3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Personal Trainer — Luke McCarthy

[Music] All right. Hello everybody. Welcome to PT Launch Lab. This is episode 14. Today I'm with Luke Parthy. >> Nice having mate.

Thank you. >> Yes, mate. Very well. We just spoke about before we actually started this podcast, mate. I just I just want it as raw as possible. You can go into as much depth as possible.

Um, you don't need to hold anything back. Let's uh let's go. >> Say something new for me. Interesting, mate. Be nice to um say a few things. >> Absolutely. Let me dive into it.

Oh, see your face. Actually, mate, stop at the top. Right. I'll let you I'll let you leave me. I'll not try to butcher what you've done so far cuz I know you've done high rocks, marathons, you name it.

So, we'll build up to that. But, um yeah, I usually what I do is I usually do a title like if someone's coming like at Zach Nico, you just see Yeah. Yeah. And I just like GT3 uh GT4 championship now in GT3. We've done that much stuff.

I kept there's no tail for you. >> Yeah. Well, actually when you look back on when I look back, man, I've done quite a lot in short in the short period of time really. Um but yeah, it's been good. But it is good. It's still I think it's going to get better. >> Well, you just seem to keep getting better and better every time, which I didn't think were possible.

I' I'd seen you again talked about it just before this when you were coaching John Wats to do the uh the V2 match. That like two that well first that when I like first started learning all this I rock up stuff and basically learning coming off the back like some injuries then I injured when we did that you did >> I think two match was still like 60 on that record >> so it' be crazy to get on that machine and see what is now but yeah uh but yeah that like two years I think >> it's crazy so right from the beginning then like I said you can start from childhood it can start from beginning fitness industry or what what made you get started into it you can go back as far as you want. >> Uh me childhood mate. I think we'll start there. So I've always been athletic. I've always been into fitness at school.

Uh I 100 m old adult like 100 mters cross country. I would always football played rugby. Any sport I could do or what they wanted me to I'd do. You know what I mean? You put me in a position of rugby, I'll play it.

You put me in the position of football, I'll play it. But football at the time at school were my main thing. Um like I went all the way through academyies, lead United for six years, Chef Wednesday, Old City, uh football were the main thing, but I can remember like still playing for like professional teams while in academy and then at school playing for them and then rugby playing for that and then they got me doing all this track and field and uh all cross countries at school, mate. Yeah. I would like sport has always been a massive massive thing for me and it's been a massive thing for me to like escape to as well you know like as growing up like it'd be a thing that if I had bad time I could do sport if I had a [\h__\h] that I could do some sport and all that but I always had something to prove in sport you know like I always wanted like it probably is being big and a bit like but I always wanted to be the best you know >> you know what I mean with you know on a rubby pitch like I was small I was in school smallest people I used to get called Big Mac.

That's what coach used to call me. Uh, and I'd always make sure, mate, I would I would tackle I would I'd take someone's head off or attack my head. I'd always make sure I would doing some where you put me, what he said I'd do. >> But then again with like with football um like football and main that's what like my parents pushed me to do. That's what my dad wanted me to do. But I really enjoy football.

Uh but yeah, that's where like that's school. That's growing up in school. But then like then to track and field like I were doing all that. I think it was,200 m, 1,400 m, 100 m. >> But it's all during school. >> This was all in school. Yeah. >> But then like going through school and mate, obviously me and my best mate, we all we were all way growing up.

We were like this is going this like junior school getting into high school obviously started being a little [\h__\h] Started like I would 10 men doing that doing this and then end up getting kicked out in year nine. >> No way. But then but then so they end getting kicked out but then schools still haven't going back like to do to compete for like in for good to play football for them >> and then I was still been back to obviously to do events and play sport for them. So do you do you reckon they did that just because they know you're a good representation for school and then they could still blend it in to be able to say we want to keep putting him in school just so yeah cuz I think rehabilitation I actually get kicked out of school like a lot of time I got kicked out for something stupid but then I I went back and then a lot of times I just didn't go so I think oh I don't need that score I go work you know what I mean like ah I don't need b and it always like fitness it always something to do with sport that draw me back to go Like if they told me, "Oh, you have to come out for a math lesson." And I'd be like, "Oh, no, mate. That will you come back and do 100 meter tomorrow." You know what I mean? It always be something to do with fitness that drew me back.

But then obviously coming out of school and stuff like I did um there were years where I went without doing any dual years obviously growing up and stuff like coming out of school mate. I might have jumped a bit forward here. But um why I spent time not doing an O2 with fitness and like been just growing up being kids and coming out of high school and just obviously been Billy big balls and knocking out with mates started drinking and started obviously just doing stupid [\h__\h] I think we've all been through them through through them we >> yeah of course. Yeah. is that um so at what point then did you have like a couple of years >> out of fitness completely down a bit of a rubbish path and then >> yeah because obviously I'll go back a little bit I play football for like well or at less I think what last place I was off in academy I left for six years I thought I there for quite a bit of time but then I stopped that I've stopped going like my dad be like what you doing I like I can't be asked for that >> what what made you fall fall out of love without then >> it I thought I were missing out be my mates Yeah. So what it was so if my mates were oh we're going to do this and there's bites we're going to do that and football training I' be like I'm not missing out on this I'm going to do that and it's where looking back now if it my kids I' be like well we're off there where you can see where your parents coming from and it were probably a massive opportunity what I could have got but then >> with life I've got now m anything you know what I mean >> everything that we do you said is path m is just crazy in it and uh that's just the perspective you got to look at it Like again and I just keep I keep redigressing to what we said before we actually call podcast but it's like just don't matter when you've started. >> No journey in a path like you and everyone's path different and it's all led to something different. >> That's what leads to these good stories like every single book that's ever been written that's got success stories come through. >> Yeah.

Like I've never been like a big talker like I've always been pretty shallow on myself. Like I I've never really been a talker. Like I'd rather send a text like I' like voice notes and stuff like that. I used to hate doing them. >> It's like it's it's only recently this past few years where I've like I found myself a little bit and >> and that's fitness again, mate. It's like three years like I've been obviously two years, three years now going into next 2026.

I've been my third year in iRock and fitness and doing all this mad stuff what I've been doing mate. So this is only three years where I've actually found myself in myself, you know, is >> like to come out and break out cuz I have like I'm a bit I think like coming back to school as well. I'm dyslexic. >> Yeah. >> So, I were never good at writing. I was never good at reading. And I think that's what made me be a little bit naughty because I'd try cover it up. >> Yeah. >> I'd be like, I can't read that.

So, I chuck some up in class or I'd try everyone look at me. And I think it would basically someone just I would have tried to escape out of that instead of being class clown basically and think [\h__\h] hell, he can't read or >> do they talk about him. He can't he can't read the book. He can't write. >> But I probably could have got a lot better at it. But I think I chose not to by just being a bit stupid and obviously thinking, "Oh, well, I don't [\h__\h] need this.

I don't need to write. I don't need to read." You know what I mean? >> And but and then I've gone through that like a lot. Like especially with jobs and stuff, it's hard, mate. Like especially like now even today, I still have to get Emma to check over on my work. Especially now cuz I've done full-time and PT and coaching and >> your words need to be right because someone will put like sometimes my Instagram stuff like someone will message me oh you got to spell that right mate. >> I still get that >> and it's like for [\h__\h] sake and I always think oh so we've seen everyone's seen it but it's like oh no matter I think I overseen stuff a lot but I think I think in men in general I think we do don't we?

Uh but yeah, we've been dyslexic and I've been that side of things and but like I said, I've only just found like myself this past few years to come out and like to do this now, mate. Two years, you know what I mean? >> So, what was what were the what were the turning point? Did you ever go into um did you come back in for obviously we're school very spot and then we had a little how many years ago would you say there? >> Yeah. From any training? >> So, say like come out of high so leaving high school. Yeah. >> So, leaving high school, mate.

Um, I went straight Yeah, I went I think what did I do from high school now? So, I went um I went into work. I went I working for my dad. Um I working for my dad. Uh I think he had he's had a few business anyway.

I working with him just like this odd stuff. But they like pubs as well, mom and dad. So, I'd always work in there just try to get a little bit of money out of some um and then like I said, I didn't do any fitness mate. Like I I went to bro split bodybuilding. It might it will f.

So yeah, fitness side of things, all that went down 20 m, but I always went I always I still probably did some a bit where like I think it them times and them going up like who could get biggest lift most weights, >> who had best six pack, who best with top off, who could get those birds, >> mate, listen back then that were PTS. So um I think it's only changed a bit now. Um I think people obviously appreciate the the sports athletic >> Yeah. Look at everyone to be who's the biggest you to someone and you say wow look at size I want to get like that I want to be I want to be him it's not like now where fitness and past it were like chicken and mice chicken and mice and then we went to shop like it were chicken shop in town and that like who could eat most like let's get chicken off protein shakes not having a clue about diet but we'd see a protein sh you go buy it >> everyone used to make 5 kg tubs of mas Yeah. Yeah.

Um >> juggernaut drinking. >> Yeah. That but that is going back to now all our fitness. It's like it's generations and this will change like now when it's supposed to >> Yeah. somewhere else for my kids. It'll be it'll be here. It'll it'll it'll all this rocks fitness fun.

Well, it's fun training. It's hybrid training. It's just an hybrid lifestyle. It's been about for years, mate. All this has been here for It's just that someone's put it all together and they'll have it 100%.

Um but don't get one it'll stay but there'll be some do. >> Yeah. So yeah. So that's a good cool good little uh diversion at So you got to do CrossFit. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So >> it's enjoyable. >> Yeah. So is that cuz of the strength aspect to it rather than just this explosive speed like the high rock.

Obviously so uh you everything's explosive sports performance endurance whereas there's a lot of technical uh elements to kill the cross feet to win the Olympic way. >> Yeah. Yeah. And power clay is bad. >> Do you think Hyrox did a smart thing there? Well cuz the audience is a lot so you can have a lot wider audience if you do it like Hyro most people can do it whereas honestly sorry mate cut. It's all right.

We'll jump forward a bit. Yeah. But this is what I love like about iRox. Anybody can do it. I can get my grandma out of bed tomorrow, mate, and she could do an iOS. >> There's loads of videos on that.

It's all >> And this is what this is like the main thing what it tastes. It's like anyone can do it. You can be overweight. You can take your misses. >> It's all beneficial. >> It's all it's all it's not a skilled movement. It's a movement everybody can do.

And it's like it's you see like you're running around that track, mate. And I go to venues and I go to races and it's like it's ace. It's good to see the faces and the crowd >> who are doing it, who are competing. It's like you could tell 90-year-old Wendy, sorry, bit too old, but >> you could tell 50y old Margaret to do a toe to bar. >> She's like, watch one of them or do a power clean into a clean and jerk or to, you know what I mean? But you could tell her to someone to pull a skier or to run over.

They can do it. Absolutely. >> It's a move people can do. Um, it's it's and it's it will be here for years to come. It's going to stay because it's look how big these took off. >> And do and do you reckon is it of the have they changed some of the stations as well? >> Everything's the same. >> Is it always the same? Yeah.

So I think I don't know if you you might completely disagree with me, but I think CrossFit just got like a bit of a >> you know CrossFit all the handstand stuff and like some of that and it is what it is. It is crossfit like I've got literally nothing against it. off in Edwards and I thought it was a beast but Sonic movements is just ridiculous. I mean some when I s them crossstick games >> crazy. >> I like it just just funny but amazing at the same time. >> Still intrigued me the you know what they it intrigues me to watch but you know I'm not good at CrossFit like I I've got some mates that savage at CrossFit like and I know a lot of people who people that sponsor me and they've got sponsors that who they sponsor that are CrossFit animals mate and it's like >> they've always got an injury. you some he's got some but like to watch him it's intriguing. It's like I've done it before like I've done it a lot. I've done I've been and tried it like rigs and >> bar work and that but it's one of them things where it's um it's it gets uh sorry looking for a word.

It gets >> u addictive. >> So it's like >> especially with me I don't know if you like saying I've got an addictive personality. So if you tell me I can't do something or if I know I can't do something I learn it. You know what I mean? That's what I think of it. Jets went and as as I think you said at the beginning, there's no such thing as just taking part.

I was like, if I'm doing it, I'm doing it. 250, I want to win it. >> And it's Yeah. And that's the mindset I think that you need in it. That's the winning mindset. But >> unless unless you're a 50y old just just to achieve it, like get over at the same achievement, mate. It's sort of a good thing about uh the running the running community is that >> it don't matter how how fast you run.

Everyone's always like I've got a couple of groups about M as well spoke the same thing. I'll go on these running groups. It must be one of the most supportive groups in no one can run. I was like, "Yeah, it's better than 5k you do run." And everyone's like, "Yeah, pat on back." That's cool. >> Running is the best. It's it's it running as well.

Like one other thing that I probably that saved me like it was that first thing I started doing was running with my uh like I can remember me going doing 5k every day as fast as I could. >> Yeah. >> And then learning about myself and then it were running the main the start of it what what what got me into it all. And obviously I started running then started putting my running together like a bit training and then um I was getting coached at time by Jamie Kelly. You know Jamie from Cats >> Jamie Kelly he were coaching me for my motocross. >> Shout out to J. Shout out I always give a shout out to him before. Yeah. >> Um so yeah before when I so that got me into it all because we'll probably go back anyway.

I think we jump forward a little bit. on my road bag but obviously don't know my background from coming off this is motocross obviously you know that yeah I race motocross for years um so obviously leaving school blah blah blah whatever happened in that gap and then obviously went to motocross um so I did obviously that for years and Jamie was my coach at time >> right >> in EOP team mate shed mate and I were the most unfit looking back now I thought I were fit then we used to but now like when numbers that I were doing then to what I'm doing now. It's it's crazy. >> Uh and it Jam got me into it because I was doing running. >> Uh I were running all the time and I were going there but I was getting injured on motocross all the time. I was like I had that myself accidentally like >> well but get on to that. Obviously I got told I never walk. >> Uh and you know I getting sick of injuries mate and I was like time carried on doing this injury and says run in hospital every other week. >> It's not not that from me from other riders idiots. Don't get yeah probably some of yours but I was getting injured all the time.

So like Jam like this thing's come back called I rocks you need to try it. I like [\h__\h] I used to put this together I rocks who's put this mate honestly >> let's train for it let's train cuz he booked a race and I think it were London he went and did one before me and there were like 400 people 500 people there like it were empty. >> Yeah. >> Uh and he went mate honestly it's a bit of you. You love money, you've got wood strength. Going back to bodybuilding, I built wood foundations in strength. Uh, and he says just start doing it, mate.

I've done it a week. I got obsessed with it. >> I remember first time I had about I was in Mame's restaurant and one waitress said Stephen and I can't remember what it sucks. Have you heard of it? And because obviously fitness industry and I'm not and I just went, "Yeah, yeah, course." Yeah. And I just because I thought I'd not even heard of it and I said, "Yeah, of course." And um I said, "So what so what's that?

So what is it again?" He just explained I just met it out as if I just forgot. Uh just seem like sort of uneducated in that in that environment. Oh, it's called my run sister and that someone say >> oh I thought you know what sounds that it does sound good and then it just before next time I heard about it you got massive and that must have been within a month it must have exploded mate like >> come m obviously that's I stopped riding bikes from that week mate I were like I've still got my bikes in a container >> I didn't realize you were running doing bikes all the way up until >> yeah so I was still racing the bike and riding the bikes now I've still got bikes container I don't think I've off container things all like and since that day I was I got obsessed with it mate and then I've obviously um but then I outgrew Jamie like cuz this is me going back to being like uh having that that mindset and well building this mindset along it all but just having that um go what's it called word again just been obsessed yeah just yeah just wanted to move more progressive um just being obsessed with stuff so uh yeah so obviously I started it and then I just like I want to get better. I want to get better. I want to get better more. >> I just want to get better.

So then obviously I started learning myself. I started adding more running in. Um did probably worst thing you could ever do. I started taking workouts off. Someone had like look on Instagram.

I'm have to do that workout. It was something crazy. End up injuring myself. But then I carry on training. Uh there were loads of times mate like obviously that's what's probably built me to I am now.

I'm way >> so is everything I know because it's still surely still in you at times though. when you obviously you're very regimented and you got this routines now and everything's >> how it should be injury prevention re free you name it you tick every box >> is it still if you see one of these mad workouts that you want to do that >> ain't no one especially now like but you know what there's probably people out there that see my workouts now I'm not doing big headed that you think how is he doing that >> how is he doing my workout mate you know what it is it what >> it Saturday I had a a three out my Saturdays my workouts on a weekend I always do double sessions straight after each of them all my days anyway double days triple days some days like I never drop by 100k a week like and I'm pushing 20our weeks every week if I'm not deal loading like this week is that just the running on all the trade that's that's got strength training >> funk fitness I work based stuff it's got my runs in there but then it's got um it's obviously got rec recovery work. It's got everything in there. I'm pushing past 20 to 25 hours a week training, but that's one I have I have one easy day, >> but that's me because I built the tolerance. You know what I mean? I've built all that tolerance.

Sundays I'll do 30k, 20 to 30k, but then it's like, like I said, coming back Saturdays, it's like the workout. So, we'll go back to that >> Saturday's workout, mate. What I planned for myself, I looked, I thought, what a nutcase. Yeah. Yeah. >> Then when I'm doing it, it's like it's it's so rewarding, mate, knowing that you can do it and know that what you're doing. >> So, do do you base obviously your trainings in order?

So, what would your what would your usual week's training? >> My week, so we'll start Monday. Monday it Monday is the only day I don't run. So, Monday, but I always do eye volume in bike. I've always got a long I've always got a lot of bike in there and it's always a lot of work. So it's always ski, row, bike.

That's all I have. But back then I'll have like under fatigue. I'll do I'll have some burpees. Like that's all just I'll have two movements for my iRocks in that session. It's always a long long my Mondays are always a long session.

But for me really it's I class that as an easy day. It's obviously not an easy day, but I class that as an easy day coming off back of another day off Sunday. Um but yeah, that's Monday. So that's bike in the in the mornings. I'm class it as an session.

But that's from an hour to two hours uh on a Monday. Then on the night I've got my strength workout. Uh but all my strength is involved. It's just basically bar work uh pull-ups all stuff like it's no bodybuilding. All stuff I told us there's funical movement.

There's conditioning uh just what I need to do like deadlifts, squats, um >> just lunges, sled pushes. It's all strength for art basically for what I need. You know what I mean? Uh Tuesdays is always double day threshold. So it's always running morning threshold 8:00 PM threshold that can tail up to oh from 30k to 40k a day in that day I've always got LT1 LT2 in there so I've got a top end of threshold normally morning I've got my bottom end of threshold normally afternoon nighttime Wednesdays is always I based so it's always got some it's always just movements out my IO it's always got one in there I always start with a 5k one warm up three 3 to 5k warm up uh then it'll my runs in there coming off back stations under fatigue you know what I mean so that'll be like an hour I went from 60 minutes to uh if you put my cold down and warm up in there mate it's like it's like an hour and a half hour and 40 minutes and then uh on a night Wednesday I've got strength again so I do strength three times a week so I got strength on a Wednesday night that same again me I have a bit that strength is normally on a Wednesday is normally lower so I'm normally so what I normally do with a AM session on a rock I always put a lot lunges in there.

So, a lot of a lot of wall balls. So, I've always done. So, I'm already setting myself up fatigued with my legs already for the PM session for my for my um for my strength. So, know then my strength is always just just bar work, mate. B to box if my legs are fatigued.

So, I'm always front squats, back squats, >> lunges again, know what I mean? There's stuff strength wise what I need. You know what I mean? Not pushing too bad, not running into bodybuilding type of things and stuff like that. And then Thursday, I got double threshold again.

So it's always entail the AM threshold, PM threshold, but I probably might on a Thursday I'll probably do like my easy threshold at morning and my threshold on the night. But that's entail again that can be open from 20 to 40k. Um and then Fridays it's always um I pull it back a little bit on a Friday, but it obviously it's got running in there. It's a threshold. It's a it's like a threshold workout on runs. >> Yeah, >> we all my rocks base movements in there.

Um but yeah, that's that's but I do pull like my paces down a little bit on a Friday because knowing going into Saturday I've got a massive day and then on a night and again I've got my strength work. Um it's normally mixed like upper so it's like standing shoulder press uh with them over a bar with some dumbbells. They're always different on a be always different but it's always it's no stupid it's stuff what works. You know what I mean? It's know I know what's going to work for me for my strength side of things.

And then Saturday is a double double day, but Saturdays is a really long day. So I've got like um like this Saturday I did it all together cuz we were going somewhere me and Emma. Um so yeah, it's a long I class it is the long long irock space. So it's like just basically am's just long m it's it normally bike into someone's like I based movements just whatever how I tail it put it into myself program it myself and then night time it's threshold ones again so then just obviously that fat is the biggest day at that week and then Sunday is always the easy one um it's from 1 hour to 3 hours like this Sunday I did 30k the zone two but my heart out rate what 130 is about obviously my slow pace I think four 420s or something this summer so it's a that's a funny question actually cuz if you know when you uh when you're doing your >> do you know when do you know when you're doing your runs so this is just me for for an interest actually because uh so when you're running obviously you've got everything you do Like I said, it's all for a reason. Regiment, right? >> So, say if I say if I run a marathon, right, would I have to complete a full marathon without stopping before I can start doing the stopping ones or is it opposite way around? >> Well, if I wanted to train for it. >> Yeah.

So, best way I can explain it is you I know you joked on it with the the straa trend and your shutting fridge. >> Yeah. That quite >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know. problem all that but I never do any of that Rafine like even how many years I've been in in this game like I said earlier 17 years in this I thought whenever anyone ever did a run you completed the time that's it you completed the the me that's it so all my easy ones mate I'll stop I'll take photos I'll >> my it's called easy for a reason I go on about so many people they'll go out on an easy run >> they'll put on the stories like I seen do weekend mate he went out zone two B easy run.

Looks at his rate. His heart rate 190 top end and he advers you've gone an aerobic. You gone past your threshold. It's like what have you? Why are viewers dead at work?

And so and so would do you think on same thing there where do you think a lot of that for show for >> yes >> people on social media when when obviously it's going to say on their pace isn't it so they just run half marathon and they're doing a a four four minute kilometer pace all the way through but then they stop for free drinks but then so say you look at my tide it's like it's not because then like me on a Sunday on a on a Sunday I like last week I run to my mom she's been in hospital mom so I've run to hospital >> stopped there for 20 minutes and then started watch again. Yeah, >> it's called easy for a reason. But then >> instead of putting it on, know what I mean? Like or been on an easy one but not putting the heart rate on or stuff like this. Just go out like I say to all the clients when I program them talking page go out enjoy it.

Put a podcast on what we just about >> enjoy it being easy. I says because when you hard work you got time to stop. It's hard and hard for a reason. But going back to stra like that like >> a lot of people have got too much ego. It's like this is basically the conversation quite funny because I know you like I said I always got nothing but like props for you like some of the actual times and stuff you you do that are genuine not race times are unbelievable so I know it'd be a bit of a laugh to be able to say to you like >> what like obviously them ones don't count do they cuz everybody but that's the only problem with social media nowadays it's all like smoking mirrors is yeah I could be I could be run these Afric is what I say to people and this is what I like going back to like make my clients now I don't want to see a time unless it's been in the race like I don't want to know a PB unless it's been in a race.

This is why I say to people you can go around a winning track >> but have you dodged through 5,000 people running a 10K on a on a race unless you're up front. You know what I mean? Or >> racing's racing that racing PBS come with racing. And this is what I like I always said to people. It don't matter the way you've done it.

For me to see a PB needs to be in a race. I'm not bothered because you you could lie to anybody. And Straa is like the worst thing for it. It's like generation of social media. It's like people need to prove something to people.

It's like you need to prove to everybody. >> Surely stay in your own lane. >> Yeah. So do you know yourself? I feel like you must bust in the toilet. Post them up knowing >> that you've not completed it or you stop for easy runs like you were just saying when you know you can see their heart rate and you're like see like I'll stop at all time. I'll get my camera out and I'll put a video on.

I'll take photos and and I'll FaceTime kids. I'm up at 6:00 and I'm up at 5 out of that door on a Sunday at 5:00 to get my my run done. Lo up. I'll jump on FaceTime to her. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I'll stop and talk to her.

Just go walk up out of bed. I'm not there. You know what I mean? Yeah. >> Or something I'll carry on or stuff. I'll think, oh yeah, I or like I'll learn somewhere like I always one of my routes I always put some on it or like my maze might have done to Costa and I sock in there for 10 minutes on a quick and then I'll go back on my route.

It's called easy for a reason. It's called enjoyable for a reason. >> I think >> that's just to uneducated like ears. >> Even even myself it's all like it's very very interesting mate. I've done it myself. Yeah, I thought right 5k every need to go do a 5k appointment this time. Who cares?

Who cares? Unless you've done a race, mate. Put it up there, but just being active and enjoy. And is it where a lot of people don't get no better, mate? Because they're bothered about other people and what other people think.

They're not concentrating on them. All right, I've been I've done it myself learning all this. I've been there and done it myself. They're not actually You need to learn. You need to put time into you and not worry about what other people think.

Yeah. >> Because and that's that's going back. It's like social media, mate. It's this generation. It's getting worse and worse and worse. It's it's what people are pushing on to other people.

It's like social media. It's horrible. >> Yeah. >> Well, you might you might be going for anything that you see, you just got to sort of you believe it or you don't. That's it. And you either take that person like him or you don't. And that's why again for especially for these these are great opportunities because people will get to listen to this inside a lot of people know me and like they'll see some side some side of things will probably go back into soon they don't obviously a lot of people know me I'm I'm new to industry obviously obviously local areas and stuff like that mate but coming through ranks how I've done it and now I'm doing it and stuff like I've got a lot of education and I like I want to educate a lot more people you know what I mean I've learned the hard way I've got to where to where I am Now I've been my own guinea pig.

You know what I mean? I've learned all this on myself. I've been through [\h__\h] I've injured myself. I've learned what not what doesn't work. I've learned now what works.

They still I'm still learning. I'm fresh to rock. I'm the people been in this sport since day dot like in these elite races and that. But don't tell me for one second why I don't believe that I'll be there cuz I believe that I'll be there and this is the mindset what I've developed and this is the mindset what I've got. >> And so uh yeah. So basically, yeah, I've obviously for for three years m been in this doing what I do to get into where I've got now obviously with fitness and coaching side of things.

It's to I've been building a CV like I've had a lot of people like before, oh are you interested in coaching? I says no mate, not really. I says basically I'm still learn I'm still learning and I'm I've still got a lot more to show. It's like with all my races like I ranked second at UK at the moment for open but obviously I won't be doing open again because I've turned professional into pro ranks now but then that's another tick on my CV what looks good and obviously my running times 115 half marathon two week ago like my pro times now and then just my 5k 16 minutes um all the times like running times could kick carrying on I've been doing all this to build a CV and a good platform for me moving forward into coaching uh but then obviously coming back like learning what works like different running techniques, long cycling. That's the Iron Man last year.

I've got Iron Man again next year. Uh like all long cycling, longer stuff, shorter stuff. I've tried it all. Like I have been my own guinea pig and I have tried to get me to where I am now. And this is I know it works and I know it's getting better.

We in week out I'm getting better. I'm getting better and I'm finding better things to work all about same area. You know what I mean? And then this is what now is going into my clients. >> Do you feel like do you feel like you can shorten down a lot of progress time? >> I believe mate now I'm just getting started. >> Yeah. But in terms of in terms of your clients who say well like when I started boxing m I would just literally self sel self train as yourself.

Well, then now my my clients don't have to go through the same time learning because I I've already know we had already done it. We said this at start. So, and if you get a coach been through all that >> or like maybe there's better coaches out there than me. I'm I'm I'm fresh. I'm a new I'm a young man.

I'm I'm I'm new. But I know a lot because I've done it all on myself. And I think it's hard to find that inside of >> just there's more knowledge and experience. Yeah. No matter what what um what certificates you've got what else a lot of people there's a lot of coaches on paper like we what the not I don't I only say a lot of coaches on paper for what uh my times and stuff like that and for our for my times I've got but obviously there's a lot more people experience than me but it's like which which athlete which chooses which coach in it it's like they'll probably try him and then come to you it's one of them in it where% >> for me as well b I'm not one of them like I want the take anybody's money.

Like um I I've I've got I've just sold a business like I didn't need to go into coaching. I wanted to coaching. So I wanted to help people and I wanted to I love being in the gym. Like I love doing anything to do with fitness. It's fit out of me now.

It's made me, you know what I mean? I thrive off it. Uh and I want to now like start fulltime on in gym with Dambo. Shout out to Dambo. Uh I start with him.

Uh, and I can't wait, mate. All right. Every day I'm I'm buzzing. I'm buzzing though now. So, turn off.

We have to get down. I take that box. Obviously, I'm a full-time athlete. So, and the day I did that, mate, I buzzing. The day I could take my old clothes off and step out my recovery truck, mate.

I buzzed and I buzz. Now, anything to do with fitness. Uh, but yeah, I'm still learning. I'm still learning, but I know a lot and I've learned a lot. >> So, is there is there anything that you want to cover from the upbringing? Yeah, I know there's bits you've uh you've been wanting to talk. >> So, yeah.

I read with Dub, didn't we? I got a bit eager. >> Same. My upbringing, mate. My upbringing were rocky. Like, I'm not going to lie.

I'm not going to say that I had a [\h__\h] upbringing. Like, my parents, I got nice things, but then I had nice things took for stupid reasons from my dad. And uh we've had nice houses and nice houses got took. Um like my dad were in that jail all his life. It's what I've seen.

You know what I mean? Lives in jail now. It's I've seen it all. My mom's been n alcoholic. She's got better.

She's been alcoholic again. My life's my life coming up. And I think that's what made me so mentally tough, right? Um I've seen some [\h__\h] You know what I mean? Stuff that I don't My kids will never see.

But um yeah, I'm not here to start slagging my parents off. I'm not here to I not going to pull them down saying that they they are my parents and I love them to bits. Uh but like I said, spent a lot of time with like my grands and my granddads them tickets all day. Uh cuz they didn't want us to seek [\h__\h] like Lond partying a lot. >> Yeah. >> U send us off places cuz they were partying and this just a bit of [\h__\h] mate. But I've had nice things out of a childhood.

Like I've had I have had nice things but I've had a lot of [\h__\h] with it. >> Yeah. >> Um but that has it's what's made me it's what's made me and that's what's like pushed me like especially how I push on my kids and all to be brought up like I won't ever let them see out and ever do all that. like me and Emma, she's it's it's it's just a lifestyle, isn't it? But it's it's growing up, mate. Um, some people don't know what an argument means to in between parents. Some people have had a lot worse than what I've had. Some kids have been fetched up with [\h__\h] I've had nice stuff.

Um, but I've learned like I've understood like how to appreciate nice things now cuz like as a kid I I've got I say Christmas, I'd get buy a motorbike. Two months later, my dad would sell it cuz he owes someone some money. You know what I mean? All stuff like that this [\h__\h] But but yeah, from there from childhood obviously um from then going into like my teenage years. Yeah.

In that troublemate police. Um been a little [\h__\h] Wanting to be a gangster, thinking I was this, thinking I was that. Then partying, taking drugs, going out with my mates, thinking what I mean, I'll do this, I can do that. And it's just a I think it's a lot of lifestyle. I think you might have been through it a bit yourself.

We both I think I think most people come to well the ones that don't end up down a really bad path but I think the ones that get out of that >> I think I think you have to >> to get to the mindset what we've got and what I've got you've had to go through some [\h__\h] >> I just I just feel like people with like addictive personalities that's working for addictive personalities. >> Yeah. Yeah. So I feel like that's what Yeah. It's not most it's not about the the the brain to be able to put into something like if I if I'm not boxing I don't know what to do like you can teach someone fitness mate you can get them fit but if they ain't got that mental capacity if they haven't been through a bit of [\h__\h] in life if they haven't got that mental space to push past like a limit like you put I put a a post other week about some it's like you you like I I'll think it was like I'll ro as loud loud as a lion and I'll bas allowed as a dog. You know what I mean?

You put me into something that's tough and I'll [\h__\h] thrive off it. Like that's me. That's me. Like when tough when it gets hard is when I get better. That's just But I think that's just like through this bit of [\h__\h] What you've been through is up in you.

And I think when you try teach that into somebody, it's hard to teaching somebody because they've not got it. It's like you can make someone really really fit. Say with boxing, but if they haven't got that next 30 seconds to push past, they're losing it. >> You know what? Do you know what? I I found it very hard at the beginning to uh to separate that in your coaching because although we do want especially for yourself when you're going more down elite route like the average the average PT is going to be trying out street you know what I mean and be able to adapt to each client I think was very yeah it's very important as well depending again on the elite athlete level that you're going for you've either you've got to be at that level or you got obviously from anyone who's watching who is a PT that's probably not going to that's probably not going to be the same thing for everybody else.

So this you've got your general public account you got beat it for like that for you so you're going to be ultimate. Yeah. Yeah. >> I want people that like I want to see success in people and I want I want my coach to show in people. Same with you with boxing. You want to go look to the boxing. >> I think definitely when I used to be just again average pity for Yeah.

I want to do bodybuilding, a bit of bodybuilding, bit of fitness, bit of this, bit of that blitz. Yeah. Yeah. But when it when it comes to uh when it comes to getting in a boxing ring like and you're representing me, you're sure you're right. If you're not ready, man, you're not fighting.

That's what I say to a lot of people. It's like if let's just like going back if I know I put six week into somebody and they've got no better. They're not doing it right. What my plan I give them. They're not they're not doing it proper because >> you know that's worked on you and you know it's worked on somebody else.

Yeah. >> So it's like if I'm to say look mate you're best off probably going somewhere else you not look like you've got discipline motivation >> is would that would that would that change obviously like obviously you're still doing to it as well but um when you actually see some something sort of special in someone or they are losing it so would you give some some people more benefit >> because I can see that in life because of having a bad time in life but I owe with me here. I'm here to listen. You know what I mean? Here to listen. You're paying me.

I know it's not massive amounts of money, but I'm here to listen. Send me a WhatsApp voice note. I'm here to listen to you because you know what? It's worth there's nothing worse than seeing some good ining someone and potential go. >> It's no worse, is there? It's not like someone like, "Oh, they do so good." And you're seeing that margin coming and getting pushing and pushing and pushing pushing and all of a sudden they start coming back down, back down, back down.

But then like voice notes will start getting dist and you know something's happening at oh where I'd rather no it might not be oh it might just fall out again they might be going through something but you rather them talk to you wouldn't you >> mate so there's like there's there's like a side to me a lot of people obviously don't know like before and I got into this like I spent well I've been with Em what this 12 year this year 12 year next year but like when I went through all the injuries on my bike and stuff like and obviously with bad injury I had with my leg. We'll probably talk about that on another podcast. Um like I I did go through a lot of like mental health [\h__\h] like a lot of lot of stuff. A lot of people only my close friends know this about me know what I mean. I spent three years like partying taking drugs going out.

I can remember turn up house parties for me like week in week out. But I'd never like I was still working. I was still making sure I were getting bread and butter. You know what I mean? I was still making sure I was fetching money to table.

Um but yeah, before like fitness, this is like touching back now. I've not had a drink for three year like not drank now for three years. I'll never drink again because I knew what it did to me. You know what I mean? But like I think it was two or three I think 2019 to 2022 I went out every other day.

Yeah. >> Every like if there were a pike I'd be there if I missed so many occasions like through my family and stuff like that. But I regret and I'm still probably trying to make up for it now. You know what I mean? But this is a side about no not many people knew of me because I don't think people now would think of me to do that. You know what I mean?

Yeah. I remember it's going out drinking like I'd be at work and someone I'd drive past the pub and I'd see someone going I mean but then I'd be there two three days. Uh or I'd say to Emma, I'm off so and so and I just lie to her and end up in a pub or a party and I can remember coming to multiple house parties multiple times dragging me out of places mate to get me over and she shill out you know what I mean and then I can remember it I've been at my mates party me and Emma went and I just started this is when I just started like finding out about money and stuff like so I like getting into it but I was still drinking and stuff like I was drinking this is like I was weeding off it and I says I was stood there and I says look I put I drink now. I says, "I will never ever drink again." She went, "Oh, of course you all." I said, "I've heard it before." Says, "I'll never ever drink again." Says, "This is the last day you will ever see me drink." She went, "I'll see when I believe you when I see it." She says, "I don't have trust in you. You know what I mean?" Which she's not going to do, is she?

We always been. >> They're not going to have trust in me. She I've let her down so many times. I let the kids down. >> The proof >> from that mate, I've not drank one beer since. And I've just obviously and like I lost three years of my life through that. You know what I mean? >> Yeah.

And it's just like and it's it seems to be getting worse in people mate now like the generation of people drinking drugs. I only had a short time of it two three years I think it and I know people have been doing it years mate. Like there's still people my mates now are still partying that have got now got jobs not got money like crying poverty on Facebook and Instagram and it like it's scary for the population kids that are going up. It's it's my head. >> It is ning kids and they've got broke around it as well. Like I think I feel like as a as a parent as a as a dad for me definitely like you you want to be you want to be yeah what what kind of role model I so whether it doesn't matter what you're doing either you don't have to be a don't have to be a boxer daughter so I don't have to be athlete but we don't really appreciate what they're saying they're saying going doing going gym or tying or doo and for me it's very cliche but they say people say they die for the kids but would you live for them I do love that quote cuz it's like I Love it.

Like it's so true. It's like my kids mate are my number one supporters. Like >> my lad is 30 is going on 13 like he's is basically my mate now. You know what I mean? >> But from day not has always been my number one supporter when I racing bikes like when I got into is always like my little girl she's saying that my sister mate like I've got a lot so much to give it >> because you know she stood by my she who told me what I'm doing wrong like in life now especially on fitness she pushes me so much. Yeah. >> She tells me how good I am.

You know what I mean? it were and and and when someone like sees it in you, you you believe in yourself or don't you? And she's like, she pushes still pushes me now. Like I don't see that. >> Yeah, man. >> Yeah. So, we'll um we'll sort leave it on that. I know we've got so much more to say.

I figured they all need to get back in present, mate. We'll do we'll do another one of these definitely uh probably probably within next next few weeks, man. I'd probably like to get back on Molly Express. Show people want to hear this. I want to add the story as well.

There'll be still stuff we need to go back to. Still stuff what I've got in pipeline. Still stuff that I'm doing. Obviously still stuff about the life. A little bit what I've listened a few snippets out of it and obviously what what I'm offering now.

And there's a lot of maintenance load. We've got another >> we um and what you what you're going to be doing yourself competing. I want to help you also future. I want to know more about the backstory. Uh there's so much more to go on.

But where where can people find you Luke now from? >> So yeah, social media uh Instagram, Facebook. It's uh Luba Carpa Training on Instagram, Luba Cafe on uh on Facebook. Then I've got Tik Tok, Lum Kappa Training, them free platform, but Instagram is my main one. Uh if anyone wants to jump on there, follow me, drop me a message, anything like that. Yeah. >> Yeah.

Please get on everyone and follow Luke on all them platforms. And thank you again, mate. Yeah, I play enjoying mate. We'll definitely have Luke on again. Remember, like and subscribe.

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