Hello and welcome to the very first Food for Fitness podcast with me, Scott Bapti.

This podcast is going to help you improve your nutrition, your training, motivation, lifestyle and your overall health.

I'm going to have a series of guests on the show sharing with you their experience and the knowledge that they've built up.

That's going to give you some really helpful information that's going to allow you to make

progress in the gym, in the kitchen and generally improve your performance.

It's going to be really great and I'm looking forward to introducing my first guest to you.

So my first guest, Mike McDonald, is from Aberdeen and rather than me giving you the scripted introduction, I'll just

pass you straight on to him so Mike could tell you a little bit more about himself. So Mike,

first off, thanks for being on the show and can you give us a little bit more information

about who you are, what you do, why you're so good at it.

Hi, Scott, well, first of all, thanks for having me on.

It's great to be here.

I'm a personal trainer, speaker and author,

as you said, based in Aberdeen.

Why I'm so good at it is, that's your words, but I would say, first of all, I don't try to be anything other than a real human being. I see a lot of

people in the industry who, you know, set themselves out with some sort of perfect person, perfect guru who

does everything right. That's not my approach. I'm a real human with real struggles of my own.

I think everybody struggles with something. So I don't try to be anything other than that.

I feel one of my big strengths is my commitment to growth and learning. I'm not afraid

to change my approach if I learn a better way of doing something. And I'm always seeking out the

best information from people further along their journey than I am. Finally, the third part, I think,

is just a genuine desire to help people. And I think when you combine a commitment to growth and learning

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