Welcome to The Not So Fit Couple Podcast! A dose of education & entertainment brought to you by Online Personal Trainers & Fitness Couple Lucy Davis Fit & Ben Haldon. An off centre spin on everything health and fitness, relationships and business, with some epic guests along the way to help you transform your mind and body.
Recovery is a hugely overlooked element of training, but you need to remember, the gym take about an hour a day, what you do for the other 23 is extremely important.
In this solo ep ben is here to discuss how to properly recover, his tips for how to handle a Hyrox and letting us know about the time he thought he was dying becuase of a beetroot.
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00:00 Intro
1:00 You can only train as well as you can recover
3:00 What is an active rest day?
6:30 Knowing When To Take a Rest Day
11:00 Sleep and Recovery
17:00 What is Prehab?
25:45 Nutrient Timing
34:00 Hyrox Pre and Re Hab
41:30 Electrolytes
Welcome back! Lucy is back in the mix this week and we are jumping into your biggest fitness regrets, how to find a good partner, help with motivation for Hyrox and some discussions about our alternative careers in the CIA. If you have any other questions for the next episode drop them in here: ngl.link/thenotsofitcouple1 Join MyCoach: Code: NotSoFit for a special discount for podcast listeners! https://mycoach-school.com/join Follow us - https://www.instagram.com/mycoachapp_/ More Lucy Davis: Follow - https://www.instagram.com/LucyDavis_Fit Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbyT8IyohY6V8ZVfI9uHug More Ben Haldon: Follow - https://www.instagram.com/MyCoachBenji Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpGRgA3rr1-FY9qLRgkXX3A Shop our products - https://shop.mycoachschool.com/collections/products/ 00:00 Munchy joins the pod 3:30 Thinking Pills will Fix Everything 7:00 Would you Ever Move Country? 10:30 One movement for life 15:45 Ben’s Icky Movements 18:00 Where to find your ideal partner? 27:30 Holding on to past endeavours instead of moving on 29:30 Serving in the CIA 35:00 What is the point of all the HYROX comps? 39:00 Spending too much time in a deficit 42:30 What do you think about when you are about to skip a rep? 56:30 Comparing to the elites
James Elliott is a seasoned resilience coach and psychotherapist with over 6 years of experience, working with elite athletes, veterans, and Special Forces. A former British Airborne Forces veteran, he brings a wealth of knowledge in mental toughness and emotional intelligence, alongside achievements in competitive rugby and endurance world records.
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0:00 Intro
1:00 What is resilience?
4:10 Holding 2 contrasting beliefs.
10:19 Idolisation of Billionaires.
13:45 your environment determines your success in life.
16:00 Learning to let go.
18:00 Lessons from the hobbit
28:00 adversity allows you to conquer anything.
36:00 sensory associations with trauma
40:30 more lessons from Tolkien
44:00 the inner citadel
If there's one thing that we know, it's how to balance our weeks and get Sh** done. But... it hasn't always been this way, feeling unproductive is a curse and in this ep we are going to go over our methods for getting out of your own way and cracking on with what you really want to do.
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00:00 Not Guilty Wines
03:30 Intro
07:30 Ben’s looking jacked atm
09:30 Lucy Procter and the Perform Program
11:00 Ben’s productivity methods
15:30 Perfectionism gets in the way
18:30 The Thief and the Cobbler
21:30 Our methods of pursuing productivity
40:30 Focus Modes and a Clean Work Environment
46:30 Staying on task when no one is watching
50:30 Compressing time for a task
55:30 If people are productive they are hustling in the background
59:30 What is your hard?
Guys we need to chat, far faaaar too many people decide they want to start losing weight and then crack the old running shoes out. This is a recipe for disaster, but why?
We're going to make things super clear in this ep.
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00:00 Intro
04:30 Cardio for Fat Loss vs Performance
13:30 How You Can End Up Hating Running
24:30 Running for Fitness
28:30 Calculating Your Heart Rate Zones
41:30 VO2 Max
46:30 Quickfire Questions
Oh she's back once again for a solo episode, Ben is out for the day so we have a one on one with Lucy! Last week Lucy had the insane opportunity to run the Paris marathon during the Olympics in Paris, it turns out that running a marathon at midnight can be quite hard... who knew?
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Timestamps
00:00 Start Intro
01:20 Lazar Dukic Tribute
03:00 The mental and physical pain of the Paris Marathon
15:20 Post race Blues in Paris
17:00 Moving past achieving numbers
21:00 I’ve lost my mojo with the gym
24:00 Where Should I Look When I Run?
25:15 Regaining your period
29:00 Rest Day tips
32:00 Lucy’s Unconventional job history
35:20 Stretching and Foam Rolling
Anonymous Questions are back once again, do we ever get jealous of each other? How do we cook for each other? What would we do if we were competing in the olympics?
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Lucy Loves the Olympics
8:45 Q&A
9:30 Dealing with Jealousy in our relationship
17:00 How have your priorities changed in life?
26:00 Meal Prepping as a married Couple
30:00 Best Running Headphones
31:30 what would Lucy’s occupation be if she wasn’t in fitness?
33:55 How do you train with a partner who is fitter than you?
38:50 Is it possible to train for a half and a Hyrox?
42:30 HRV and rest days
47:00 Wearable reccs
51:00 Screentime reductions
Friend of the pod Steph AKA Nutty Foodie Fitness is back for episode 2 of the podcast today! Recently Steph has turned into the most insane endurance athlete, completing iron man Triathlons and most recently completing the brutal L'etape stage of the Tour de France. This ep is a must listen.
Thanks to steph for coming on once again to the pod!
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00:00 Intro
02:00 Do you believe in yourself now?
05:00 Looking back at Ironman Achievements
14:00 Cutting people out of your life
20:00 Inspirational Friends
24:00 Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway
24:45 Tour De France
38:00 Reflecting on your own achievements vs others
43:30 Are you an Ironman?
50:00 Peeing on the Tour De France
51:30 Peeing in a sweet packet
Anya culling is a professional runner who initially ran a 4:36 marathon adn less than 18 months later ran a 2:30. This insane achievement isn't the most impressive thing about her, she is an incredibly kind person who is jumping on today to chat about accusations of doping, mental battles and how you can learn to run FAST.
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02:00 How did Anya get into Running?
04:45 First Marathon
06:34 Second marathon
10:30 To begin with Anya was running without gear
15:30 People don’t know athletes and Olympians, they know Instagram runners.
19:00 Do I want to be a runner or a social media runner?
22:20 Blood doping accusations
30:00 Balancing Weight Loss and Performance
38:30 Identity takes time to catch up with reality.
40:30 Sprint on Netflix
43:00 Are you living your dream?
48:30 Competing with Boys
51:00 5 Things you wish you knew about running.Anya culling is a professional runner who initially ran a 4:36 marathon adn less than 18 months later ran a 2:30. This insane achievement isn't the most impressive thing about her, she is an incredibly kind person who is jumping on today to chat about accusations of doping, mental battles and how you can learn to run FAST.
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02:00 How did Anya get into Running?
04:45 First Marathon
06:34 Second marathon
10:30 To begin with Anya was running without gear
15:30 People don’t know athletes and Olympians, they know Instagram runners.
19:00 Do I want to be a runner or a social media runner?
22:20 Blood doping accusations
30:00 Balancing Weight Loss and Performance
38:30 Identity takes time to catch up with reality.
40:30 Sprint on Netflix
43:00 Are you living your dream?
48:30 Competing with Boys
51:00 5 Things you wish you knew about running.
Hunter Mcintyre is the fastest Hyrox Athlete of all time. He achieved the world record run in Stockholm in 2023. Since then, Hunter has been very open about his disappointment with his performance at his latest event, taking third place in Nice.
Today Hunter is joining us for the second time to discuss Hyrox, Hybrid training, His previous past with addiction, finding your passion in life and so much more.
This ep is a banger, thanks to Hunter for giving us his time yet again.
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00:00 Hunter has lost weight recently
02:00 What happened in Nice Hyrox?
3:30 The pressure of being a world champ
6:00 Mindset after Nice
7:00 Is a 50 Minute Hyrox Possible?
10:00 The Ideal Body for Hyrox
16:45 Hunter at the Olympics
20:00 Optimal running volume for Hyrox
27:30 Hunters Off Season
32:30 The best athletes for Hyrox
34:00 Hunters 5k PB
38:00 Learning from the losses
39:30 World Champ recovery protocol
42:45 Hunters Daily Routine
45:40 Action vs Inaction
53:00 Finding your passion in life
55:00 Non Actionable Spaces
58:50 Winning vs Success
1:03 Hunters Lowest Moment
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