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Ian and Johnny welcome back Spartan Pro Athletes Lou Guenier and Chris Davis who were on the UAP podcast a year ago. Lou discusses his recent Spartan Beast Races races in Andorra and Morzine and how his training has progressed under his new coach Jon Albon. Chris discusses he benefits of having a schedule and how he has untaken some new unique challenges during COVID including a 50km trial with his dog, Pumpkin.   

World V40 400m Champion Gavin Stephens joins Ian to discuss their highlights and best takes from the Athletics programme at Tokyo 2020.

Former GB International and Sports Agent, Mike Skinner, joins Ian to debate whether Karsten Warholm's 400m Hurdles World Record is the greatest all time performance in Athletics.

Ian discusses the highlights of the athletics programme so far, including both the men's and women's 100m finals with former Scottish Senior and Great Britain Under 23 International Jon Oparka.

Ian welcomes back former guest, British Triathlete Ant Gritton to review the men's and women's individual triathlon and preview the mixed team relay.

Usually injury, choking on the big stage or a false start may be the unfortunate reasons why a medal contender fails to Unlock their Athletic Potential but this year the COVID factor could be the reason.  Former Irish international gymnastic , Nick Dunn, who has competed at World, European and Commonwealth Games,  joins us to discuss the impact of COVID on these Games so far!

Ian and Johnny discuss the new Olympic events added to this year's Games.

With one day before the delayed Tokyo Olympics starts, we spoke to Sports Presenter, Radzi Chinyanganya, who will reporting live for Discovery Channel UK / Europort.

Following on from our episode on ‘Essentials v Margin Gains’, Ian & Johnny discuss  the non-essential products we love. These are products we could definitely do without but enjoy having in our performance arsenal. We only feature products we generally love but for each product, we will give a full disclaimer on where we got the product from, price and discounts we received and if we have any connections to the brand.  ***We have not been paid by any brands to promote their products*** Leg Compression devices including Air Relax and NormatecFoam Rollers including the Rollga and HyperIce Vibrating RollerLaCrosse Balls and Golf BallsMini Bands / Resistance Bands Performance Insoles by NabosoHRV Trackers including the Oura Ring and Whoop StrapPortable Ultrasound Devices Percussion Massage Tools including the Hypervolt and TheragunAirWaav Mouth Piece  Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices like SupersapiensMeditation Masks like Power Mode And products we want to know more about… Temperature Control MattressesContrast Therapy Tubs  Unlocking Athletic Potential proudly partners with Red Dot Running Company, who specialise in sports nutrition and running kit and are based in Singapore. You can find them at rdrc.sg

We welcome multidisciplinary distance runner and coach, Jeff Ross, to the @unlockingathleticpotential podcast this week. Jeff originates from Scotland but has been living in Malaysia for the past 10 years. At high school, he participated in cross-country running and track athletics but found his passion in squash for most of his adulthood. In 2013, now in his late 30s, he returned to running and has made incredible progress across a broad range of distances and terrains. Now at 46 years young, today’s guest continues to excel on the road, trails and stairs and is a regular race winner in Malaysia, not just in the masters categories but against elite athletes in their prime. The achievement that brought Jeff arguably the most attention was his third place finish in the Gobi March Race in 2017. He also ran a 16:30 5km dressed as a banana! In this episode we discuss: The sporting moment that has brought him the greatest sense of happinessHis athletic journey and rediscovering running in 2013Finishing third at the Gobi March in 2017Becoming a coachThe mentors who have guided him and training principles he has employedStructuring training to be versatile over a range of distances Key routines and habits he employs to help him recover How Lila Movetech has been a game changer for his trainingThe launch of ‘Total Running Club’His number one piece of advice to help everyone unlock their athletic potentialFind out more about TotalRunningClub.com here You can find out more about Jeff’s recommended recovery, Hammer Recoverite, at hammernutrition.com.my Jeff also discusses the Lila technology; you can find out more by clicking on lilamovetech.com  Unlocking Athletic Potential proudly partners with Red Dot Running Company, who specialise in sports nutrition and running kit and are based in Singapore. You can find them at rdrc.sg

We welcome Great Britain’s long-distance runner Jake Smith to @unlockingathleticpotential. Jake recently made headlines when he went from pacing the Cheshire Marathon to going ‘all in’ for the full distance, despite never running close to 26.195 miles before in any capacity… and on this marathon debut he clocked 2:11.00, which is an Olympic and World Championship qualifying time. Jake’s other PBs are: 5km: 13:47 10km: 28:50 (28:00 in training)Half Marathon: 1:00:31 (GB under 23 record and third fastest Britain of all time)His half marathon PB was achieved when he finished in 18th place at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Poland  last year. In this episode we dive into: Jake’s pacing plan going into the marathon and how his race eventually unfolded into going the full distanceThe key sessions that allowed him to run 2:11.00 on his marathon debutWhether he felt like he ran his best possible raceHow his running journey started, growing up in Hong Kong and some of the key milestones along the wayStriking a balance between student life and trying to perfect his running craftHis ability to compete over a range of distances and his preferred race distanceCurrent goals and what he is doing to help make them a realityThe carbon fibre running shoe revolution and his relationship with sportsshoes.co.uk (Use ‘JAKE10’ to get 10% off orders over 50GBP)The ONE biggest factor in helping Jake unlock his athletic potentialUnlocking Athletic Potential proudly partners with Red Dot Running Company, who specialise in sports nutrition and running kit and are based in Singapore. You can find them at rdrc.sg

Ian and Johnny catch up on recent training and talk about the essentials  which should be ever present in our daily lives and form the foundation of our training and balancing this with marginal gains. Unlocking Athletic Potential proudly partners with Red Dot Running Company, who specialise in sports nutrition and running kit and are based in Singapore. You can find them at rdrc.sg