Lifting and Life

Oli completed the Pacific Crest Trail (the PCT) which extends from the Mexican border all the way up to the Canadian border. As you can imagine there were many learnings along the way and also encounters with bears, snakes and mountain lions.

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Tim is the Founder and CEO of Black Fox Electrical and also the Co-Founder and CEO of The Fitness Portal gym in NZ.

You’ll find the episode especially valuable if you’re wanting to start your own business, learn how to effectively manage your time and understand more about the importance of building genuine connections with people.

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Henry Lin is a Natural Bodybuilding Pro and a coach with a Masters in Dietetics. I’m not sure I’ve laughed this much in an episode before and if you listen to it you’ll see why. Although it’s really funny it’s also full of tangible learnings and things you can apply to your training and nutrition straight away.

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Will Chicomb is a bodybuilder here in the UK. Although he’s only 24 years old he’s already been training for close to 10 years and has a well accomplished competing record as a teen and as a junior.

This episode cements to me why I love the sport of bodybuilding and the act of weight training in general.

Will shares his knowledge on how to put on muscle and lose bodyfat . In addition, we explore what's best described as the more 'big picture' side of weight training and competing, from the transferable learnings that Will has acquired, to his thoughts on the term ‘potential’.

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Annie Nelson is a powerlifter with two British titles and has competed at World Champs twice. She is also a powerlifting coach. 

You’ll find this episode valuable if you want to get into powerlifting; want to learn more about nutrition, owning a business or understanding the nuances of powerlifting like water cutting and improving certain aspects of the big three lifts. 

If you don’t know what powerlifting is, there’s 3 main lifts squats, bench press and deadlifts. A competition is divided into bodyweight categories and athletes have 3 chances to lift the heaviest weight that they can for each lift, while sticking to the rules. 

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You Make You.

Kimi Schrieber is a professional trail runner from Germany. Kimi is going through a tough time with her racing right now which after her most recent race left her contemplating her identity as a runner.

You’ll find this episode especially useful if you’re going through a time where your expectations have not met the outcome whether that’s in your physical pursuits or even at work.

We also delve into more specifics of trail running, how it’s different from road running and I also ask Kimi about her nutrition and her thoughts on what equipment you should buy to maximise your running.

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You Make You.

Robert (Bob) is an IFBB Pro Classic Physique competitor who’s been competing since 2008. Not only that, he turned pro naturally, which is a massive if not near impossible thing to do in an untested federation, especially in Classic. 

As you can imagine we chat about all things training, dieting and competing and there’s lots of good advice for those of us wanting to lose body fat and gain muscle naturally. 

We also delve into Bob’s journey with competing and the key things that he’s learnt throughout his journey. 

For unforeseen circumstances we had to record this episode in my apartment kitchen slash dining room so I’ve done my best to make the audio sound as clean as I can. 

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This is the very first ‘mates special’ and I’m stoked that Caleb was able to join me. Caleb and I have been mates for at least 15 years and have done a lot in that time. I even lived with him and his fam during my last 2 years of highschool so many fun adventures were had haha.

This is a really light-hearted episode filled with lots of laughs but there’s also some really good learnings to be found as well.

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I’m lucky to be joined by Simone Brick. Simone is a trail runner based Australia. She competes in a lot of international races including the Golden Trail series which is also a Youtube series where I first saw her and what she does. So I’d highly recommend checking out that series if you haven’t watched it already. She’s also fresh off the back of winning the Old Ghost in the South Island which is a 85km trail race.

In this episode we dive into a lot of interesting topics ranging from intrinsic motivation, to the specific differences between road running and trail running. I do wanna give you a heads up that we touch on Simone’s journey with her mental health and also with an eating disorder, I acknowledge that these topics can be quite close to home.

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I have Cass Poulson join me on the podcast today and we have an in-depth discussion about bodybuilding. We look at it from a macro view and how it can impact your life and the transferable learnings that it provides. We also drill down to more specific details like the protocols that Cass has in place to ensure her hormones are where they need to be.

If you’re interested in competing, you’re a seasoned competitor or even if you’re new to the world of training and nutrition I’m sure you’ll get something from this episode.

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