Mid Life Athlete

It's not often you get to interview a word record holder but Jason & Greg had the pleasure of chatting to Nima Javaheri, who set a new cycling Everesting world record in March 2022, raising money for…

Is stand up paddle boarding (SUP) the new mid life athlete sport? Jason and Greg find out more chatting to mid life athlete, Simon Hutchinson. 

Simon played rugby for best part of 35 years and when ha…

Jason and Greg chat about previous guests, the lost art of patience, future challenges and Greg's health assessment for life insurance.

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Once in a while we get a guest who demands listening to. Kevin Weber is one of those guests. An extraordinary and inspiring story of how one man's refusal to give up on life after being given a diagn…

What happens to our joints as we age and what impact does exercise have? Greg and Jason find out more by chatting to Dr Eva Carneiro, a specialist in sports and exercise medicine. Dr Carneiro has pre…

Jason chats to ultrarunner, Debbie Martin-Consani. Debbie was the first female finisher in this years Montane Spine Race, regarded as one of the worlds toughest endurance races. The spine race involv…

Greg and Jason, chat to journalist and author, David Robson. David is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour, who has written for The Guar…

Greg and Jason chat to Dr Juliet McGrattan about her personal journey as a runner but also her incredible story of how she went from a running mum and practising GP to author, speaker, podcaster, and…

Greg and Jason explore brain health - how you can sharpen your mind but also reduce the risk of dementia in later life. We chat to Dr Kailas Roberts who is a consultant psychiatrist and psychogeriatr…

Greg and Jason chat to Wayne Grimditch and Dan Hutchison. Wayne was a world record waterskier earlier in his career and since retiring established a fitness company that works with a lot of mid life …

Greg and Jason recap on the last 12 months, picking out some of their favourite episodes and reflecting on what they have learnt from the variety of guests on the show. We share some of our new years…

Greg and Jason chat to midlife athlete, Jo Moseley, who in the Summer of 2019 became the first woman to stand up paddleboard, coast-to-coast, across Northern England. Jo has an amazing story of how s…

As Greg says at the start of this episode, we never thought  we'd be chatting to a philosopher on Mid Life Athlete, but here we are chatting to Josh Habgood-Coote, who is a research fellow at the Gro…

Keen to tie up some loose ends from previous episodes, Greg and Jason chat to Dr Daman Langguth, a leading Clinical Immunologist based in Brisbane, Australia. We delve into a heap of questions. Does …

A truly inspiring episode. Jason and Greg chat to adventurer Ian Holdcroft. After a negative experience, Ian decided to embark on the adventures he had always dreamed of, running ultra marathons, inc…

Jason and Greg chat to Joe Eisenmann, PhD, Head of Sport Science at Volt Athletics. Joe has 25+ years of experience as a university professor, researcher, sport scientist, strength and conditioning c…

We've all probably heard the theory that exercise builds muscle because it breaks down the muscle fibre and then rebuilds through scar tissue. Well it turns out that's wrong.

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Greg and Jason chat to Phil Cavell about his book, The Midlife Cyclist.  Phil is a co-founder and director at Cyclefit and having fitted hundreds of midlife cyclists to bikes and been a lifelong cycl…

Greg chats to Jason and asks why is heart rate variability important and how can it be used to inform your training and life in general?

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We've recommissioned ourselves! Jason and Greg are back for season 2 and chat about forthcoming guests and themes as well as what they've been exploring as mid life athletes.

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