We got into the Guinness Book of Records (also Blue Peter) and we're here to show you how.While the majority of us were learning how to bake, during the 2020 lockdown Jason set himself an ambitious goal: to break a record.The action sports a

#131 The Best Martial Arts For Fitness

Sep 26th, 2022 1h

Martial arts aren’t just a great way to get in shape; they can also help improve your self confidence and mindfulness, and introduce you to new cultures and friends. Many lessons taught in martial arts apply to other aspects of life.We discuss

#131 The Worst Episode Ever with Dan Scott

Sep 13th, 2022 37m 36s

#131 is easily the worst thing we've ever put out.Although it's been censored, it is explicit, mainly thanks to our guest Dan Scott of Clan Fit Edinburgh, so please don't listen if you're sensitive to mature, crude and expletive riddled conv

#130 The Fitness A-Z; A Complete Guide to Health & Fitness

Aug 31st, 2022 1h 14m

This is the quintessential guide to health and fitness from A-Z.Jason & Rod go through the alphabet, defining, explaining and using in a sentence, a mixture of health & fitness terms with some ludicrous gym slang to have a good laugh at.The

#129 Ancient Warrior Workouts; fitness from history

Aug 23rd, 2022 57m 19s

Were Spartan's ripped? How much could a Viking lift? Were Gladiators really vegan? What can we learn from the Ancient Greeks that can help us stay fit today?Rod and Jason look at the fitness regimes and diets of ancient warriors and find out

#128 Fitness Tribes; Cults or Communities?

Aug 15th, 2022 1h 6m

Fitness Tribalism; a support network or form of indoctrination?On episode 128 of Just The Fitness Tip Jason & Rod look into Tribalism, what it is, how it affects society at large and it's increasing presence in the fitness industry.We look

#127 LA's most interesting man. The Fightin' Philanthropist; Andrew McGregor

Aug 8th, 2022 1h

Andrew McGregor is a filmmaker, Grammy nominated bagpiper, inventor, writer, chessboxing champion, entrepreneur, frequent TEDx speaker, Highlands games athlete, photojournalist, magician, Curator of MindshareLA.He was named one of ‘LA’s 40 Mos

#126 Fitness in the Metaverse

Aug 1st, 2022 1h 2m

Is VR (virtual reality) & AR (augmented reality) the future of fitness?On episode 126 of Just The Fitness Tip, Rod and Jason explore the Metaverse and how new technology is seeking to make fitness more accessible and virtual worlds more immer

#125 Ego Lifting; the pros and cons of being a gym "show off"

Jul 25th, 2022 1h 2m

Urban dictionary defines Ego Lifting as;The act of lifting heavy weights for the sole purpose of impressing other people in the room. This is usually done with awful form and gratuitous grunting noises.John: "Look at that idiot ego lifting ov

#124 The milkshake that will make you gain or lose weight based on mindset with Dr Isi Okolo

Jul 19th, 2022 58m 37s

If you think your workout will make you lose weight, will it be more effective? Can one milkshake make you hungry or full based on what you're told?#124 is all about mindset and specifically how what we believe about our workouts and diets can

#123 Gym habits we HATE

Jul 11th, 2022 1h 7m

Most of us know the unwritten rules about gym etiquette but some of us violate them anyway. Here's our top pet peeves and personal dislikes about gym behaviour. Let us know yours.On episode 123 of Just The Fitness Tip, Jason Auld & Rod Penn ar

#122 Gene editing; how to hack your biology

Jul 4th, 2022 57m 33s

Gene editing is a pioneering area of science with the potential to eradicate diseases and hereditary genetic disorders using the bio technology known as CRISPR.On episode #122 of Just The Fitness Tip, Rod & Jason speak to Wasequa Ayesha Mir,

#121 Are there benefits to using drugs? Part 2: DMT, LSD & MDMA

Jun 27th, 2022 45m 52s

Part 2 of our drugs episodes, this time Jason & Rod talk about how high they've been.The episode starts with Jason's classic anecdote about the pre workout supplement Craze and how it was found to contain methamphetamine.They discuss their

#120 Are there benefits to using drugs? Part 1: Steroids

Jun 20th, 2022 54m 11s

Our first two parter explores performance enhancing drugs in sports and fitness.Jason is joined by Rod once again to ask;What are steroids?Are their ever any benefits to using drugs?How common is the use of performance enhancing drugs in s

#119 Does fitness improve your sex life? Can your sex life impact your health?

Jun 13th, 2022 59m 39s

Trigger Warning: Michael Ulloa is still away so time for a sex episode.There's a lot of language and content only suitable for adults. We will be talking about sex as it relates to fitness, both seriously and entirely immaturely, so please do

#118 Lift with Hitler; how fascists recruit through fitness

Jun 6th, 2022 54m 45s

In episode 118, we talk about how fascists are recruiting young white men through online fitness communities.Vulnerable young men, who are likely in search of mentors, comradery and self improvement, are being targeted by far right groups and

#117 Naked, with crows and Kylie Minogue; are these real Yoga classes?

May 30th, 2022 1h

Episode 117 of Just The Fitness Tip is the first without Michael Ulloa, as he takes a break for the time being. But in his place Jason is joined by two special guests.Award winning filmmaker and Capoeira master, Rod Penn and Cece Ho, yoga inst

#116 Will listening to Dua Lipa make you stronger?

Apr 13th, 2022 47m 50s

Just the Fitness Tip, Edinburgh's No.1 fitness podcast with Michael Ulloa & Jason Auld.

#115 Calories added to menus. Will it affect you? ft Lewis from Grams

Apr 6th, 2022 51m 47s

On episode 115 of Just The Fitness Tip, Michael Ulloa is replaced and upgraded by guest host Lewis from Grams & Plant Bae.Jason chats with Lewis about the new legislation that will see calories added to menus. As a business owner, Lewis has a

#114 Influencers ingesting aquarium cleaner to enhance brain function

Mar 24th, 2022 49m 27s

This week's episode is all over the place but Jason and Michael manage to talk about the former Goop exec criticising toxic wellness culture.Michael Mosley telling us the two things that will help us lose weight and it's not ground breaking s

#113 What makes a good Personal Trainer?

Mar 16th, 2022 59m 49s

What do you look for in a PT? Trainers, what qualities do you think are essential when working in personal training?That's today's topic. Born from one of Jason's rants, he suggests to Michael that organisation, communication and selling outw

#112 The ONE & ONLY exercise you need to do

Mar 4th, 2022 53m 58s

You only need to do one exercise to achieve your goal.We all know that's not true. But on episode 112 of Just The Fitness Tip, Jason & Michael take a look at the health and fitness professionals, publications and media outlets that suggest yo

#111 We bust health myths you thought were true

Feb 10th, 2022 58m 6s

If there's nonsense misinformation on health and nutrition, who you gonna call? Mythbusters aka Jason and Michael.On episode 111 of Just the Fitness Tip we bust the health, fitness and nutrition myths most of us believe to be true.Inspired by

#110 Is the fitness industry lying to you?

Feb 3rd, 2022 49m 13s

Every major celebrity in the fitness bubble is hiding a secret from the entire world and it's taken YouTube gamer PewDiePie to expose it. The Swedish superstar made an uncharacteristic video on the lack of transparency of steroid use in the mov

#109 The truth about calorie counting

Jan 24th, 2022 56m 31s

Do you count calories? Has counting calories helped or hindered your daily life? Interested in learning more but never knew where to start?Episode 109 is all about tracking calories.Jason and Michael answer your questions on calorie counting.