Johnny Yaps

When I started this Podcast, one of my main objectives was to have a conversation with my father so that I could find out more about our family history, his life and his experiences.

My dad's ability to recall people, places and history really brought this conversation come to life for me.

When I was younger I always thought my dad was long winded and I never really had the patience or the interest to listen to his stories.

I'm really grateful that I had a change of heart and became interested to find out more. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

In this podcast I sit down with Logan Cole.  Please allow me to apologise for the cursing in this podcast - both Logan and I were once apprentice tradespeople and I didn't even notice how frequent the swearing was in this conversation until I re-listened to it.

That said, I do think there were plenty of gems in this podcast so I hope you listeners get some value from it.

Logan Cole is a fitness gear selling, strength & conditioning coaching, qualified electrician with a great perspective.

I really enjoyed this conversation and in an attempt to improve what I do, I've put together this episode guide for you all below:

00:45 | Everyone is interesting, experience is a story

04:10 | Getting into the zone & starting out

06:10 | Focusing on your own journey

08:10 | Appearance vs Reality

09:35 | Being in motion vs stuck in research

10:57 | Why mentality -> Why not?

13:00 | Pushing through & forming barriers

17:20 | Choosing to do something

19:30 | Logan's childhood / development

20:25 | Dealing with expectations & letting people down

22:30 | Getting injured & losing identity

26:42 | Changing environments to get out of your comfort zone

29:00 | ACL / MCL Injury

32:10 | Support of a partner

34:30 | Fruits of labour and recognising labour

38:00 | Pressure as motivation

41:32 | Path of least resistance / giving yourself no other option

45:17 | Health & Fitness - where's the shortcut?

47:35 | Beginnings of the fitness business & leaving a trade

56:25 | Culture and monkeys

01:00:00 | Reaching goals & self awareness

01:05:25 | The Gary Vee effect

01:10:40 | Having different personas and being authentic

01:16:00 | Self projection, gratitude and chicken

01:20:00 | Achieving specific goals.. now what?

01:22:28 | The difference between motion & action

01:27:40 | Plateaus in training

01:35:36 | Social media as a snap shot & nutrition

01:47:15 | Meal preps & the protein window

In this conversation i sit down with a previous work colleague Beau Rosser. It is a wide ranging conversation where we talk about life, horticulture, photography, kids and other random things.

When i originally completed this podcast I felt like I didn't do a very good job (relative to what, I'm not sure?). When I re-listened to it I actually felt better about it.

I think the hardest thing with starting any project is that sometimes we talk ourselves out of doing it because we worry about it not being perfect. In fact I've probably sat on the podcasts I've done a little bit too long. Anyway, they will all going up now, so i hope you people out there enjoy it.