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The Problem With Training After 30: Sonny Webster

1 hour 3 minutes Posted Jun 10, 2026 at 3:54 am.

The Testosterone Debate and Sonny's WADA Ban

Why Training After 30 Hits Like a Brick Wall

Olympic Lifting for Longevity, Not Platforms

Going Sober and the Death of the Wild Weekend

Peptides, TRT and the World of Optimisation

Why GLP-1s Make You Hate Alcohol

Grabbing the Low-Hanging Fruit First

Becoming a Slave to Your Wearables

How Dubai Changed Sonny's Physique

Tax-Free Living and the Money That Evaporates

Going Back to the UK and Embracing London

Why Your Friendship Circle Shrinks in Your 30s

Sonny's Goals: Minimal Effective Dose

Body, Business, Relationships, You Can't Have All Three

The Power of a Business Coach and Cutting the Noise

Why Paying for Something Makes You Actually Do It

Why Free Codes Create the Worst Clients

No Transformation Without the Pain

As Close to 50 as I Am to 23

Testosterone, the Enhanced Games and Masters Lifting

The Track Car Logic of TRT

The Double Standards of Optimisation

Are We the Peak Optimisation Generation?

Relationships, Freedom and Finding Hannah

Having Kids and Knowing When You've Got "Enough"

The Fair Points Podcast and Missed Opportunities

Taboo Topics and Creating a Safe Space

Building a Legacy in Dubai

Speed Cameras, Statham and Going Bald Gracefully

The Russian Banya Near-Death Experience

Scaling The Lifting Zone and the Clothing Brand

Wrapping Up

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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

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