Tomas Young joins The PTC as PT & Nutritionist extraordinaire. He’s a legend, from Ireland and went to both St. Mary’s Secondary School (High School) in Dublin, & St. Mary’s University in Twickenham South West London. Learn how he went from a fat kid rugby player to slim, trim nutritionist! We hope you enjoy!        

          In this new podcast episode we discuss new topics with a new plan for upcoming podcasts. We’ll hope to group our random tangents and using a bit more structure cover topics like; – Whatever Diets – Dynamic News From the World of Fitness – DM of the Week – Cringe of the Week – Member of the Month – Comms Updates – Fail of the Week And probably much more…   We Hope You Enjoy!!

      Carlo is newest member of the Physical Training Company family. His fitness background started with a love of all sports and football led the way playing for Sheffield United as a youngster. Then a different love took hold, as a professional surfer and eventually surf coaching. Now after 30 years of being carved from the beach, ocean and natural elements he believes living a healthy lifestyle begins with maintaining a strong, fit body and mind. He loves coaching strength for...

JP is the newest member of The PTC Squad and we are delighted to introduce him to the world. In short he is a Stellenbosch University graduate with a BSc in Sports Science. JP has always held a deep interest in the scientific aspect of strength training, with particular focus on triathletes and sport-specific training in youths. His wide range of technical skill and experience from working with young people with disabilities to professional rugby players, make him one of the best coaches for...

Matt and Keith field questions from their social media pages that were sent in by listeners;   How can you keep the momentum of working out if you go on holiday? What are the qualities that are common in the most successful people you train? What type of training would you recommend people fasting during Ramadan? You're on the plane next to a personal trainer moving to Dubai, what nuggets of wisdom would you impart? Methodologies that you have tried and tested that get...

Matt & Keith put it to their Instagram followers to fire questions in that they wanted the guys to answer on an episode of the podcast. How can you keep the momentum of working out when you go on holiday? What are the qualities that are common in the most successful people you train? What type of training would you recommend people fasting during Ramadan? You're on the plane next to a personal trainer moving to Dubai, what suggests of wisdom would you impart? Methodologies...

Keith & Matt are BACK for Episode 44! It's been a while and the boys might sound a bit rusty but here they are back on the microphone catching up on things and just chatting about stuff so... please tell your friends and press play and enjoy! As always, this episode is brought to you by A Life Of Education.com. A Life Of Education.com is the world’s only dedicated health and fitness educational website bringing health and fitness professionals & enthusiasts high end educational...

Keith & Matt are BACK for Episode 44! - It's been a while and the boys might sound a bit rusty but here they are back on the microphone catching up on things and just chatting about stuff so... please tell your friends and press play and enjoy! -

Ever heard of the two thousand year old bareknuckle fighting art of Lethwei? In this episode Nic joins Keith & Matt as they speak with Dave Leduc a week before he defends his Lethwei world title. What is Lethwei? Often called Burmese Bareknuckle Boxing, it’s a full contact combat sport from Myanmar that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques to defeat opponents only by total knock out! In 2016 Canadian born David Leduc became the first non-Burmese fighter to...

Ex-Royal Marine Commando turned strongman competitor, Mark Boyd is the Strongest Man in Scotland in his weight category in 2018. Currently his mission to build the sport of Strongman in the UAE with his Strongman brand of Emirates Strength. In this episode of the podcast, Mark gives the guys some teasers as to what will be in store for the top 15 of the world's strongman competitors when they come to Dubai to compete on October 26th for the title of  "Beast in The Middle East" at World's...

Nick Watson, wife Delphine, son Rio and sister Tia form Team Angel Wolf, that started out of the family's hope: to spread awareness on childhood illnesses and promote healthy living.  Nick and Delphine's son Rio was diagnosed with Q44 Deletion De Novo, a rare deletion of a chromosome, which means that he has had trouble with learning to walk and speaks through sign language. The team has been raising awareness of people (especially children) with disabilities and how they could be included in...

This episode features Matt & Keith just pressing record and seeing where the chat takes them. They cover topics from Matt's current Masters in Psychology, to people not taking responsibility for their training to Matt's current hiatus from Instagram and his reasons why. We hope you enjoy!   As always, this episode is brought to you by A Life Of Education.com. A Life Of Education.com is the world’s only dedicated health and fitness educational website bringing health and fitness...

Dr. Leila Soudah is a Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She joins Matt & Keith on this episode of the podcast to all about her journey from her 20 year practice of traditional medical practice in Germany to the world of functional medicine, her battle with breast cancer and her current approach and philosophy with her patients and clients. As always, this episode is brought to you by A Life Of Education.com. A Life Of Education.com is the world’s only dedicated health and...

Stephane Vigroux is one of the earliest pioneers of parkour during its origins in Paris, France and part of the original "Traceur" group in the 1990s. He is the owner of ParkourDxb, the home of parkour in the UAE. Stephan joined Matt and Keith to talk about the sport, its birth in the Parisian suburbs in the 90s, its growth through to its popularisation and how it has recently been officially recognised as an official sport in the United Kingdom. A very philosophical guy and real expert in...

This episode of The PTC Podcast is with Patrik Hedqvist and Marco Cipolat from Desert Barbell. The guys started out as a community effort in 2016 and officially founded Desert Barbell in January 2018. They discuss many things from technical aspect powerlifting and the people who make up their club. Patrik also works as a Physio for SHP in Dubai and is employed as an expert in his field with The World Anti-Doping Agency in Sweden. As always, this episode is brought to you by A Life Of...

This episode is with Anja Taljaard, a biokineticist from South Africa. Anja currently works in Dubai as a rehab specialist and personal trainer. Her previous experience is helping people stay as fit and as strong as possible during cancer treatment. As well as rehabbing standard musculoskeletal injuries she also has a vast array of experience from training gun shot victims to pre and post natal, all the while training to qualify for the Triathlon World Championships in 2019. A thoroughly...

Niel Copland from Turn Cycling joins Keith and Matt on this episode of the podcast. Niel is an ultra endurance cyclist which sees him solo cycling for days and days across the mountains in Peru, Corsica, Oman amongst others. Alongside his own cycling he helps many cyclists achieve their goals and dreams including events such as the Coast to Coast Challenge, BikingMan Oman and Ride London. In this episode the guys discuss what it takes to have the mental fortitude to cycle distances of over...

Trevor Flower is a Personal Trainer based in Dubai with over 12 years experience in the fitness industry. He  has written many fitness articles featuring in: Sport and Fitness Middle East / Sport 360 / Gulf News / Timeout Dubai. Having progressed through the ranks of Personal Training to Platinum Personal Trainer, to Senior Fitness Manager to being nominated in the 2016 FIT Awards for Fitness Manager of the year in 2016. Trevor now earns his trade as a freelance trainer and helps budding...

Toby Jones is an advanced bike fitter and owner of Bike Fit Asia. He encompasses the very detailed methodologies and practices that are a step ahead of mainstream systems. Keith and Matt discuss these methodologies and delve into the world of marginal gains with performance efficiency on the bike. As always, this episode is brought to you by A Life Of Education.com. A Life Of Education.com is the UAE’s only dedicated health and fitness educational website teaching health and fitness...