RNT Fitness Radio

I’m pumped and excited to announce that we have rebranded, rebuilt and relaunched RNT 2.0. It’s been a year in the making of hard work behind the scenes, and I want to start off by saying a massive thank you to everyone who’s been involved in it. It’s been one incredible team effort and I’m so excited to relaunch today in our newly upgraded brand. Be sure to head over to www.rntfitness.com so you can explore the new website and get a feel of what’s new and coming up for you.   In this episode, I dive into the journey so far, the story behind our new name, new logo and new identity, the start of our new campaign - the Great Reset, why we’re focusing on high performance for high performers, our new scorecard, and our upgraded service offering: RNT Pro, which is designed to turbocharge your results in every aspect - both in the short and most importantly, in the long run, so you can be in the shape of your life, for life, and use the physical as the vehicle to transform every aspect of life! Without further ado, let’s dive into this special episode!   If you want to explore our new brand book, go to: https://www.rntfitness.co.uk/book/ If you want to read our new brochure, go to: https://rnt-marketing-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/RNT%20Pro%20Brochure%20.pdf    “Rebrand, Rebuild, and Relaunch! ”    - Akash Vaghela  Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “RNT Fitness Radio” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:      Apple Podcasts   Stitcher iHeart Radio    For any podcast suggestions, or if you’d like to get in touch, please do so on podcast@rntfitness.com here. We’d love to hear from you!      If you’re in the UK, and you use supplements, I’d highly recommend checking out Reflex Nutrition, where they’re giving you up to 40% on all their range if you use the code PTRNT at checkout. I’ve been using Reflex for nearly a decade, with their Micro Whey being one of my favourite whey proteins. It’s grass fed, hormone free, and digests so well compared to most on the market. Check out their full supplement range, including all your transformation basics and plant based alternatives, on https://reflexnutrition.com/ and use PTRNT at checkout for up to 40% off.       Resources:   Take the Transformation Quiz Our Book: Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life     Follow RNT Fitness:    Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email   Follow Akash:   Facebook Instagram  LinkedIn

On this week’s episode of RNT Fitness Radio, we discuss one of the biggest problems holding people back from making the progress they want: their relationships. Without fail, every single week we’ll hear from our members citing a spouse, partner, or friend as the cause of the muck that is holding them back. It can be debilitating and a massive drain on your progress if you don’t fix it, which is why on this episode we discuss the different dynamics to pay attention to, and most importantly, how to solve the problem. There’s a big call to action and challenge for you at the end of this episode, which I hope you take seriously and take action on! “Let go of that big thing that’s holding you back from changing yourself.” – Akash Vaghela Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro 00:10 – What’s holding people back from transformation 02:05 – Seeing what’s beyond the initial pain 03:40 – External environment that causes internal issues 05:50 – A good relationship makes you flourish 08:00 – Doing the work and having progress 10:20 – Dealing with issues 14:50 – Diving deeper in expectations 16:05 – Growing in relationships 19:00 – Toxicity in looking others down 21:00 – Ego trip and feeling superior 24:20 – “Developed” mentality 25:20 – Wrap up Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “RNT Fitness Radio” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:      Apple Podcasts   Stitcher   iHeart Radio      For any podcast suggestions, or if you’d like to get in touch, please do so on podcast@rntfitness.com here. We’d love to hear from you!      If you’re in the UK, and you use supplements, I’d highly recommend checking out Reflex Nutrition, where they’re giving you up to 40% on all their range if you use the code PTRNT at checkout. I’ve been using Reflex for nearly a decade, with their Micro Whey being one of my favourite whey proteins. It’s grass fed, hormone free, and digests so well compared to most on the market. Check out their full supplement range, including all your transformation basics and plant based alternatives, on https://reflexnutrition.com/ and use PTRNT at checkout for up to 40% off.     Resources:   Take the Transformation Quiz   Our Book: Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life   Follow RNT Fitness:    Website   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube   Email   Follow Akash:   Facebook   Instagram    LinkedIn

In part three of this three-part listener Q&A, I dive into the concept of motivation, negative self talk, recovering from burnout, and perhaps most interestingly, my new meditation practice, how I’m doing it, what I’ve gained from it and what you may get out from implementing it into your daily practice. “Learn to look within to be at your best externally.” – Akash Vaghela Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro   02:25 – How do you recover from burnout / fatigue? 10:00 – How to keep motivated when life throws you lemons? 14:40 – What do you give up when you give up on you? What were to lose if I were to treat myself badly? 20:40 – Why are you meditating, how are you meditating and how did you build the habit? What benefits? Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “RNT Fitness Radio” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:      Apple Podcasts   Stitcher   iHeart Radio      For any podcast suggestions, or if you’d like to get in touch, please do so on podcast@rntfitness.com here. We’d love to hear from you!      If you’re in the UK, and you use supplements, I’d highly recommend checking out Reflex Nutrition, where they’re giving you up to 40% on all their range if you use the code PTRNT at checkout. I’ve been using Reflex for nearly a decade, with their Micro Whey being one of my favourite whey proteins. It’s grass fed, hormone free, and digests so well compared to most on the market. Check out their full supplement range, including all your transformation basics and plant based alternatives, on https://reflexnutrition.com/ and use PTRNT at checkout for up to 40% off.   Resources:   Take the Transformation Quiz   Our Book: Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life   Follow RNT Fitness:    Website   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube   Email   Follow Akash:   Facebook   Instagram    LinkedIn

In part two of this three-part listener Q&A, I dive into topics such as the void, my bodybuilding endeavours, what staying in shape really entails, what to remember on this health and fitness journey, dealing with social stigmas, and how I finally started getting results with women. “In a journey, it’s impossible to have a done-for-you solution.” – Akash Vaghela Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro 02:10 – What are you thinking about before and after you enter the void? 07:23 – Why did you compete in bodybuilding? What drove you to do that? 11:30 – What mistakes and bad habits have you had in your fitness over the years? How have you overcome to be a ‘well oiled machine’? 14:05 – What are the 3 most important things to remember during the journey? 16:45 – What are the elements that clients need to improve and work on the most, and what do they struggle with the most? 24:05 – What keeps the drive / motivation going in long term transformation? 29:30 – What compels people to criticise and belittle others’ efforts in transformation? Why is “lean-shaming” not seen as bad as “fat-shaming” when it’s all body shaming? 36:30 – Do you ever feel that you are unable to relate to the female population? And if so, how do you overcome that? Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “RNT Fitness Radio” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:      Apple Podcasts   Stitcher   iHeart Radio      For any podcast suggestions, or if you’d like to get in touch, please do so on podcast@rntfitness.com here. We’d love to hear from you!      If you’re in the UK, and you use supplements, I’d highly recommend checking out Reflex Nutrition, where they’re giving you up to 40% on all their range if you use the code PTRNT at checkout. I’ve been using Reflex for nearly a decade, with their Micro Whey being one of my favourite whey proteins. It’s grass fed, hormone free, and digests so well compared to most on the market. Check out their full supplement range, including all your transformation basics and plant based alternatives, on https://reflexnutrition.com/ and use PTRNT at checkout for up to 40% off.     Resources:   Take the Transformation Quiz   Our Book: Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life   Follow RNT Fitness:    Website   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube   Email   Follow Akash:   Facebook   Instagram    LinkedIn

In part one of this three-part listener Q&A, I dive into topics such as my internal drivers, bodybuilding, the example I hope to set to my children, what personal and business growth looks like to me, what systems I use to deal with problems, and what to look for in a company when your goal is true holistic body transformation. “I do what I do because I want to impact people directly.” – Akash Vaghela Timestamps: [00:00] –  Intro [04:50] – What’s your why in fitness? [14:50] – What’s your why in business? [21:30] – I know you’re a big fan of the growth mindset. What does growth look like to you on both a personal and business level? [29:50] – What example do you hope to set to your future kids? [37:00] – What are the highs lows and lessons you’ve learnt from being an entrepreneur? [1:02:50] – Do you have a set system to overcome your problems? Eg mental strain, business, personal? [1:08:20] - How should one go about choosing the right ‘coach’ or ‘school’ in transformation for life? Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “RNT Fitness Radio” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:      Apple Podcasts   Stitcher   iHeart Radio      For any podcast suggestions, or if you’d like to get in touch, please do so on podcast@rntfitness.com here. We’d love to hear from you!      If you’re in the UK, and you use supplements, I’d highly recommend checking out Reflex Nutrition, where they’re giving you up to 40% on all their range if you use the code PTRNT at checkout. I’ve been using Reflex for nearly a decade, with their Micro Whey being one of my favourite whey proteins. It’s grass fed, hormone free, and digests so well compared to most on the market. Check out their full supplement range, including all your transformation basics and plant based alternatives, on https://reflexnutrition.com/ and use PTRNT at checkout for up to 40% off.       Resources:   Take the Transformation Quiz Our Book: Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life   Follow RNT Fitness:      Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email   Follow Akash:   Facebook Instagram  LinkedIn

One question I get on a regular basis is: will it always be this hard? Will every time you try to tighten the ship or get into even better shape be as hard as the first time? The answer is no, if you do the first time properly. The time you start your journey is always hard because you have zero foundation in place. No education on training, nutrition, mindset, and no structure or lifestyle solutions to make it seamless. That’s why it can feel so restrictive at the beginning, because you are using a lot of bandwidth and thinking, trying to get it all done. The good news is, if you do the first time properly, the second, third or fourth time is always exponentially easier. I know each time I’ve dieted for a competition or photoshoot, it’s been easier every time. Why? Because I’ve got the foundations in place. That means I can be flexible, eat more intuitively and not even think about what I’m doing – it just runs as a way of life. This takes time, effort and lots and lots of learning about what works for you, and what doesn’t. There is always a pendulum you will swing on when you are on this journey – from feeling a bit restrictive, to feeling super flexible, to feeling overwhelmed and worried you might be obsessed, to then realising simplicity is king, and you can do this effortlessly, make progress, and reap all the rewards! “Second diet is easier if you do the first one right.” – Ed Pilkington Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro 02:50 – Intuitive eating and listening to body 05:10 – Changing the way you eat 08:50 – Why the second diet is easier 12:00 – Reward phase checklist 15:30 – Continuous calorie intake 18:25 – Food focus 19:54 – Commonalities of those who stay in shape 21:20 – Eating your preferred meals 25:25 – Improving nutrition education 28:00 – Being in control of your diet 31:10 – Understanding how the fundamentals work 32:30 – Wrap Up Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “RNT Fitness Radio” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:      Apple Podcasts   Stitcher   iHeart Radio      For any podcast suggestions, or if you’d like to get in touch, please do so on podcast@rntfitness.com here. We’d love to hear from you!      If you’re in the UK, and you use supplements, I’d highly recommend checking out Reflex Nutrition, where they’re giving you up to 40% on all their range if you use the code PTRNT at checkout. I’ve been using Reflex for nearly a decade, with their Micro Whey being one of my favourite whey proteins. It’s grass fed, hormone free, and digests so well compared to most on the market. Check out their full supplement range, including all your transformation basics and plant based alternatives, on https://reflexnutrition.com/ and use PTRNT at checkout for up to 40% off.     Resources:   Take the Transformation Quiz   Our Book: Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life   Follow RNT Fitness:    Website   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube   Email   Follow Akash:   Facebook   Instagram    LinkedIn

I started training at 17 years old as the skinny fat kid with moobs and a pot belly, weighing 58kg. It is the worst of both worlds – you are skinny with no muscle, and you’re not in shape. My 100m time was 17.3 seconds, so I had no strength or power either. So, you could say, I did not draw the best genetic card when it came to body composition. That being said, if it wasn’t for this, I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing now, because my transformation made me realise the power of physical change to be the vehicle for so much more, and it’s been my mission ever since to spread this message around the world. Being skinny fat, I’ve tried and tested every single method to find the optimal way to build a real physique that’s now competed in powerlifting, won bodybuilding shows and is in reasonably good shape year round. It has taken me over ten years of experimenting and mistakes. The good news is I’ve figured out what other skinny fat people need to do to get the body of their dreams too, and this episode covers a lot of the strategies that we use to help. If you have got ambitions to build muscle, can relate to my skinny fat story, whether you’re male or female, this one’s for you! “Strength is a massive element for skinny fat people.” – Akash Vaghela   Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro 03:50 – Muscle body built based on body type 06:22 – Skinny type persons 08:50 – Holding Bodyweight 12:20 – High energy intake 13:46 – Journey in your skinny fat phase 17:00 – Genetic factors 20:50 – Naturally-skinny fat women 21:40 – Calorie intake and expenditure 26:00 – 100% intensity during investment phase 29:24 – Outcome vs journey 33:48 – How repetitions matter 38:35 – Realizations after getting hurt 39:15 – Progressive overload Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “RNT Fitness Radio” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:      Apple Podcasts   Stitcher   iHeart Radio      For any podcast suggestions, or if you’d like to get in touch, please do so on podcast@rntfitness.com here. We’d love to hear from you!      If you’re in the UK, and you use supplements, I’d highly recommend checking out Reflex Nutrition, where they’re giving you up to 40% on all their range if you use the code PTRNT at checkout. I’ve been using Reflex for nearly a decade, with their Micro Whey being one of my favourite whey proteins. It’s grass fed, hormone free, and digests so well compared to most on the market. Check out their full supplement range, including all your transformation basics and plant based alternatives, on https://reflexnutrition.com/ and use PTRNT at checkout for up to 40% off.     Resources:   Take the Transformation Quiz   Our Book: Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life   Follow RNT Fitness:    Website   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube   Email   Follow Akash:   Facebook   Instagram    LinkedIn

On this episode of #RNTFitnessRadio the team and I are joined by Dr. Shonella Singh, to discuss the best practices around managing our cancer risk, and all the determining factors behind it. The medical science behind this all can often go right over our head, so we invited Dr. Singh to come on the podcast to break it down to basics, and tell us exactly what factors lead to cancer, what we can do to lower our risk, what are the myths, and the importance of regular screening. This is an episode for all ages, as we discuss how lifestyle changes early on can compound into the future, and why what we do at RNT is so beneficial for overall disease prevention. If you’ve got loved ones who may be at risk, this is an important episode to listen to, share, and implement. “If there’s any change in your normal pattern, then you should see a doctor.” – Shonella Singh   Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro 00:38 – Genetics and Cancer 02:10 – Is cancer predictable? 03:35 – Can we work against cancer risk? 07:20 – Generational Factors 09:30 – Things to pay attention to 11:54 – When to see a doctor 17:50 – Lifestyle things that matter 19:44 – Smoking 20:21 – Exercise 21:27 – Obesity 26:00 – Lifestyle change 30:30 – Lesser risk through vegetable intake 32:50 – Screening and tests 34:32 – About Measure Health 36:15 – Wrap up Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “RNT Fitness Radio” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:      Apple Podcasts   Stitcher   iHeart Radio      For any podcast suggestions, or if you’d like to get in touch, please do so on podcast@rntfitness.com here. We’d love to hear from you!      If you’re in the UK, and you use supplements, I’d highly recommend checking out Reflex Nutrition, where they’re giving you up to 40% on all their range if you use the code PTRNT at checkout. I’ve been using Reflex for nearly a decade, with their Micro Whey being one of my favourite whey proteins. It’s grass fed, hormone free, and digests so well compared to most on the market. Check out their full supplement range, including all your transformation basics and plant based alternatives, on https://reflexnutrition.com/ and use PTRNT at checkout for up to 40% off.     Resources:   Take the Transformation Quiz   Our Book: Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life   Follow RNT Fitness:    Website   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube   Email   Follow Akash:   Facebook   Instagram    LinkedIn

On this episode of RNT Fitness Radio I’m honoured to be joined by Nilesh Dosa, who is the Founder of icanyoucantoo, a grassroots social enterprise tackling social inequality in non-privileged communities within London.   He started his career as an accountant, spending 15-years in finance, banking and consulting. However, driven by a deep personal desire to change the narrative – because of his own lived experiences of growing up in poverty – he left ‘the city’ to follow his passion for making a real difference to young people by setting up a grassroots mentoring initiative. This has now expanded into a formal programme for 16-25 year olds, alongside a portfolio of growing humanitarian efforts.  In this episode, we dive into the purpose and mission behind his work, the side of London and other metropolitan areas we don’t often hear about, what the change he’d like to see in education and schools, and lastly, how anyone listening can help fulfil his big mission.    Akash Vaghela    Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro  00:15 – Listening to the inner voice  02:34 – Changing for the better  05:50 – I Can You Can Too  10:00 – Experiences growing up  12:42 – Not understanding the career environment  15:25 – Rewiring of the mindset  20:50 – Learned behavior  24:00 – What people don’t see in the society  29:40 – Long lasting effect of Covid  32:00 – Bridging the Gap  37:25 – The “HOW”  39:30 – The importance of Skills  44:35 – Going inwards (Introspection)  49:50 – Describing what success looks like  55:30 – Building your journey  [59:00] – Wrap up Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “RNT Fitness Radio” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:      Apple Podcasts   Stitcher   iHeart Radio      For any podcast suggestions, or if you’d like to get in touch, please do so on podcast@rntfitness.com here. We’d love to hear from you!      If you’re in the UK, and you use supplements, I’d highly recommend checking out Reflex Nutrition, where they’re giving you up to 40% on all their range if you use the code PTRNT at checkout. I’ve been using Reflex for nearly a decade, with their Micro Whey being one of my favourite whey proteins. It’s grass fed, hormone free, and digests so well compared to most on the market. Check out their full supplement range, including all your transformation basics and plant based alternatives, on https://reflexnutrition.com/ and use PTRNT at checkout for up to 40% off.  Resources:   Take the Transformation Quiz   Our Book: Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life   Follow RNT Fitness:    Website   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube   Email   Follow Akash:   Facebook   Instagram    LinkedIn

On this episode of RNT Fitness Radio, we’re joined by Greg Potter, who comes on to dissect everything you need to know about optimising, improving and understanding sleep. Greg helps a range of individuals improve their health and performance, from elite athletes to CEOs. Since he did his PhD on sleep, circadian rhythms, nutrition, and metabolism, Greg spends much of his time helping individuals sleep and eat better. Greg is also co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Resilient Nutrition, a nutrition and supplement company that makes performing better simple and delicious. Highlights of Greg’s career include coaching a sprinter to four gold medals at the European Championships; having his research featured in dozens of international news outlets, including the BBC, Reuters, and The Washington Post; working with the US Naval Special Warfare Command; helping to prepare two men to break the Atlantic rowing World Record; and being the sleep expert in a Channel 4 documentary on sleep and weight loss. If you’re interested in maximising all facets of your sleep, or just want to geek out on the science behind it all, this is one you won’t want to miss. “It’s important to go to bed only when you are sleepy.” Greg Potter   Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro about Dr. Greg 02:50 – Sleep as his main interest 06:25 – Correlation between sleep and metabolism 09:10 – Metabolic health and efficient sleep 14:30 – Understanding your chronotype 19:35 – Experiments on sleep-wake timing 21:21 – Effects of not syncing with biological clocks 24:10 – Social jet lag and attending to sleepiness 29:50 – Time cues for sleep 36:50 – The use of wearable tech 50:00 – Tips on managing sleep amidst stressful time 59:41 – Exposure in social media 1:02:45 – Wrap up Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “RNT Fitness Radio” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:      Apple Podcasts   Stitcher   iHeart Radio      For any podcast suggestions, or if you’d like to get in touch, please do so on podcast@rntfitness.com here. We’d love to hear from you!      If you’re in the UK, and you use supplements, I’d highly recommend checking out Reflex Nutrition, where they’re giving you up to 40% on all their range if you use the code PTRNT at checkout. I’ve been using Reflex for nearly a decade, with their Micro Whey being one of my favourite whey proteins. It’s grass fed, hormone free, and digests so well compared to most on the market. Check out their full supplement range, including all your transformation basics and plant based alternatives, on https://reflexnutrition.com/ and use PTRNT at checkout for up to 40% off.  Resources:   Take the Transformation Quiz   Our Book: Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life   Follow RNT Fitness:    Website   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube   Email   Follow Akash:   Facebook   Instagram    LinkedIn   Greg Potter   Website Linkedin