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Athlete. Entrepreneur. All-round nice guy. Ollie Marchon is one of the best-respected coaches in the fitness industry. We sat down with our September cover model to talk the rise of competitive fitness, business, nutrition and parenthood.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We covered a tonne of ground in this conversation, with Brent looking back at his personal history in Crossfit, as well as the evolution of the sport itself.Brent is a huge advocate for the establishment and cultivation of more professional standards in crossfit, to this end he- alongside other competitors and coaches- has founded the Professional Fitness Athlete’s Association, where they seek to raise the standards of competition in the fitness world and give athletes a voice.We spoke at length about what Brent believes is holding back the competitive functional fitness world, and causing athletes to seek their competitive fix elsewhere, as well as the changes and standards Brent believes would bring Crossfit in line with other, more grandfathered sports.Brent, also gave some incredibly insightful tips for anyone looking to nurture a burgeoning training career, alongside a full-time job- a situation he himself was in when he took silver in the 2017 Crossfit gamesThis was a great conversation for anyone interested in Crossfit, functional fitness, or organised sport at large, and Brent, of course is a Crossfit legend.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We sat down with renowned CrossFit trainer, operator of the PRVN fitness online platform, and coach (as well as husband and co-parent) to 6 x Crossfit games champion Tia-claire Toomey.We sat down with Shane, who has recently become a father, to discuss training, performance and the impact that fatherhood can, but doesn’t necessarily need to have on your fitness.Shane offered up some pearls of wisdom on not only how his approach to fitness has changed since becoming a father, but also how his motivations to train have shifted.For anyone who’s trying to balance training and fatherhood right now, this was an insightful conversation on the topic, through the lens of a coach who’s at the top of his game.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big arms. Big following. Bigger heart. Obi Vincent is a modern-day fitness phenomenon who proves that achieving your goals doesn’t have to look like sacrifice and suffering. In his own words, a former ‘fat kid’ turned bodybuilder, turned genre-defying fitness inspiration to the million social followers he has amassed. His YouTube videos alone have accrued an incredible 73m views. He sat down with MH’s Andrew Tracey to share his belief that while there are a million things you should take seriously, ‘yourself’ isn’t one of them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 655d4191f91b6448b98ca23267e80cddf41c26fd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices