Just The Fitness Tip

We got into the Guinness Book of Records (also Blue Peter) and we're here to show you how. While the majority of us were learning how to bake, during the 2020 lockdown Jason set himself an ambitious goal: to break a record. The action sports athlete combined hard work with out-of-the-box thinking to create a new challenge of unicycling while simultaneously lifting a barbell. He broke the record for heaviest single weight lifted by barbell overhead press while riding a unicycle by lifting an incredible 68 kg (149.9 lb) in April 2021, after eight weeks of continuous training for five days a week. Now a proud representative of Guinness World Records 2023, thanks to Rod's magnificent photograph, which was also featured all over the press. “The book is kind of part of the fabric of our culture, really, as I think everyone has memories of the Guinness World Records as a kid at Christmas. “And to be a very small part of that, it feels a lot more meaningful than just breaking the record itself – that was very humbling, for one, and a real honour to be part of it.” He said that as a child, the unconventional records stood out to him “a little bit more”. “That would catch my eye and it probably has influenced me in some way, shape or form, and I cannot believe it is still relevant,” he said. Just The Fitness Tip is Edinburgh's No.1 health and fitness podcast with Jason Auld and Rod Penn.

Martial arts aren’t just a great way to get in shape; they can also help improve your self confidence and mindfulness, and introduce you to new cultures and friends. Many lessons taught in martial arts apply to other aspects of life. We discuss the impact that film and television has had on introducing people to martial arts. We look at the article from Medium.com on the 6 best martial arts for fitness: Capoeira Taekwondo Karate Escrima Wing Chun Tai Chi We talk about our own experience with Boxing, Kick Boxing and Rod's 20 year practise of Capoeira. We ask, which Martial Art can you eat a burger while doing? Which can you River Dance while doing? And we end with, who would win these fantasy fights? Including Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali. Get in touch with the show on Instagram; @JustTheFitnessTip @JasonProUnicyclist @Rod_Penn Just The Fitness Tip, Edinburgh's no.1 health and fitness podcast with Jason Auld and Rod Penn.

#131 is easily the worst thing we've ever put out. Although it's been censored, it is explicit, mainly thanks to our guest Dan Scott of Clan Fit Edinburgh, so please don't listen if you're sensitive to mature,  crude and expletive riddled conversation. We try our best to play a couple of fitness related games. Sometimes your best isn't good enough. We use our predictive text suggestions to answer some of the most pressing health & fitness questions. We abandon that due to poor results and move on to play a vague version of Room 101, where two of us propose one thing about the fitness industry we wish to banish for eternity and the other decides which deserves the boot. Get in touch if you want our predictive text suggestions to answer your questions by DMing us on Instagram; @JustTheFitnessTip @JasonProUnicyclist @Rod_Penn Just The Fitness Tip, Edinburgh's no.1 health and fitness podcast, with Jason Auld and Rod Penn.

This is the quintessential guide to health and fitness from A-Z. Jason & Rod go through the alphabet, defining, explaining and using in a sentence, a mixture of health & fitness terms with some ludicrous gym slang to have a good laugh at. The aim; to provide you with a glossary of definitions to help in your training and to join in on a laugh with your gym bros. AMRAP, Broscience, Compound Exercise, DOMS, Eccentric contraction, Full Range of Motion, Gluteal Amnesia, Hypertrophy, Isometric, Juicing, Kip up, Ligaments, Mirin’, Negatives, Overtrain, Plyometrics, Quality, Rate of perceived exertion (RPE), Soy Boy, Trapzilla, Upper Body Business, Volume, Work In, Xercise & Zigzagging. Let us know if we missed out a term you've always wondered about and maybe we'll do a part 2. You can get in touch by DM on Instagram; @JustTheFitnessTip @JasonProUnicyclist @Rod_Penn. Just The Fitness Tip, Edinburgh's no.1 health and fitness podcast with Jason Auld & Rod Penn.

Were Spartan's ripped? How much could a Viking lift? Were Gladiators really vegan? What can we learn from the Ancient Greeks that can help us stay fit today? Rod and Jason look at the fitness regimes and diets of ancient warriors and find out how they exercised for war, for functionality and for leisure. Inspired by the History Channel show Ancient Warrior Workouts with Omar Isuf.

Fitness Tribalism; a support network or form of indoctrination? On episode 128 of Just The Fitness Tip Jason & Rod look into Tribalism, what it is, how it affects society at large and it's increasing presence in the fitness industry. We look at fitness & diet tribes like CrossFit and Spartan Race, vegans and ketos. We read 4 tips on how to start a fitness tribe. We learn about the UK based gym credited as eco friendly and ask; do we need our gym to be aligned with our political and social views Do you have a fitness tribe? Do you need your fitness tribe? Let us know your views by getting in touch via Instagram; @JustTheFitnessTip @JasonProUnicyclist @Rod_Penn Just The Fitness Tip, Edinburgh's no.1 health and fitness podcast with Jason Auld and Rod Penn.

Andrew McGregor is a filmmaker, Grammy nominated bagpiper, inventor, writer, chessboxing champion, entrepreneur, frequent TEDx speaker, Highlands games athlete, photojournalist, magician, Curator of MindshareLA. He was named one of ‘LA’s 40 Most Interesting People’ by LA Weekly, was part of a team that won the SXSW Interactive Award for Activism, won the ‘Foreigner’ division of an Independence Day Chess Tournament in Kazakhstan, he was featured in the Sports Section of the ‘NY Times’, and he has even received a Certificate of Appreciation from LA’s City Council! Jason talks to Drew about how they met, how he got into Chess Boxing, his work putting robots on rats to find unexploded mines, his photo journalism work in Rwanda and how he ended up competing at over 20 Highland Games. In his honour, we play a game where we guess if this feat of strength was performed by a person or a fictional robot. You can check out Drew's work here. Find out more about his Chess Boxing career here Follow him on Instagram here. Get in touch with the show on Instagram; @JustTheFitnessTip @JasonProUnicyclist @Rod_Penn Just The Fitness Tip, Edinburgh's no.1 health and fitness podcast with Jason Auld and Rod Penn.

Is VR (virtual reality) & AR (augmented reality) the future of fitness? On episode 126 of Just The Fitness Tip, Rod and Jason explore the Metaverse and how new technology is seeking to make fitness more accessible and virtual worlds more immersive. Including apps like Supernatural and Body Combat from Les Mills. We ask, is this a step in the right direction? Is it a waste of time? Or at worst, could it be detrimental? Let us know what you think. We watch Mark Zuckerberg's android-like conversation with developers, we read an article in the Washington Post where a journalist spends 24 hours in the Metaverse. Get in touch via Instagram; @JustTheFitnessTip @JasonProUnicyclist @Rod_Penn Just The Fitness Tip, Edinburgh's no.1 health and fitness podcast with Jason Auld and Rod Penn.

Urban dictionary defines Ego Lifting as; The act of lifting heavy weights for the sole purpose of impressing other people in the room. This is usually done with awful form and gratuitous grunting noises. John: "Look at that idiot ego lifting over there." Mike: "Omg, what a tool. He isn't even using much weight." But can ego ever play a beneficial role in our health, fitness and wellbeing goals? Rod & Jason ask the question. We love hip hop here on Just The Fitness Tip and without ego, we'd not have some of the greatest rap lyrics in history. What an effort segue into an epic rap battle between Rod & Jason, including some hilarious one liners about Jason hurting his balls and Rod being the face of the Quality Meats ad campaign. Get in touch with us on Instagram; @JustTheFitnessTip @JasonProUnicyclist @Rod_Penn Just the Fitness Tip, Edinburgh's no.1 health and fitness podcast with Jason Auld & Rod Penn.

If you think your workout will make you lose weight, will it be more effective? Can one milkshake make you hungry or full based on what you're told? #124 is all about mindset and specifically how what we believe about our workouts and diets can actually have a biological effect on our bodies. Rod reads crap motivational Instagram posts and gets angry about 20 years old giving him life coaching. Do you find poorly translated quotes written on a stock photo of a mountain inspiring? We're joined by special guest Dr Isi Okolo, a Paul Farmer Global Surgery Research Fellow at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), and master of public health candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is also an obstetrics & gynaecology senior resident in the National Health Service in Scotland...and she's married to Rod, continuing our streak of guests who just happen to be friends/family. Born and raised in Nigeria, Dr Isi explains how the phrase "Nigerians don't come last" has influenced her work ethic and intrinsic motivation. Can a high achieving mindset ever be a negative? Is there such a thing as "toxic positivity"? Is there anything you can "Keep calm and" do, that you can't get on a poster or fridge magnet? We troll through eBay for answers. Get in touch via Instagram; @JustTheFitnessTip @JasonProUnicyclist @RodPenn Just The Fitness Tip, Edinburgh's no.1 health and fitness podcast with Jason Auld and Rod Penn. “The total effect of anything is a combined product of what you’re doing and what you think about what you’re doing.” - Dr Alia Crum. Today's episode is inspired by the work of Dr Alia Crum, we look into her studies including how hotel housekeepers lost weight by just believing their work was exercise and her popular milkshake experiment; where participants actually produced more or less ghrelin (a hormone secreted in the gut. People in the medical profession call it the hunger hormone. When ghrelin levels in the stomach rise, that signals the brain that it's time to seek out food.) based on what they believed they were consuming rather than the actual nutritional value of what they consumed. Dr Crum hypothesises, the effect of food consumption on ghrelin may be psychologically mediated, and mindset meaningfully affects physiological responses to food.