 Okay, so we're very excited today. This is our Christmas version of the podcast because As we do record this it's not quite Christmas yet. What is that? I couldn't find my Christmas hat It's a stocky. I've trying to find a hat why I have got what I have got is Santa. Mm-hmm Decorations out those those that are just listen to bogus. You need to check this out on YouTube Get the pre-production memo about Christmas. I am black on a big gray background. I'm very Christmasy But me and Santa here. I've got a few little questions So we are the we're having a break next week for Christmas. So this is the last podcast before Christmas As well as wishing obviously everyone a happy merry Christmas we we wanted to Take that we will normally have a Christmas theme to To one of the podcast episodes in and around these are traditionally our most unstructured podcasts of the year And some people are thinking crikey, you know in our in our format this year We've been relatively instructed for a while, but we can get Lucy Goosey on a Christmas one I feel it's I feel Christmas is a time where you can say what you want to say Yes, no exactly and What we before we get into Some of the stuff that we're going to find out a little bit about I want to know The the types of your classical Christmasy things of Like for us, there's a certain movie you watch in the house that means okay now It's Christmas is in like everything else is off work is finished like we're just going in in into that and then there But before we get stuck into some of the detail and a little bit about like what? Training and things have been like in this last year as we reflect a little bit on what's what's happened every time You may be getting excited already and a number of you have signed up for the bodyweight basics six-week course That's starting on the 11th of January Their places are limited on it. There is a discount if you are a SOC member It's only 99 quid get lifetime access to all of the video tutorials the live sessions to watch back on replay But with the main one of the main obviously elements of it is you got six weeks structured training with us and That starts on the 11th of January coaching Jacko. I heard live Coaching is on zoom, but that makes it accessible to anyone and everyone in the world It's got the internet and you can and you couldn't you know if you haven't got the internet You've got a lot bigger problems in life than you're going to be new world to listen to this right training It's a good point Yeah, yeah, crikey. You've blown you've just blown my mind But yeah, let's see if you're if you're one of the people that like I don't like online I want to come in I want to come to an in-person workshop. We have a new school of calisthenics workshop the movement strength and play experience Starting or kicking off the new year in February 1 in March Check out details that they're all on the website where the page for workshops whether it's online or in person Check those out if you haven't yet and we look forward to seeing you either online or in person In 2022 someone sat there going I'm going to stay with the Christmas theme and thinking pigs in blankets If someone's going all you've done is put lipstick on a pig. It's actually your old workshop just with a new name It's not it's new. It's going to be all different. Yes. Sorry. I thought you were talking about Santa there No, we're gonna we haven't just we haven't just renamed it. We've actually come up with a completely different concept I think it's arguably better For where we wouldn't I would argue to him if it wasn't better We wouldn't be doing it so I would say it's definitely better We haven't done the first one so, you know those that come to the first one who doesn't want to go to movement strength and play experience I do I've got to teach it Exactly right. Um, so we're gonna have a jingle for Christmas. We should Have you got have you got a christmasy if we got a christmas version of it? I'll speak to the post production department and see if I see if they not me It's not me can put some maybe just jingles over the top of it bells Wiggle some bells. Let me see. I used to do it. You know, um When I was when I was a kid I was an altar boy and one of one of my jobs was uh, you know, lift a cup up I'd you know, what you it was really exciting to do You know, like the you'd have to it was a catholic church. She had to like ding ding Well, the roll that was literally rolling. I've always been rolling the jingle basically even at church. I'm gonna um Even at church, you know what I mean? I can't think I can't it was like four little bells. Let's move on. Let's move on. Um, is that right? Well, I'll see I'll see if the the um the sound board in garage band has got has got a jingle Right, let's roll that christmas jingle Listen players You're listening to the movement strength and play podcast by the school of calisthenics Here are your hosts tim and jackal Okay tim bow on the christmas theme and feeling christmasy, hopefully I don't We're as we're recording this now I don't know whether you managed to make that into a jingle. Sorry. I don't know whether the Not you was able to make that into it. Let's let's assume we're now feeling christmasy I've got santa with me. Um and santa wants to know Um, what is your favorite christmas song? Oh Favorite christmas. We're gonna come to training questions later, but just to start with that's a good question. Um, I haven't practiced on this He doesn't know you didn't know this was current and I actually in our house We have we have a pre christmas like album class plays It says we don't listen to any of the some of it and it's but it's an album that my dad introduced me to And it's a proper oldest like I didn't even know the guy was it's a guy called steve tyrell He's like a bit of a jazzy sort of Got a sort of jazz kind of like crew and kind of kind of flavored to it Which I like so that he's he's like you sing us a bit. He's very He's like pre christmas because it's not entirely christmas music, but it's that kind of vibe Has got a christmas album. Yeah, but then when we get into christmas and We like a plethora and when you say when you say into christmas is that are we talking now? We're in december because I remember being in september being in sainsbury's and I nearly threw up Because there was loads of like christmas stuff out and I was like it's september What's going on people remember you saying that and you go i'm never going to sainsbury's again And then I was like well, they'll have it in oudie by next week. I promise you because they all start early I will not have a bad thing said about how The he did the christmas time music Like everyone likes a bit of buble, don't they that's a bit of it like a bit cliche Gwen Stefani's christmas album is pretty good. I've got a soft spot for Gwen Stefani Karen knows about that that one Who do you? And Have you got an out like I've I've got an out and out like this is my Here's the guilty pleasure that I like a christmas E17 stay That's an absolute banger at christmas If I ever if I ever see anyone with um A hood a hood on their jacket that's got like fur on always give always give it a bit of brian harvey That was classic that's that always makes me stay now, baby. No more Mine is hands down fairy tale of new york. You like that one. Um, that is just that's funny because that's one of it comes on I'll skip that Oh, it's done to death. No no how we differ joker how we differ We did uh, we when it was uh, when I was playing rugby. We did a um a cover to it and not again rugby Yeah And uh, the only other one I'd say is I don't really like the song that much But if you are driving home for christmas, that is good. Yeah, and that comes on whilst you're driving It does there is a certain vibe in the car and I will be singing I've got one actually if you are in your car now and you've got like voice You've got cereal whatever when you finish this into the podcast if you want a little bit of calm over christmas I've got I'm this is this got this this sound turned me on That done me up in a right way turned me to focus my or brought my awareness to an artist called tony anderson Now he is my deep work go to now. So he's proper focused music classical Love it some strings that are that um Typing or saying to your your voice recognition Emmanuel tony anderson and just get some christmas chill You can send me a message if you listen to that on the on the social because our guarantee is it's impossible not to enjoy Around christmas There you go. Is is is that available on android if people haven't upgraded their life yet? I would imagine it's available on your listening Um platform spot if I diesel apple music or the good ones Okay, great then might so before before a few little like training and I've got some questions on like philosophy around training but um before we do that just on the christmas theme um as I said before there's a There's a movie in our house that you watch that to signal Like a my sister is the same. It's it's we're we're all in on the same thing but Do do you have do you have a yes, um a christmas movie? Is it is it significant? Yes Okay, and when are you going to watch it this year when things wind down for i'm still not in christmas mojo As we record have you got a date yet? I've got a date with kathryn because I guess it's a bit different like because Well, that's a date as in the day that she finishes watching it that I don't I have to be honest Don't really start to feel super christmasy until we're in the 20s So 20th on with because it just then starts to feel like people start to leave you alone a little bit more, don't they like Work calms down. I've said it's christ the trouble is I find that I probably very similar But then it's like I'm born in presence yet And then it's like, oh then I'm in a mad rush. Yeah, we should be it's like I'll have to get prime So I can get me out where order everything off amazon. So it comes the next careful with that one Anyway, shout out shout out to darryl the the delivery driver that comes down Or just all the delivery drivers out there. Shout out to you. My next door. No one's a postman He's working socks off at the moment Um, anyway christmas movies you ready? I think I know what it is Yeah, which is which is interesting because I'm not I'm not a grit. I'm not I'm not into me listen to me Listen now. Yeah, listen. Yeah move away from the who's when you watch the grinch The best thing about the grinch movie is not whoville or the who's or may or may who I forget what his name may may may you What it's like, there's all that whole story going on Jim carers performance at the as the grinch is oscar worthy I feel like it's one of the most under appreciated performances There's some great little one liners in there that he slips in and it just needs a little bit of like attention Yeah, Jim Carrey is is The grinch is for me that is our christmas movie put that on and then christmas has begun Um For us it is Yeah, so I don't know how old elf is but um Yeah, looking forward to just look. Yeah looking forward to to watching it. It's the it's ridiculous as it is Bad Santa's quite good as well. Have you seen that? Yes That's one for when the kids are in bed And then you've got the classic snowman as well actually there's many Yeah, grinch is the one right people didn't move at strength playing christmas podcast. Yes, sorry, but ever, you know Christmas episode good. So, um It's this time of year and people start to reflect on things a little bit potentially as we wind towards the new year Um, I'm still reflecting on not having achieved a front leave in 2018 Hahaha Don't worry you crossfit now. Anyway, it's No, so, um training wise just a little bit of like Like thoughts and philosophy on how it's changed over this last year or even potentially like Since the whole pandemic thing because there's been an awful lot of like train at home Then you've actually gone back to a gym now. Like I still just do everything at home interested to know like For I'm interested in myself from you, but also that I'm sure this as well. What's what is training looking like now? What's the what's the purpose of it? How's that sort of changed over over the year? I think Are you gave me a tease before the podcast started this is the only one that was um What the questions were and so my mind has been churning while you banged on about ringing bells at church Which I'm down with to be honest before anyone makes a judgment on that. I like bells at church. Um, anyway, so I feel like I try to look back and go. What's the last 12 months been like, you know When did the pandemic cut? I know it's not finished yet, but like when did things start to get a bit easier? I can't ever remember. Was it were we in lockdown last this time last year? We were weren't we for christmas? I just can't work out my timeline. You just completely got upside down I don't know where we are. Yeah, because Heard that where she works the gym like closed down and they were doing there Like health side of things were still open and I was like, so what I couldn't even remember then it was like, yeah No, like last Christmas was locked down last year everything was closed again. Yeah, like after christmas. I couldn't yeah We had a circuit break or something didn't we but to be honest I Let's say that the covid pandemic has probably been fairly transformative On my training because I've been through quite a lot of cycles with it So I've had left the gym before the pandemic Then I got into training at home. We had a great summer the first year of the pandemic So I really enjoyed training outside and I really embraced what I was kind of flagging as the no gym lifestyle Like it was great. Like I had a lot of um A lot of enjoyment training relatively simply In my garden with a basic rig Um, just kind of getting after after that sign of things and and I like that and then I got to the stage. I think Probably over this summer I did a lot of outdoor training again this summer started moving a little bit more into kind of like I did a weight vest challenge um, and I did more like lower body strength work with my sandbags and Was just kind of started to get a little bit of Flavor or temptation back to go into some more kind of strength and conditioning type environment Which is where I started with a lot my training from really after I've got a bro splits out the way Then I did a lot of strength and conditioning and then going to calisthenics I was just kind of I've realized that there was a piece of my training that was missing So, you know, I took on the this weight vest challenge and it was an obscene amount of volume um of running in lunges and weighted work in pull-ups and dips and I was like There's just I just I felt like there was a piece missing and the weighted work kind of gave me a little bit of just um of a taste back for For that kind of thing. I started to like how it made me feel Particularly in the lower body. I was like walking and I'm running. I was like, you know I feel like I've got strong legs again and I've said that for a long time That's not like a change in direction or philosophy from me. I've gone like calisthenics is great for people body But if you want to get progressive overload in the lower body, you need to use weights always said that um So and then the other thing was that's kind of been a bit transformative was like I kind of had just got a bit bored of training by myself Like I was actually probably struggling to find the motivation to put myself through really kind of like relatively tough sessions um So yeah, I made the um, I made the some will consider to be an audacious decision Maybe somebody even think hypocritical based on what I said in the past before but there's probably a bigger conversation now I don't see myself as hypocritical just as a Rethinking an explorative mindset. Um, I joined CrossFit because I wanted the number of different things I wanted uh to go and train with some of the people I actually Bear in mind. I've been a strength and conditioning coach for something like 13 years I can't remember before I started at the CrossFit box When I went to a session and somebody told me what to do Like I'm always having to set sessions and it's just nice, isn't it to be just rock up. Okay. What do you do today? Okay, I can do that and and especially where my mind's at, you know, I think like I'm going to go bigger a bit broader You know, like the the cost of the pandemic and it's changed the way that I work So I find myself Sometimes I look at my watch the end of the day and I'm embarrassed to admit this I might have done 1500 steps in a day because I just don't leave the house and like having that Obsession about what does a productive day look like if I'm not in front of my computer because when we're in the pandemic Product productivity probably was relatively high to a point because it was super focused We couldn't go and do anything else And that's almost kind of changed my mindset of just going not making any time for myself So I was the benefit of training at home was I could do half an hour 45 minutes And it could be back at my computer and I was rushing to get back to work um, and I just think I've got to the stage where I'm like Going somewhere to train And have someone telling me what to do just freeze up some bandwidth in my mind And I don't have one less thing for me to think about on a mind Which I feel is pretty tired having been through some challenges over the last two years. That makes sense Yeah, yeah, no, it's the same type of feedback that we've and then we mentioned at the start of the The podcast the the six week bodyweight basics are starting in in january. We've done um A six week mobility one and a couple of times with me and georgie and some of the feedback of that has been like Yeah, obviously the stuff we're doing was great and people making really good change with body But one of the big feedbacks was like just having that accountability to turn up The same time every week and you guys like tell me what to do. Um, and yeah, no it It's one of those Randomly seen some posts on instagram this week, but you see them time and time and time again like Very good coaches going. Oh, yeah, I've had a coach Like they might be like one of the one of the leading coaches in whatever and it's like for their training They're like, oh, yeah, someone else does my training like I don't do it myself because we need it You know, we need that accountability And I think that there's and well, it sort of leads me into another question I had or my other question for you was um, and it it Yeah, you you sort of delving into it already. So I'll throw it out there of What have we learned This year and and that could be what have you learned from training Or just from life in general like what things have you learned about yourself or because when we know more about ourselves Then you know what then like you you can make that decision to go Okay, so I'm going to join a gym because I know for myself This is what did it and then it starts to have plug some of those things for us And it can be it can be a training related stuff or just like life related stuff. I'd be interested Yeah, I think for me it's like, um, I'll just bit boil a couple bits briefly. I think it's I do think about there's a value inconsistency of just got to stay the course I think that's kind of like, you know, we've had so many um ups and downs over the last two years and and Business and work has been challenging Like I even have a number of different like I've got this business and I've got some consultancy work that I do And it just it's all kind of like up and down all over place Um training if I'm being honest has been up and down. It hasn't really been consistent I haven't had a specific thing necessary that I was working towards Um, and I think it's just I think the thing for me that's I've probably learned is that it's just a reminder Because you probably knew it but I'm a big what this I can say what I think has Taught me this last couple of years or this year Is that you don't know something until you've experienced it often in that kind of thing like you've got if you want to be resilient You've got to go through hardship. You you cannot teach someone resilience unless they go through personal difficulty So I think that's being part of kind of what shaped this kind of thought in my mind of going There has been some challenges. I have been resilient through sort of a number of different things Um, but what I've got to try and do where the value is and I don't always get it Right. There's been times where my training has really dropped off is the consistency of turning up to work or to my business every day And just doing the best thing I can turning up to the contract that I can do and doing the best I can Consistently trying to do some form of training Um has been like one of the biggest things that I think I've just appreciated and and especially at this stage in life Where I'm at like I'm 41 years old. I've got two kids. One of those is a nine month old baby Um, I've got some businesses which have had some challenges and all sorts of stuff going on over the last couple years Many people have been a similar situation to me um What what have we got to do to get through those times because we sometimes we can't hurry those along No one's had any control over how long this pandemic is going to take really we can do our little bits But like it's going to roll. It's going to take as long as it takes Um, but what we can do is all just rock up consistently and just one day at a time That's been my motto for the year one day at a time. But as long as I try and do that one day at a time things tend to move in the right direction not without disruption and not without challenges, but It is that consistency of Turning up doing the work and there is small things that small action that you take on a daily basis Those things consolidate over the period 12 months and I'm going to place now. We're like, yeah generally We're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel on both training and family and And work and all that sort of thing. Is that where you wanted to go? Yeah. Yeah. Deep. No nice Yeah, no deep. I'm we want to go deep It's deep but cliche isn't it like you go on to Instagram and find a motivation account So I'm gonna go one percent better every day, but it like but this is what I mean Like you can read that and you go. Yeah. Yeah, but until you've done it. You actually don't know it Do you've experienced it? Go on. Give me your side. Yeah. I don't want to spend all the time talking about myself No, no my my two pence and a little a little bit related to that. I've gone like the process of understanding Um ourselves better helping us to then make Choices around what we do to um, so that we can be the best versions of herself like something that I've Um learned this year So this is the sort of outside of training But training is related to it because it's one of the things I love to do Is like when I when I look after myself my health, whether that be physical mental than otherwise then By being having a little bit of like prioritizing that which can sometimes feel a bit of like Guilt towards like that selfish putting yourself first but Only to put myself in the place where I can then be the best version of myself if that's me Doing a session with the school. I say so I'll work with the clients or just with being a A son a brother of whatever whatever like hat I've got on like being the best version of that and a little bit that I I guess it's one one something for me. This is what my wife gets mad. She even said it to me about this Last night. We were listening to something and like I've said to her like we have these types of Conversations or we'll listen to a podcast and it'll I'll then like have like a bit of a realization of like, oh, yeah So da da da don't matter what it is. She'll be like Yeah, we've been talking about this for like six months. I've told you this about a hundred times like How are you only just now realizing that I'm like I'm a simple guy with a little brain I've got it. It takes me a bit of time for these things to sink in and I one thing that I've no I knew I had I knew this a long time ago when and people have heard me talk about it before about losing motivation for training when I had to retire from rugby from head injury And it sort of it challenged me and that I was like, I thought I was really motivated for training When I haven't got something to aim for at the end of the week All of a sudden I'm not motivated. We're like, what's all that about and I've known then this for a long time And we talked about like Calla sense giving us those goals and whatnot interestingly this year when I signed up to do a marathon the amount of Focus no focus is probably the wrong word But just the the intention that I then had and started to be more consistent with running because it was like Cracking in October. I'm going to run a marathon. I don't want this to be completely horrendous Like if I had a no training I'd have still turned up and just Crawled around but I wanted it to be a nice experience And It's something that there's something that I've noticed that like, okay It relates back to that it's going I've set myself something that I've got to go and do and it can be quite far ahead And I'll still have intentions do it. Like I've got a couple of things I've got something in my head that I want to do next year Which is called the ring of fire It's 100 odd miles coast the hot doing the whole coast of Anglesey Little island on north wales. So there's 100 odd miles in three days And I haven't signed up for it yet But in my mind I've like I'm trying to accept it So then and then there's a then there's an even there's a crazy stupid thing I want to try and do the year after potentially depending on how I see it But um, I think when I went to university in Bradford there's an event in Bradford called the ring of fire Shout out to Bradford curry shops Great careers in Bradford But um, yeah, having having having something to go towards I know like helps me It can be quite far ahead and I just need to make the commitment to signing up to this other one. Um, and then And then I really enjoy just being part of something, you know going and doing something You'll notice it with you go and do a crossfit session on your own the difference between doing it when other people are there Like going and running that marathon that I did if I'd have done it on my own I 100% would have gone slower and it would 100% been more brutal Um, just being feeling like we're part of something being part of like something bigger than ourselves and just not just doing it for ourselves like all those things like I know that I I just love those feelings and so Knowing that like just thinking okay, so When can I when can I facilitate those situations to happen? um in For next year and and moving forward in like all sorts of areas of life Excuse you the impetus doesn't it like you're going to go and do it because you've committed to something And that just that channels your attention and focus and you'll get it done and you'll enjoy it so Yeah, there's definitely like it feels like it's a little bit of probably people have heard this sort of stuff before but There is a big difference whereas you've probably signed up for more stuff that committed to this year than you've done Before that I probably can remember I wouldn't have I'd never signed up to anything Yeah, that's what I mean, but you'd be you've been you would have been somebody in the past You would have talked quite strongly about goal setting and achieving goals. Yeah, this is actually even for someone in your shoes who could have like Given a it would be as well practiced in that area. You've still found another level to that because you've committed to Something which a lot of people do like some people do that as a basic like it's like i'm just going to commit to these events and put These things in diary and that's that's what I train for um Yeah, well, I think if you go depending on so I was like I've always been like big on goal setting but The the the real goals that I had before when I was when you're playing like the sport I rug were a bit like they're just set for you They're there every week like it's set for you in terms of like there is and then you've got next season And that's the thing and so I think that I I shied away from just Realising that actually I just need to need to set some Concrete ones not just ones that are okay set myself a goal written down. I'm going to do this and if I don't do it then what does it matter like whereas When you sign up to an event then it's happening on that day and you got to go and do it So I really talk about like smarter goals are having you know time being one of them the tea in that like Having it where it's it's going to be it's happening now like you got to do it I'm going to sign up for one next year. It's in September What's it called core six? I think it's cool But it's like a combination of a fun of a fitness competition With an obstacle course race, but like not like overly engineered So it's kind of like it's outdoor on a country estate and it's got like three lakes in it for running It's got like It's got it's like the videos of it. I think it's called core six But I think um six teams mixed teams of six Three guys three girls. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna sign up for that one in september. I think it looks like Yeah, it's outdoors. He's sort of like Climbing some ropes with everybody hill go for swim in the lake Do some hot little horrible things Two-day event. So that's I think I'm gonna focus on that one for next year Nice Great stuff. Great stuff. Well That brings us to the end of Today's little Christmas pod Hope everyone has an amazing Christmas and you're looking forward to it And you're on the wind down into it now as we are I think this is out on the Will it be the 15 we what's your cook over Christmas? Okay, what you let's finish off with a little bit of food related. What is what is Christmas to you food wise? Well, you mentioned pigs in blanket. Sorry for anyone that's Not admit that. Yeah, it's not a meat or pork eater It's it's pigs in the other way Gammon, uh, Christmas Eve Gammon That's one of them pipers. I tried to do my pipers already the day's all sold out. We left it too late Yeah, we ordered about a month. Yeah, we've left it. Yeah Gammon We've got we've got a we've got a turkey from pipers. We've got a gammon from pipers. We've got like a A mutton shank. You know mutton shank. It's really massive. I was like barely fit it in there. Yeah, we're uh, we will be eating well Yeah, that was what I was going to say. I my current training is I'm playing with the my version of balkan bend it The balkan bend program, which is picking up momentum There's a movement to more people about it. There is yes There is it is a it's a becoming a thing a throwaway comment is becoming a thing It is a thing. It is happening It is currently being experimented with and formulated Um, and in due course me and Tim will launch probably And we can't do it as a live as a live course or is it going to be a like a follow along on your own time? Just dropped a glass That was my Christmas sherry Um, it didn't break though. Fortunately. Uh, well, we'll come back to balkan bend to be to be Something else that's coming in the pipeline for those of you that are like going to be after christmas all pumped up about what you're going to do for 2022 Is the annual we will have an annual offer happening. So Keep an eye out for that. It's going to be launching on boxing day If you are excited, keep an eye on your inbox You will get it if you sign up for our newsletter and get our emails It will be in your inbox on your access to all of our content for an incredibly good value price It's not even i'm even going to say it's investment jacko. It's not an investment. It's a no-brainer How good our annual offer is for what you get. So check that out. Don't miss out. It's an absolute belter And it what it gives you is it gives you that that uh, that um consistent so the opportunity to be consistent And signed up for an entire year and it's about what progress you can make in a year The mop rope and then trying to search for any sort of like quick fixes That's our philosophy on training and probably on life in general. So keep an eye out for that otherwise For me and tim bow. Merry christmas. Have a great one Merry christmas, and uh, we will see you. I would say happy I think we'll I think you'll hear from us before new year. So um, we'll save the new year chat for then Keep exploring your physical potential with movement strength and play and the turkey or two And enjoy those pigs and blankets class dismissed