Fitness and Thinking

Jack Mann

There's more to fitness than lifting weights, and if you've achieved your sports or body goals – or you're on you way to them – you'll likely have found yourself wondering alternately: is this it or what's next? Some of you might even self-sabotage before you get to this point because not knowing is a scary place to be. F&T tackles the big and small, the fat and the skinny and the completely delulu, and is hosted by a PT and online coach with a masters in Psychology, who's sick of fitness being reduced to: do you have a six pack?

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    Charley Law - It's All Just Mumbo Jumbo...until you try it! - This isn't a riches to rags to reiki story - F&T44

    Former commodities trader turned coach to CEOs and bestselling author Charley Law joins F&T ahead of a homecoming press and talks tour. What followed a high-octane life between Miami and South America, resplendent with glamour, money, and an alter ego, was a decade of obsessive investigation into what actually creates lasting change. The result is It's Not Just Mumbo Jumbo – Charley's bestselling book – part memoir, part framework, a 7-step roadmap built from lived experience rather than theory. We get into the reality of personal transformation and a very British resistance to it, the moment Charley saw his alter ego Carlos Ley in the reflection of a Whole Foods window and felt "like an idiot", and the evolution from pseudo-spiritual gangster to relentless wellness investigator. We talk about what actually unites the most successful people, how you know when you're on the right path, ikigai and the sweet spot, and why wealth is a pillar of fitness nobody really talks about. Find more from Charley: https://www.youtube.com/@UCAniQujolTP_DlUzMIeq0yw https://www.instagram.com/charley_law/ https://www.charleylaw.com/ Fitness & Thinking Forget six packs – we look at six pillars of fitness: physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and financial. The newsletter goes out on Wednesday mornings, episodes drop on YouTube on Wednesday evenings and Spotify and Apple on Thursday mornings. Follow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/fitnessandthinking/ Want to help? I'm looking for an editor/producer and a social media manager. Get in touch: fitnessandthinking@gmail.com Want to work with a lifestyle and fitness coach who thinks bigger than the gym? Email: coachjackmann@gmail.com

    49 min

  2. 1 APR

    Beth Kirkbride - Moving in, moving on and moving out - Relationships, space and honest conversations - F&T43

    Beth Kirkbride is a journalist and founder of The Indiependent, as well as my best mate, ex, and current coaching client. Make of that what you will!Episode 43 goes somewhere many adult conversations don't – nevermind fitness and wellness chats – in part, because people never make it past the negative affect of breaking up.We recorded this in number 43, a house with history, talked about what it actually takes to move on – not just move out – and got into attachment styles, avoidant and anxious patterns, the tensions that come with a 9/10 connection, and why space is only useful if you know what to do with it.We also get into the ways high-stress and low-stress environments affect us, why admin shouldn't be a justification for not moving on or moving out, communicating in a way the other person can actually receive, and having multiple people in your life for the many things in your life.Plus: what Beth and I have taken from our relationship into our current ones – platonic, professional and romantic – our ideas on dream living spaces, the difference between weight loss first and where she is now, and why we almost never met because of a shirtless photo...Catch Beth on IG and Vinted @bettykirkersThis is the newsletter we co-wrote while travelling, which we both refer to:https://fitnessandthinking.substack.com/p/what-are-you-afraid-ofFitness & ThinkingForget six packs – we look at six pillars of fitness: physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and financial.The newsletter goes out on Wednesday mornings, episodes drop on YouTube on Wednesday evenings and Spotify and Apple on Thursday mornings.Follow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/fitnessandthinking/Want to help?I'm looking for an editor/producer and a social media manager.Get in touch – fitnessandthinking@gmail.comWant to work with a lifestyle and fitness coach who thinks bigger than the gym?Email: coachjackmann@gmail.com

    1hr 34min
  3. Moving in, moving on and moving out | Relationships, space and honest conversations | Beth Kirkbride

    30 MAR

    Moving in, moving on and moving out | Relationships, space and honest conversations | Beth Kirkbride

    Beth Kirkbride is a journalist and founder of The Indiependent, as well as my best mate, ex, and current coaching client. Make of that what you will! Episode 43 goes somewhere many adult conversations don't – nevermind fitness and wellness chats – in part, because people never make it past the negative affect of breaking up. We recorded this in number 43, a house with history, talked about what it actually takes to move on – not just move out – and got into attachment styles, avoidant and anxious patterns, the tensions that come with a 9/10 connection, and why space is only useful if you know what to do with it. We also get into the ways high-stress and low-stress environments affect us, why admin shouldn't be a justification for not moving on or moving out, communicating in a way the other person can actually receive, and having multiple people in your life for the many things in your life. Plus: what Beth and I have taken from our relationship into our current ones – platonic, professional and romantic – our ideas on dream living spaces, the difference between weight loss first and where she is now, and why we almost never met because of a shirtless photo... Catch Beth on IG and Vinted @bettykirkers This is the newsletter we co-wrote while travelling, which we both refer to: https://fitnessandthinking.substack.c... Fitness & Thinking Forget six packs – we look at six pillars of fitness: physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and financial. The newsletter goes out on Wednesday mornings, episodes drop on YouTube on Wednesday evenings and Spotify and Apple on Thursday mornings. Follow on IG: @fitnessandthinking Want to help? I'm looking for an editor/producer and a social media manager. Get in touch – fitnessandthinking@gmail.com Want to work with a lifestyle and fitness coach who thinks bigger than the gym? Email: coachjackmann@gmail.com

    1hr 34min

  4. 26 MAR

    Tom Mellors - The switch, ice hockey, bodybuilding, HYROX, mental health, and why normal was never the goal - F&T42

    Tom Mellors is a personal trainer and HYROX athlete based in Nottingham. Episode 42 might not be the answer to the universe but it goes much further than the gym. We get into the courage to be disliked, what it actually takes to build rapport when your peers are still figuring out how to talk to people, and the real differences between UK gym chains. Tom talks about his ideal client, knowing when it's time to leave a coaching relationship, and the lessons he's picked up outside the traditional fitness world. Then things get interesting. Ice hockey takes us somewhere most fitness conversations don't — what it means to genuinely put your body on the line, and how that changes your relationship with risk and resilience. From there: the psychological challenge of coming back to "normal" life after bodybuilding, whether sport is a cheat code or a mirror to meaningful relationships, and normalising mental health conversations in environments that haven't always made space for them.We also get into race mentality — the switch, the kick, and what it feels like when it clicks — a mindset Tom's seen that genuinely concerns him, the tension between creativity and fitness performance, and why the past has already happened, so now what. Tom's links The courage to be disliked, Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi https://www.instagram.com/tmellors.pt/ Fitness & Thinking Forget six packs – we look at six pillars of fitness: physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and financial.The newsletter goes out on Wednesday mornings and I’m going to play around with when and where episodes go out. Let’s shoot for YouTube on Wednesday evenings, and Spotify and Apple on Thursday mornings. Follow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/fitnessandthinking/ Want to help? I’m looking for an editor/producer and a social media manager. Get in touch: fitnessandthinking@gmail.com Want to work with a lifestyle and fitness coach who thinks bigger than the gym? Email: coachjackmann@gmail.com

    58 min
  5. Tom Mellors | The race mentality is a switch you learn; the settling mentality is one you accept | F&T42

    25 MAR

    Tom Mellors | The race mentality is a switch you learn; the settling mentality is one you accept | F&T42

    Tom Mellors is a personal trainer and HYROX coach based in Nottingham. Episode 42 might not be the answer to the universe but it goes much further than the gym. We get into the courage to be disliked, what it actually takes to build rapport when your peers are still figuring out how to talk to people, and the real differences between UK gym chains. Tom talks about his ideal client, knowing when it's time to leave a coaching relationship, and the lessons he's picked up outside the traditional fitness world. Then things get interesting. Ice hockey takes us somewhere most fitness conversations don't — what it means to genuinely put your body on the line, and how that changes your relationship with risk and resilience. From there: the psychological challenge of coming back to "normal" life after bodybuilding, whether sport is a cheat code or a mirror to meaningful relationships, and normalising mental health conversations in environments that haven't always made space for them. We also get into race mentality — the switch, the kick, and what it feels like when it clicks — a mindset Tom's seen that genuinely concerns him, the tension between creativity and fitness performance, and why the past has already happened, so now what. Tom's links The courage to be disliked, Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi https://www.instagram.com/tmellors.pt/ Fitness & Thinking Forget six packs – we look at six pillars of fitness: physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and financial. The newsletter goes out on Wednesday mornings and I’m going to play around with when and where episodes go out. Let’s shoot for YouTube on Wednesday evenings, and Spotify and Apple on Thursday mornings. Follow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/fitnessandthinking/ Want to help? I’m looking for an editor/producer and a social media manager. Get in touch: fitnessandthinking@gmail.com Want to work with a lifestyle and fitness coach who thinks bigger than the gym? Email: coachjackmann@gmail.com

    58 min
  6. 7 lessons re/learned ahead of Spring | How I'm trying to throw away self-inflicted austerity | F&T#41

    20 MAR

    7 lessons re/learned ahead of Spring | How I'm trying to throw away self-inflicted austerity | F&T#41

    Episode 41 of F&T looks to tie together some of the lessons learned over the last 10 weeks of podcasts and newsletters. In my first Nottingham chapter, the following stands out for me: 1. People will piss you off, the world will get you down, but what can you do regardless? Twenty years ago my dad told me about his chin-up campaign, itself something he consciously enacted twenty years before that – these things come in waves and they come in cycles – every day I have a reminder go off to ask me what I can do to make today (even) better. 2. Not everyone sees the world as you do.No matter how good your intentions are, or how much experience you might have – I’ve recently relearned this through traveling, flatmates, workmates and clients. 3. Would you hang out with you? Why not? Not to be confused with fake it until you make it, this is a case of putting your best foot forward – fix up, look sharp and treat yourself like someone you respect and watch how the people around you notice. 4. Can you spare 10-20 minutes a day to do nothing, and, maybe, even think nothing? Yes, yes you bloody well can. Look at your screen time and tell me you can’t. If you have a sauna at your gym, or a motorway commute, or a garden, or a chair in a room, just sitting without your phone, and ideally in silence, can be a terrific unlock for a sense of calm, boredom and, if you stick with it, peace and inspiration. Do it before you knock it! 5. You might not [yet] have what you need for the outcomes you want This time last year, the gym that I now work in didn’t exist. I needed time to pass for the building I like, the team I enjoy, and the facilities I love to come into being. One year ago I would have loved what I have now. One year ago, I might not have been ready for it. There are a million what ifs, and I pulled the trigger on the what is that made the most sense to me and continues to get better with each passing day. It’s not that I couldn’t have known I’d feel like this a year ago – I felt that I could. It’s that the wheels to be put in motion hadn’t even been built this time last year. 6. The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, but now will do too There’s never a good time to start but if you never do, you’ll never know. Compound interest exists across all the six pillars of fitness, but you might have to risk some physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and financial capital to find out exactly how. Or you can sit on it. 7. Ask Ask people who are older than you, who are younger than you, who are from different countries and cultures, or maybe possess different abilities to you and yours. Currently I’m playing the role of yoot to a number of elders, and I’m loving every minute. Which of these do you resonate with? What have you re/learned recently? Who do you know might benefit from thinking on fitness differently? Share this with them! You can be the reason someone struggles less, or not at all, or even gets a head start on living their best from the get go. And if you want structured lifestyle coaching that actually makes sense in and out of the gym, message me. __________________ Fitness & Thinking Forget six packs – we look at six pillars of fitness: physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and financial. The newsletter goes out on Wednesday mornings. New episodes land on Apple Podcasts and Spotify on Wednesday evenings, and on YouTube on Thursday mornings. Subscribe / follow: Apple Podcasts (audio only): https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fitness-thinking/id1840384710 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kFI7JcGD6kSUfYa4RPPl5 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fitnessandthinking Substack: https://fitnessandthinking.substack.com/ Want to build F&T with me? I’m looking for an editor/producer and a social media manager. Get in touch Email: fitnessandthinking@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fitnessandthinking/

    27 min

  7. 18 MAR

    7 lessons re/learned ahead of Spring | How I'm trying to throw away self-inflicted austerity | F&T#41

    Episode 41 of F&T looks to tie together some of the lessons learned over the last 10 weeks of podcasts and newsletters. In my first Nottingham chapter, the following stands out for me: 1. People will piss you off, the world will get you down, but what can you do regardless? Twenty years ago my dad told me about his chin-up campaign, itself something he consciously enacted twenty years before that – these things come in waves and they come in cycles – every day I have a reminder go off to ask me what I can do to make today (even) better. 2. Not everyone sees the world as you do.
No matter how good your intentions are, or how much experience you might have – I’ve recently relearned this through traveling, flatmates, workmates and clients. 3. Would you hang out with you? Why not? Not to be confused with fake it until you make it, this is a case of putting your best foot forward – fix up, look sharp and treat yourself like someone you respect and watch how the people around you notice. 4. Can you spare 10-20 minutes a day to do nothing, and, maybe, even think nothing? Yes, yes you bloody well can. Look at your screen time and tell me you can’t. If you have a sauna at your gym, or a motorway commute, or a garden, or a chair in a room, just sitting without your phone, and ideally in silence, can be a terrific unlock for a sense of calm, boredom and, if you stick with it, peace and inspiration. Do it before you knock it! 5. You might not [yet] have what you need for the outcomes you want This time last year, the gym that I now work in didn’t exist. I needed time to pass for the building I like, the team I enjoy, and the facilities I love to come into being. One year ago I would have loved what I have now. One year ago, I might not have been ready for it. There are a million what ifs, and I pulled the trigger on the what is that made the most sense to me and continues to get better with each passing day. It’s not that I couldn’t have known I’d feel like this a year ago – I felt that I could. It’s that the wheels to be put in motion hadn’t even been built this time last year. 6. The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, but now will do too There’s never a good time to start but if you never do, you’ll never know. Compound interest exists across all the six pillars of fitness, but you might have to risk some physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and financial capital to find out exactly how. Or you can sit on it. 7. Ask Ask people who are older than you, who are younger than you, who are from different countries and cultures, or maybe possess different abilities to you and yours. Currently I’m playing the role of yoot to a number of elders, and I’m loving every minute. Which of these do you resonate with? What have you re/learned recently? Who do you know might benefit from thinking on fitness differently? Share this with them! You can be the reason someone struggles less, or not at all, or even gets a head start on living their best from the get go. And if you want structured lifestyle coaching that actually makes sense in and out of the gym, message me. __________________ Fitness & Thinking Forget six packs – we look at six pillars of fitness: physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and financial. The newsletter goes out on Wednesday mornings. New episodes land on Apple Podcasts and Spotify on Wednesday evenings, and on YouTube on Thursday mornings. Subscribe / follow: Apple Podcasts (audio only): https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fitness-thinking/id1840384710 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kFI7JcGD6kSUfYa4RPPl5 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fitnessandthinking Substack: https://fitnessandthinking.substack.com/ Want to build F&T with me? I’m looking for an editor/producer and a social media manager. Get in touch Email: fitnessandthinking@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fitnessandthinking/

    27 min

  8. 11 MAR

    Amy Stephens | “You’re eating maybe 30 times a week – not every meal has to be perfect!” | F&T#40

    Amy Stephens is a registered dietitian who works with elite athletes and the general population, helping people understand that being constantly drained isn't normal – it's often a sign of chronic underfueling. In episode 40 of F&T, we talk about RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport) – what it is, who it affects, and how many people are walking around with it without knowing. We discuss how people can be overweight and still underfueled, why the all-or-nothing approach is holding us back, and why reducing a person's calories should require informed consent. We explore the difference between elite athletes and gen pop nutrition, how many days of underfueling can stop bones from recovering, and the connection between emotions and food. Plus: supplements that might actually be worth your time, how to afford three square meals, and why saying "don't eat that food" sets restrictive diets up to fail. So much in this, and I'm super conscious we only scratched the surface – leave a comment on which topic/s you'd like us to get deeper into in future episodes! Amy's links https://www.instagram.com/amystephensnutrition/ https://www.amystephensnutrition.com/ Fitness & Thinking Forget six packs – we look at six pillars of fitness: physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and financial.The newsletter goes out on Wednesday mornings.New episodes land on Apple Podcasts and Spotify on Wednesday evenings, and on YouTube on Thursday mornings. Subscribe / follow:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fitnessandthinking/Substack: https://fitnessandthinking.substack.com/ Want to help? I'm looking for an editor/producer and a social media manager. Get in touchEmail: fitnessandthinking@gmail.com Want to work with a lifestyle and fitness coach who thinks bigger than the gym?Email: coachjackmann@gmail.com

    1hr 24min
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There's more to fitness than lifting weights, and if you've achieved your sports or body goals – or you're on you way to them – you'll likely have found yourself wondering alternately: is this it or what's next? Some of you might even self-sabotage before you get to this point because not knowing is a scary place to be. F&T tackles the big and small, the fat and the skinny and the completely delulu, and is hosted by a PT and online coach with a masters in Psychology, who's sick of fitness being reduced to: do you have a six pack?

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  • Creator
    Jack Mann
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    72
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jack Mann
  • Show Website
    Fitness and Thinking