ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Sonny Webster joins James Smith for an honest conversation about what training, money and ambition actually look like once you hit your 30s. A British Olympic weightlifter who competed at Rio 2016, Sonny is now a fitness entrepreneur building global training platforms, and he doesn't hold back on the realities of optimisation culture, the TRT debate.
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He explains:
◼️ Why training after 30 becomes a completely different ball game
◼️ How peptides and GLP-1s are quietly reshaping the fitness industry
◼️ What moving to Dubai really costs (and why money evaporates faster)
◼️ Why handing over money is the thing that actually makes people change
◼️ Where testosterone sits for the everyday athlete who'll never compete
Chapters:
00:00 The Testosterone Debate and Sonny's WADA Ban
00:57 Why Training After 30 Hits Like a Brick Wall
02:10 Olympic Lifting for Longevity, Not Platforms
04:15 Going Sober and the Death of the Wild Weekend
05:07 Peptides, TRT and the World of Optimisation
06:26 Why GLP-1s Make You Hate Alcohol
07:50 Grabbing the Low-Hanging Fruit First
08:32 Becoming a Slave to Your Wearables
12:24 How Dubai Changed Sonny's Physique
16:22 Tax-Free Living and the Money That Evaporates
18:45 Going Back to the UK and Embracing London
20:54 Why Your Friendship Circle Shrinks in Your 30s
23:31 Sonny's Goals: Minimal Effective Dose
26:27 Body, Business, Relationships, You Can't Have All Three
28:05 The Power of a Business Coach and Cutting the Noise
30:16 Why Paying for Something Makes You Actually Do It
31:00 Why Free Codes Create the Worst Clients
32:32 No Transformation Without the Pain
34:48 As Close to 50 as I Am to 23
35:34 Testosterone, the Enhanced Games and Masters Lifting
38:28 The Track Car Logic of TRT
40:34 The Double Standards of Optimisation
41:31 Are We the Peak Optimisation Generation?
43:34 Relationships, Freedom and Finding Hannah
44:56 Having Kids and Knowing When You've Got "Enough"
49:30 The Fair Points Podcast and Missed Opportunities
51:52 Taboo Topics and Creating a Safe Space
52:36 Building a Legacy in Dubai
56:14 Speed Cameras, Statham and Going Bald Gracefully
59:14 The Russian Banya Near-Death Experience
01:01:45 Scaling The Lifting Zone and the Clothing Brand
01:03:09 Wrapping Up
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