Fitness Inside Out - By Wild Training: Recent Episodes
James Griffiths
The Wild Training podcast is where you will find the best of our conversations focused around exercise, health, sports conditioning, nutrition, performance psychology & the fitness industry.
The podcast has 4 main series running.
Industry Insight - Experts from inside & outside the fitness industry share their business expertise. Chat with the Coach - Great coaches talking about their passion. Friends of Wild - Celebrities, athletes, & legends talk lifestyle, fitness & fun. Wild Uncovered - Founder, James Griffiths, shares the Wild Training story, & everything he's learned a long the way.
James sits down and talks to Melissa about hormone health. They shed light on a confusing topic, but keep it practical for both men and women, who need to get this stuff down to enjoy good energy, mood, training, recovery... and every other function they want their body to be able to perform well. If you want to talk to the team more about hormone health and your health in general get in contact, as our new 7 Step coaching system will be able to help you.
Tenzing has an amazing story about how their brand started, and in this episode James talks to Tenzing's head of sport Minty, about natural energy and the challenges of educating people about natural energy and the benefits of drinking Tenzing over other more energy brands. Wild Training has stocked Tenzing non stop since we took deliver of the first branded Tenzing fridge in the UK, so needless to say James is a big fan of their product.
James sits down with Suzanne Shaw to talk about the challenges they've taken on and what they have learned about motivation. They dive into what motivates them personally, and some of the pitfalls that catch a lot of people out when it comes to motivation towards a better quality of life. This is a great episode for anyone that has ever felt anxious by the thought of starting something new, or maybe you feel anxious by taking part in certain activities and events that are part of your routine.
Dave Shah works at the Wild Training Gym as our sports & remedial soft tissue therapist, Osteopath and trains at the gym with our coaches. James sees Dave every week for a session to keep his body in the best form possible. Dave has also been a huge part of the amazing progress James has made since his elbow surgery. They discuss pain, injuries and how many are simply looking at the wrong thing, the wrong way.
Gregg came back on our Podcast to talk to James about accessory training. He shares his experience of training non specific movements to improve body mechanics, correct strength imbalances, and support a varied training routine with different types of stress to optimise performance and recovery. James' dives into his top accessory exercises and systems everyone should train. For a cool concept on planning your routine check our James' recent YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq9Dgk3VTl0
James invited Ollie Lemmings back on to the podcast to talk about mental health. The fitness industry has a lot to shout about in terms of the positive impact our services have on peoples mental health, but in this episode James and Ollie talk honestly about the negative impact fitness without the right direction can sometimes have. If you're affected by any of the topics discussed please get in contact with us or the great people at Mind - https://www.mind.org.uk/
Today Chloe, one of the members at the Wild Training Gym, and a personal training client of James' spoke with him about food, which is an informative chat about the fundamentals of healthy food. Chloe has recently started studying dietetics at university so James want to check his experience and personal research into nutrition, health and supplements against current education.
James sits down with CrossFit coaches Gregg Walker, Ted Wakefield and Ollie Lemmings and talks about the challenges of coaching CrossFit. They discuss the common misconception of "CrossFit causes Injuries" and how that idea actually comes from some much wider challenges within the Fitness Industry and fitness culture.
This podcast was a opportunity for Carlos, on his work experience week at the Wild Training gym so see the other side of running a business like Wild Training. This podcast was edited and published by Carlos, with a bit of help from James. Thanks for listening and please hit subscribe. remember we post new content every Monday.
Having a pace maker at a young age hasn't stopped Rhi discovering a passion for exercise at Wild Training. James talks with Rhi about the challenges she had in finding exercise that she'd enjoy and what she's achieved from making the decision to turn up. Please hit subscribe and remember we add new content every week. To workout with the team go to www.wildxfitness.com and get started now.
James sits down with some of the younger Wild Training members who are navigating the confusion of strength training and nutrition for the first time. They talk about trends and what resources young people have access to for learning about fitness and strength training. Then James shares some valuable insights around the key things to get right, and what to avoid with their training and supplements.
This is a special podcast as James talks to three of the Wild Training members, who have all experienced personal training with him, about barriers to joining a gym. All of these members started off believing the gym wasn't for them, couldn't be something they'd enjoy and simply didn't want to spend their time or money on it. Now absolute converts having found a passion for fitness through training at the Wild Training Gym, they share their experience of discovering what exercise and a gym community really offers in value to them, and the challenges they now experience when trying to get other people they care about into the gym.
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Please hit subscribe and catch our next episode with the Wild Training team talking about all the most common nutrition mistakes we see people make with their food.
In this episode James sits down with three of the coaches from the Wild Training Gym, to talk about the barriers that stop a lot of people from joining a gym. Fears, ego and preconceptions that the team put to bed, and with insight from the perspective of both consumer and of fitness industry professional, as all three of the coaches that join James in this chat, started off as his clients before they joined Wild Training as instructors.
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Please hit subscribe and catch our next episode in the Industry Insight series with Mike Hayer, senior nutritionist for England institute of sport.
The first lockdown ended at the end of June 2020 for the Fitness Industry, and since then we've been non stop changing the landscape of health and fitness and how people can engage with our services. All this whilst navigating two more lockdowns, getting voted the BEST GYM IN THE UK, and creating plans to scale the Wild Training brand globally. A quick catch up on the last year.
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We are nearly at the end of lockdown, and according to sport England and the TA6 National Fitness Survey results, the British public are excited about going back to gyms. In this episode of Industry Insight James talks in depth about how to buy the right gym membership for you. He goes in to detail about what to look for and what questions you should be asking. Looking at what makes a gym effective, and what makes a gym good value. This really is an episode for everyone so make sure you give it a listen. All the experience and feedback from over James' 10 years in the fitness industry and feedback from 100's of gym members. This is an exciting time in the fitness industry, and an exciting time for everyone looking to join a gym. Use this podcast to make the next stage in your fitness journey the most exciting. Sign up to a 7 day free trial and train with James at www.wildonlineworkouts.com Please hit subscribe and catch our next episode in the Industry Insight series with Lucy Dartford talking PR and marketing.
A day in the life of a personal trainer, gym manager, business owner, husband, dad... In this episode James talks in detail about his routine, and why he thinks having a routine is more powerful than just exercise when it comes to impacting the quality of your life in a positive way. There isn't a perfect plan, but having a plan is a good start, even if it doesn't work straight away. James breaks down the key parts of his day and shares the strategies he has developed to help him manage everything while staying happy and healthy. From how he plans his work agenda to the 'Power down' sequence he uses to get a good nights sleep, every night. There is probably something useful to try for everyone in this podcast so hit play and let us know what you think with a voice message you can leave on the Anchor webpage. Please hit subscribe and remember we add new content every Monday.
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For our first episode in our Workout Review series James talks about parallettes, and why they were part of the original equipment line up when he started Wild Training in 2010. Parallettes are an amazing way to work on your upper body and core strength. The training focuses more on control and static positions that create huge benefits in not just your body shape but your performance as well. You really find out about all your weakest muscles when you use parallettes, which is why the results you achieve probably come so quickly. Early in his career James experienced a lot of benefits with Parallettes and then developed loads of variations to make training with parallettes accessible for everyone to have fun with. They really are a tool everyone can use. Anyone looking to amp up their core training or create some variety in their upper body workouts will get a lot from training with parallettes. James talks in detail about the Explore Fitness parallettes, and why he has become such a big fan of their products.
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Melissa came to Wild Training to join as a member in 2017. That was the start of an amazing story she talks in detail about to James in this episode of chat with the coach. If you follow your gut then eventually you end up doing what you were meant to do, and that is definitely true for Melissa.
From Wild Training member to working on reception, then qualifying as an aerial silks instructor and taking charge of the marketing for the entire Wild Training brand.
Now she is supporting the business in successfully navigating through the Covid lock down, whilst delivering key communications about our current and future services, and what the Wild Training brand has coming next for our customers.
Melissa has inspired a lot of women with how she trains, using the Wild Woman systems she learned from James, and in this episode talks about the most powerful thing she did to see the biggest change to her body, and her enjoyment of exercise as part of her lifestyle. If you want to hear from someone doing an awesome job of living a Wild Life, hit play!
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One of the most exciting trainers to work with Wild Training, In this episode of Chat with the coach Kurt Hicks talks to James about his sporting background and his second chance in making the fitness industry his career.
Kurt has mastered something that for many trainers, is a missing skill. Compassion. The ability to connect with clients with a genuine understanding of their needs, from their point of view. James dives in to Kurt's training style and they talk about the value in not having a 'niche' as a personal trainer.
James and Kurt both qualified as personal trainers with the same education company, at similar times, and had lots of different experiences in doing the job in different types for fitness facilities. They talk about the pros and cons of starting out as a young personal trainer, and what the education industry could do better to prepare new personal trainers for working, and succeeding in the fitness industry.
They finish talking about how their view of the need for personal trainers to have better support in education, training skills and business strategy has lead them to launch the new Wild EVO personal trainer license. This is the trainer development system that helped Kurt find success as a personal trainer after joining Wild Training, now made even better to help more trainers across the globe needing help re build their businesses after the Covid-19 lockdown.
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For more information about the Wild EVO personal training license get in contact with Wild Training here
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The first episode in our Wild Uncovered Series. Recorded after 10 years of the Wild Training brand, founder James Griffiths talks about why he started Wild and how those goals have never changed, even though the business has evolved and adapted lots a long the way.
From the start of his career as a personal trainer, to the current lock down situation, and what the future of the fitness industry might look like after the Covid-19 crisis, James shares his experience and insight in what is looking like the most exciting time in the history of the Wild Training brand.
1 hour listening to James talk about Wild Training, the future of our business, and the future of the fitness industry. Not one to miss.
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Elle Weaver has done pole fitness since 2012 and is the resident pole fitness instructor at the Wild Training Gym. She has taught James everything he knows about pole strength training and now they both talk about the exciting, growing pole community in the fitness industry. With no prior dance or gymnastics training, Elle moved away from a standard gym routine of hitting the cross trainer after work to falling in love with a much more expressive style of exercise in pole fitness. She had know intention of coaching pole, after previously being a violin teacher which she didn't enjoy. Given the right environment at the Wild Training Gym, Elle has thrived as a pole instructor and created an incredible community thanks to her passion and detailed coaching. Elle and James talk about the challenges that often stop people giving pole or similar more skilled based exercise styles a go, and how Elle is helping so many people get passed that fear to experience so much joy in their exercise. Want to train with Elle and James. Get a 7 day FREE trial at www.wildonlineworkouts.com Find out more at www.wildtraining.co.uk Pole qualified with X pole - https://x-pole.co.uk/
In this episode of Industry Insight James talks to Sean Mullins, Vice President EMEA at Datrium, about sales and some of the wisdom Sean has shared with James over the years as a personal training client. Sean is an incredible sales leader, and talks openly about the pillars he uses himself, not just create a sale, but to create brand advocates that lead to a positive sales culture. James relates this to the challenges the fitness industry faces and together they both dive deeper in to what a sales process might look like for gyms and personal trainers that want to grow their businesses efficiently. If you are working in the fitness industry, or are just interested in gaining a greater understanding of modern sales strategy then this podcast is an absolute must listen to. For more information go to www.wildtraining.co.uk To train with James and the Wild Training team get a 7 day free pass for Wild Online Workouts here - www.wildonlineworkouts.com
"The coach that I have spent the most time being coached by". James talks to martial arts coach Phil Else in this episode of Chat with the coach about his journey from getting in to martial arts as a young man, to now being a full time part of the Wild Training instructor team. Phil is a phenomenal athlete and has a huge depth of knowledge across so many different styles of martial arts. This experience and time training with James using the Wild Training systems has lead to Phil creating the Wild Fight strength and conditioning system to help amateur and pro athletes get in to top form for competitions. Phil has also designed Wild Trinity, a 3 part martial arts system including Shaolin Strength, Kickboxing Skills and Grappling Technique. Wild Trinity will launch to our Wild Live online fitness members and be available on Wild Online Workouts as well. They talk in detail around the cultures and benefits of different styles of fight training and give some ideas on the differences between eastern and western disciplines. Get a free 7 day pass and train with Phil and James on www.wildonlineworkouts.com For more information on Wild Training go to www.wildtraining.co.uk Please subscribe to our podcast. Thanks for listening to Fitness Inside Out, by Wild Training. Presented by James Griffiths
Head trainer at the Wild Training Gym, Andrew Hobson talks to James about getting his masters degree, how he got in to the fitness industry and his experience working in professional sport. Expert sports therapist, In demand personal trainer and fitness leader. Andrew has learned about all the Wild Training systems, and taken the training further by adapting relevant systems to support his work with athletes and people rehabilitating injuries. Now a key part of the management team for Wild Training, Andrew has delivered key projects from our first strongman competition, the Wild Training Strongman Cup, to more recently helping implement the new Wild Live classes and personal training services. An inspiration to a lot of people, and maybe some good ideas on taking an open minded approach to the job as a fitness professional. Andrew shares lessons he has learned in taking a positive approach to continuously learn and build on his own abilities from every opportunity. Get a FREE 7 day pass and Workout with Andrew on Wild Online Workouts - www.wildonlineworkouts.com For more information about the Wild Training brand check out - www.wildtraining.co.uk
Listen to James and the Wild Training team talk through their first month in lock down and how they have adapted the Wild Training business to thrive during the Covid-19 crisis. Melissa Cassar, Andrew Hobson and James discuss the 'Hybrid Gym' business model and the value it is having for both their members, and the Wild Training brand. For gym owners, personal trainers and anyone working in the fitness industry, this is a must listen to. James talks about the practical implementation of the new online fitness services and gives key take aways for other fitness businesses to learn from. They review the different platforms available, the positives and the limitations, and share the communication they had with members. All the factors that helped Wild Training retain 90% of their memberships, and enabled them to continue selling full price memberships after gyms were told to close. Please subscribe to our podcast. Thanks for listening to Fitness Inside Out, by Wild Training. Presented by James Griffiths. Get a 7 day FREE trial of Wild Online Workouts now - https://www.wildonlineworkouts.com/ Facebook portal - https://portal.facebook.com/ Insure 4 sport - https://www.insure4sport.co.uk/
In this episode of Chat with the Coach, James talks to a personal trainer that he has known since 2009, Hermina Campbell. A valued part of the Wild Training Instructor team and a successful self employed personal trainer, Hermina came to personal training later in life after a successful career in media, where she created an award winning documentary. A jack of all trades and master of none, Hermina and James discuss a different point of view on what value is, and how Hermina delivers it in bucket loads to all of her clients. Some great lessons on prioritising your time, especially when it comes to continued developed of our own skills and knowledge as coaches. Hermina qualified with Future Fit training so you can check the details of their fitness and personal training courses here - https://www.futurefit.co.uk/ For more information about the Wild Training services make sure you look at https://www.wildtraining.co.uk/ Go to https://www.wildonlineworkouts.com/ and can get a 7 day free pass for Wild Online Workouts so you can train with Hermina and James online now. Please subscribe to our Podcast. Thanks for listening to Fitness Inside Out, by Wild Training. Presented by James Griffiths
Fitness, exercise, health and wellbeing is an exciting part of our world, and Wild Training has been focused on making it fun, keeping it effective and including everyone since 2009. Our episodes are for people looking for advice on training, exercise equipment and tech reviews, nutrition and mindset as well as fitness industry insights to help personal trainers and gym owners learn from our experience, and share their own so as an industry we can evolve and improve the service we provide to consumers. For more information check out our website www.wildtraining.co.uk