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Hosted by Keir Wotherspoon · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 49 episodes
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I’m Keir Wotherspoon.I’ve been self-employed as a fitness coach and health educator for 16 years.I ran a gym business for over five of those.I’m also a dad of three.Like many people, I’ve spent years trying to balance work, health, ambition, and family life, and I’ve learned how easy it is for energy to quickly disappear in the process.This podcast is about understanding where that energy goes, and how to rebuild it without burning yourself out.The High Performance Gym explores how your body, brain, and nervous system respond to stress, training, recovery, sleep, and pressure — and how small, repeatable changes can restore clarity, focus, and physical energy.Some episodes are practical. Some are reflective. All are grounded in physiology, neuroscience, and real life.If you want to perform well at work, show up at home, and still feel like yourself, this podcast is for you.This is The High Performance Gym.
Keir Wotherspoon hosts The High Performance Gym, a education show with 49 episodes published.
I told a sports science graduate to go stack shelves in a supermarket. He thought I was crazy. He's now living his dream life in Australia. This is the blueprint for turning any job into a stepping stone to the life you
Every morning, millions of parents race against the clock — stressed, shouting, and throwing kids into cars just to make a bell. But what if the obsession with being on time is actually setting your children up to fail?
Do you ever feel like your brain is like a million browser tabs open at once? You start a task, get distracted and then set it aside to start a new project. Only later do you realise you have a ton of unfinished projects
If you’re busy all day, shattered by 6pm, and still feel like you’ve achieved nothing, this episode is for you. I break down why time management doesn’t work in real life for busy dads, business owners and men who work h
If you’re waking up tired, hitting a wall by mid-afternoon, and wondering why life feels harder than it used to… this episode is for you. A few years ago, after burning out while running a gym and raising a young family,
Most guys will set goals in 2026. Most will abandon them within weeks. Not because they’re weak, but because the brain isn’t designed to handle the way we're told to set goals. In this episode, Keir breaks down what actu
At what point did we stop being capable? When did running upstairs start feeling like a sprint? When did climbing a tree with our kids become a risk instead of a reflex? In this episode, Keir Wotherspoon, performance coa
At 38, I was 30lbs overweight, constantly exhausted, and completely lost my zest for life. Between kids, work, stress, and trying to keep everything together, my health quietly slipped to the bottom of the list — and it
Still icing injuries? Stop. The doctor who invented R.I.C.E. says it doesn’t work. In this episode, Keir explains why ice delays recovery, what actually heals the body, and how movement speeds up the process — physically
Hey parents, The risk for teenage girls is real. Overtraining and under-fuelling are more common than most people think. Those at highest risk are sports that value aesthetics, weight, or endurance... things like running
Most men don’t realise it’s happening until it’s already gone. The energy. The focus. The drive. One day you’re on fire, and the next you’re wondering where that man went. In this episode, we uncover: The real reason men
Is stress killing you or powering you? In this episode, Dr. Bernadette Dancy reveals why everything you’ve been told about stress is wrong, how cortisol really works, and why burnout shows up differently in neurodivergen
For six months, I disappeared. Not because I didn’t care, but because I was trapped in my own head. In this raw episode of The High Performance Gym, I confess the truth about why I stopped podcasting: overthinking, procr
Right now, thousands of teenagers are sitting at kitchen tables, highlighters in hand, staring at revision notes—wondering if they’re doing enough. The pressure to perform in GCSEs is intense. Parents want the best for t
What if your fatigue, brain fog, and struggles with weight gain isn’t just in your head, but a missing message from your hormones? And more importantly, what if your daughter is on the same path… before it even begins? I
Do you feel stuck in the ‘crash and burn’ cycle of dieting? It’s not your fault. For years, women have been told to shrink. To starve. To be smaller. For generations, the diet industry has preyed on that. In this episode
She lost 2 litres of blood during her C-section. Her postnatal care? A six-week phone call asking if she wanted contraception. No rehab. No recovery plan. No support. This isn’t a one-off story. This is happening to wome
Dads, is your testosterone really low—or have you just been running on empty for years? You’re juggling work, family, and fitness (when you can squeeze it in). You’re constantly exhausted, struggling with belly fat, brai
You’re training, eating clean, and doing everything ‘right’—so why do you feel exhausted, weak, and stuck? Why is your strength not improving? Why are your injuries not healing? Why are you gaining weight despite trainin
Struggling with self-doubt? Feeling like a fraud? You're not alone. Imposter syndrome keeps people stuck, second-guessing their abilities, and playing small. In this episode, we break down: The real difference between se
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