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The Ben Ryan Podcast

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Olympic Gold Medal winning coach, Ben Ryan, seeks out the world’s top performers and coaches to find out what makes them and those around them, the best. From Footballers and Athletes to Special Forces soldiers and company CEO"s, Ben’s focus is on performance and culture, what"s important, what isn’t and what really makes a difference. Ben is the most successful men’s rugby sevens coach in the world, winning Continental, World and Olympic titles and off the pitch has been working at the top end of

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67:24

Martin Buccheit & George Perry - Learning What Not To...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/10/20

It's two for the price of one on this week's podcast as I'm joined by two world-class operators. The first, Martin Buchheit, I have known and worked alongside in a Nike research and innovation group for the past five years. Until recently, he was head of performance at PSG FC, from the outside at least, one of the best jobs in football. Martin’s now working for Kitman labs, a company using analytics research to help sports teams find out what works and what doesn’t and also in a part time capacity

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54:25

Heather Fisher - It’s About Proving Myself Right, Not...

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2021/10/13

For today’s show, It’s the awesome Heather Fisher. Heather recently finished her stellar International Rugby career that’s included winning a World Cup winners medal at XVs level, playing in the Rio Olympics for GB Sevens as well as winning a bronze medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She has also repressed her county in Bobsleigh and off the field, she’s on new adventures now that’s also included participating in Celebrity SAS who dares wins. We cover a real spectrum of topics that includes

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49:54

Chris Skelley - Keep Moving Forward, Keep Staying...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/10/06

For today's show it's the irrepresible Chris Skelley. Only a couple of months ago he won Judo gold in the visually impared under 100kg category at the Paralympics in Tokyo. He's also a European and World Champion. Chris grew up playing rugby and competing in Judo from the age of five, but in his teenage years his sight began to suffer due to Ocular Albinism and that led to a huge change in his life, in every area. We talk about that and how it's fuelled his positivity and fashioned the path he's

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44:12

Aidan McCullen Part 3 - Leaders Need To Be More Like...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/09/29

Today’s show its the last in a three-part series with former rugby player Aidan McCullen who these days is an executive coach, host of the weekly podcast, the ‘Innovation Show’ and author of new book ‘Undisruptable’. Last week we talked about discipline versus talent, manifestation and positive thinking as well as his own very successful professional playing career and how that has helped shape a lot of his current thinking. This week we get into subjects like feedback, both giving and receiving

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33:35

Aidan McCullen Part 2 - There’s Nothing In A...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/09/22

Today’s show is the second of a three-part series with former rugby player, turned exec coach, podcaster and writer, Aidan McCullen. Last week we talked about nutrition and breathing and how he is ever-evolving as a father and husband by learning new things each week and this week we discuss Aidan’s playing career, from being capped with Ireland, Leinster, his arrival in France with first Dax and then his dream club, Toulouse before finishing his career in England with London Irish. He’s so good

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39:52

Aidan McCullen Part 1 - If It Takes Slower To Get...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/09/15

Aidan McCullen played professional rugby for over a decade, including huge clubs like Leinster and Toulouse and was capped by Ireland too, but since his playing days he has transformed himself into one of life’s great learners and communicators. From hosting his own amazing podcast 'The Innovation Show', which is listened to by none other than Bill Gates, to lecturing, coaching executives and writing his first book, Undisruptable, we dip into lessons learnt from all of those facets of his life as

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50:28

Alice Dearing - You Thrive When Surrounded By Good...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/09/08

For today’s show, I chat to an athlete who's just returned from her first Olympic Games , open water swimmer, Alice Dearing. When we met in a small park in Camberley in the south of England, she was still unpacking all of what she’s been through from being part of the hugely successful team GB to her first Olympic final and how she would approach it again. It was fascinating to listen to her talk about all of that, how she deals with the ridiculously early morning training and volume as well as the

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31:50

Tom Mitchell Part 2 - How Putting Your Plate Away Can...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/09/01

It’s the second part of the chat I had, walking through Richmond Park in South London, with Olympic Silver Medallist and England and Team GB Rugby Sevens Captain at both the Rio and Tokyo Olympic Games, Tom Mitchell. We discuss building values from day one, putting time into relationships, confidence and lack of it and life after professional sport, but we started by speaking about how do you convince an athlete that filling in a questionnaire or turning up on time for a meeting is eventually going

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55:13

Tom Mitchell Part 1 - Excitement And Fear Walk The...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/08/25

Tom Mitchell, Olympic Silver Medallist and England and Team GB Rugby Sevens Captain at both the Rio and Tokyo Olympic Games is this week's guest. It really was a great conversation and having originally given Tom his international debut when I coached him with England, we had well over a decade of collective experiences to unravel and explore. Recorded during a sunny walk through Richmond Park in South London, Tom talks about his return from the Tokyo Olympics and missing out on a medal after

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60:30

Jeremy Snape - There's A Lot Of Things You Can Do If...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/08/18

As a cricketer, Jeremy Snape achieved international honours with England as well as captaining county side Leicestershire, but it’s perhaps for his work in sports performance that he’s best known for these days. Post playing career Jeremy founded Sporting Edge, a company specialising in inspiring individuals, leaders and teams to deliver their best and this was the crux of the conversation when we met. Jeremy was great company and his wealth of experience energised the conversation. We had a

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36:06

Joe De Sena - Nothing Good Happens After 11pm

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/08/11

Joe De Sena is a force of nature. I first became aware of Joe through podcasts like The Tim Ferris Show and Rich Roll and decided to reach out. Joe's story on those podcasts was one of starting out with very little and how a drive to change 100 million people’s lives pushed him on to found Spartan, which now has over 250 races in over forty two countries and with his recent acquisition of Tough Mudder, those stats are only going up. We only scratch the surface in this episode around his early

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70:54

Kelly Sotherton - Throw Positive Thoughts Out And...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/08/04

As a heptathlete, Kelly Sotherton had huge success. A triple Olympic medalist, Commonwealth Games gold medalist and with European and world medals. But some of her medals came years and years after she actually competed as the result of some of her opponents failing drug tests retrospectively. We talk about that and her next chapters now, as a coach, as a team leader for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Kelly doesn’t hold back and I find that so refreshing. She says what she thinks and it comes

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46:55

Osea Kolinisau - When You Don't Have Much, You Help...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/07/27

Former Fiji sevens captain and my great friend, Osea Kolinisau, or Oscar, as he is known in rugby, is this week's star guest. Flag bearer for Fiji at the Rio Olympics, when Fiji won their countries first ever Olympic gold medal, he’s one of the most successful sevens players in the history of the game. Our relationship was more than just coach and captain. He helped navigate me in my early days in the pacific and we relied on each other on and off the training field. We really dig into that

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58:59

Owen Eastwood - Belonging

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/07/21

Owen Eastwood is a performance consultant who’s book ‘Belonging’ I devoured recently. Topping the charts in his native New Zealand, it’s crammed full of story-telling and take-home messages. I would read a few pages, then reflect on my own work and career and drift off into thought and feelings. It’s such a good read. Owen has worked with some of the very best teams and organisations both in the UK and abroad. Of Maori descent, that’s also a driver that’s fuelled his thinking around purpose,

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59:26

Cath Bishop - There's More Than A Medal At Stake

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/07/14

Ex-International Rower Cath Bishop won World Titles and has been to three Olympics including the 2004 games in Athens where she won a silver, but results are not what she would like to be judged or defined by. In fact, just starting her introduction as “ex-international rower” already wrongly labels what she is about. In her terrific book, The Long Win, Cath looks at winning from a longer term view and this conversation opens up many questions around what really defines success. Cath’s three C’s

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54:17

Liz McColgan - Everyone Is An Individual

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/07/07

Series 2 kicks off with Olympian and former world champion athlete, Liz McColgan. Liz had a glittering career in athletics on both the track, in the 10,000m and the road, in the marathon. On top of world titles, she’s also a double olympian, double commonwealth champion and multiple marathon winner. In fact her story around her debut marathon, coming straight off a track season with no Marathon training to go out and win the New York marathon is a must listen coming up. From her early days

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1:31

Series 2 - On It's Way!

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/06/30

Series 2 starts on July 07 with former World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist Liz McColgan the first of many weekly guests. Details of how you can subscribe to the Ben Ryan Show, along with social media details are below... Listen & Subscribe to The Ben Ryan Podcast: Ben’s Website - http://benryan.co.uk/bio/ Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3iUL1eLA7HFKt5gxO7Uf4j?si=oN9YN6uFRSSGbO6kR01ONQ Amazon

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Short - Kelly Sotherton speaks about the relationship...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/06/02

As part of their discussion, which will be aired in full as part of series 2 of the Ben Ryan Podcast, Ben sat down with former heptathlete Kelly Sotherton and the chat soon turned to athletes relationship with the press and in particular, thoughts after Naomi Osaka withdrew from Roland Garros citing mental health issues and the pressure of dealing with press conferences after matches.

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47:40

Series 1 Review

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/04/28

Welcome back to the podcast where this week I take a look back over series one with the help of my partner, TV presenter Michelle Ackerley. It’s been a fantastic start to the podcast and over the course of the past ten week's we've heard from one of the stars of the Peter Crouch Podcast, Tom Fordyce, sprint coach, Margot Wells, sport psychologist, Dr Austin Swain, Fiji rugby player, Nemani Nadolo, New York Knicks performance leader, Erwin Valencia, Andy Murray's strength and conditioning coach,

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69:45

Greg Barden - 'Life Isn't Black And White'

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/04/21

Greg Barden was the youngest to ever pass Special Forces Selection and his journey from the Special Boat Service to England Sevens and company founder is as inspirational as it is interesting. This was the first time we met each other since we parted ways badly with England Sevens, me as the coach and Greg as the captain. It really was great to see Greg again and something we should have done a long time ago. He has not only done some truly amazing things in his life so far, but he also talks

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