In the first ever episode of Rise To Your Everest, Adam sits down with Dan Staves — personal trainer and ultramarathon coach — to explore what endurance really teaches us about life, discipline, and resilience.

Dan shares his journey into ultra-endurance, the mindset required to keep going when your body and mind want to quit, and why learning to do hard things on purpose can shape confidence, identity, and self-belief.

This conversation goes beyond training plans and miles covered. It’s about consistency, self-responsibility, and building the mental toughness to show up — not just in sport, but in everyday life.

A powerful opening episode for anyone looking to push boundaries, reconnect with purpose, and start climbing their own Everest.

To connect with Dan:

Instagram: @daniel_staves_pt

Key Topics

• Ultra-endurance and mental resilience
• Discipline vs motivation
• Identity through challenge
• Doing hard things to build confidence
• Lessons endurance teaches about life

This is the first episode of Rise To Your Everest — a podcast about growth, resilience, and choosing challenge in a world built for comfort.

Rise To Your Everest is a podcast about choosing challenge, finding purpose, and becoming who you’re capable of being.

In each episode, Adam Cayton sit's down with people who’ve pushed limits, faced setbacks, and rebuilt themselves through discipline, resilience, and community.

This isn’t about highlight reels — it’s about the real climb, the lessons learned along the way, and what it truly takes to keep moving forward.

Rise To Your Everest is powered by: APEX Everest - UK's toughest endurance challenge.