This conversation is with Sabrina Moore of Donut Barbell in Cardiff. Sabrina is a 3x British champion powerlifter in the 63kg weight category, and a women's powerlifting coach who focuses particularly on the impact strength training can have on our mental health. We spoke about her journey to strength training, the role of training and potentially …

This conversation is with Professor Geraint Harvey. Harvey is the DanCap Private Equity Chair in Human Organization at Western University in Ontario. His research focuses on the employment relationship and the changing nature of work. Back in 2016 he published a paper titled 'Neo-villeiny and the service sector: The case of hyper flexible and preca…

Today I am speaking with Abi Nolan, the founder of Supply Yoga. Supply is a social enterprise changing the culture of access to wellbeing services through an innovative cyclical business model - paid subscriptions for their online classes subsidise wellbeing services for marginalised communities in east London. It's an extremely well thought-throug…

This interview is with Laura McAfferty, the founder of Inclusive Wellness, a social enterprise and community committed to increasing accessibility, diversity and inclusivity in the private health & wellness industry. We spoke about the need for continuing personal development on these subjects and the potential role of standards in improving practi…

I'm so excited to share this conversation with Justice Williams and to reflect on how his world-leading work at Fitness for All Bodies can inform our renovation of Bristol Co-operative Gym as we make it more welcoming and adaptable to more people commonly excluded from gyms. I found this conversation with Justice enormously moving and inspiring. Hi…

The Good Gym Guide Podcast • Series 2, Episode 1 Listen in your podcast app The first interview of this special series of the Good Gym Guide, made to support Bristol Co-operative Gym’s crowdfunder, is with Conor Heffernan, a historian of strength currently based at Ulster University whose blog Physical Culture Study is the best resource I know of f…

Regular guest Conor Heffernan is accompanied by Guy Lochhead and Lotte Kammenga of the Bristol co-op gym. We discuss what a co-op gym is, how it operates and why Guy felt the need to establish the Bristol co-operative gym in 2016.Follow the Bristol co-operative on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bristolcooperativegym/…

Alyssa Ages is a journalist and a strength athlete as well as a general Strongman enthusiast. She is the writer of the forthcoming book "The Secrets of Giants" which explores (amongst other things) what underpins the pursuit of strength. Alyssa joins me to discuss some of her experiences in putting together the content of the book.Find out more abo…

Sport Psychologist Hugh Gilmore returns to the show to talk to me about Motivational Interviewing. What is it? How does it work? How can it benefit our practice? We hope you enjoy this episode and if you do, please consider sharing on your preferred social media platform.Bonus content - Hugh has also given a talk with Prof Steve Rollnick (one of th…

The Good Gym Guide Podcast • Series 1, Episode 6 Listen in your podcast app For this, the last episode of the series, I spoke with Darren Faulkner, one of the founders of Primal Gym in Leeds. When I asked Darren to imagine his ideal training environment, he paused for a while, looked around, and then said that he felt that Primal Gym was pretty muc…

The Good Gym Guide Podcast • Series 1, Episode 5 Listen in your podcast app This episode is with Gina and Chris Hopkins from Adaptive Martial Arts. AMA provide martial arts training for all abilities. Rather than coaching in a particular lineage or tradition, they take an innovative mixed approach, drawing from multiple disciplines to best suit the…

The Good Gym Guide Podcast • Series 1, Episode 4 Listen in your podcast app This episode is with Charlie Bones, who runs the X-Ray Spexercise Punk Aerobics classes. In the familiar environments of music venues and pubs, she pairs classic punk culture with simple aerobic exercises to share the benefits of physical activity with people who can’t stan…

The Good Gym Guide Podcast • Series 1, Episode 3 Listen in your podcast app This episode is with David Sully, who runs two very different exercise groups in Bristol - the LGBTQ fitness classes at Hamilton House and the Yate Active Wellbeing Group. Although the content of these classes, and the people who go to them, are very different, in both sett…

The Good Gym Guide Podcast • Series 1, Episode 2 Listen in your podcast app This episode is with Devaki, the founder of Curvy Girl Yoga. In her classes, Devaki creates a dedicated, celebratory space for women sized 16 or more to practice yoga. She describes how she builds this environment with openness and humour, nurturing the relationships betwee…

The Good Gym Guide Podcast • Series 1, Episode 1 Listen in your podcast app This first episode of The Good Gym Guide is with Peter Hodkinson of Body Mind Fitness. Peter produces beautiful wooden training equipment, as used in movement traditions from all across the world - clubs from India, meels, maces and sang shields from Persia, tai-chi balls f…