The Podcast for Fitness & Leisure Professionals Who Want More
Career advice, leadership lessons and real talk from the people shaping the fitness and leisure industry. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Love Your Career
The fitness and leisure industry is full of remarkable people with remarkable stories. Love Your Career exists to share them.
Hosted by Lawrence Everest, CEO of Love Recruitment and someone who has spent over a decade at the heart of this industry, each episode is a genuine conversation with a leader, operator, or expert who has built something worth talking about. From boutique studio founders to gym group CEOs, from career pivots to hard-won lessons at the top, Love Your Career covers the journeys, the decisions, and the honest advice that most people only share behind closed doors.
Whether you're a fitness professional looking to take the next step, a manager navigating the challenges of leading a team, or simply someone who loves the industry and wants to hear from the people shaping it, there's something here for you.
New episodes drop fortnightly, every Wednesday. Each one runs 30–40 minutes — long enough to go deep, short enough for a commute or a good walk.
Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.
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We will post fortnightly - always on a Wednesday. We will announce who the guest is the Friday before.
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We will always aim to have episodes of 30-40mins, hopefully suiting a commute or a good walk!
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Gary Linton-Walls - Commercial Director, Lift Brands
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Marina Thomas - MD, Marina Solutions
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Sean Mitchell - Head of Commercial, Kore Wellness
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Minal Hawkins - Workforce Development Manager, CIMSPA
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Hayley Lever - CEO, Get Manchester Moving
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John Oxley - CEO, Life Leisure
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Fiona Sarkissian - Head of Franchise Performance, Anytime Fitness Australia
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Cam Bridger - Account Director, Love Recruitment
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Nathan D'Rozario - Head of International Business Development, The Fitness Group
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Jay Worthy - Global CEO, MyZone
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Peta Young - People Director, Oxygen Activeplay
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Giles Denning - Perform X
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Freya Tringham - Head of Padel, Powerleague
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Michelle Dand - Head of Product & Programming, David Lloyd
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Paul Ferris - CEO, Speedflex
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Rob Beale - Fitness Director, Third Space
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Martin Franklin - CEO, Les Mills International
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Tara Dillon, CEO, CIMSPA
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Elevate Special - Sophie Lawler, Neil Randall, Paul Ferris and Evgenia Koroleva
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Jenny Patrickson - MD, Active IQ
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James Allchin - Head of Group Memberships, The Club Company
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Emma Sills - COO, PumpGyms
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Becky Prifti - Central People Director, PureGym
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Steve Shaw - Co-Founder, Stronger Wellness
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Steve Ward - Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, Go Fit
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Carl McCartney - Global Sales Enablement Director, Les Mills
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Rowland Omamor - MD, Lampton Leisure
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Justin Tamsett - REX Roundtables and Keynote Speaker
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Duncan Anderson - Founder and CEO, South Downs Leisure
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Steve Bambury - COO, 1Life
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Dave Alstead - Commercial Director, Xplor
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Natalie McGuire - Director of Buisness & Development, Space and Place
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Rob Cunningham - Director of Leisure & Business Development, BH Live
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Caroline Constantine - MD, Right Directions
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Dan Edwardes - CEO, Parkour Generations
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Jon Kohn, Owner and Founder, Thrive Gyms
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Sarah Coghlan, Movember
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Louise Anderton, People Director, PureGym
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Julie Allen - Business Development Director, Active Insight
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Clemency Lion - Director of Research, policy and communications, UKActive
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Rebecca Passmore - COO, PureGym
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Jo Mathews - Co Founder, Ten Health and Fitness
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Paul Bowman - CEO, Wexer
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Marc Diaper - CEO, Gymbox
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Danny Melling - Interim Director of Membership Experience, Ukactive
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Steffie Bryant - Chief of Staff, KeepMe.AI
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Kevin Yates - CEO, Snap FItness EMEA
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James Foley - Commercial Director, Alliance Leisure
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Duncan Jefford - Director, Everyone Active - SLM
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David Stalker - Global Advisor, Myzone Group
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James Luscombe - Managing Director, Study Active
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Lucy Findlay-Beale - Event Director, Elevate
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Richard Wilson - Head of Personal Training, Total Fitness
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David Hopkins - MD & Founder, Proinsight Mystery Shopping
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Rhys Jones - CEO, Plymouth Active
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Dan Rees - MD, The Health and Fitness Institute
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Luke Chadwick - Director, Football Fun Factory
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Rob Handy - Founder, Independent Gyms
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Dave Candler - CEO, Swimming Teachers Association
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Guy Griffiths - Director, GG Fit
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Elaine Coulthard - Leisure Consultant, Elaine Coulthard Ltd.
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Andy King - Chair, GM Active.
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Andy Kay - Chairperson & Director, Educated Body
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James Lorey - Co-owner & Operations Director, YPT
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Sarah Watts - Founder, Alliance Leisure
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Suzanne Gabb - CEO, Good Boost
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Dave Aitchison - CEO, BFT
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Andrea Cook - Head of People, Total Fitness
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David Monkhouse - Director, Leisure-net Solutions
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Dean Pendergrast - CEO, Enrolmy Software
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Ian Mullane - CEO, Keepme.AI
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Chloe Kinch - Director of Client Success, Proinsight Mystery Shopping
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Mike Clare - CEO, Junior Adventures Group UK
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Steve Scales - General Manager, Gladstone Software
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John Hastings - Managing Director, STRONG Pilates UK
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Steve Orton - Director and Brand Consultant, PerformX Live
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Lawrence Everest - CEO, Love Recruitment Group
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Marianne Boyle - Director of Membership and Sector Development, ukactive
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James Lawrence - MD, Lifestyle Fitness
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Alex Lewis - Head of Integration, Oxygen Freejumping
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Ty Menzies - Global CEO, Lift Brands
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Alex Hudson - Head of Talent & Retention, Junior Adventures Group UK
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Huw Edwards - CEO, UK Active
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Aaron McCulloch - MD, Your Personal Training
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Catherine Ferma - Operations Director, The Gym Group
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Brad Rushton - CEO, SCL Education Group
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Mark Braithwaite - CEO, Sandwell Leisure Trust
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Rob Christie - Group Commercial Director, Airparx
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Lydon Smith - Regional Operations Director, Teamsport
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Marc McLaren - Internal Recruitment Manager, PureGym
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Daniel Jones - CEO, Orbit4
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Andy Thompson - Chair, Anytime Fitness UK
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Sophie Lawler - CEO, Total Fitness
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Maddie Cummings - Account Director, Love Recruitment
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2022 Recap - E5
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Eve Sukhnandan - Global CPO, PureGym
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Jack Shakespeare - Director of Strategic Projects, 4Global
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Craig Jones - COO, Junior Adventures Group UK
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Neil Randall - CEO, Urban Gym Group
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Tom Trout - MD, Love Care Recruitment
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Abhi Lakhina - MD, Love Recruitment