All Episodes
Obstacle Dominator Podcast — 85 episodes
🎙️ EP83 Grip Isn’t Your Problem: The Real Reason You’re Failing Obstacles
Episode 82: Periodization, Primary Limiters, and Training Smarter for OCR Success
🎙️ Ep 81 — Mastering Training Cycles: The Key to Long-Term Athletic Success: The Science of Deloads and Tapering for Peak Performance
🎙️ Episode 80 Cross-Training & Load Management for Runners: Build the Engine, Fortify Physicality, Reduce the Cost, and Win Big
🎙️ Ep 79 Training the Long Run With Intent: Optimisation, Restraint, and Real Progress
🎙️Ep 78 Discipline in Training, Optimisation Over Intensity
🎙️Ep 77: Why More Training Isn’t Better, Optimisation Beats Effort
Ep 76 Why We Train: OCR, Leadership, and the Responsibility to Be Physically Ready
🎙️Ep 75 Transforming Through Training, Bob Smith’s Journey of Accountability, Racing, and Growth
🎙️ Ep 74: Breaking Limits in OCR, Mindset Shifts, Community, and Personal Growth with Sarah Jane
🎙️ Episode 73 Building the Complete OCR Athlete — Season Planning, Long-Term Vision, and True Human Optimisation
🎙️ EP 72 — THE WINTER CODE: Energy, Identity, Immunity & Consistency Through the Darker Months
🎙️ EP 71 — Leading Self, Family, and Brotherhood: The Balanced Masculine with Jimmy Napolitano
🎙️ EP70 — Every Experience Is an Opportunity for Growth: The Next Chapter with Shawn Stephens
🎙️ Episode 69: Pacing like an Elite w/ Mitch and Matt
🎙️ EP68 — Choosing Growth in the Hard Seasons: Jake Clark on Rebuilding While Injured
🎙️ EP67 — From a Mid-Life All-Time Low to the Spartan Trifecta World Championships, The Early Rise of Greg Downham
🎙️ EP66 — Off-Season Training, Why This Period Sets the Success of the Season Ahead
Episode 65 — Recover Like a Pro: Long-Term Wins Over Short-Term Burnout
Episode 64 — Train Smart, Win Fast: Building the Base for OCR Success
Episode 63 — In the Mud: Conquering World’s Toughest Mudder 2025
Episode 62 — Beast or Bust? Sit in the Pain, with Shawn Stevens
Ep 61: I“Sleep to Win: The overlooked and underrated Pillar of health & Performance”
Ep 60: It's a lot easy than we think to get strong, build muscle and burn fat!
Unmasking the Athlete: Finding Success Through Play, Pleasure, Pain, and Purpose with Paul Ellis
Ep 58 - Optimising As We Age – Wisdom from the Primal Fitness Tribe
Ep 57: "OCR Performance Lab: Training, Pacing & Injury-Free Racing"
Ep 56: The Balance of Training and Life
Ep 55: Louis Interviews Matt R - From Military to OCR & what's next?: Matt Roberts' Journey
Ep 54: Tracy Morrow "Spartan Racer to UK Series Champion AG: Embracing Discomfort, Chasing Growth, and Celebrating Success!"
Episode 53: "The Truth Beyond the Surface: Soul Purpose, Healing, and Authenticity with Joe"
Episode 52: Power-to-Weight Ratio – The Key to Unlocking Performance
Winter Training: Sticking to the Plan & Showing Up the Best You Can
Episode 50: The Power of Consistency – Balancing Stress, Rest & Liam’s Legendary Beard
Episode 49: Let Go to Grow – Courage, Connection, and the Path to Purpose
Ep 48 Living the Human experience with Jacob Clark ♾
So, you think you're Spartan?: Resilience V Anti Fragility
Episode 46: Taking ownership of our health
Episode 45: Optimising Sleep for Health, Performance, and Longevity
Episode 44 "Nutritious Movement: Helping Athletes Optimise Performance, Posture & Prevent Injury with Biomechanics & Pilates"
Episode 43: The fastest way to success
Episode 42: The off season & Planning the year ahead (and beyond)
Ep 41. "Maximising Your Fitness Potential: Optimal Training Times, Sessions, and Recovery for Peak Performance"
“Episode 40: Reece Statham-Qulity & Josie Lloyd - Conquering Kaprun & Killington — OCR, Ultra Endurance, Military Toughness, and the Primal Path to Health”
Liam Murrow discovering Primal & OCR to becoming a Spartan National Series Champion
Ep 38 Win, or learn - Life and race resilience: Understanding the mindset for success / Spartan Badminton review
Spartan sprint - UKOCR & spartan UK race strategy
OCR games, Racing, chasing ego, Injury & Prevention, and the Road to Recovery w/ Matt C & Mitch.
Ep 35 Rood Rampage race review, competitive racing, supporting races & applying progressive overload
Ep34 Lactate threshold & Vo2 max training
Ep 33 Active vs passive
Ep 32 “We are the medicine!”
Ep 31 The difference between A, B & C races in the context of OCR
Ep 29 “Answering Mother Ayahuasca's call” The life changing experience at Soltara, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Ep 30 “Go slow, to go fast?!” let’s talk training!
Spartan race recap with Matt, Chinny & Mitch
Mitch and Matt talk life, facts, misconceptions and racing along with the recent Born Survivor 10km
Mountain running in Mallorca and the Spartan race weekend 🇪🇸
Ep 25 - Chris Roome, coach & Endurance Athlete
Ep 25 - Fasting, food and how to fuel the body and brain (part 3)
Ep 24 - Fasting, food and how to fuel the body and brain (part 2)
Ep 23 - Fasting, food and how to fuel the body and mind (part 1)
Ep 22 - Sleep. Is it the most important pillar of health & training tool?
Ep 21 Ryan Hodgson - Spartan Race World Championship Competitor
Ep 20 Sparta - Trifecta world championships with Reinis Paul’s
Ep 19 “The off season and planning the year ahead!”
Ep 18 - “Slow the F down podcast!” Why many of us lack enjoyment when it comes to running.
Ep 17 Spartan South East Pippingford Park race recap
Ep 16 How to dominate obstacles in life & competition with Primal podium winner Louis Stevens
Ep 15 Jimmy Napolitano on living Primal, gaining confidence and hitting podiums
Ep 14 Lena & Placido - How commitment & action lead to getting leaner, faster & stronger
Ep 13 - What to do to prevent injuries and what to do if you encounter injury or a setback with Liam
The impossible goal - “obstacles make me stronger!” Shifting from Victim to owner…
Ep 11 Spartan Race South West recap with Primal athletes Craig, Jon & Mitch
Ep 10 - Pre race nerves and anxiety and some useful tools that can be used to do something about it
Ep 9 - Dr Jay w/ Matt Roberts discussing blood work & Matts DNA breakdown report of genetic traits
Episode 8 - Jake Clark on life, health, a winning mindset and perseverance.
Episode 7 - Primal Athlete Jon Cummings talks with Matt about racing and performance
Episode 6 - Savage Race review with Christina DeLisle & Josie Lloyd
Episode 5 - Spartan racer and podcast host Scott Fayne Knowles
Episode 4 - Josie Lloyd, coach, Elite racer, podium winner and adventurer.
Episode 3 - Poconos race Super & Sprint race recap
Episode 2 - The perfectionist mindset, making progress, remaining consistent & stepping it up.
Welcome to the Obstacle dominator podcast
Episode 1 - How it all began, from failure to progress and podiums.