30 Plus Men's Fitness Podcast

In this podcast Mark interview's well respected coach Phil Learney.Phil has been a prominent figure in Strength and Conditioning fields for close to 20 years. In this time he has established and continues to build a reputation based around his intelligent, observational and results based coaching. Phil is without a doubt one of the most passionate guys I have ever spoken to in my 11 years in the industry.At 39 years old Phil's story reminds me a lot of my own. Overweight as a child he was bullied as a kid at school (thankfully this never happened to me) and has no qualms opening up about the lengths that it went to.Raised in a tough village up north, Phil quite openly talks about other kids throwing tables and chairs at him in class due to his weight and says that the bullying was relentless.This forced him to join a gym, lose the weight and starting lifting weights to improve his physique and confidence. This ultimately lead to a career in fitness with Phil becoming a personal trainer after completing a spor