Optimised Self

Personal trainer and Online coach-Ruben shares his story with bodyweight, fitness and training. From being 300pounds in college to taking his health into his own hands and turning his life around with fitness and lifestyle change. 

Kenny is a BJJ black belt that competes at a high level on a regular basis. He teaches BJJ and has an inspiring life journey that will give any man the motivation to continue to fight. 

Anthony shares his story with body image and being over 130kg to losing arounf 50kg. He discusses his MMA and BJJ life, injuries and role models.

Personal Trainer, online coach and father of 3 young men. Phillip shares his story with training weight loss and being a father. 

In todays episode Cam tells his story from breaking his back to being 160kg overweight and dealing with pain medication abuse. 

Chris shares is own experience with body image. He gives some great tips on how men can focus on other things rather than obsessing about body image or certain parts of the body. 

John Clayton has a background in psychology and performance management. We had a great discussion about be ing a father while trying to stick to a busy schedule. We also talked about training, body image and lifestyle. 

Daven is a young athlete who has a passion for football and BJJ. We had a discussion about BJJ, injuries, training and the love for keeping active. 

Matt Piga has a great story of achieving a high level of athletics and soccer to dealing with injuries and mental health. He shares a great story and gives awesome advice for young men and people dealing with mental health issues.  Find him on Instagram @art_by_pigasso 

The power of mentors and how they have helped me over the last year. 

Coach Charlie is a young trainer and coach living in Brisbane Queensland. He shares his story from being bullied as a skinny teenager to packing on muscle and smashing it in training and business.  

A quick Solo podcast on whats included in the Optimised Man program. 

An Australian abstract visual artist, A Holistic health and lifestyle coach, Jack has always loved to create. Finding resin was the missing piece. ‘Never in my wildest dream would I have thought to be calling myself an artist.’Combined with his passion and love for health and wellness. Jack feels like he has ‘cracked the code’ to life, in many ways. https://jackmay.com.au/about-me

A quick rant on why action is so important when wanting to get things done and achieve your goals. 

Georgie Gorman is a holistic strength coach and owner of the awesome gym Holistic Sister in West Melbourne. She has a lifetime of experience in the fitness industry from working overseas to empowering women to be the best versions of themselves. Check out https://www.holisticsister.com.au/  and https://www.instagram.com/theholisticsister/

Dan is a holistic chef, health coach and mental health ambassador. He has worked overseas from Italy to London and also working alongside people like Jamie Oliver and also running retreats in Portugal. He currently lives and works in Byron Bay where you can find him teaching, running workshops and retreats and enjoying the wonderful fruits of the area. You can find him @beenourishedbyronbay on instagram and also under the same name on Facebook. 

In this episode of the Optimised Self podcast I talk about my experience with body image issues and some of the thought patterns and things I did to try and combat these insecurities.

Peter Gallagher was born with congenital heart disease, he had his first open heart surgery at age 13. Peter has undergone a total of 5 open heart surgeries and shares his amazing journey in this episode. 

A quick talk about why positive self talk is good for you and some tips to implement it into your life. 

Do you discuss your goals and aspirations with others? 

Excuses can be made or not. In this episode I give an example of someone who was not making excuses while juggling a very busy life and still managing to optimise their life.

John is man with an amazing story, he was first arrested at the age of 11 and spent over 13 years in and out of prison battling drug abuse and selling narcotics. He has been clean for many years and has turned his life around. He shares his story regluarly and offers assistance with people going through similar experiences as he once did.

Katherine Hay is a clinical nutritionist, gut health and DNA specialist with a no bullshit approach to nutrition.

Nick Pierce is a professional skydiver with over 9000 jumps, he is also a former Australian Champion and top 10 in the world for trials riding. He has toured with the Crusty Demons of Dirt and has also competed in the X-Games.

Welcome back! 2019 is up and running! In this episode I talk with Liam Jenkins. He is a successful tattoo artist who decided to search for answers in another profession and chase his thirst for growth and learning.

Nick Jones is a personal trainer and physical education teacher based in Melbourne Australia.

Matthew Williams is a youth worker, facilitator, semi professional fighter and a business owner. He works with troubled youths and co runs a company that helps young people discuss and open up about issues and the hardships of becoming an adult. He has an amazing story and is an inspiration to anyone who wants to become better versions of themselves.

In this episode my mother and I discuss how she has dealt with mental health issues throughout her career as a mental health nurse and community health worker, we also talk about her personal struggle with anxiety and depression.

Raphael Scott 'The Cowboy" is a professional MMA fighter in Melbourne Australia, he has a passion for health, fitness and living life to the utmost. In this episode we discuss fighting, MMA, BJJ, work ethic and life.

Another solo rant on keeping motivated with training and ideas.

In this episode I talk with Paulina the salsa dancer. Paulina is originally from Chile and migrated to Australia at age 10, she talks about life in Chile, moving to  Australia, her love and passion for dance, life and fun!

On this episode I talk with my dad on his life journey of travel, living on a self sustainable community and what alternative living means.

In this episode I talk with Steffan Tissa, he is a business owner, entrepreneur and someone who loves the life of business.

Here I rant solo on my favourite podcasts and why I love them.

Talking with Taze Brodel in this episode on his experience as a Jehovah's Witness, life and becoming a business owner.

Here I talk solo on my recent BJJ grading, exercise and my love for moving and keeping in shape.

In this episode we talk with Katrina on being a primary school teacher. We discuss the pros and cons of teaching, teaching techniques and the different ways to create a positive learning environment.

The first episode of optimised self is with Ilai May who had just competed in his first Jiu-jitsu competition. We discuss the lead up to the comp, the day of and the things he had taken from competing and jiu-jitsu in general.