What is going on everyone? Welcome to the fit, healthy, and most of all happy podcast. I'm your host, KG, without my co-host, Josh. Unfortunately, he's a bit under the weather today, so I'm taking the reins. You know, a little bit nerve-wracking. First time, you know, behind the microphone without him here, you know, 150 episodes. But regardless, luckily I do have a guest here where I can bounce some great ideas off of,

you know, his name is Ben McDonald's. So I just want to do a little introduction, first of all.

You know, Ben's been within the health and fitness industry for many, many years. You know, he's been a

manager. You know, he's done a lot of personal training. He's been a great coach. He's done a lot

of nutritional lecturing. And over the years, he's competed in many sports from board diving to lacrosse, to fencing, to boxing. And he's also written a lot of articles for various publications such as men's fitness, women's fitness, health and fitness, you name it. You know, he's also been consulted by television companies and designed and wrote Masters of the Power Club for the

active channel.

You know, he's considered to be the UK's leading expert in power club training.

On top of that, he's done a lot of stuff for Reebok in South Africa.

He was also awarded the Recognition Award for presenting and work within the fitness industry

and has a huge client base, especially in the past, where he's trained a lot

of premier footballers, professional cage fighters, high level professional boxers. And overall,

you know, he's a very humble, awesome science-based coach. He does a lot of work for Darby

training system, which is one of the most recognized certifications, you know, within Canada.

And this is where Josh and myself hold our personal training certifications. You know, we got to study all of his content along with Kevin Darby. And it's just extremely amazing. And that's why we went to bring science-based coaches on here. And, you know, once we realize how easy it is to film, you know, we wanted to do it a lot more. So basically, send us a message if you did want to hear us collaborate with more people. You know, this is the longest episode by far on our podcast, but I really hope you enjoy because at the end of the day, these coaches have so many different experiences, have worked with different individuals. And we want to bring you the most science-based content out there to help you guys become healthier, happier, and more fit within your lifestyle. So without further ado, let's jump right into it. How are you my mate? Great to be, great to be on the show. Yeah, thank you so much, man. You know, we've already introduced him, you know, for a little one to two minute intro so you guys know all about him. But we just want to hear, you know, the reason I want to do that was because I know he's a super humble dude.

He's not going to tell you everything about himself.

And, you know, he really is a big deal.

So I wanted to get him to, you know, say exactly what, what he does and let you guys know

just from listening to him.

Well, what I do, mate, is I'm the director of education for DTS Fitness Education. I'm the director of education because there's only me in the education department. You know what I mean? So I just like, I just say, oh, Ben, should we do this? And I go, yes, Ben, let's go and do that. You know what I mean? So I just sort of direct myself. Yeah, so I had the directs of education for DTS fitness education,

a company which is an education provider for personal trainers, continuing education,

and our vision statement is longevity and pain-free living for everybody. It used to be longevity and pain free movement.

But then we recognize that, you know, there's so much more to longevity and pain free.

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