The Fitter Confident Youniverse; LGBTQ+ companion to wellbeing and fitness
Welcome to the Fitter Confident Youniverse, a safe space for LGBTQ+ to finally get to do some fitness and wellbeing stuff on their terms. Join Matt Boyles for lovely, uplifting, bite-size eps to inspire, support, motivate and above all, reassure you. I think you're great!
Episodes
All or Nothing... aren't just songs by O-Town, Cher and Westlife (what a gay list!)... It's also an affliction that many of us struggle with, in terms of what we do for our fitness.
"If I can't workout for an hour, I won't bother"
"I missed my workout, so now it's all ruined."
In this 9 minute episode I cover why we do this, the signs to look out for if you think yo...
Taking pics of your progress is one of the ways we can keep tabs on what's happening with your body on your Fitter Confident Journey.
It's a very personal thing and there's never any obligation to share them... But if you do, you may well here the phrase "You look good in both..." and I want to explain why that's a Very Not Good or Helpful Thing to Say.
There are 4 main reasons - and ...
One of the most common things I get asked about is MOTIVATION.
"I've lost motivation", "I can't get motivated"... and that's ok, because this 10 minute episode will help you find it again.
I run through all the things that big up our motivation... and also what to watch out for, ie, the things that ZAP our motivation, including 'decision fatigue' and how to combat it.
Welcome to the Fitter Confident Youniverse, your LGBTQ+ Companion to Wellbeing and Fitness. With me! Matt Boyles!
Launching right now, regular, bite-size episodes packed with fun, actually-useful stuff, motivation and perspective - all you need to build a Fitter Confident You.
As it's been a while, consider this episode a re-introduction about what FCY is, who Matt is, why he (I!) do this, how FCY helps our a...
In this mini-episode, Matt and David begin their chat about mistakes people make with their fitness. David implies he hasn't made any...
Well, let's listen on and see if maybe he has! No shame, this is a safe space, a safe space.
AND! This mini-ep is particularly noticeable for David saying ONE OF THE SMARTEST THINGS HE'S EVER SAID.
Find out more about Fitter Confident You and the different ways we s...
The Fitter Confident Crew podcast explores RESILIENCE today, with Matt and David approaching it in their 'unique' (ahem) style.
>> Finding some resilience can help with all parts of your Fitness Journey, but guess what... (spoiler alert), you're more resilient than you think, and we're going to show you how!
PLUS! There's an interview with Fitter Confident You client Darren who has ...
Matt Boyles from Fitter Confident You and his chattiest of friends, the fragrant David O'Hare explore another key element of Your Fitness Journey: how to make it sustainable!
Loads of practical tips, more lols than are traditionally found in the Fitness Industry, plus a chat with lovely Fitter Confident You client, Bob, and the award-adjacent improv section, this week "Five Minutes in a Spinning Class!"
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Time for the third step in your fitness journey, and handily, the third episode of this series of the Fitter Confident Crew podcast - ie. this!
This episode is about the ups and downs of your fitness journey, how to get back into it after a break and how to maintain perspective of what you're doing and just enjoy the whole thing, that much more.
Again, that sounds a bit dry, but trust me, it ain't.
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Matt'n'David channel Big Mo - they're talking motivation! All the different approaches to consider, how David and Matt have got motivated to do things, to keep on doing things... And to know when it's ok to stop.
All with their trademark (!) approach to fitness (ie that 's a nice thing to do for yourself as and when suits you).
Also in this episode: 5 Minutes in a Crossfit class, intervie...
Matt Boyles from Fitter Confident You and his chatty friend, David O'Hare are back for a much-demanded-by-their-families second season of the Fitter Confident Crew podcast!
This season now has an arc - taking you through the fitness journey, one stage at a time, starting, inevitably, with Getting Started! How! Why! Who?!
There's also an interview with Transatlantic Fitter Confident You client, Joe (in wh...
Ready to THRIVE this Christmas?! Well the Fitter Confident Crew podcast has got your back! In this episode we cover: long Christmas periods! Grease 2! How to stay well this Winter! Mince Pies! Pigs in Blankets! Smashing tea cakes on your forehead (that was totally David, not me)! Midnight Mass! That awful/amazing Peloton ad! Plus more reader's questions - some serious that we handle very sensitively and thoughtfully... Others....
Oh where to start?! This episode, the Fitter Confident Crew podcast covers the link between mental health and fitness, the Gay Community's beliefs about aging, Eerie Indiana, Hocus Pocus, how to milk a bear, 1 metre long sausage rolls and introducing, the terrifying ENVELOPE OF DOOM! (That turns out to be not that doomy, but do have a listen!) Oh, and the Fitness Fairy is back!
We finally answer the age old question: "Is social media good or bad?" (!) plus, life BF (before filters), how to use social media for good, why following terrible people online is aging you prematurely, iPads at gigs, David wanting it both ways and "tw*tspats". Enjoy! Oh and the Fitness Fairy keeps sticking her nose in.
Find out more about Fitter Confident You and the different ways we support our clints: www.fi...
It's your favourite fitness-adjacent podcast and it's back, back, back again for episode four - already! Matt Boyles, founder of Fitter Confident You and David O'Hare, founder of things too numerous to mention here discuss alcohol, gay tribes, being 'Real' like J.Lo, strawpeedos, the 'best' Quidditch game ever and invent the greatest hashtag ever, #GiveATwinkAWink.
A bumper fun packed episode of your favourite new fitness-adjacent podcast, Fitter Confident Crew! David gets us talking about who and what makes for a Gymspiration, useful sleep stuff is discussed, a bizarre carrot cake vs. mozarella stick argument is brought up and, oh yes, we unlock the Human Experience. So not much. Oh and the Fitness Fairy is back, back, back again!
Find out more about Fitter Confident You and the different way...
In which your hosts, Matt Boyles, founder of Fitter Confident You and his eversochattyco-host, David O'Hare discuss nutrition, square on, including sensible food swaps, David's Mum's not-always-sensible food swaps, Dame Barbara Cartland, Secret Eaters and introduce the world to the Fitter Confident You Fitness Fairy! Enjoy!
Find out more about Fitter Confident You and the different ways we support our clints: www.fitt...
Welcome to the Fitter Confident You podcast, Fitter Confident Crew! Hosted by Matt Boyles, founder of Fitter Confident You (someone how's 'quite' into fitness) and his friend David O'Hare (someone who's not into fitness as much, you know, for balance).
The FCC podcast very much continues in the Fitter Confident You style - it's funny, warm and most of all wants to help make fitness accessible ...
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