lifestyle Archives - Adam McCubbin

November 25, 2019

#36 Matt Henry – personal training in the Middle East, intuitive coaching & much more

Matt Henry has over 10 years of experience in the fitness industry and is an ex-international Rugby 7s player 🏉 He is a Level 5 Certified Personal Trainer and originally from New Zealand 🇳🇿 Matt specialises in exercise prescription, programming and performance 💪🏽 Matt is also the founder of @skaibody✈️ , an online training platform originally created to service the travel industry (cabin crew, pilots and busy working professionals that travel frequently) to deliver simple and effective training programs that you can do in your own time. Continue reading “#36 Matt Henry – personal training in the Middle East, intuitive coaching & much more”

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August 29, 2019

#34 Mark Luxon – Finding your North Star, personal training as a career and FMA

Mark Luxon director of FMA institute and education. Mark has been in the Health, fitness and education space for decades. He has been mentoring and working with Personal trainers to improve their business and skills in the industry. Mark works alongside Mark Buckley at the FMA institute and has a wealth of knowledge and experience.

Facts about Mark Luxon

Grew up in entrepreneurial family – dad owned a big printing business and a number of restaurants.
Studied B.Commerce and worked in the finance industry right out of school.
One of the youngest financial planners in the city at 23.
Played football at a high level, national level sprinter but my body kept breaking down. Did a Cert 4 fitness to figure out why (it didn’t help).
Met Mark Buckley at Paul Chek and Mark blew his mind. Helped re-define who he wanted to be as a trainer.
Decided to become a PT and quit my $140k/year finance job.
Partnered with Mark Buckley to run the Business side of FMA.

Connect with Mark and The FMA Institute

FMA Institute – Click here

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July 7, 2019July 7, 2019

Interview with David Godfrey: binge eating, depression and body image

David Godfrey is an author, international speaker, peak performance coach, and specialist in emotional and behavioural change.

David has over 15 years experience helping people overcome a variety of conditions including depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, disordered and compulsive eating, phobias and addiction. Continue reading “Interview with David Godfrey: binge eating, depression and body image”

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June 21, 2019June 21, 2019

Interview with Dean Henry: bone broth, health coaching and lifestyle

Adam sits down with Clean Living Co founder to learn about the health benefits of bone broth, health coaching and much more.

Dean has a natural zest for life and leads by example. He lives a healthy lifestyle that includes meditation, dynamic stretching, hypertrophy, fitness and good sleep practice. He supplements this with a sound understanding of which food and supplements work best for optimum health, energy and cognitive performance. Dean’s enthusiasm in this area led him to cofound The Clean Living Company, now a leading provider of Organic Bone broth in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

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January 28, 2019January 28, 2019

Ep 30 Anna Wallenten: Life coaching & rituals for success

Anna Wallenten is a Dubai based Peak Performance Expert specializing in maximizing human potential through individually designing custom made action plans according to every clients’ own beliefs, values and visions.

Her belief in human potential has evolved from a mission into an obsession to get her clients to places they always wanted to go but never thought possible. Continue reading “Ep 30 Anna Wallenten: Life coaching & rituals for success”

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October 15, 2018

EP 24 Dubai Fitness Podcast: With Adam, Jackson and Jeremy

Dubai Fitness Podcast “DFP” – Episode 1

With Adam McCubbin, Jackson Litchfield & Jeremy Gwyer

On this episode the team of Dubai based coaches, share with you what they consider to be the three fundamental “must-have”’ for starting a successful transformation program.

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September 21, 2018September 21, 2018

Less information and fundamentals for health

In the super-connected social media and internet age, we are given more information and options than ever before.

And in my opinion, too many options and information is a bad thing, especially when it comes to health!

How do we know what information is relevant for us?!

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May 17, 2018May 17, 2018

EP 17 Jackson Litchfield: psychology of success, holistic health and behaviour change

Jackson Litchfield is an internationally renowned health and fitness coach who is passionate about helping his clients to a happier and healthier lifestyle. With a slew of certificates and trainings under his belt, Jackson has been able to deliver great results as well as full control of health and fitness for his clients.

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March 15, 2018

Do you need premium fitness or health

It’s human nature to want to live a premium life and experience a premium level of service, even when it comes to fitness.

Flying Business Class, driving German-made cars, wearing Swiss watches and nowadays, even “premium” supplements and training are part of this picture.

I have been guilty of seeing the latest fancy, high-end fitness products and being sucked into their marketing, thinking that if I buy this supplement, program or [insert product here], I’ll be better-off, achieve better results or be happier.

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March 3, 2018March 3, 2018

How to use your smartphone for strength training

The quickest way to destroy your training session is to pull out your smartphone after each set and check your emails, social media and text messages.

If you are someone that has busy work deadlines and feel like you MUST be doing work at the same time, you’re being incredibly unproductive on both fronts!

Studies have shown multi-tasking is not only bad for accuracy, but also negatively impacts productivity as well. (1)

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