In this episode of the Fit for Business and Life Podcast, hosts Martin and Dominic discuss Movement, exploring how to keep your body moving and your energy high through the busy festive season.
As Christmas approaches, schedules get packed, daylight hours are at a minimum and family demands increase, it’s easy to let movement slip. We share personal strategies to stay active so you can boost momentum in your business and career. Discover how simple, sustainable movement can transform not just your fitness, but your focus, confidence and overall wellbeing.
Let's break down how to adapt your workouts for winter, stay safe training outdoors and use movement to balance indulgent meals and festive downtime. Whether it’s a Christmas Day walk, a quick home workout or active recovery between celebrations, this episode proves that staying consistent is easier than you think.
In this episode, we cover:
🎙️ Why movement enhances performance
🎙️ How to avoid the festive slowdown
🎙️ Safe ways to continue training outdoors in winter
🎙️ Indoor workout swaps
🎙️ How movement supports digestion and recovery
🎙️ Building consistency through planning and accountability
🎙️ Celebrating small wins and focusing on progress over perfection
This episode is perfect for busy professionals, entrepreneurs and consultants who want to enjoy the holiday season without losing momentum in their health, performance or business.
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In this episode of the Fit for Life Podcast, Martin and Dominic dive into how to stay on track with your health and nutrition during the busy festive season. From Christmas parties and family gatherings to the endless stream of tempting food, they explore how to enjoy it all without derailing your goals.
We discuss how to plan ahead, make mindful substitutions and prepare meals that work for both personal goals and lifestyle choices. This conversation blends practical advice with real-life experience to help you make progress, not excuses, this holiday season.
What You’ll Discover:
🍽️ How to enjoy the food you love while avoiding guilt and all-or-nothing thinking.
🍽️ Simple ways to balance your plate for better energy and recovery.
🍽️ A smart, flexible approach to managing festive meals across the week.
🍽️ How one hour of preparation can save you stress and time all week long.
🍽️ Understanding glycaemic load and why fruit is not your enemy.
🍽️ The importance of pre- and post-workout nutrition for busy professionals.
🍽️ Daily non-negotiables
🍽️ Simple strategies to stay hydrated when celebrations are in full swing.
🍽️ How to stay consistent even when plans change.
🍽️ Utilising accountability to stay on track through the holidays.
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This episode is perfect for busy professionals, entrepreneurs and consultants who want to enjoy the Christmas season without losing sight of their health and fitness goals.
Whether you’re managing your own team, running a business, or balancing work and family life, this episode will help you finish the year strong.
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We are back with a brand new season of the Fit for Business and Life Podcast. Over the next 6 episodes, hosts Martin Sharp and Dominic Furness dive into navigating the holiday season this year. In this first episode, we discuss how to build a strong mindset as the countdown to Christmas begins, along with techniques to stay on track with your goals when life gets busy, temptations set in, and low light levels lower your mood.
The holiday period can bring joy, stress and total chaos, often all at once. With long work hours and endless to-do lists, plus the fact that temptations seem to lie at every turn, it’s easy to lose focus on your goals. But with the right mindset, you can enjoy the season and stay on track.
Martin and Dom share powerful yet practical ways to manage your energy, protect your mental health and keep sustaining healthy habits, even when life gets hectic. They debate how to plan smarter, set realistic expectations and maintain balance so you enter the new year feeling in control, not burned out.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
🎁 How to stay motivated when the festive chaos hits
🎁 Simple mindset shifts to manage stress and overwhelm
🎁 The Dedication over Motivation mindset
🎁 How to handle social events without derailing progress
🎁 Creating a plan that allows for both celebration and consistency
🎁 Why prevention is better than cure for your mental wellbeing
🎁 Techniques to reprogram stress responses and build resilience
This episode is ideal for busy professionals, entrepreneurs, consultants and high achievers who want to enjoy the holidays while keeping their health, happiness and performance in check.
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In this inspiring episode of the Fit for Business and Life Podcast, host Martin Sharp is joined by special guest Luana Ribeira, as part of the Certain To Change series. Together, Martin and Luana explore the importance of being yourself, not who you think you should be. Plus, how true visibility starts with confidence, preparation and embracing imperfection.
Luana is a bestselling author, speaker, actress and founder of Dauntless PR, her expertise gets personal brands booked for TV, radio, podcasts, magazines and the news. This helps experts to boost brand awareness, credibility and to become known as the leading voice on their topic. She has appeared on Forbes, OK Magazine, FOX TV, ITV, BBC, Channel 4, Teen Vogue, Insider and many others. , Luana brings a wealth of experience on how to amplify your message, connect with your audience and show up authentically in the media.
In this episode, we cover:
🎙️ The truth about personal branding and authentic media exposure
🎙️ Overcoming the fear of visibility and criticism
🎙️ How to prepare for interviews and stay confident under pressure
🎙️ Why perfection kills connection
🎙️ Practical PR strategies to build credibility and grow your business
🎙️ How to use your story and personality to attract your audience
This episode is perfect for business owners, consultants and professionals who want to increase visibility, become more influential and share their message confidently across TV, radio,, press and social media, while expressing themselves fully, not just in the way they think the journalist wants to hear, giving them something real and powerful. Learn how to speak your truth.
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In this special episode of the Certain to Change Podcast, host Martin Sharp is joined by long-time accountant and trusted advisor Mark Overend, Head of Tax and Payroll at Ascentis LLP. Today, they discuss their passion for running in both trainers and their businesses 🎙️🏃♂️
Over the past 16 years, Mark has been instrumental in helping Martin systemise and streamline his business, while also sharing a passion for running. Together, they explore how the lessons learned on the road, including how resilience, consistency, and community, directly translate into building stronger, more sustainable businesses.
From the camaraderie of Parkrun to the discipline of marathon training, Mark’s insights highlight the parallels between endurance running and entrepreneurship. For business owners, consultants and professionals, this conversation blends practical financial wisdom with inspiring lessons on mindset, growth, and overcoming obstacles.
In this episode, we cover:
🏃♂️🏦The role of an accountant as a true business partner
🏃♂️🏦Why systemisation and automation reduce stress
🏃♂️🏦The camaraderie of Parkrun & community supported motivation
🏃♂️🏦Lessons from marathon training
🏃♂️🏦How encouragement can drive long-term success
This episode is perfect for busy professionals, business owners and consultants who want to streamline their businesses, reduce stress and build efficient systems, while also drawing inspiration from the resilience and mindset of runners and endurance athletes who value accountability, consistency and community.
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In this season's finale, Martin & Dominic discuss the final pillar of personal performance and how Dom uses Method to create a sustainable lifestyle.
Method is the glue that holds together mindset, meals, movement, moderation and monitoring. Without it, even the best intentions fall apart.
In this honest and at times humorous conversation, Dom shares how his evolving routines, strategies and layered habits have helped create a sustainable high-performance lifestyle. Routine travel plans, nutrition strategies and movement requirements can make busy days feel impossible. That's why it’s clear that the method isn’t about perfection; it’s about adaptability.
In this episode, we explore:
🧗♂️What "Method" means in real life for busy professionals
🧗♂️How daily habits build long-term performance
🧗♂️Why scheduling wiggle room prevents burnout
🧗♂️The power of becoming unconsciously competent
🧗♂️Personal analogies from finance, fitness and Swiss cheese...
🧗♂️How to plan for setbacks and stay consistent without guilt
🧗♂️Why personal meaning are essential parts of your method
🧗♂️Making the journey as enjoyable as the destination
This episode ties everything together for those busy business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals looking to build a sustainable balance of work, health and life.
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In the finale of our Kilimanjaro Mini-Series, Martin breaks down the Method that made the mountain manageable. We discuss training, route strategy, daily camp routines, safety checklists and what recovery looks like after the summit.
Learn how a clear blueprint, steady pace and recovery strategy turn a once-in-a-lifetime climb into a repeatable process you can apply to business and life. What you’ll discover:
🏔️ Preparation: balancing strength & endurance training to be summit ready
🏔️ On-mountain method: the daily cadence and why polé polé always wins on this type of trek
🏔️ Setting Expectations: checkpoints, fuelling strategy, equipment and how the guides to remove chaos
🏔️Safety & Contingencies: maps, comms, insurance and how to adapt the plan without panic
🏔️ Post-Summit Recovery: active rest, reintegrating habits and setting the next goal to keep motivation high
👉 If you want big results without burnout, this episode shows how the right method carries you from training to the summit of any challenge.
📍 This episode is part of a 6-part Kilimanjaro series, covering mindset, meals, movement, moderation, monitoring, and the method that made the climb possible.
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Part 5 of our Kilimanjaro Mini-Series is all about Monitoring, because if it can’t be measured, it can’t be managed. In this episode, Martin breaks down how tracking influenced every decision on the Machame route up Kilimanjaro, from weather calls to recovery and how smart data kept the team safe and performing well.
What to expect in this episode:
🏔️ Forecast vs. reality: using mountain forecasts, local guide insight, and maps to plan pace, layers, and risk
🏔️ Wearables at altitude: interpreting smart Watch/Ring data, including heart rate, HRV, sleep, steps, elevation, SpO₂ and why understanding your baseline matters
🏔️ Altitude effects: why early metrics can look “worse,” how adaptation shows up by days 3–5, and what stayed normal even during summit symptoms
🏔️ Fuel & fluids by the numbers: practical ways to monitor hydration, meals, and snacks when apps are offline
🏔️ Kit checks & contingencies: daily equipment audits, dry-bag systems, paper maps, spare power, and the insurance details high-altitude trips actually require
🏔️ Correlations between managing expedition monitoring and business KPIs for better, faster decisions in all areas of your business and life
👉 Listen in to see how data-driven decisions enable safer climbs, stronger bodies and successful businesses.
📍 This episode is part of a 6-part Kilimanjaro series, covering mindset, meals, movement, moderation, monitoring, and the method that made the climb possible.
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Part 4 of our Kilimanjaro Mini-Series dives into moderation, the rest, recovery and walking pace that made successfully summiting Kilimanjaro possible. Martin shares how the team managed energy on the Machame route (Machame → Shira → Barranco → Karanga → Barafu → Mweka), why they skipped a higher camp after summit night to sleep at a lower altitude for better recovery, and how simple routines (tea breaks, gear prep, nightly briefings) created calm in a high-stress environment.
In this podcast:
🏔️ Sleeping at altitude: Why descending to sleep lower accelerates recovery
🏔️ Hydration & Eating at altitude: staying fueled with a suppressed appetite
🏔️ Social recovery: How camaraderie boosts mindset and resilience on long expeditions and in business
🏔️ Digital detox: slowing down to de-stress and focus on one clear daily objective
🏔️How moderation habits create better performance in business and life
👉 If you’re always “on,” this episode shows why slowing down strategically is the fastest way to go further both in life and at work.
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In this powerful episode of our Certain to Change series, host Martin Sharp is joined by Dr Alka Patel, a renowned longevity & lifestyle medicine doctor and founder of the Million Hour Club. With a mission to help high-performing individuals live longer and stronger, Dr Patel shares her own transformation from a traditional GP to a data-driven pioneer in preventative health.
Drawing on her personal journey through burnout, international travel and a life-changing meeting with a 106-year-old, she offers practical insights and inspiring tools to help you take control of your biological age, build resilience and utilise technology to optimise your health.
This episode is a must-listen for busy professionals, business owners and change-makers looking to take action now to create a healthier, high-performance future.
In this episode, we explore:
👩⚕️The difference between prevention and cure
👩⚕️How to measure and control your biological age
👩⚕️The connection between lifestyle data and real decision-making
👩⚕️Why burnout signals are often ignored until it’s too late
👩⚕️Dr Alka's Million Hour Club'
👩⚕️Tips on metabolism testing and nerve stimulation
👩⚕️Breathing tips for stress management
👩⚕️How to align purpose, habits and health for longevity
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In Part 3 of our Kilimanjaro Mini-Series, Martin Sharp explores the vital role of movement and physical preparation in conquering Africa’s highest peak. From marathon training and UK three-peak challenges to the reality of a 7-day trek up Kilimanjaro, including steep rocky ascents and scree-filled descents, this episode shows how consistent training translates into success at the summit.
Discover in this podcast episode:
🏔️Why learning to move on tired legs was essential for summit night
🏔️How resistance training built the strength to tackle 1,200m ascents
🏔️The importance of stretching, flexibility, and recovery at altitude
🏔️What walking by head torch at night teaches us about focus and resilience
🏔️How the movement from climbing Kilimanjaro apply to everyday business and life performance
👉 Whether you’re climbing mountains or pushing through challenges at work, these movement strategies prove that strength + endurance = resilience + success.
📍 This episode is part of a 6-part Kilimanjaro series, covering mindset, meals, movement, moderation, monitoring, and the method that made the climb possible.
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In episode 2 of our Kilimanjaro Mini Series, Martin Sharp dives into the meals and nutrition that fueled his climb to the roof of Africa. From burning 3,000–4,000 calories a day on steep ascents, to staying mentally sharp with a balanced diet, to the magic of Peter, the best mountain chef in Tanzenia (yes, cucumber soup at altitude was on the menu!), this episode explores how food fuels both body and mind on these expeditions.
Discover:
🏔️ Why eating enough on the mountain can be the difference between success and failure
🏔️ How nutrition impacts not just physical performance but also mindset and resilience
🏔️ The role of snacks, habits and hydration in high-altitude endurance
🏔️ How high altitude fueling strategies compare to marathon training and other business strategies
Whether you’re climbing mountains or tackling daily challenges in business, these lessons show how fueling right leads to performing right.
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In this first episode of our Kilimanjaro Mini Series, Martin Sharp shares the raw, real experience of climbing the world’s highest free-standing mountain in Tanzania, Africa, where mindset became the ultimate test.
Even with months of preparation through marathon training, 3 peak challenges, and endurance conditioning, the brutal reality of altitude sickness and blackouts on summit night set in. Martin reveals how resilience, trust in his team, and mental stamina made the impossible possible.
You’ll discover:
🏔️Why mindset is the catalyst to success when pushing past limits
🏔️How past struggles, such as obesity, strength building, and marathon training, prepared Martin mentally for the mountain
🏔️The role of rituals, routines and trust in maintaining focus under extreme pressure and lack of consciousness
🏔️What summit night really feels like at 5,500m+ with oxygen saturation dropping and consciousness fading
🏔️How lessons from Kilimanjaro apply directly to business, health and personal transformation
👉 Whether you’re climbing your own “mountain” in business or in life, this story will inspire you to keep taking the next step, even when it feels impossible.
📍 This episode is part of a 6-part Kilimanjaro series, covering mindset, meals, movement, moderation, monitoring, and the method that made the climb possible.
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How do you really know if you're making progress? In this episode, Martin and Dom unpack the fifth pillar in Dom’s transformation journey, Monitoring.
From tracking gym gains and climbing grades to noticing changes in sleep, energy and feedback from others, Dom shares how a flexible, personalised approach to monitoring has shaped his consistency, confidence and performance. This is about analysis, paying attention to what works.
Whether you're a high-performing professional, business owner or just wanting a lifestyle change, this episode will help you rethink how you measure success and stay on track without burning out.
In this episode, we explore:
📈How Dom uses tracking (and intuition) to measure growth
📈Balancing data, self-awareness and feelings
📈Why writing things down might help — and when it won’t
📈How overtraining, recovery and life events affect performance
📈The impact of tweaking for better results
📈How body image feedback and comments become unexpected metrics
📈Why monitoring progress should be practical, not obsessive
📈The importance of tracking, consistency matters
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In this Fit for Business and Life conversation, Martin Sharp is joined by his accountant of 16 years, Mark Overend of Ascentis accountants. More than just balancing books, Mark and his team specialise in giving business owners confidence, clarity and peace of mind about their finances, while also guiding them to make smarter decisions for growth and stability.
From the early days of Martin starting his own business, through recessions, growth phases and strategy pivots, Mark has been a trusted advisor and sounding board. Together they explore:
🏦 Financial mastery
🏦 The role of management accounts and cashflow forecasting
🏦 Common financial mistakes that put business owners at risk
🏦 How to use cloud accounting tools for real-time insights
🏦 Preparing for growth, exits or even family succession planning
🏦 Why advisory accountants are valuable
Whether you’re a business owner, entrepreneur or consultant, this episode is packed with real-world insights on how to create not only a sustainable business but also one that supports the life you want.
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In this running special, host Martin Sharp welcomes back Dr Alka Patel to the podcast, she is a longevity and lifestyle medicine doctor and founder of the Million Hour Club. They take a deep dive into the connection between running, mindset and performance.
Martin reflects on his journey from non-runner to marathon finisher, and how Dr Patel’s data-driven health strategies transformed his energy levels, recovery and resilience. Together, they explore how precision testing, tailored nutrition and mindset shifts can help you perform better.
This episode is a must-listen for busy professionals, business owners and high achievers who want to apply elite running principles to their business and personal performance.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
🏃♂️How to measure, reverse and protect your biological age
🏃♂️The role of youth span in sustaining long-term energy and performance
🏃♂️How small tweaks in nutrition can be game-changing
🏃♂️Why cortisol management is key for runners and business leaders alike
🏃♂️The science of sleep, stress and strategic recovery
🏃♂️How to choose the right health tech
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In this special episode of the Fit Life Podcast, host Martin is joined by co-host and world traveller Dominic to talk about Martin's upcoming adventure to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
With marathon training still fresh in Martin’s legs, the pair explore how endurance, preparation and mindset all come together when facing one of the world’s great trekking challenges. From kit lists and altitude strategy to lessons in resilience and saying “yes” to opportunities, this conversation is a blend of practical preparation and inspiration for both adventurers and business professionals.
For anyone curious about how the discipline of running and endurance sport translates into tackling bucket-list goals, this episode is packed with insights and real-world lessons.
In this episode, we cover:
⛰️ How marathon training builds endurance
⛰️ Turning anxiety into excitement when facing big challenges
⛰️ Kit list, hydration, nutrition and first aid for long climbs
⛰️ Timing, opportunity and serendipity
⛰️ Lessons from adventure that apply to business resilience and growth
This episode is perfect for busy professionals, business owners and consultants who want to understand how mindset, preparation and consistency create success in both adventure and business — and who are inspired by the idea of taking on their own “Kilimanjaro moment.”
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In this new episode of the Fit For Life Podcast, co-host Dominic opens up about the often-overlooked pillar of personal performance, Moderation. From bad habits like late-night scrolling to navigating lifestyle demands in this busy world, Dom shares how he’s learning to rest, recover and recalibrate, without losing momentum.
Moderation isn’t about doing less. It’s about doing what matters at the right time, to maintain the optimum energy, confidence and focus.
Whether you're a business owner, consultant or professional managing high workloads and ambitious goals, this episode explores how to create balance without burnout.
We explore:
🔥Why moderation matters for energy, performance and long-term success
🔥How Dom defines rest
🔥The impact of sleep, screens, alcohol and overstimulation on recovery
🔥Reframing the real values of eating, sleeping and habits
🔥Anxiety vs. excitement: understanding the nervous system’s signals
🔥Simple daily resets (like coffee breaks and walks) that change everything
🔥How resting builds clarity, productivity and resilience
For busy business leaders ready to live even more healthier, happier and higher-achieving lives.
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In this empowering Fit for Business and Life episode, host Martin Sharp sits down with returning guest Ruth Driscoll, “The Life Liberator”, to explore how to break free from manipulative and controlling influences — whether at home, in the workplace, or in your own mind.
Ruth shares her journey from head teacher in one of the UK’s most challenging inner-city schools, to overcoming a controlling personal relationship, to speaking on stages around the world. Together, they discuss the parallels between high-pressure business leadership and personal resilience, and why true empowerment starts with reclaiming your self-worth.
You’ll hear powerful stories, practical strategies, and leadership insights that can help you handle conflict, rebuild confidence, and live in alignment with your values — even in the face of adversity.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
💪How to recognise manipulative or toxic behaviours
💪The surprising link between professional risk management and personal stress management
💪Why self-respect is the foundation of breaking free from control
💪How Ruth went from survival mode to global stages, bestselling books, and TEDx
💪Strategies to protect your mental health in high-pressure roles
💪The first steps to rebuilding inner strength and personal resilience
💪How to stop self-sabotage and become your own best ally
💪Why conquering yourself is the key to conquering any challenge
Rock Solid Resilience Challenge:
Ruth shares details of her Rock Solid Resilience Challenge — a 10-day mindset expedition designed to help you build the inner strength to face any personal or professional challenge.
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In this episode of Season 4, Fit for Business and Life co-host Dominic Furness returns with Host Martin Sharp for a powerful deep dive into movement and why it's so much more than just exercise.
Dom shares how movement has evolved from casual skate sessions into a structured, multi-modal practice that keeps his body agile, his energy high, and his mind fresh. Whether it's walking, resistance training, yoga, climbing or hiking, movement is never negotiable.
In this episode, we explore:
🛹 Dom’s personal shift from casual activity to intentional movement
🛹 Why variety is crucial for long-term motivation and health
🛹 The difference between movement, exercise and mobility. Plus, why all three matter
🛹 How movement supports brain health, emotional wellbeing and injury recovery
🛹 Common misconceptions about rest, routine and intensity
🛹 Tips for staying consistent without burning out or overtraining
Perfect for busy business owners, consultants and professionals who feel stuck in sedentary habits or are looking to future-proof their performance.
This is an honest and relatable conversation about how to move well, stay mobile and maintain energy for life.
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