#76 - HYROX, Masculinity & War - Gary McNamara - former British Army Search Team Commander, PTI and Rehab Instructor

My guest today is Gaz McNamara - a former British Army Search Team Commander, PTI and Exercise Rehab Instructor who represented the forces in triathlon and athletics, and now holds a Guinness World Record plus multiple HYROX podiums. Since leaving the military he’s founded Plug-In Rehab and the Red On Group, giving coaches and athletes direct access to world-class clinicians while still chasing his own performance goals.

Gaz and I had an awesome chat about his military background, the positives and negatives of a highly routinised life, the reality of bomb disposal, and some of the hairiest moments during Gaz’s deployments in Iraq & Afghanistan. We talk about loss, grief, Gaz’s experience in therapy, masculinity, Hyrox, and we also discuss his businesses, including the RedOn Testing and Performance Centre. This was a really interesting chat with a great guy, and I’m sure you’re going to love it as much as I did.

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Fully Timestamped Chapter List

00:00:00 Intro & Gaz’s Military Background

00:04:54 Joining at 16 & First Deployments

00:09:40 Routines, Discipline & Habit Building

00:15:26 Bomb Disposal Role & Clearance Operations

00:25:24 Military Training Mindset & HYROX Parallels

00:31:03 Loss, Grieving & Therapy

00:35:16 Modern Masculinity & Emotional Expression

00:38:48 Fitness, Confidence & HYROX Community

00:44:02 Media vs Reality of Iraq & Afghanistan

00:50:24 Sleeping Under Fire & Long-Term Effects

01:04:35 UK Military Readiness & Future Warfare

01:09:55 US Alliance & Geopolitics

01:14:25 Redon Testing & What Makes a Good HYROX athlete

01:22:36 Common HYROX Injuries & Rehab

01:28:11 Competition Mindset & HYROX Buzz

01:32:13 HYROX World Championships Performance

01:36:23 Building HYROX-Based Businesses

01:43:13 Race Volume & Personal Best Goals

01:54:01 Creating Content Around Training & Business

01:59:02 Gaz’s 5 Habits & Closing Thoughts

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