Mature Muscle Podcast

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! Welcome to the first episode of 2025. Apologies for the delay since Ep.5. I was in Nepal climbing mountains over November and December... In this episode, I welcome Aaron Hopkins, sucessful PT and gym owner. I interviewed him a few months ago and we had a great laugh and were very much of the same mind when discussing all things health/fitness. He will be joining me as co-host, so i'm really looking forward to recording with him. Find out m...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.5 - Extreme Dieting Part 2: Vegan In Part 2 of 2, I talk to Professor Greg Whyte OBE (Sports Science) and Professor Andy Lane (Psychology). We discuss Extreme dieting or Fad dieting, why we are drawn to extremes. We discuss the Carnivore diet, the Vegan diet their effects, the negatives and the positives. Please join the Mature Muscle Podcast Facebook Group, and also please subscribe and share the podcast far and wide! This will reall...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Sp.4 - Extreme Eating Part 1: The Carnivore Diet, with Nutritional Therapist Mark Bennett. This week I spoke to Nutritional Therapist Mark Bennett. We spoke about extreme diets, specifically about the carnivore approach which is animal only products. We discussed its effectiveness, safety and how to implement and follow it properly. We also spoke about what happens in the body while its being followed. Mark has been on MM before, we spoke previ...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.3 - Coach Masterclass: Greg Mikolap from ICON This is the second of a series of interviews of local (to me) established coaches, PTs and gym owners. Todays guest is Greg Mikolop owner of ICON in Maidenhead, Berkshire. I've known him for several years, we worked together for a few years as freelance PT's many years ago. Today, we dive into his training philosophy, successes, failures, some thoughts on nutrition and supplementation, and...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.2 - Coach Masterclass: With Aaron Hopkins of PT:U This is the first of a series of interviews of local (to me) established coaches, PTs and gym owners. Todays guest is Aaron Hopkins, owner of PT:U in Crowthorne near Wokingham. Aarons Bio: Aaron Hopkins Aaron has a wealth of knowledge and experience ranging from sports performance to body composition with testimonials to prove his results. He has put his skills to the test from p...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.4 Ep.1 - The Science of Pain & Pushing Through the Pain Barrier Welcome to a new season, looking forward to some great new guests and also getting some previous guests back on. Today i'm speaking to Dr Richard Harrison, he is a pain researcher employed at the University of Reading and affiliated with the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences (SPCLS) and Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN). His research ...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! This isn't an episode, just an update and review of season 3, plus a few words about the upcoming Season 4. 15,000 downloads, so far and some great feedback, thanks all! I hope you find this useful and enjoyed the podcast. Watch for the next episode soon, please subscribe when you can and please leave us a rating or review. It would really help if you shared this or any of these podcasts, with anyone who might find it useful. Click...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.20 Optimal Heart Health: Coming Back Stronger After A Heart Attack Last episode in this season, and its a cracker! Today i'm joined by Dr Richard Godfrey, a lecturer in physiology at Brunel University, London. In 2007 he had a near fatal heart attack, but using his knowledge and lots of research, he managed to rebuild his health and heart function. We discuss all aspects of heart heath including, exercise, diet and lifestyle. Dr Richard God...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.19 - Creating A Dementia Defence Plan. With Prof. Andy Lane This episode has a focus on longevity. Today I teamed up with Professor Andy Lane to look at nutrition, exercise, sleep and social interaction and how they may be able to slow down the onset, or reduce the severity of dementia. Brain health is a subject of interest to both of us, as we both have parents suffering from some form of brain condition. Andrew Lane is a Professor o...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.18 - Sugars, Sweeteners & Metabolic Damage. With Mark Bennett BSc Today I was joined by Mark Bennett, a highly qualified Nutritional Therapist. The plan was to talk about sugars and artificial sweeteners, which we did. But then we got into so much more. Sometimes it got quite technical and we went pretty deeply into chronic health conditions, food and how its eaten can affect them. We spoke specifically about the diabetes epidemic...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.17 - Meal Prepping Tips & Tricks Today i'm joined by my buddy Phil Agostino to discuss all aspects of meal preparation. We chat about the many benefits of planning ahead; - Time saving - Reduced stress (the trauma of decision!) - Promotion of healthier eating habits - Better Macro/Micro nutrient balance - Economical, less waste - Less chance of saying "F**K IT! i'm getting a deliveroo!" - Different containers, microwave, BPA free etc - ...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.16 - Ice Baths & Cold Water Immersion with Prof. Greg Whyte In this episode i'm joined once more by Professor Greg Whyte OBE (Sports Science). We discuss: The concept of cold water immersion including optimum duration and temperature. What scientific evidence exists to support the idea that cold water immersion can have positive effects on the body and mind What are the main physiological changes that occur during cold water imm...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.15 - Nutrigenomics: Nutrition Based on Genotype - With Vicky Godfrey & Kate Scott. Vicky and Kate are both Nutritional Therapists and have started a company called DNApal. This is based on Nutrigenomics, the method of establishing optimum nutrition based on a persons genes. We spoke about : How they both got involved in Nutrigenomics.The definition of NutrigenomicsHow humans developed different nutritional needs from each other From...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.14 - A Battle With Long Covid. Part 2 - With Nick Hollis & Dr Deepak Ravindran You may like to listen to Part 1: S.2/Ep.5, to understand this podcast better, but it is not essential. After nearly two years of experimenting with everything from LDN, Fluvoxamine through to eastern medicine such as acupuncture and nutritional fasting etc, Nick Hollis, adventurer, mountaineer, polar explorer and charity fund raiser brings us up to date with ...

Have a comment? I'd love to hear from you! S.3 Ep.13 - The Menopause, Exercise & HRT with Author & PT Amanda Thebe This is Part 2 of a Hormone Special. In Part 1 I looked into TRT with Expert Dave Crossland Today I chat to Amanda Thebe, a British PT and author who lives in Canada. She has written a book to help deal with the Menopause, what to expect and how to use exercise to help. The book is called "MENOPOCALYPSE" and is well worth reading (link below), especially if...