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Want to look awesome, feel awesome, be AWESOME? Tune into my show Ben Coomber Radio, a UK #1 rated podcast and top 10 in the world. A show centred around you being the best version of yourself, where I interview the worlds best guests in health, fitness, mindset, career success, business, and person...
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608 episodiThe AWESOME Human is born - you but 2.0
The AWESOME Human is you, but next level. I’ve been studying high performance and health for 18 years and this new podcast, The Awesome Human, is my r...
{SPECIAL} Why I wrote How to Live an Awesome Life - OUT NOW
Many have asked "Ben, why did you write How to Live an Awesome Life", why haven't you written a nutrition and health book? Well my mission has always...
#685 - Hardest 2 Years of my Life
The last 2 years have been really challenging and have seen me change as a person more than at any time in my life, from battling long covid, to havin...
#684 - Knowing when to quit
Knowing when to quit something in life is key, otherwise things sour, we get resentful, and we aren't doing things that keep us fulfilled and whole. I...
#683 - Metabolism, can we increase it?
We're often sold products to help us "increase our metabolism". Many believe they have "a slow metabolism". There are many metabolic myths, this podca...
#682 - Diet Culture & Motivational Quotes
Diet culture is a problem, but it's also misunderstood in many ways. We re-look at this important topic and evolve our thinking on it, looking at fitn...
#681 - The Optimal Human Diet: A New Perspective
A cool new piece of research has come out looking at the gut microbiome, bacteria, what happens when people eat different diets, and what this means f...
#680 - Sleep Supplements: What the Science Says
What sleep supplements are proven by science to be effective? CBD, Lavendar, 5HPT, Glycine? There is lots that is talked about online, but what's wort...
#679 - The 6 Life Experiences that made me an Entrepreneur
I've been self-employed since I was 20. And up until now I've always told the story of why and how I think I ended up being an entrepreneur. But I now...
#678 - Why aren't women exercising? with Jesse Lambert Harden
A recent poll indicates that 47% of women have done no vigorous activity in the last year. What's more, while 37% felt that their health has gotten wo...
#677 - We argue about fitness marketing, Carnivore MD & whether we should delete social media
There is A LOT online we disagree with scientifically and ethically in the world of fitness, and you could argue marketing has ruined it all. Tom and...
#676 - The Journey to Healing, Freedom & Belonging with Nicola Jane Hobbs
Do you feel a sense of freedom in your life, healed from past trauma you've experienced, and a sense of belonging in the world and in yourself? If not...
#675 - Are some PTs giving out illegal and dangerous advice?
Social media gives free speech to all, and this is dangerous. But what is more dangerous is the standards PT training providers are equipping PTs with...
#674 - Athletic Nutrition with Dr Tom Little
Do athletes eat differently to you and I? There is only one way to find out, bring an AWESOME expert onto the show to find out. Today I talk to Dr Tom...
#673 - Small Changes, BIG Results with David Birtwistle
The legend David Birtwistle is BACK on the show! He joins me to talk about the 'low hanging fruit' we have in our lives that can lead to BIG changes....
#672 - Moaning about Personal Trainers & Fitness Industry Standards
This is our part 2 pet peeves show after you answered our big social media post "what grinds your gears about the nutrition and fitness world". Today...
#671 - Would you want to be famous?
Would you want to be famous? Most we think would say yes, but I've said no, I wouldn't, not proper famous anyway. This started off as an intro topic b...
#670 - Gym Culture: Pet Peeves
What do you hate about gym culture, or things people do in the gym? This is part 1 of a mini series with myself and Tom as we explore the things that...
#669 - Fruit & Fructose: Is it bad for us?
Fruit, is it bad for us? Are smoothies a no no? How much sugar, and or fructose is too much? We cover fructose, fruit and sugar metabolism at length i...
#668 - Calories on Menus, will it change anything?
Calories on menus are now mandatory for companies with 250 staff or more, but nutritionally, and psychologically, what does this mean? Does existing r...
#667 - Toxins, Fasting, and 'Nutritional Therapy'
In the world of nutrition there are some WILD claims, they even go as far to claim they can cure cancer - dangerous ground. A recent ‘Which’ survey di...
#666 - The Science of Carbs & Salt in Exercise
Long ago carbs were bad in the world of nutrition, but many are still wary of them. Today we dive deep into carbs and salt and their use in fuelling e...
#665 - Gym & Sports Supplements: Beta Alanine & Creatine
This week we look specifically at beta alanine and creatine after its popularity and spotlight off the back of the Joe Rogan Matt Fraser interview. We...
#664 - "Think About The Positives" is BS Advice
Anxiety is at an all time high, and advice you often hear when you are feeling anxious about the situation is "think about the positives", rather than...
#663 - The 7 Types of Laziness with Brian Keane
Friend of the show Brian Keane (online coach & best selling author) re-joins us on the podcast to open a discussion on the 7 types of laziness. This w...
#662 - You'll go Barefoot After this Podcast with Ben Le Vesconte
We all wear shoes, a lot, but how well is this allowing our feet to move, and how does this affect our knees, hips and back? I've been a fan of barefo...
#661 - Gut Health: The Latest Science with Alex Manos
Gut health is a popular area of study, and research links it to nearly every area of health, but how has the research evolved from the 90s, into the t...
#660 - British Food, Farming Standards & Pesticides
How good is the quality of British food? It often gets a bad rap in some circles, but I feel this is unfounded, as it seems we have very high quality...
#659 - All or Nothing with Michelle Segar
Why are so many of us all or nothing people, we either do something to the extreme, or not at all? Problem is, science doesn't support this approach,...
#658 - Exercise Isn't Therapy
To some the title of this podcast will feel like a controversial statement, after all exercise makes us feel good and is even prescribed now to people...
#657 - Changing Our Auto-Pilot Response with Bob Doyle
There is much we do on auto-pilot, and if we don't choose to become aware of these responses and change them, we'll continue to get the same outcomes....
#656 - My Experience With Long Covid
I've talked about having Long Covid on and off in parts on our long shows with Tom, but never in a succinct way. I've just written a full length compr...
#655 - Don't Overthink It
When it comes to our mental health, how many of our problems can be caused by us overthinking something? It's easy to get stuck in our thoughts, the w...
#654 - Is The Government EatWell Guide Correct?
The UK Government and NHS have a guide for nutrition, its called the EatWell Guide. It often gets a lot of criticism in the world of health and fitnes...
#653 - Mental Wealth with Adnan Ebrahim
What does mental wealth mean? We hear mental health a lot, but it's a broad term. It's like money, we don't want to just earn it, we want to be wealth...
#652 - Calling Ourselves Out
Is success as simple as personal choice? How powerful is environment? When is showing ourselves empathy appropriate, and when is it appropriate to cal...
#651 - Le Mans 24 Diet & Training with Phil Hanson
Want an insight into the diet and training of a Le Mans 24 race car winner? Well you're in for a treat as Phil Hanson from United Autosports who is th...
#650 - Rewriting Your Story with David McIntosh
If David can do it, surely we can all rewrite our story, however pre-determined it feels? Coming from a family of poverty, with a PTSD suffering fathe...
#649 - Organic Food, Pesticides & Critical Thinking
Organic food is assumed to be better, but is it? What if we eat organic food and make it part of a Mediterranean approach to nutrition, is that better...
#648 - Understanding Fatigue with Alex Howard
Fatigue is complex, and there is many levels to it. You've got the initial state of being tired and worn out, then you have overwhelm and burnout, and...