Energising Life with AKR Fitness

Episode 30: Lucky To Be Alive w/Rachel Thompson

Imagine walking down the street and suddenly being dragged underneath a car. That's exactly what happened to AKR member, Rachel, who joins us to share her experience of being run over.

Listen in as Rachel shares the extent of her injuries, how she feels her fitness saved her life, what she's done to recover and where she's at now - including completing a stand-up paddle boarding adventure.

Don't miss this inspiring story!

Episode 29: Tactics To Better Manage Your Time

Time management is ultimately about how you are spending your life. In this episode, Lynsey, Jase and Mike chat about time, our experience of it passing, and how to better manage it.

Look out for the CATS acronym:

• Capture
• Analyse
• Transfer to calendar
• Seek improvement

Some books mentioned:

• Getting Things Done - David Allen
• Off The Clock - Laura Vanderkam
• Eat That Frog - Brian Tracy
• The One Thing - Gary Keller

Episode 28: Pressure, Mentality & Strength at 50 w/Stan Walker

In this episode, Scottish champion sprinter and AKR member Stan, joins Jase and Mike to chat about how pressure impacted his sprinting career.

Stan walked away from the sport he loved at a young age. Listen as he shares his setbacks, his triumphant return as a masters athlete, and the impact of taking up strength training aged 50.

Episode 27: What Matters Most & How To Get It Done

In this episode, Lynsey, Jase and Mike chat about living life deliberately. They discuss values and priorities as well as where and how fitness falls into that.

Episode 26: Accepting A Life Changing Diagnosis w/Patrick Napier

How would you fare if you were diagnosed with a chronic illness?

That's a reality that AKR member Patrick had to face after beginning to experience some alarming symptoms in 2019.

In this inspiring episode, Patrick shares his story and what he's discovered along the way.

Episode 25: Listener Questions - Where does fat go? & more!

In this episode, Lynsey, Jase and Mike answer listener questions, including:

Should I track calories? Where does the fat go when you burn it off? Exercise & aging, the biggest change in the fitness industry, the quirkiest fitness myth, your favourite workout music & more!

Episode 24: Season 3 Wrap up & Takeaways

A look back on the key points from Season 3 and how they were brought to life in the member interviews with Ryan, Jenna & Gill.

Episode 23: Losing 4 Stone & Finding Happiness w/Gill Hughes

AKR Member Gill joins the team to share her fitness journey. Having initially loved exercising, Gill found herself 4 stone overweight and hitting a turning point. This is the story of what happened.

Episode 22: Understanding the Different Types of Motivation

Motivation is more nuanced than most people think. It's more than a sense of "fire". Not as simple as an on-off switch. In this episode, Lynsey, Jase and Mike introduce the different types of motivation and how you can draw upon them to help you stay on track with your fitness.

Episode 21: From a Miserable Marathon to Wedding Day Delight w/Jenna Nelson

AKR Member, Jenna, joins us to chat about her fitness journey. From a miserable marathon experience to learning to enjoy exercise, feeling her best on her wedding day, deadlifting 100kg and setting up her own cooking project, @_the_messy_kitchen, Jenna's story has the lot!