The #3 Core Pillars of Male Success: MASTER Fitness, Business & Relationships | Ollie Marchon

First Things THRST

Ollie Marchon is a former professional rugby player turned influential coach and entrepreneur. As the owner of MARCHON, the UK’s leading functional fitness brand, Ollie and his team are dedicated to empowering clients to live without limits. They champion the core principles of living, learning and leading, offering science-based training, elite supplements and their signature app to optimise every aspect of their client’s fitness. Today’s episode delves deep into the foundations of building success in all spheres of life. Tune in for the next two hours as Ollie shares his strategies for maintaining peak physical condition, building a business and balancing this all with family, relationships and friends.
0:00 Introduction
1:00 The beginnings of Marchon Gyms (the journey & story)
2:45 The difficult reality of scaling a successful gym ecosystem
7:35 Marchon: training approaches & business ecosystem
13:15 The shift from gym floor to zoom workouts: how Marchon
battled through COVID-19
16:49 Venturing into the supplement industry: the hardships & opportunities
23:19 Entrepreneurship: the ins & outs
27:54 Envisioning the ‘perfect’ gym: Mike & Ollie discuss future plans of opening facilities
35:33 Mike’s experience with Dubai gyms (Binoux etc)
40:50 Optimising hypertrophy & the importance of cardio
46:40 Addressing common nutrition, calorie monitoring misconceptions
50:34 Balancing entrepreneurship with family life: what you need to know
55:44 The core catalysts of optimal training (environment & behaviour patterns)
1:01:16 Overcoming social spending & pressure (drinking, partying etc)
1:10:49 Ollie’s financial targets for the next 5 years
1:17:44 Podcasting 101: growth, demographics & goals
1:25:55 How to navigate relationships & children as a full-time
entrepreneur
1:35:15 The Marchon brand

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