This conversation is with Sabrina Moore of Donut Barbell in Cardiff. Sabrina is a 3x British champion powerlifter in the 63kg weight category, and a women's powerlifting coach who focuses particularly on the impact strength training can have on

Personal Trainers and Feudalism

Apr 4th, 2022 24m 43s

This conversation is with Professor Geraint Harvey. Harvey is the DanCap Private Equity Chair in Human Organization at Western University in Ontario. His research focuses on the employment relationship and the changing nature of work. Back in 2

Running a Yoga Studio with a Social Purpose

Apr 1st, 2022 23m 10s

Today I am speaking with Abi Nolan, the founder of Supply Yoga. Supply is a social enterprise changing the culture of access to wellbeing services through an innovative cyclical business model - paid subscriptions for their online classes subsi

Inclusivity Standards for the Fitness Industry

Mar 21st, 2022 27m 13s

This interview is with Laura McAfferty, the founder of Inclusive Wellness, a social enterprise and community committed to increasing accessibility, diversity and inclusivity in the private health & wellness industry.We spoke about the need for

Deconstructing the Fitness Industrial Complex

Mar 18th, 2022 29m 50s

I'm so excited to share this conversation with Justice Williams and to reflect on how his world-leading work at Fitness for All Bodies can inform our renovation of Bristol Co-operative Gym as we make it more welcoming and adaptable to more peop

The Lost History of Co-operative Gyms

Mar 13th, 2022 38m 38s

The first episode of this special series of the Good Gym Guide is with Conor Heffernan, a historian of strength currently based at Ulster University whose blog Physical Culture Study is the best resource I know of for learning about the origins

Maintaining our Gym’s Unique Culture

Oct 23rd, 2019 31m 50s

For the last episode of this series, I spoke with Darren Faulkner, one of the founders of Primal Gym in Leeds. When I asked Darren to imagine his ideal training environment, he paused for a while, looked around, and then said that he felt tha

Truly Accessible Training

Oct 16th, 2019 25m 36s

This episode is with Gina and Chris Hopkins, from Adaptive Martial Arts. AMA provide martial arts training for all abilities. Rather than coaching in a particular lineage or tradition, they take an innovative mixed approach, drawing from multip

Gyms as Shared Play Spaces

Oct 9th, 2019 26m 3s

This episode is with Charlie Bones, who runs the X-Ray Spexercise Punk Aerobics classes. In the familiar environments of music venues and pubs, she pairs classic punk culture with simple aerobic exercises to share the benefits of physical activ

Designing for Different Needs

Oct 2nd, 2019 22m 3s

This episode is with David Sully, who runs two very different exercise groups in Bristol - the LGBTQ fitness classes at Hamilton House and the Yate Active Wellbeing Group. Although the content of these classes, and the people who go to them, a

Making the Gym an Urban Idyll

Sep 25th, 2019 23m 35s

This episode is with Devaki, the founder of Curvy Girl Yoga. In her classes, Devaki creates a dedicated, celebratory space for women sized 16 or more to practice yoga. She describes how she builds this environment with openness and humour, nurt

Learning from Global Training Traditions

Sep 18th, 2019 21m 17s

This first episode is with Peter Hodkinson of Body Mind Fitness. Peter produces beautiful wooden training equipment, as used in movement traditions from all across the world - clubs from India, meels, maces and sang shields from Persia, tai-chi

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