Australian Fitness Podcast

When I stumbled across Scott as a follower of The Australian Fitness Podcast, I was intrigued by his profile.  A little bit of research showed me that he had quite the background in training, business and the military.  So I investigated and invited him to be on the Podcast.  This is a valuable episode and Scott is an impressive operator.  If you are an entrepreneur or have an interest in being an owner / operator in the Fitness Industry, you need to listen in.This is how it should be done.  This guy worked as a PTI in the Australian Defence Force for 14 years.  By his estimation he has trained tens of thousands of people over his time, not including the people he has trained privately in his business.His business is impressive, his philosophy is clear and his skills are exceptionally well honed.  This guy knows his trade, he’s refined his skills for close to 20 years and that is indeed why he has a successful and flourishing business.I see this repeated over and over again.  The fitness industry is a tough o

Jacqui Lauder is a ridiculously qualified and experienced Sports Psychologist. She’s worked at the elite level of sport since 1998, in AFL, Netball, Ice Hockey, Cycling, Tennis, Rugby, Motorsports, even Croquet. So, when I got the chance to get her on the Podcast, you can imagine I jumped at it.The first Sports Psych we’ve had on the show and wow, what a great Podcast it turned out to be. Sometimes when you interview someone, you can just tell that they ooze knowledge.  The depth of their answers is so detailed, that it just leaves you with more questions than what you started with.This was one of those interviews.  The more I asked her, the more I realized that she had so much to give. I really enjoyed this chat with Jacqui and the content she brings is gold.It’s an extra bonus that I managed to interview her and escaped unscathed.  I kept her relatively distracted and she didn’t get to analyze me.I definitely be getting her back for another chat.On a side note The Australian Fitness Podcast is really starti

Craig and I have history, nearly 30 years of it.  So when we get on a Podcast it's always an easy, fun chat that can go anywhere, and so to with this one.  There's some business talk, some motivational talk, some fitness talk, some shit talk, just me and Harps shooting the breeze.  We talk about business, the way to conduct business in the future, new opportunities, creating permanent change, following through, mindset and other good stuff.I describe him as a jacked Dr.Phil who's just a bit more sweary.  I love the bloke! Enjoy.www.craigharper.netwww.russelljarrett.com.auInstagram: whiteboardlessonsInstagram: russell_jarrett1

 Lachlan Wilmot has been a Strength and Conditioning Coach for over 15 years.He’s worked, networked and strategically forged a long and successful career in a space that is typically small, hugely competitive and not forgiving.As an S&C Coach, it’s very possible to do a terrific job with your athletes, have them in great condition, reach all of your KPI’s and still lose your job.That’s the nature of this industry, so it’s not for the faint hearted or for those that don’t want to do a few hard years in order to reach their goals.Lachie and I chat about his early career, and then in detail about his 10+ years at the elite level of S&C in Australia, (8 with GWS in the AFL and 2 with Paramatta Eels in the NRL)To work and thrive in this environment, you simply have to have your shit well and truly sorted.You have to be well qualified, have experience in the trenches, and then be able to communicate clearly and concisely with your athletes and coaching staff all the while have their backs, and earning their

So, in this Episode I had a chat with recently retired AFL Champion player, Brett Deledio.It just so happens that Brett grew up and lived in the same small country town that I did.  He’s a local celebrity and famous sportsperson around these parts, but, strangely enough we’ve only ever met once.  Our paths have never really crossed, but as a coach thats worked in the sport for many years, I always watched him play with interest and certainly admired his physical strengths and abilities as a player.Brett played 275 games, the great majority of them outstanding (check his stats) and with a style and approach expected of the modern day AFL player.He was dominant throughout National Competitions as a junior player, and as a result, was drafted into the AFL as the No 1 pick in 2005.  He played for Richmond and GWS and spent 15 years in the intense pressure cooker environment of AFL football.  Along the way he was awarded the AFL Rising Star award, 2005, a two time best and fairest, and All Australian in 2015.In th

Episode #23 – Ali G talks TRT.Ok gentlemen, listen up….ladies you can tune in too, but make your man listen in with you.Ali Gilbert certainly doesn’t fit the typical mould.  Ali Gilbert is a trainer and coach, and now a renowned expert and speaker in the relatively new specialist area of men’s health, particularly hormonal health and optimising hormone function.    Ali has found her unique place in the fitness wellness space, and it might surprise you somewhat.She’s highly educated and terrifically qualified, twice named in the Golf Digest Top 50 Fitness Professionals, this girl really knows her game.But after spending some time working in golf S&C, Ali discovered that many of her clients were all confiding in her about general men’s health issues, and this was coming from all of her clients, similar backgrounds and ages, similar concerns, and complaints.Ali has found her niche, dealing with males over the age of 35 who were experiencing the challenges and health battles associated with declining testoste

I've broken the discussion up into three components. Personally, how have I managed thus far, how have I tried to keep sane during this insane time in our lives.  Professionally, what did I do when I had to close my business in half a day, with no control, no choice, no support.  And how do I intend to resurrect a business of 7 years that has effectively been destroyed.  Finally, I touch on how I believe that the world will be changed permanently going forward, we will be scarred by this, and I fear that many people will struggle mentally for a very long time.  Note, this is MY EXPERIENCE and MY OPINION, you may agree or disagree, that's ok, we are all having our own individual experience about this.  I hope you are safe, I hope you have found a way to continue in business and I hope you enjoy the episode.

In this Episode I interviewed Richie Cranny, founder and president of the Mixed Martial Arts company and program known as Wimp2Warrior.As a life long student of all sorts of martial arts and combative sports, Richie created this unique fitness and competition concept when he immigrated to Australia from the UK in the early 2000’s.This certainly is something a little different.Initially created to provide people with an 20 week program for creating a new fitter, stronger and more confident version of themselves, W2W has now evolved into a world wide program that provides people with the opportunity to get involved and commit themselves to 20 weeks of rigorous self discovery, after which they actually compete in a full contact, combat cage fight with another person in which they seem well matched to.Yep, you’re hearing right, you may start out wanting to get a bit fitter and drop a few pounds, but at the end of 20 weeks, you find yourself in mortal combat with a complete stranger in a cage.My logical brain asks

So after a little bit of internet stalking and some complicated time-zone conversions, I finally connected with Jay Ferrugia, a masterful coach with some 25+ years of experience in athlete preparation, personal training, online training and a writer of articles for widely read publications.Jay has a long and successful career in coaching, something which I have always said is critical when analysing a persons skills and success in their field.  Generally speaking, if they have survived in their chosen field for some time, then chances are they are knowledgeable, shrewd, skilled and driven to produce quality outcomes, day in, day out.Jay ticks all these boxes.We connected via Zoom, so apologies in advance for the less than perfect audio, however the conversion is completely audible, I just sound like I trapped in a jam tin.We spoke at length about the past, present and future of fitness, covered some of Jay’s philosophies in detail and came to a few conclusions and dropped a few nuggets of good for all your as

In this Episode, I am the guest, here is the description of the Episode that Craig placed on his Podcast, THE YOU PROJECT:For this episode, I dust off my jockstrap and step temporarily back into Exercise Science mode to chat with Sport Scientist, Educator and Elite Conditioning Coach (A.I.S., St. Kilda FC, Melbourne FC, Australian Women’s Cricket Team) Russ Jarrett and we go deep on functional training, working out over fifty, biofeedback, kettlebells (yes or no), warming up, stretching – yes or no (for sporting performance), training intensity, correcting poor posture, finding the right program, training volume and frequency, exercise myths and fallacies, kids and weights, how to recover optimally, getting massive… and lots more.

Australian Fitness Podcast Episode #18 - Lee McDermott – Olympian, Elite Gymnast and Performance Enhancement Specialist.Lee McDermott is a clever and talented guy.  Talented because as an elite gymnast he went to the 1996 Olympics, won 2 Gold and 1 Bronze Medal at the Commonwealth Games and was British National Champion in 1994 and 1996.  He also competed in 5 World Championships and 4 European Championships.And he’s clever because he has taken all of those years as an elite athlete to now coach at the elite level and provide his expertise as a movement specialist to other sports that can benefit and learn from the sport of gymnastics to enhance their own movement competency.This has taken him all over the world, including 10 years as Head Coach in the Cirque du Soleil.  More recently he has applied his craft with Surfing Australian, the Broncos in the NRL and the Gold Coast Suns in the AFL. It makes sense to me that you can enhance performance in other sports by enhancing overall movement competency and skil

Richard Burrows has a background in corporate work and owns his own recruitment company. Then there's the Performance Coach and athlete Richard. Through his own discovery of training and performance, he has found a special interest with the mechanics, physiology and indeed psychology of breathing. As Richard sees it, breathing is an incredibly powerful physical phenomenon, and indeed, even though it is largely an unconscious activity, Richard believes that in order to get more out of ourselves, both during exercise and at rest, we need to make it a little more of a conscious activity. This is a very worthwhile listen, and even better, Richard ran a breathing workshop for my members whilst he was in our region. I participated and found it a very interesting, challenging and enlightening experience. I never really realised just how powerful it is and how much we can actually change our physiological state by breathing with certain rhythms. For contact with Richard or to have him work with your company or gr

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Dr. Dan Baker – Master Strength Coach and Coach Educator Dan Baker has been a part of the elite strength and conditioning scene in Australia and around the world for well over 20 years. I caught up (by phone) with the President of the ASCA and we discussed various elements of coach education, athlete development and communication, and some specifics around Strength and Power Development, specifically Velocity Based Training. Sure, this Podcast is probably more for the hard-nosed Strength and Conditioning Coach, but, if you have an interest in fitness generally, it’s still a very interesting conversation with an elite and professional coach who has spent a career training, teaching, researching and authoring massive amounts of valuable training information for coaches in Australia and around the world to learn from. He’s a coach’s coach. Dan speaks the practitioner’s language too. Be specific, attack the key elements of conditioning, nothing replaces hard and heavy training and science is the cherry on top,

• Craig and I sat down again, were long term mates, so it’s always a very relaxed and fun chat. • Given that Craig is a prolific speaker and authority on personal development, optimizing performance, making permanent change, and understanding • How we deal with the absence of motivation. • Motivation doesn’t last – what do we do in the absence of motivation • How do I stay productive, effective and doing the right thing, when I can’t be bothered? • How even logical and driven people can suffer addictive behaviors • Are we all addicts to something in our life? • Are there good and bad addictions? • Craig’s crazy arse (and funny) running story • Craig’s Mum is hard-as-nails • Maybe as we get older, some of us get less logical and less ‘together’ • Why purpose is good and retirement may not be a great thing • A little bit of an insight into how he wrote his new book. A few laughs, a few gems, off on a few tangents, a typical Podcast with Craig Harper really……enjoy. www.craigharper.net Instagram: whiteboardlesson

Damon Hayhow – Mr. Anti-Fitness Ok, the heading is a little bit of click-bait, guilty as charged, but this Episode is a fascinating and somewhat detailed behind the scenes discussion with Damon Hayhow, an individual who is President of Recomp (www.recomp.com.au) He’s a Powerlifter, Bodybuilder and expert in helping people lift heavy things and recompose their bodies, hence the name. His stats: 42y.o, 173cm, 86kg, Has seen his weight go from 56-110kg over his lifetime. On the traditional BMI scale, he’s now categorised as very overweight to obese. He trains 2 days per week. This Podcast explains the truths and misconceptions around building muscle and mass, and lifting heavy loads, often seen as separate capacities and abilities, but actually very much directly linked. Some of the key points we discuss in this Podcast….. • Genetic potential and predisposition to various training stimulus, the flaws and vagaries around training to improve body composition. • Limitations of the medical approach and their lack of

On this episode of Australian Fitness Podcast, I caught up with Physio, busy owner and tech fan Adam Monteith. Adam created Evoker Physio, which has two sites in the Sydney CBD. He is a little unique, in the respect that he holds both an exercise science degree and a Physiotherapy degree, which gives him, I think, the ability to provide a very comprehensive service to his patients and clients through the entire spectrum of diagnosis, treatment, recovery and prevention of exercise. It’s a valuable skill set. Adam, by his own admission, is also a big fan of utilising technology, where appropriate to assist in the treatment and management of injury, however his philosophy is still underpinned by hands on treatment and exercise to heal. He’s travelled regularly to the USA to immerse himself in elite organisations as the LA Lakers and the Houston Texans. He does this to get a feel for what technology and developments are taking place at these ‘next level’ organisations, and what he might be able to introduce with

Episode #11 – Coaching insight with Australian Mens Cricket Team Physical Performance Coach, Aaron Kellett. Just before the start of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, a traditional marquee event on the Australian sporting calendar, I was fortunate to interview Aaron Kellett, professional S&C Coach and currently the Physical Performance Coach for the Australian Cricket Team, one of the country’s highest profile and most popular sporting teams. Aaron has been a S&C Coach at the elite level in AFL football, cricket and tennis for the better part of 15 years, and this Podcast gives you direct insight into not only his pathway but also the influences and coaches that have shaped him over this career. He speaks very openly and honestly about coach athlete communication and building that essential coach athlete bond of trust and respect, and how he now feels he has found his own unique style and method in order to get the best out of his athletes. For someone in such a position, which brings with it its own

Travis Jones – The man who is all about getting the result. In the first few moments of my interview with Travis Jones (CEO of Results Based Training) it became crystal clear to me very quickly why this guy has managed to establish 21 gyms in Australia and overseas in a relatively short space of time. Travis simply attacks the task until the result he wants is produced. It’s this hunger for achievement and producing outcomes that is at the heart of his brand. His vision is clear, his skill set is wide and his work ethic is obvious. By his own admission he is a coach to his core, he eats, sleeps and breathes this and has created a culture amongst his own staff and trainers that follows that same path. No stone is left unturned, attention to detail is critical, yet he manages to keep things refreshingly simple and straightforward when it comes to creating a path of transformation. He’s big on follow, accountability, but with simplicity and getting to really know your typical client, the demographic of your bu

Australian Fitness Podcast Episode 9 – Nick Caldwell (Special Forces Operator) I had a terrific Podcast with Nick Caldwell, an Australian veteran who served for 12 years in the Australian Army, and most of that in the elite SASR, the pinnacle of Australian Special Forces, a military unit regarded around the world. But we in fact spoke mostly about his fitness facility, The Mill, in Fremantle WA, and in detail about the culture and ethos behind him, his instructors, his facility and the unique programs that he runs. To give you some insight, Nick has taken his experience and importantly his training as a Special Forces Operator and created fitness programs and fitness experiences that allow you and I, Mr. and Mrs. Civilian to experience the stress, pressure, problem solving and hopefully develop the resilience to cope better with what life throws at us. For Nick, it’s not so much about the sets, reps and rest periods, but more about the pressure, experience and opportunity to really explore our potential and o