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A coach in the fitness industry for 18 years, Adrian Conway discusses training, mindset, nutrition, current trends for health and fitness and even how to optimize performance. Join in on episodes featuring coach Conway and others as they discuss current trends, pitfalls and solutions surrounding today's lifestyle challenges, dogma in the training world and even the battle against chronic disease.
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The Plan for Happy Podcast

Adam Walkom and Adrian Johnson

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Adam Walkom is a former investment bank trader and management consultant who is now a founding partner of Permanent Wealth Partners and author of Plan for Happy - A step-by-step guide to growing your wealth. Building wealth and investing are both much more of an art form than a science and have much more to do with human and behavioural psychology than economics. Join Adam as he goes on a journey interviewing fascinating guests who share their deeply-held insights and experiences from years ...
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In this episode Adrian passionately goes through aspects of considerations when it comes to technique and practice. In his opinion this is what separates the best from the rest. He covers how you can see the application of good programming by the demand it puts on athletes AKA the "technique aspect of programming". He also talks about different con…
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Today Adrian runs a solo episode that helps highlight, in his opinion what the differences are between "training" and "working out". Both have their place and he has dabbled in both, mostly working out at this point in his life now. But the key takeaways are how to understand the application of both and who should consider changing their mindset ar…
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Today Adrian describes what the TTRU Fitness podcast actually is, and why the transition from Rise and Pod with Adrian Conway. The hopes are for us to bring knowledge and entertainment about fitness, nutrition, performance, mindset, ect. Adrian shares how he has such a diverse background in fitness from a degree in Human Performance to teaching cla…
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Today Adrian discusses the CrossFit Games Semifinals. What to expect, what he thinks of the programming, how you can tune in and watch it and also how he thinks the podium will play out in Europe in week 1. This was a "Live" from Instagram, so a bit different flavor or execution on the audio side. Enjoy! 7 Days of free of my programming programming…
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Today’s discussion looks at the prospect of a Labour Government in the UK and what it means for taxation policy. I am joined by Nimesh Shah, CEO of Blick Rothenberg, a chartered accountants and tax advisory business. Nimesh and I dig into the announcements, rumours and reports on what we can expect potentially in a few months time. In detail we dis…
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Here we go folks! Adrian gives his thoughts on 2024 Quarters tests, an order to hit them, and also some quick points to focus on to give you success! Good luck! Sign Up for Rise45 here: https://www.ttrufitness.com/rise45-challenge-2024 Sign up for TTRU Competitor 7 days free here: https://app.sugarwod.com/marketplace/ttru-fitness/all-access?preview…
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Today Adrian elaborates on part 2 of our talk on nutrition. Part 1 covered food quality, and today we talk about all things food quantity! Measuring food brings accuracy and precision to your diet that allows you to achieve higher level goals of body composition, performance and confidence! Sign up for RISE45 here: https://www.ttrufitness.com/rise4…
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Today Adrian dives food and nutrition! He tries to help people understand it doesn't have to be complicated or fancy to get great results. Eat meats and veggies, nuts and seeds some fruite, little starch and no sugar. Do this 90% of the time and you will be and lead a pretty healthy lifestyle. This is a simple and effective way to each that CrossFi…
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In this episode Adrian begins a series about destroying obstcles that often exist between our optimal health and well being and where we currently find ourselves. Essentially everyone creates excuses and reason for themselves not to get to work or not to improve. Sadly, many of these reason seem justified but it's simply due to ignorance. Adrian re…
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Today’s special guest is Abraham Okusanya, author of “Beyond The 4% Rule” and founder of Timeline portfolios. Abrahams’ firm Timeline now has over £4bn in assets in the portfolio and Why index investing just takes market worry away. How the technology revolution is only just beginning for individual investors. What the best way to draw your retirem…
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Today Adrian goes through the intention behind the current training block for TTRU Competitor as we lead into the CrossFit Quarterfinals competition. If you are in the top 25% and need some good programming to follow, we've got you! - TTRU Competitor - TTRU Masters - TTRU Teens - TTRU Competitor Pro (for those who have 60-80 minutes a day to train!…
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Today Adrian finally gets a chance to sit down and record the review for 24.2, 24.3 and the overall CrossFit Games Open! He catches us all up on what he's been up to the last 2 weeks and of course kicks this episode off with a healthy rant that covers mindset, complainers, whiners and oh so much more! Curious about 1:1 coaching with TTRU Fitness or…
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Tap in for my tips and strategies for 24.3! The CrossFit Games Open is coming to a close but we have one more big test left. This is a big one for any athlete on the cusp of qualifying to be a part of the top 25% in the world and punch a ticket to the CrossFit Games Quarterfinals. This is also a big workout for anyone trying to get their first bar …
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The CrossFit Games week 2 is underway! Today Adrian gives his thoughts on 24.2 announcement and gives tips and strategies for you to consider prior to taking this for a spin! Take a look below for warm up help and tips. Suggested Warm up: Tissue prep/ static stretching: 1:00 foam roll low + mid back 1:00 quad smash each leg 1:00 hamstring smash eac…
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Today Adrian dives into what we should hav learned from 24.1. The takeaways from failing, from excelling and how it should guide our training going forward. If you are like some of our athletes, the first taste of this intensity was a kick in the teeth. How do we explore this in our training on a regular basis so we know we are better prepared for …
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Today’s discussion is with Nick Bird, Senior Business Development Manager at Triplepoint. If you’ve got older parents you won’t want to miss this episode. Planning for inheritance tax is some of the easiest most cost-effective planning you can do as you can easily measure how much tax you can save by make a few decisions. In this discussion, Nick &…
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Today’s edition features a special guest, someone very familiar to the podcast… Adam Walkom! Our usual host is sat in the other seat this week, as his colleague, friend and fellow partner at Permanent Wealth, Adrian Johnson, takes the reins. Adam is in the hot seat to discuss his new book, Plan for Happy: A step-by-step guide to growing your money.…
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Ed Conway – Author of Material World – on the 6 materials that we need to power the modern world. Today’s guest is Ed Conway – economics editor at Sky News – but also author of a fantastic book – Material World. Material World explores in detail the 6 basic materials that the modern world needs to overcome all it’s problems. From feeding 7+ billion…
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After reading Law at university, then some time in the hospitality industry Caspar was drawn to the Central London Residential Real Estate market. He kicked off his property career with Foxtons before moving from being a sales agent to being a buying agent with Black Brick. Our discussion covers: The role of a residential buying agent as a relative…
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In this episode I talk with Jared Dillian, author, investor and market newsletter writer of the Daily Dirtnap. He also is a regular contributor to Bloomberg, MSNBC, NY Times and LA times. I have followed Jared for years through his daily market newsletter and he has a unique insight into what moves markets. Jared has also just released his fourth b…
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Today Adrian dives into the essential perspective of programming and training. More is not better, better is better. And the harsh truth is that each day in the gym doesn't have to punish you or leave you feeling exhausted. In fact, it is best for your long term health and performance that many days leave you feeling like you could do more! Tune in…
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Adrian jumps into a moderate length episode today that evolves a bit around programming and also the psychological approach to training. Not all training is created equal, and you know that if you listen to this podcast on a regular basis. Adrian describes today how athletes with a well rounded bank of fitness train at the tip of the spear vs. how …
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Today Adrian dives into the common use of the New year for pivotal actions. He also explains it's limitations and how often this time of the year, as we enter the holiday season in America is the biggest time for set back. Food and nutrition are the foundation for both high performers and everyday humans who want to enhance their quality of life. W…
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Today Adrian discusses his thoughts on the qualifier that just finished up last weekend. Was it thorough enough? What did he like about the 5 workouts, what he didn't like about the 5 workouts and everything in between. From a general perspective the opinion is, No. The test overall was not thorough enough to allow only 40 athletes to qualify betwe…
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Today Adrian has a topic of discussion surrounding training camps or 1:1 coaches and which one is best! It's a broad talk that mentions instances in Adrian's previous CrossFit Games experience, stories about Rich Froning Jr. and Dan Bailey. He also brings up Bethany Shadburne whom is now Bethany Flores and her career as a CrossFit Games competitor.…
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Ever struggle with performance goals in the gym? The trap is that you do MORE, or go HARDER. Typically most athletes that hit plateaus need rest and recovery. More sleep, more fuel, less stress, then with the introduction of proper training the results can flow. This is the case in life as well. We often need to step back, recharge our batteries an…
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Today Adrian dives into a discussion that is being on on the Sevan Podcast, The CrossFit Games Podcast and many other platforms around the space. What makes you or anyone, for that matter, a Pro CrossFit athlete? Do you have to have CrossFit Games experience? Do you need to make money from CrossFit competitions? Do you need paying sponsors? Do you …
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Don't worry folks, Adrian is ok! But he is asking hard questions not just to you, but to himself daily. What if you died today? Are living like you could? Are you cherishing every breath? Every moment? Every opportunity? On 9/11 it is easy to reflect and remember how finite life is, but does it move you? Does it help you want to be a better man? A …
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Adrian talks about what limits most people from achieving their goals today. Do you have goals? Do you want to move up the ranks at work? Start a new business? Start your own podcast? Compete at CrossFit? Join a CrossFit gym? Ask someone out on a date? You name it, typically there is some kind of opportunity in life that you'd love to have, in this…
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Easier to teach an animal, "Whooaa, now..." than it is to teach "sick 'em!" Today Adrian speaks on aggresor vs. responder and how it is much easier in any walk of life to deal with a human that wants to do too much vs. one that wants to do too little. Many of us are aggressive to the point of set back or failure, but it can be corrected with good c…
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Today Adrian dives into the 6 known tests for the Individuals in Madrid. And even speculates what Test 7 could bring when considering what we know will have been tested up until that point of the weekend. Many Games athletes will likely grace the competition floor and CrossFit Games athletes from this year wore the crowns last year in Lazar Dukic o…
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Today Adrian talks about witnessing the entitlement we sometimes carry as humans. Are you? Do you realize it? How can we be better about this? Coach shares that it is simply not about the work we put in to accomplish something, it is us executing in the heat of the moment, in competition or when the lights are the brightest that allow us to truly e…
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Today Adrian talks through the unofficial standings thus far from the Rogue Invitational Qualifier AKA "The Q". On a previous episode Adrian broke down the programming and shared his initial thoughts and even chatted through some strategy, today it's about how the athletes performed through that qualifier. The CrossFit Games off season has official…
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Adrian has some quick response to the Rogue Invitational Qualifier called "The Q" that will take place this weekend. Today they released the primary workout information with some details left to be announced. Coach breaks down his thoughts on the layout and also some areas for consideration when athletes think about attacking these tests!…
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Today Adrian goes back to dissect the top of the leaderboard from the CrossFit Games. This isn't about the programming, this about what the athletes did or didn't do, what Adrian saw, heard and witness overall from a behind the scenes perspective at the 2023 CrossFit Games. He explores if this year has an asterisk on it from Tia Toomey not competin…
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Today Adrian shares some personal stories or advice he's gotten lately. The message is simply don't plan ahead so much, don't work ahead so much and get busy living in the "now". The biggest temptation in the rat race is to produce, make money, save money and do all you can to achieve "success". Today Adrian's message is to be successful by finding…
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Today Adrian revisits some of his experiences from this years CF Games as an analyst, and what took place there! But most of the episode covers the programming of the 12 tests that were presented to the individuals. Adrian breakdowns what they are, his opinion, the small tweaks that he may make and why this was one thorough and complete! CrossFit n…
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Today my special guest is Oliver Rust, Business Development at Truflation. If you haven’t heard of Truflation you’re in for a treat. Truflation effectively scrapes the internet for prices on a daily basis and comes up with their own version of what they think is happening in the REAL world in inflation and prices. And the difference between their v…
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Today's Daily Rise is a thorough rant by Coach emphasizing the value in the slow process/ the long game. Adrian discusses how it is hard for us to choose this way of life due to social media. Everything in our world surrounds quick money, quick muscles, quick fat loss, quick success, but that is not how true success or happiness is acquired. Adrian…
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Today Adrian gives a more in depth perspective on his personal beliefs about how we become what we consume. He challenges us today to examine what we watch, what we read, who we spend time with and of course what we eat and drink in order to understand it is all a reflection about what we become. He expounds on recently sharing "If you eat good, yo…
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Today Adrian covers a secret to any top achievers success. In today's world everyone is screaming from the roof tops that you must be mentally and physically tough, and you must do hard things! Well, we know that is true, and we know Coach Conway supports these approaches and deems them as necessary. But something that we often villainies is "fun"!…
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Today Adrian dives into another aspect of success! You may be battling with mental, physical, social, economic or even spiritual obstacles but there is one thing that dictates if you are willing to overcome it or not. How desperate are you? How bad is it really? Is it just inconvenient? Or is it life shattering? Are you really sick and tired of thi…
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Today Adrian shares 3 keys to success in your fitness journey. Good things take time when we are trying to change our lifestyle or get in the best shape of our lives. When anything takes time, our time and effort are the hardest things to stay committed to. We want everything fast, and quick, and that doesn't make it right. Take these 3 keys and fo…
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Today Adrian discusses his preferred approach to coaching or programming a large general group of people with diversified desires for the outcome. It can be a complex discussion and it has many things to consider, but he shares the "why's" from his perspective and also gives some examples what training this way may look like!…
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Welcome back! Today my guest is Nick Colas, co-founder of the excellent DataTrek Research. DataTrek Research write a daily investment newsletter which I read religiously and I have found Nick and his co-founder Jessica to be two of the smartest people in markets who use data to understand both short-term market issues, but also give insight into lo…
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Today Adrian discusses the mindset shift what success really is. Redefining our own success really starts with understanding that we are all very different humans. As a popular statement clearly reminds us that comparison is the thief of joy, Adrian discusses this and how it is one of the biggest traps that will keep us from fulfillment in this lif…
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Join Kealan and I for a fascinating conversation where we delve into the world of EIS and Venture investing. EIS is Enterprise Investment Scheme which is UK tax structure that allows tax relief for direct investment into smaller, growing UK companies. Kealan and I discuss• How, and why, EIS investing is different to VCT investing and how it has evo…
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