Men’s Health: Built For Life

Paddy Pimblett is back on the Men’s Health Built for Life podcast.

After suffering the first real loss of his UFC career, Paddy sits down with Andrew Tracey to talk about coming back, growing up, fatherhood, fighting for something bigger than yourself, and why he knows he’ll return ‘bigger and better and stronger’.

He also breaks down the brutal reality of UFC weight cutting, from 1,850-calorie fight camp days to losing 15lb overnight, why he believes the cut can be ‘more dangerous than the fight’, and what really happens between the weigh-in and walking into the cage.

Plus, Paddy reveals the training he wishes he’d started years earlier, why lifting weights changed his career, the running mileage that helps him make weight, the problem with influencer boxing, why he thinks boxing is losing real fighters, and what it means to be fighting on the same card as Conor McGregor. 

And, yes, he explains why he’s absolutely not a HYROX guy.

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Lawrence Price – former professional rugby player, coach, personal trainer and co-host of The Secret Life of Dads podcast – joins Ben Shephard and Andrew Tracey on the Built For Life podcast.

 

In this episode, Lawrence talks about the viral success of his Pints and Ponytails events, why dads across the world have connected with the idea, and how a simple hair-braiding session in a pub became part of a much bigger conversation around fatherhood, masculinity and showing up properly for your kids.

 

He also breaks down how busy parents can build a genuinely sustainable fitness-led lifestyle – without turning training into a second job. From the three pillars of steps, strength training and nutrition, to why so many men fall into all-or-nothing training cycles, Laurence explains how to stay consistent when life, work and parenthood get messy.

This is a conversation about fatherhood, fitness, mental health, modern masculinity, protein, patience, purpose and why training is about far more than just looking good with your top off.

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Paralympic gold medallist, marathon world record holder and disability inclusion advocate Richard Whitehead MBE joins Ben Shephard and Andrew Tracey on the Built For Life podcast.

Born with a double through-knee congenital amputation, Richard has spent his life refusing to be limited by other people’s expectations. In this episode, he talks about being told he was ‘too old’ to make it as a sprinter, switching from marathon running to the 200m for London 2012, breaking a blade on the way to qualification, and the gold medal race that became one of the defining moments of the Paralympic Games.

Richard also opens up on the marathon that changed his life, the worst blisters he’s ever had, the power of sport to break down barriers, why medals aren’t the real legacy, and how – at nearly 50 – he’s still getting faster and stronger.

This is a conversation about resilience, inclusion, identity, purpose and why, in Richard’s words, we’re all ‘better together’.

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Most men think menopause is about hot flushes and periods stopping. Award-winning health writer and bestselling author Joe Warner thought much the same – until a health scare involving his partner forced him to learn more.
In this episode of Built For Life, Joe explains why menopause isn’t just a women’s issue, how it can put huge strain on relationships, and why so many men are completely unprepared for what’s coming. We discuss communication, intimacy, midlife pressures, and the simple mistakes men make when they try to help.
Joe’s new book, Burning Up, Frozen Out: What Every Man Needs To Know About Menopause (But No One Told You), is available now.

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Jet Li is one of the greatest martial arts stars of all time – a former wushu champion, global action icon and star of films including Lethal Weapon 4, Romeo Must Die and The Expendables. But in this conversation, he opens up about the fight that changed him most: the one with his own mind.

 

Speaking to Men’s Health, Jet Li reflects on fame, fear, success, Buddhism, meditation and the near-death experience during the 2004 tsunami that transformed his view of life. He explains why chasing more – more money, more recognition, more success – can become its own prison, and why true freedom comes from looking beyond the identity we spend our lives trying to protect.

 

This is a rare and deeply personal conversation with a martial arts legend on death, ego, training the mind, and what it really means to be healthy and happy.

 

Jet Li's new book 'Beyond Life and Death: The Way to True Freedom' is available now

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