Lift For Life with Graham and Angus
Episodes
Building The UK’s #1 Bespoke Nutrition Brand with Caspar Rose
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angus & Graham interview Caspar Rose, Chief Executive of Fresh Fitness Food and discuss how the company delivers chef-designed, fresh, pre-cooked...
How To Pick Your Personal Trainer
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham describes how he founds Angus, what lessons he derives from that process and what red flags to look for when choosing a PT. PTs need to take co...
The Best Meal Prep Service
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angus & Graham discuss the Lift For Life podcast’s new sponsorship agreement with Fresh Fitness Food. They explain how this pre-prepared food d...
Why Your Weight Loss Diets Fail
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angus and Graham discuss ‘weight-loss diets’. Unsurprisingly they are sceptical and prefer sustainable long-term nutrition habits, rather than qui...
HYROX
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
HYROX has been transforming group fitness since it was founded by Moritz Furste and Christian Toetzke in Hamburg, Germany in 2017. Last year 23,000 pe...
How To Get Better At Running
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded on the day of the London marathon, Graham & Angus discuss running, and how to improve your performance. Graham also details some extreme ...
How To Make The Most Of Hotel Gyms
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham & Angus discuss hotel gyms, how to optimise and stay on track when travelling and what do if if your hotel gym is sub-par. Graham highlight...
How To Turn A Bad Training Session Into A Good One
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angus & Graham discuss how to turn around a bad training session. When you dont have a plan, things often go wrong. They also discuss an array of ...
How To Eat On The Move
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham and Angus discuss how they manage their diet when travelling. Graham has challenges on business trips, especially on British Airways Business C...
How To Recover From Injury
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham & Angus discuss sports injury rehab. Graham recently strained his elbow tendon ('Golfers Elbow’) and they discuss how he has adapted....
Is Whoop Really Worth It?
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham’s Whoop experience was not as positive as he had hoped. Angus was correct, again. They discuss what happened and Graham connects the situatio...
Why 8-12 Week Transformations Do More Harm Than Good
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham and Angus discuss the self-defeating process of short term “transformations”. It’s tempting to look for quick fixes. However finding th...
Fitness Accessories
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham & Angus discuss their training gear. To Angus’ frustration, Graham has just bought a Whoop bracelet. They also discuss lifting shoes, soc...
Group Gym Classes
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angus & Graham debate group gym classes. How dangerous can they be? How can you better prepare yourself for them? What are the aspects?
Creatine, Protein Shakes, and Other Supplements
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham & Angus discuss the advantages of supplements for training, what they use and what the medical community says about their use. Angus explai...
Graham’s Annual Medical Assessment
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angus asks Graham to explain why he has an annual BUPA medical assessment, what it involves and what the trends and conclusions have been. To Angus’...
Cryotherapy - What Is It And What Are Its Benefits?
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angus discusses his personal cryotherapy experiences. Graham runs him through the history and how it can help in your weight-training journey. Gua Sha...
Calorie Burn - Cardio vs Lifting
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham discusses his new, slightly terrifying, social media activity. He and Angus then go on to discuss the science behind how many calories are burn...
Muscles & Immunity
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angus and Graham ponder why they don’t seem to get ill very much. Neither of them had bad Covid symptoms when it was a thing a couple of years ago. ...
Cycling. What Does It Do To Your Body?
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham & Angus discuss the pros and cons of cycling. It’s becoming more and more popular, and is a very convenient way of exercising. What are ...
How Movie Stars Train - With Stu Walton
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks episode Graham & Angus interview Stu Walton who was the Cast Trainer on the ‘Justice League’ movie and Lead Cast Trainer on the ‘A...
It’s January. Where On Earth Do You Start?
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Day 1. In this weeks Lift For Life podcast, Graham does some role play. Angus asks him to act as if he knows nothing about the gym. Angus gets a littl...
Christmas Special Episode With Angus And Graham
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Angus and Graham discuss their Christmas morning running traditions. We encourage our listeners to start their fitness journey before New Year's Day f...
Graham & Angus Debate Fruit Sugar And Refined Sugar
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does your body digest smoothies and fruit juices? Coke vs OJ? Angus and Graham discuss the mistakes Graham used to make. It’s all about moderat...
Red Meat
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Red meat. In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Angus and Graham discuss red meat. It’s a controversial topic as some say it causes cancer ...
Graham's Favourite Day In The Gym
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Graham loves lifting weights in the gym. Many of Graham’s friends and colleagues ask him to describe what his workout routine involves. In this epi...
The Importance Of A Proper Warm Up Routine
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Graham used to warm up in the gym with cardio. This was totally counterproductive. In this week's 12 minute episode of the Lift For Life podcast, ...
Angus & Graham Interview Matt Gamble - Training With A Disability
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One in six people globally has a significant disability. In this episode, Matt, who lost an arm in an accident when he was 3 years old, explains to Gr...
Angus Interviews Graham About How The Gym Has Impacted His Personal And Professional Life
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Angus asks Graham how the gym has impacted his confidence, how he structures his time and his social int...
Saunas And Cold Water Therapy
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Angus details some surprising dopamine data regarding the effect of cold water. He and Graham discuss ho...
Eggs. Are They Good Or Bad For You?
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Graham is shocked at how many eggs Angus consumes each month, but goes into their health benefits (both ...
Weight Loss Drugs
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Graham & Angus discuss the new wave of weight loss drugs - how they work, what they do and their sid...
Are Smart Watches Worth It?
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Graham and Angus discuss Whoop, the Apple Watch, Strava, Fitbit, Peloton and Swift. Graham had a few pro...
The Importance Of Sleep
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Graham & Angus discuss the importance of sleep for all aspects of life - both performance in the gy...
What Supplements Should You Take?
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Supplements. We don’t think you need many supplements and should stick to real whole foods as your key source of macronutrients. However, it’s som...
Angus And Graham Discuss The Absurdity That They Have Been Diagnosed As ‘Obese'
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scale weight. Angus and Graham are considered ‘obese’. They explain why and discuss how misleading scale weight can be. What are the different typ...
Graham & Angus Answer Questions That They Have Received From Listeners Of The First 8 Episodes.
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Angus and I respond to some listeners questions. A listener in South Africa asks about Angus’ online training vs the Nike app, and ...
Graham Interviews His Long-Standing Physiotherapist, Ben Lombard
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Life For Life podcast, Graham is solo with his Physiotherapist Ben Lombard. Angus introduced Graham to Ben in 2020 after a skii...
Angus’ Childhood, Troubles At School, And How The Gym Changed His Mindset
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Lift For Life podcast is a bit of a summer special where Graham decides to delve into Angus’ childhood to find out what has shap...
How To Stay On Track While On Holiday
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Angus & Graham discuss holidays. Angus asks Graham to describe how he has developed OCD about weight...
Why Weight Training Will Change Your Life
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Angus describes his disappointment that many people give up on their body, as they enter their 40s and 5...
Why People Run
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Angus & Graham delve deeper into the science behind running, and their personal experiences with it....
Do You Need To Sweat To Get In Shape?
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Angus describes Graham’s 'G-Dog' 6 day split training regime. They describe what Graham previo...
Why Running Isn't Getting You Results
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lift For Life podcast, Graham explains how, after years of running and going to the gym, he discovered that weight-training cou...
Why We Started This Podcast
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Graham works in finance in London. Angus is his 25 year old Personal Trainer. In this first episode of the 'Lift For Life' podcast, they each ...