Health Oddity Podcast

We meet lifelong CAMRA member & real ale aficionado Chris Zaremba; obese through most of his adult life, he made a big lifestyle change from the age of 50 after serious warnings from two separate Dr’…

We meet California based ‘Renaissance Man’ Mark Reifkind.

Mark has competed at a high level in gymnastics, ultra-endurance sports, bodybuilding & powerlifting.

Most recently, for close to 20 years he…

We meet Chicago based Jim Hatcher who at 79 years of age has over 65 years of strength training history.

Jim wrestled through High School & College & was first introduced to strength training at 14 y…

We answer questions we've had from listeners and explain some of the contradictions between the opinions of some guests we've had on the show

We give our thoughts on certain types of training and how…

Perry Nickelston is truly ‘one of a kind’.

We discuss injury, pain, movement & Bon Jovi. Perry believes in treating the human rather than the ‘condition’ & refuses to be pigeon holed into a particula…

This week we welcome BJJ and strength Coach legend Steve Maxwell (some of you will have listened to his podcasts with Joe Rogan). 

In this podcast Steve pushes our beliefs to the edge asks some chall…

We meet Strongfirst Senior & Elite Instructor Claire Booth & find out all about her journey from the bodybuilding stage to heading up Strongfirst GB & being stronger (as she approaches 50) than she’s…

We talk about how to build a community who will support you throughout your efforts to become fitter, stronger and healthier and why having that huge support will make it easier to achieve your goals…

In his first visit (episode 21) we met Dan, and discussed some of the big principles that have guided his life and 40+ year coaching career.

In ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ (episode 23) Dan talked us th…

After Brad's first appearance in Feb we just had to have him back to talk about his new book with Mark Sisson, ‘Two Meals a Day’.

He talks about his strategy to shed fat, reduce inflammation, reverse…

Maggie is hugely enthusiastic about everything she does (as you will soon discover) We talk about training to burn as many calories as possible and why this isn’t the best approach to being healthy

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We meet San Francisco based Welshman Phil McDougall - military veteran, former Royal Marine Commando & movement Jedi.

Phil discusses his evolved methods of assessment & training. His love of ‘real wo…

This week we welcome a guest from the world of endurance.  

Brad is an American author (Primal Endurance and more in the works), successful podcast host (Primal Endurance with Mark Sisson and the B.R…

In Dan’s second visit to the Health Oddity podcast we discuss the differences between health, fitness, performance & longevity & Dan talks us through his deceptively simple 1, 2, 3, 4 assessment for …