Andy McKenna's guest appearances

Andy McKenna

Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis

The Rider Resilience Podcast

Linda Bloom

Johns Hopkins

Rick Nelson

Luke Johnson

Rachel Knight

Geoff Allix

Natalie Cooper

Gillian Robertson

Jen DeTracey

Mathew Embry

OwlTail

The second Ride It Out Show features special guest Andy McKenna who - following his diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) way back when in 2007 - has taken a different strategy to most by going down a more homeopathic healing route that includes things like stress management and, crucially, riding bikes.   Andy has been an inspiration to many throughout the years; initially focusing head in the sand on his MTB guiding business GoWhere Scotland, to now building a community called "Stoked on MS" to share some positivity and best practices.   Andy McKenna's new film Evolution can be found HERE To follow Andy on Instagram, go HERE  Andy's Stoked on MS Multiple Sclerosis Support Group on Facebook --- This second episode was made possible by 7mesh, a Canadian cycling apparel company creating some of the most forward thinking garments on the market. Thanks to 7mesh for their support, we look forward to seeing this partnership develop.  Head over to https://7mesh.com/ for more information about the brand. --- How Can You Contribute To Rider Resilience - Find out HERE Rider Resilience Funding Pathways; where does the money go?  --- A special thanks to Ben Gerrish at HDDN Media for taking the time to film the interview and some of the riding sections. I am sure Ben will become a pivotal part of the movement going forward. He just doesn't know it yet.

The second Ride It Out Show features special guest Andy McKenna who - following his diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) way back when in 2007 - has taken a different strategy to most by going down a more homeopathic healing route that includes things like stress management and, crucially, riding bikes.   Andy has been an inspiration to many throughout the years; initially focusing head in the sand on his MTB guiding business <a href="https://www.go-where.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GoWhere Scotland</a>, to now building a community called "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/170620306630807 " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stoked on MS</a>" to share some positivity and best practices.   Andy McKenna's new film Evolution can be found <a href="https://mtb.shimano.com/uk/stories/andy-mckenna-evolution" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> To follow Andy on Instagram, go <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stokedonms/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE </a> Andy's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/170620306630807" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stoked on MS Multiple Sclerosis Support Group</a> on Facebook --- This second episode was made possible by <a href="https://7mesh.com/en-GB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">7mesh</a>, a Canadian cycling apparel company creating some of the most forward thinking garments on the market. Thanks to 7mesh for their support, we look forward to seeing this partnership develop.  Head over to <a href="https://7mesh.com/en-GB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://7mesh.com/</a> for more information about the brand. --- How Can You Contribute To Rider Resilience - Find out <a href="https://riderresilience.org/contribute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> Rider Resilience Funding Pathways; <a href="https://riderresilience.org/funding-pathways" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">where does the money go?</a> --- A special thanks to Ben Gerrish at <a href="https://www.hddn.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HDDN Media</a> for taking the time to film the interview and some of the riding sections. I am sure Ben will become a pivotal part of the movement going forward. He just doesn't know it yet.

Bikes as Medicine against MS with Andy McKenna - The Ride It Out Show // Episode 2

Bio:   Since the 1980s, Andy McKenna has been a dedicated mountain biker, spending his life poring over maps, dreaming and exploring the mountains of Scotland and beyond. Turning his passion for two-wheeled adventure into a multi-award-winning mountain bike guiding and tour business in 2008, Andy is an experienced mountain bike guide and reluctant administrator who along with his wife Aneela balance their busy working lives by making sure they both takes their 'medicine’ regularly, meaning together getting out of the office, into the hills on their bikes as often as possible.   Andy has been living with MS without use of MS medication since 2007 and is the driving force behind ‘Stoked on MS’ (irony intentional) and through this hopes to shine a light of hope on the reality of leading a healthy, productive and active existence by adopting the Overcoming MS way of life.   Questions:    Can you tell us a little about yourself: where are you from? What do you do? How did you find your passion for cycling? Tell us a little about your journey to becoming an avid mountain biker. What is Go-Where?  How did your MS diagnosis change your relationship with your cycling passion? What did you do about it? What limitations has your MS introduced to your active lifestyle, and how have you dealt with or overcome them? What is Stoked on MS? How did you discover OMS and what has your experience been with its approach to MS management? What compelled you to dedicate some of your fundraising efforts to OMS (which, by the way, resulted in over GBP 70K in collective contributions to date)? If you had one piece of wisdom or inspiration to impart to someone newly diagnosed with MS, what would it be?    Links:   Stoked on MS Andy’s Cycling Tours Company Andy’s GoFundMe Page Andy’s Facebook Group (membership request required) Andy’s Instagram Andy’s YouTube Channel (cool mountain biking videos) Swank MS Foundation   Subscribe to this podcast and never miss an episode. We will be taking a few weeks off to celebrate the holidays, and we certainly hope you will too, though you can catch any episode of Living Well with MS here or on your favorite podcast listening app. We will kick off season 2 of this podcast on January 15, 2020 with a very special episode on intermittent fasting featuring world-renowned expert in the subject, Dr. Valter Longo. Till then, have a wonderful holiday season and Happy 2020!

Bio: Since the 1980s, Andy McKenna has been a dedicated mountain biker, spending his life poring over maps, dreaming and exploring the mountains of Scotland and beyond. Turning his passion for two-wheeled adventure into a multi-award-winning mountain bike guiding and tour business in 2008, Andy is an experienced mountain bike guide and reluctant administrator who along with his wife Aneela balance their busy working lives by making sure they both takes their 'medicine’ regularly, meaning together getting out of the office, into the hills on their bikes as often as possible. Andy has been living with MS without use of MS medication since 2007 and is the driving force behind ‘Stoked on MS’ (irony intentional) and through this hopes to shine a light of hope on the reality of leading a healthy, productive and active existence by adopting the Overcoming MS way of life. Questions: <ul> <li>Can you tell us a little about yourself: where are you from? What do you do?</li> <li>How did you find your passion for cycling? Tell us a little about your journey to becoming an avid mountain biker.</li> <li>What is Go-Where? </li> <li>How did your MS diagnosis change your relationship with your cycling passion? What did you do about it?</li> <li>What limitations has your MS introduced to your active lifestyle, and how have you dealt with or overcome them?</li> <li>What is Stoked on MS?</li> <li>How did you discover OMS and what has your experience been with its approach to MS management?</li> <li>What compelled you to dedicate some of your fundraising efforts to OMS (which, by the way, resulted in over GBP 70K in collective contributions to date)?</li> <li>If you had one piece of wisdom or inspiration to impart to someone newly diagnosed with MS, what would it be?</li> </ul> Links: <a href="https://www.stokedonms.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stoked on MS</a> <a href="https://go-where.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy’s Cycling Tours Company</a> <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/stokedonms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy’s GoFundMe Page</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/170620306630807/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy’s Facebook Group</a> (membership request required) <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stokedonms/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy’s Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrDOFMNYprmZ-0XXTxeB0KA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy’s YouTube Channel</a> (cool mountain biking videos) <a href="http://www.swankmsdiet.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swank MS Foundation</a> <a href="https://overcomingms.org/resources/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> to this podcast and never miss an episode. We will be taking a few weeks off to celebrate the holidays, and we certainly hope you will too, though you can catch any episode of Living Well with MS <a href="https://overcomingms.org/resources/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> or on your favorite podcast listening app. We will kick off season 2 of this podcast on January 15, 2020 with a very special episode on intermittent fasting featuring world-renowned expert in the subject, Dr. Valter Longo. Till then, have a wonderful holiday season and Happy 2020!

Andy McKenna is Stoked on MS | Episode 14