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My name is Chris Stone and Iโ€™m a the Head Trainer of The Strong Men which is a growing men's community that helps guys transform stress into strength by focusing on developing physical mastery, mental toughness and collective strength.

31/08/2025
21/08/2025

Whenever someone says they feel like a burden, the usual response is to try and convince them thatโ€™s not true.

โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ"
"๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ"
"๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ"

๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

You ARE a burden but it's time to get over it.

In this episode of The Strong Men Podcast, we explore the common belief of 'being a burden' - why so many of us are convinced by it, why attempting to never be a burden will always fail and why you need to learn to let others carry you.

Check out this episode in full - available wherever you get podcasts ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/43dbtKHA3XJKE7bl1y49xm?si=a2d7f857aa8f4ecd

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/45-youre-a-burden-get-over-it/id1675023772?i=1000722971768

Hiring a coach could be the best or worst decision you ever make.
20/08/2025

Hiring a coach could be the best or worst decision you ever make.

Hearing this sort of thing from clients never gets old: "๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€. ๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ...
18/08/2025

Hearing this sort of thing from clients never gets old:

"๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€. ๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜-๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ-๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ."

Over the past decade, Iโ€™ve specialised in helping people facing physical and mental challenges - depression, anxiety, ME, eating disorders, fibromyalgia, neurodiversity, functional neurological disorders, lipoedema, and various injuries - engage in exercise in a way that works for them.

If you'd like to know more about this service and how this could work for you, DM me and letโ€™s chat ๐Ÿ˜Š

The Strong Men Podcast is about equipping men to build lasting health and resilience - physically, mentally, and sociall...
17/08/2025

The Strong Men Podcast is about equipping men to build lasting health and resilience - physically, mentally, and socially.

Each episode blends practical insights from science, lived experience, and over a decade of coaching men through challenge and change.

Youโ€™ll also hear honest, impactful conversations with special guests from all walks of life - sharing their inspirational stories and exploring what true strength really looks like as men.

Give the podcast for all of the latest episodes and make sure to leave a review! โญ

14/08/2025

Is doing more always the key to better health and fitness?

As a young coach, I believed the answer was yes - get clients moving as much as humanly possible.

But that approach backfired - badly.

In this episode of The Strong Men Podcast, I share exactly what went wrong with one client, and how taking a different (and unpopular) approach changed everything.

Want to know what that approach was? Then check out the episode in full ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KP8sqF78TB96hREqnw45O?si=bcc94c7e14ac48c7

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-strong-men-podcast/id1675023772

It became automatic and relentless.Every day, I was drowning myself in insults that I believed I truly deserved.I didnโ€™t...
13/08/2025

It became automatic and relentless.

Every day, I was drowning myself in insults that I believed I truly deserved.

I didnโ€™t see anything wrong with it - in fact, I thought it was a way to discipline and push myself harder and become stronger.

But in reality, I wasn't just keeping myself stuck, I was destroying my health and resilience.

But once I learned how to shift my inner dialogue, life started to change for the better.

What might be possible for you if self-criticism was to no longer run your mind?

Why you keep f*cking up when you know better โฌ‡๏ธ You know that demolishing the entire tub of Ben & Jerry's in one evening...
11/08/2025

Why you keep f*cking up when you know better โฌ‡๏ธ

You know that demolishing the entire tub of Ben & Jerry's in one evening probably isn't helpful.

That spending the entire weekend on your arse isn't going to get you any fitter.

And that going out out with that set of mates is likely going to end in disaster.

But, you do it anyway.

And then you get p*ssed off with yourself for knowing better.

You swear to yourself, next time will be different.

But when push comes to shove, you cave. Everytime.

And the cycle repeats.

The thing is, the reason you can't seem to make the right choices has nothing to do with your willpower and effort.

There are three contributing factors that are causing you to constantly f*ck up...

1) Environments
You're relying entirely on willpower to pull you through - a limited resource that will always succumb to your environments.

2) Conditioning
Many of your actions happen without thinking - automatic responses learned at a young age that have stuck with you ever since.

3) Connection
You believe that you can do it yourself don't need anyone. Yet, one of the biggest components in long-term change is connection with others.

When you start to grasp this, it quickly becomes apparent why your surface-level practical solutions aren't working.

And unless you start getting under the surface, you'll always remain stuck.

My coaching helps you plant you in the right environments you need to grow, bring the unconscious into your awareness and build a strong network of support.

Once you do this, you'll find that making change isn't just possible, it becomes a whole lot easier.

Want to know more? DM me 'R2'

07/08/2025

Chocolate, pizza, beer, sweets, cake, crisps...

The downfall of many a health kick.

If youโ€™re trying to improve your health, banning these foods might seem like a simple, sensible solution - right?

Or is treating certain foods as the problem actually... well, the problem?

Find out in this weekโ€™s episode of The Strong Men Podcast.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1PoAjw2Vsh3PzkNvTxLm7J?si=3b62d5955829463e

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/43-should-i-ban-bad-foods/id1675023772?i=1000721077121

Making it all make sense ๐Ÿ’ก
06/08/2025

Making it all make sense ๐Ÿ’ก

I just can't relate ๐ŸคทLoads of my pals in their thirties are complaining about their bodies catching up with them.Constan...
04/08/2025

I just can't relate ๐Ÿคท

Loads of my pals in their thirties are complaining about their bodies catching up with them.

Constant back ache, dodgy shoulders, sharp knee pain, pulled muscles - you name it, they've got it.

Every day they're discovering some new ache or pain somewhere.

Meanwhile, despite dislocating my shoulder twice, mangling my medial collateral ligament and rolling my ankles more times than a baker rolls dough, I feel great.

No major aches, pains, or problems... (for now!).

I recognise that I have a huge advantage over most in that I've worked active jobs for most of my life.

But this has just helped to highlight just how pivotal regular movement is in preventing physical problems.

And Iโ€™d make the case that most of these so-called โ€˜age-relatedโ€™ aches and pains actually have less to do with getting older and more to do with how little we tend to move the older we get.

Because itโ€™s well documented - with each year that passes, the less active we tend to become.

It's that decrease in physical activity and movement that creates so many of these issues, NOT the fact there's an extra candle on your cake.

You donโ€™t have to just accept or live with aches and pain or pass it off as 'getting old'.

Through structured exercise programs and the accountability that comes with having a coach, Iโ€™ve helped hundreds of clients watch their โ€˜age-relatedโ€™ aches and pains fade away into the background.

So, if you want to stop letting those annoying aches and pains from holding you back and start feeling better in your body again, get in touch.

DM me 'R2' today to enquire ๐Ÿ“ฅ

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27/07/2025

Two years ๐Ÿฅฐ

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