Welcome back to the Jordan side mini podcast. Thank you so much for listening. In this episode

I speak with none other than James Smith who is an extraordinary fitness coach from the UK

currently living in Australia. And just to be very clear, we do not talk much about fitness at all

in this podcast. We don't talk about calories, we don't talk about protein, we don't really talk

about strength training. We really just hang out and talk about random stuff. So I hope you enjoy

the episode. If you do, please leave a five star review. Make sure you follow James on all of his

social media outlets. I'll give a link to some of those in the show notes. Have a wonderful day.

And let's get into it. All right, James, you there? I am there indeed. What's up, dude?

Not a lot, mate. Not a lot. A bit cool in Sydney, a lot cooler than last time we spoke.

But I'm good, mate. I like the time difference that you and I have seeing as the UK at the moment is

my 6am is then 9pm. So, you know, being on a podcast at 9.30 in the morning, I've got my coffee in,

I'm great. And you, when was the last time you were back in the UK? Because you live in Australia most

of the time? Yeah, I was back in February. I came here in February, so what we are now June. So I

was back there for a few months over Christmas, usually six months or four, five months in the UK,

the rest of the time in Sydney. So when it gets to about May, I would usually go home. I was supposed

to come home via L.A. And yeah, with the America closed in the borders, it's been a little bit strange.

I've had my visa extended in Australia, but I'm not sure when I'm going to go home. Got it. How did

you end up first going to Australia? Do you know what? I never really wanted to go. I was quite

happy in the UK. I was working in a budget gym in Brackenall, cost the equivalent 20 pounds a month.

So maybe even 20 dollars because you asked dollar and pounds pretty similar. So I was in a budget gym.

I was happy, man, my rent for the month in that gym was about 360 pounds. So less than $400 for

the month. I got free reign of full PT. And then yeah, I went to a festival in Croatia and I met a

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