50 min
S3E12 One Man's Quest to Lift 200 Elephants! Mid Life Athlete
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- Fitness
Jason and Greg are back interviewing amazing mid life athletes. In this episode we chat to Matthew Forgham, who was part of a team of 6 men shifting 1 million kg of weight in 24 hours. The challenge was to raise awareness and funds for endometriosis, a condition that affects one in ten women, (176 million women globally). Matthew was the only mid life athlete. The challenge involved using free weights (weighted squats, deadlifts, barbell rows and bench press) to move the 1 million kg. The weight is the equivalent of lifting and moving 200 fully grown elephants!
You can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/onemillionkgchallenge
Having seen the benefits of weight training first hand, this challenge has inspired Matthew to create another challenge that inspires other mid life people & athletes to adopt weight training. This podcast is also a call out to listeners to get in touch with ideas that Matthew and the Mid Life Athlete podcast team can turn into an annual challenge.
Drop us a line at midlifeathletepodcast@gmail,com
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Jason and Greg are back interviewing amazing mid life athletes. In this episode we chat to Matthew Forgham, who was part of a team of 6 men shifting 1 million kg of weight in 24 hours. The challenge was to raise awareness and funds for endometriosis, a condition that affects one in ten women, (176 million women globally). Matthew was the only mid life athlete. The challenge involved using free weights (weighted squats, deadlifts, barbell rows and bench press) to move the 1 million kg. The weight is the equivalent of lifting and moving 200 fully grown elephants!
You can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/onemillionkgchallenge
Having seen the benefits of weight training first hand, this challenge has inspired Matthew to create another challenge that inspires other mid life people & athletes to adopt weight training. This podcast is also a call out to listeners to get in touch with ideas that Matthew and the Mid Life Athlete podcast team can turn into an annual challenge.
Drop us a line at midlifeathletepodcast@gmail,com
The Mid Life Athlete podcasts are free and we hope our fans enjoy them.
Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and automatically get our latest podcasts, blogs, offers etc into your inbox.
You can find Mid Life Athlete on
Twitter @PodMid
Instagram @mid_life_athlete
Support the show
Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and automatically get our latest podcasts, blogs, offers etc into your inbox.
50 min