Podcast appearances and mentions of Ali Jawad

The past is the past and the future for SMU is in the ACC. The Mustangs accept the challenge and debut in Week Zero with an opener against Nevada. Their first conference game comes at home against Florida State on September 28. That gives the team plenty of time to work out the wrinkles and set a strategy. Special guest Ali Jawad of SMU on Sports Illustrated (follow on X @SMUonSI) joins us with a preview of the 2024 Mustangs under head coach Rhett Lashlee. Following a solid season in the AAC SMU wants to come out of the gates at full steam to make an impression upon their new conference. As Jawad explains, there's plenty of players on the roster that can make a difference as the transfer portal has been used most effectively. Will digs into the defense before moving on to find out more about the offensive weapons that can put points on the board. Challenge Jim goes over the schedule with Jawad and what to expect (reasonably) as SMU looks like it will once again be headed to a bowl. But, what are the stumbling blocks? Be sure to follow Ali on X (@AliJawad024) for coverage of SMU and he also covers the Dallas Cowboys and Charlotte Hornets. For more ACC sports news and interviews be sure to subscribe to the ACC Nation podcast or YouTube and also listen to ACC Nation streaming radio. Do it today. Challenge accepted?

In this episode, I sit down with Ali Jawad, a Paralympic powerlifter whose journey from war-torn Lebanon to the global stage of competitive sports is nothing short of incredible. Born without legs due to a congenital condition, Ali has overcome immense challenges, including being diagnosed with Crohn's Disease during his training. Despite these obstacles, Ali has won numerous medals, set world records, and now advocates for disability rights. Join us as we get a peak into Ali's incredible mindset and what it truly means to overcome adversity. Hope you enjoy!

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast Host and Wellness Force Media CEO, Josh Trent, shares how we pass emotional baggage from generation to generation and how to take responsibility for it, even though it's not our fault. Limited Edition: Gold Pumpkin Spice from Organifi Save 20% with code "WELLNESSFORCE" on everyone's favorite Fall treat is here! Pumpkin Spice is more than just a taste phenomenon: it's a portal directly into the nostalgia of fall. With Gold Pumpkin Spice, that taste can also help promote relaxation and restful sleep, nourish the body, and support nightly recovery from a hard day's work.  Click HERE to order your Organifi today including the Green, Red, and traditional Gold! Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Experience Red Light Therapy at HomeSave 10% on your SaunaSpace order with the code "JOSH10" Unlike the traditional methods, near-infrared light works with your body's biology to create radiant heat from the inside out. By using near-infrared's shorter wavelengths in a way that mimics natural sunlight, the light penetrates deeply to raise your core temperature faster. ***Check out all of our other fave Black Friday + Cyber Monday deals!*** *Review The Wellness + Wisdom Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group In this solocast, you will learn: Are emotional epigenetics a real thing? What epigenetics is and how they conduct our DNA. “Genetics load the gun, and behavior pulls the trigger.” We are not victims of what we were born with and what our parents did. Inheriting emotions the same way we inherit biological adaptations from our parents. How we receive emotions from past lives, in utero, and our parents' trauma and stress. A study of children in orphanages: How the separation from their parents triggers biological alterations. What emotional contagion is and how it affects us. How our traumatic experiences, toxic mentality, and addictions are passed on to the next generations. How the programming in our brain unwires as we get older. Mice research: How the mother's stress affects the next 5 generations of pups. Emotional inventory: Can you be at cause of the things that happened for you in your life? The meaning of: "It's not your fault but it's your responsibility." How Josh is aware of his own hypervigilance. Is what we experience physically a manifestation of what we experience emotionally? The practices of holistic medicine and why emotional epigenetics is the missing link. Understanding what creates energy in motion and why it gets dysregulated. The opposite of addiction is connection. How emotional healing helps us achieve better health and wellness. Can you cultivate the courage to feel the feelings you're feeling?   BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program Get 25% off of the BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program with the code PODCAST25 Boost your immunity and calm your mind with freedom from chronic stress in the modern world. A 21 day guided breath and wellness program using ancient wisdom to boost your immunity, calm your mind, and give you freedom from chronic stress in the modern world. Combining special breathwork infused with safe vape cannabidiol, BREATHE gives you everything you need to let go of old weight, de-stress, and build immunity so you can live your best life. In this special (limited time) offer, you will receive: - Lifetime access to BREATHE - Free upgrades to all future training modules - Free additional training modules - Special VIP coupons for safe vape, essential oils, CBD, nootropics and more - Private WF group access     Listen To Episode 592 As Josh Trent Uncovers Why Emotional Epigenetics Is The Missing Link In Healing This is Josh Trent. This is a very extra special Solocast. Now, if you don't know, every single Thursday, every single week, we publish something where I can share my mental musings, the things that are lighting me up about the pentagon of wellness that I've been talking about for two years + now, the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial ways that we either nourish or choose to malnourished ourselves. Have you ever noticed that people say things like, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, or they're just like their mother, they're just like their father." Now, why is that? Today, we're going to talk about emotional epigenetics, which quite frankly, I think it's something that I made up. I don't find it on any DuckDuckGo, Google searches, or Brave, it's just not out there, and if it is out there, please send me an email admin@wellnessforce.com. We're talking about the missing link in holistic medicine today. By the way, if you love these Solocast, let me know. Leave us a quick review, JoshTrent.com/Review. It helps the show climb the computer algorithms so that the AI gods bear us with you actually seeing our show and your friends seeing our show, and it also allows us to get even bigger people on the podcast. So please, if you love the show from my heart to yours, I ask you, go to JoshTrent.com/Review. Leave us a quick review. [01:24] Epigentics + Emotional Trauma Let's dig in today. By the end of this Solocast, you are going to understand what epigenetics are, what gene expression happens through emotional trauma, capital T, lower-case T trauma, and why parents' emotional trauma may change, that science is showing their children's biology, literally, the biology. Think of it as the software, which is the trauma, can actually alter the hardware, which is our brain, our synapses, and so much more. So let's dig in. Here's a story that I can share with you to understand this concept of emotional epigenetics and why I believe it's the missing link in true holistic circular complete medicine today. Epigenetics is a rapidly emerging field of science that has massive implications on how we address our health and the health of our future children. The word literally means on top of the genes, and that pretty much describes the epigenetics role in the body. Look, all of us have DNA. Almost every cell in our body contains all of our DNA and all the genes that make us up. It's the fabric of who you are. This is known as the genome. But look, we're not just made of one cell. Our brains do many different things from those in our heart, for example, who behave differently than the cells in our toenails or our skin. If all of our cells have the same info, why is it that they do such different things? Well, this is where epigenetics comes in. It's basically a layer like an onion of instruction that sits on top of the DNA and gives it signals to turn off and on, and many other things. You can think of it like an orchestra. When you have a conductor with the symphony. Well, if the DNA is the music, the epigenome is the conductor, it waves its wand, it tells the cells what to do and when, and everybody has an orchestra inside. This is what biochemical individuality is. So while the epigenome doesn't necessarily change our DNA, it is responsible for deciding what genes will be expressed in your body's cells.   [03:30] "Genetics Load the Gun, Behavior Pulls the Trigger" We had Chris Kresser on the podcast, and I'll link that here in the show notes for the Solocast. He said something so profound. He said, "Genetics load the gun and behavior pulls the trigger," and just let that land for a moment. When we look at epigenetics, it's what sits on top of the DNA, on top of the genes. You are not... and I want to share this from my heart to yours, not a victim of what you were born with, what your parents did, or what your parents acted. So in other words, it's not your fault, but it is your loving responsibility. This is where things can get very challenging because if you listen to our episode with Scott Jackson about being at cause. We know that being at cause does not mean that it's your fault. There's a difference there. In the same way that we have this biological adaptation for epigenetics and epigenetic expression, I've been noodling on this for a while now, just try this on, just bear with me. If you receive certain genomic adaptations from your parents, like type 1 diabetes proclivity towards MTHFR, proclivity towards weight gain, proclivity towards sensitivity to sun, or sensitivity to caffeine based on your haplogroups. These are all things to consider from a physiological standpoint. But what about emotionally, what about emotionally, is it possible? Today, I'm going to make a case that it absolutely is. Is it possible that emotional epigenetics are the missing link in what is actually being manifested on a physical level? Here's why I believe this. Not only is the biological adaptation that we go through in life, a combination of our genes and our epigenetics, but also the stress that we incur both in-utero, and also, if you look at the work of Mark Wolynn, I'll link this, we've had him on the podcast twice. He wrote It Didn't Start With You. He's the founder of the Family Constellations, where they talk about past life trauma. So the trauma that happens, capital T, which is like physical sexual abuse, terrible things, lower case T, which is neglect, an unsupportive parent, an avoidant parent, an anxious parent. All of these things stack up. Now they're emotional trauma from parents, from in utero, from past life, maybe even from other dimensions. I mean, look, we're all figuring this out as we go along. We all know that emotional trauma can actually change our biology.   [06:12] Gene Expressions for Generations Studies show that suffering triggers changes in gene expression that last for generations. This is a study I came across that was fascinating. In Zurich, Switzerland, the children living in SOS Children's Village orphanages in Pakistan had a very rough start to life. Many lost their fathers, which in conservative Pakistani society can effectively mean losing their mothers too. Now, these widows often struggle to find enough work to support their families and may have to give up their children. That's one example. University of Zurich physician and neuroscientist Ali Jawad says that despite the support that these children received, they experience symptoms similar to PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, including anxiety and depression. Now, this neuroscientist wondered about a potential hidden consequence of these children's experiences. He set up a study with the orphanages to probe the disturbing possibility that the emotional trauma of separation from their parents also triggers subtle biological alterations changes so lasting that the children might even pass them off to their own offspring. If you think about this in utero perspective, your grandmother was born with your mother inside of her, and your mother created you. So if that's the case, and we know now that epigenetic transfer happens on a biological level, then why wouldn't it happen on a psychosomatic level? I think it's so fascinating that people laugh at the idea that behaviors can be contagious. But we know from so many of the people we've had on the podcast that emotional contagion is utterly real. It is palpable. In other words, you're not just the sum of the five people you hang out with the most, you're the sum of all the behaviors of the people you choose to be around. Now, that idea would've been laughed at 15 years ago. But today, the hypothesis that a child's experience and adults' experience might actually alter the cells in behavior of their children that they bring into the world and the grandchildren that come into the world, it's now been accepted across the board.   [08:20] NLP: Neuro Linguistic Programming Look, in animals exposure to stress, cold or high-fat diets definitely triggers metabolic changes in later generations. There are some small studies that have been done on humans exposed to very traumatic conditions. Among them, the children of the Holocaust survivors point to biological and health changes in their children. So look, the implications of this are profound. If our experiences can have consequences that reverberate to our children, then to our children's children. This is a huge argument against everything from smoking to poor diet to toxic mentality. That's really the big one, toxic mentality. People that say things in families like, "Oh, that's just who we are. Oh, you're a Smith. Smiths are alcoholics." I mean, what an absolutely disempowering thing. And by the way, if you look at NLP and the barrier between the conscious and unconscious mind, when you are brought into the world zero through seven, at your seventh year, your brain has a lot of neuroplasticity and essentially your hemispheres have been connected for so long that you are so suggestible when you come into the world and you're so suggestible because all the programming in your brain, it actually unwires as you get older. It creates space for new programs. So how sad is it? Honestly, I'm like my hands on my heart right now. How sad is it that this emotional trauma that is very distinct from physical stress can be passed on to generations? Well, this is what was proven in this study. Let's dig in. In the study to explore how trauma affected generations of mice. Researchers stressed the mother mice, their little pups then exhibited both molecular and behavioral changes, such as taking more risks on an elevated maze. This is the key. These changes, they persisted for up to five generations, five generations. That's 3 to 500 years, you all. So the mother separated from the pups, and traumatized, the mother would ignore the offspring. The three-month-old male offspring made it with traumatized females. The offspring showed epigenetic and behavioral changes... this is the key, without having experienced the trauma, and that breeding carried out for six generations. I mean, look, if you're a scientific person, this study should be all that you need to know about emotional epigenetics. Why the trauma that we experience before we're even born while we're in utero and also in the first seven years of our lives and more, it's almost like we're all connected. It's almost like everything is all connected.   [11:04] Taking Emotional Inventory So here's the case that I'm making to you today, and I'm curious how you feel about this. If you can take a true emotional inventory of all the things that have happened for you in this lifetime that your soul chose to experience in quite a perfection, by the way, otherwise it wouldn't be experienced. Can you, number one, be at cause for the things that have happened for you in life? I'm not saying it's your fault. I know that terrible things happen, and I know that right now, maybe it's palpable for you. Maybe in your arms or your body and your stomach and your heart, maybe you feel like, "Fuck you, Josh. What are you even talking about? You think that me being raped, that me being abused, that me being hurt, that me being neglected, you think it's my fault?" No, that's not what I'm saying, my friend. What I'm saying is it's not your fault. It's not your fault. I think of that scene in Good Will Hunting, when Robin Williams was hugging his patient, Goodwill Hunting, and he said, it's not your fault over and over and over again, and finally Will just broke down crying. It's one of the most powerful scenes I've ever seen in a movie. You have to watch Goodwill Hunting. But it points to exactly what I'm talking about, because what I'm talking about is it is not your fault, but it is your responsibility. You can either be at effect or you can be at cause. So how do we unpack this in a way that truly provides a solution? Well, here we go. Number one, you must take an emotional inventory. I've talked about this in the Solocast on hypervigilance. You can go through that entire process because I want to move forward here with us today. Go to joshtrent.com/490. That's going to be the starting point for this emotional inventory process, which by the way, you know that if you experience hypervigilance, where if you ever feel like you're a junkyard dog and everything's fine. So why are you so stressed out and what's going on? This is where you start. You start with the emotional inventory, and I can speak from my own personal experience. To this day, at 42 years old, I still have an awareness of my own hypervigilance, the things that trigger me. I'll say that my hypervigilance is an expression of my epigenetics, and really the missing link for me to dive deep into and for all of us to dive deep into, because as above, so below, so below, as above. "You cannot have the tree reach its branches to heaven unless its roots touch hell," Carl Young. So what I'm saying here is if the missing link or the bridge between what appears for us, what manifests physically, cancer disease, rheumatoid arthritis, CHD, weight gain, liver issues, all these things, if they are a manifestation, and Chinese and Western medicine, show us that they are... If what we experience physically is a manifestation of what we are experiencing emotionally, energy in motion, then today, I know I've planted a seed in your garden that allows you to see the truth around if epigenetics express themselves physically because of what the cells were told by our parents' grandparents in utero and outside dimensions, then you know that after this podcast, you can see that the emotional energy that we experience as human beings, emotionally, these things get transferred too.   [14:28] Healing Addiction I think this is really something that is worth a deeper look on your own. It's going to be in the book that I write next year. It's going to be in many of the upcoming podcasts that we do. Emotional epigenetics, I believe is the missing link in holistic medicine. In holistic medicine, there is nutrition, breathing, water, thoughts, beliefs. Many of the ways that Paul Chek, Dr. Michael Ruscio, a lot of the people that we've had on the show who are experts in their field, they all approach these basic fundamental human behaviors. But what I love about Paul's work and what I love about my own work, too, is understanding what creates energy and motion. What I believe creates energy and motion and is the true missing link here is, the curiosity about discovering why energy is dysregulated, why energy is dysregulated. This is a part of this podcast that I really want you to feel before we say goodbye, and this is what you can take to the bank. If you are experiencing energy and you try to suppress or resist that energy, a part of your heart and soul knows that it always comes out sideways. In other words, why do alcoholics, drug addicts, porn addicts, shopping addicts, work addicts, why is addiction of any kind even a thing in anyone's life? It's because the opposite of addiction is connection. If you are connected to the energy that you're experiencing in your body, and you are courageously able to open up to that energy, to learn from that energy, to learn from the pain teacher, and to learn from the things that you are experiencing in a perfect way, otherwise they wouldn't be happening, then guess what? The more you lean into your emotional experience, the greater health, the greater wellness you will have, you will be. Period, end of story, full stop, new paragraph. This is it. Now, obviously, that is a sensitive issue because the moment that a human being starts to dig into their emotional inventory, starts to actually feel what they feel, starts to actually understand what the pain teacher, what these emotions are trying to tell them, well, then hypervigilance, the subconscious strategy that slowly kills us, this is what we talked about in the podcast, joshtrent.com/490. In that podcast, I go into depth about what hypervigilance is trying to tell us, but really what hypervigilance is, it's epigenetic expression of trauma; of trauma from an emotional standpoint that is trying to be let go of. It's always been said in many circles, what's coming is going, but what's coming that's blocked, never goes. So if that's the truth and there's something in your life, my life, all of our lives that is freaking asking for permission, it's asking for permission to be let go of, this is the ultimate question today, and this is what you can take and put in the bank as well. Can I cultivate the courage to take the emotional inventory, to feel the feelings I'm feeling, and to be honest with the challenge of my life? Can I be honest with the challenge of my life? Look, there's no shame if the answer to some of those questions was no. There was a major part of my life that was ruled by pornography for so long, and I think that these synapses that are wired, they do float away. They do uncouple. But in full transparency, I still have random thoughts of porn throughout the day. Do I act on them? No, I don't act on them because they don't hold the charge anymore because I've had the deeper work and the commitment to this deeper work be an everyday part of my life. Now, if you ask my partner, Carrie Michelle, she might be like, "God, can we just have one day where we're not working on ourselves?" My answer is like, "No, we can't," because every day is an opportunity. Every day is an opportunity to work on thyself, and that is my wish for you today.   [18:35] Join our Wellness Community: M21 and Breathwork Guide We've covered emotional epigenetics. We've talked about how this plugs into holistic medicine. We've talked about the studies of science, the reality of energy, and spirit, the past life in utero, experience that we all have as human beings. Here's what I want to challenge you to do today. Here's the invitation. The invitation for you today is to go to joshtrent.com/490 and take your breath and relieve your stress. You can join us in the BREATHE: Breath and Wellness program. You're here with us on the podcast. So I'm going to give you a special coupon right now. Just go to breathwork.io. Use the code "PODCAST25" in the BREATHE program. 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Until I see you again on another Solocast, I'm wishing you so much love and so much wellness.   Links From Today's Show  140 Unconventional Medicine – Chris Kresser 481 Scott Jackson | Rewire Yourself: How To Create A Life You Love With Freedom From Subconscious Sabotage 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn't Start With You: Ending The Cycle of Inherited Trauma It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn Good Will Hunting (Trailer) 490 SOLOCAST | Hypervigilance: The Subconscious Strategy of Survival That Slowly Kills Parents' Emotional Trauma May Change Their Children's Biology. 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Former Paralympian powerlifter and current PhD candidate Ali Jawad joins Nadia and Rob to talk about his journey from the Olympics to founder of the accessible fitness app AccesserCise. They also discuss Microsoft's efforts to push DEI accountability throughout the organization and Goldman Sachs's disappointing representation in leadership promotions. Later our co-hosts discuss a lawsuit against NASCAR for being too woke and the deep chasm where Stephen Miller's soul should be and representation firsts from the past week's elections. Learn more about AccesserCise here: https://accessercise.com/ Hosted by Nadia Butt and Rob Hadley. Produced by Rifelion Media. Contact us: inclusivecollective@rifelion.com Find episode transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nqh7hCZOp7EQc6SekaYmT2QHqCvjsYdH?usp=sharing For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com    Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InclusiveCollective If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InclusiveCollective Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode we are joined by Ali Jawad, Britain's world champion Para-Powerlifter, (4 time Paralympian) and the Co-Founder and Director of Accessercise, the world's first fitness app exclusively designed for the disability community.  Ali talks about his journey as an athlete from winning a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Rio to co-founding Accessercise. He talks about the need to create a diverse, supportive and passionate community around fitness and discusses his own personal challenges with establishing brand presence in an oversaturated industry, where 70,000+ fitness apps exist but none cater to the disability community. Accessercise is the world's first fitness app exclusively designed for people with impairments. They aim to empower, guide, and educate disabled peoples journey into living a healthier and fitter life by making informed decisions based on their impairment, and giving them more access to exercise. It has a unique exercise library that can be tailored to specific needs. Users can also build workouts, schedule to their calendar and filter based on a range of options including difficulty, location and equipment. To learn more, visit https://join.accessercise.com/ Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

In this week's episode I was joined by 4x Paralympian, winning a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Ali Jawad. The success Ali has had in Para Powerlifting is awesome, competing at the highest level and breaking numerous world records, so to be able to chat with him and hear his story was great. Therefore, in this episode, we chatted about how he started Para Powerlifting, his career and mindset around training, as well as life after competing and his new app venture. You can follow Ali via the following links: Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/alijawadpowerlifter/?hl=en          You can follow myself, Coach Cuthbert, via the following links: Website: https://www.coachcuthberttrainingsystems.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_cuthbert/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachcuthbert/   Check out the podcast affiliates: https://www.coachcuthberttrainingsystems.co.uk/affiliates

Ali Jawad is a 4x Paralympian, 2016 Paralympic silver medallist, 2014 World Champion, 2 time Commonwealth Games Bronze Medallist at 2014/18, PhD candidate and Co-founder of Accessercise. In this episode Ali discusses: Growing up as a double limb amputee. How "getting dragged to the gym" started his career in Paralympic powerlifting. His meteoric rise to international competition. The impact of Crohn's disease on his body, mind and athletic career. . How he and his support team learned to outsmart Crohn's disease. The pinnacle of his career at Rio 2016 Games. His PhD research in antidumping in Paralympic sports. Why he founded the Accessorcise app specifically targeting the disable population. You can learn more about Ali via his Instagram account: @alijawadpowerlifter and more about Accessercise via @accessercise of download the app here: https://join.accessercise.com . To learn more about the LTAD Network check out www.ltadnetwork.com or follow on Instagram: @ltadnetwork or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ltadnetwork . You can keep up to date with Athletic Evolution via our www.athleticevolution.co.uk , Instagram: @athleticevouk and Twitter: @athleticevouk .

Take control of your own health and fitness with a new exercise app designed specifically for people with disabilities! In this episode, we introduce you to Accessercise, a start-up company in the Remarkable Accelerator Program (#RA22) that helps people with a wide range of disabilities independently achieve their fitness goals. Ali Jawad, four-time Paralympian Powerlifter and Co-Founder of Accessercise, shares the company's story and how his experiences informed the development of their innovative exercise app. In the second half of the episode, Becky Porte shares how Accessercise has helped in her own fitness journey, as well as her work as a personal trainer for others with disabilities.Support CPARF: https://cparf.salsalabs.org/give/index.html

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Episode 41 welcomed Paralympian Ali Jawad on to talk about his experience being born without legs and choosing a sport like powerlifting through which to excel. We work through each of his run-ins with the Paralympic Games and what it finally felt like to reach the podium. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off of your first month at https://betterhelp.com/closermentality Closer Mentality UNCENSORED: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJuZfwIP9ny-WIqpcUaQnWA Accessercise App: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/accessercise/id1542340631?irgwc=1&aosid=p239&cid=aos-us-aff-ir&irchannel=13631&irpid=221109&clickid=Vq9xPJ0KZxyIRXJ2Aj3fJVK6UkGxWZ1NzWXN1M0&ircid=7613 Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/zxArh8MpqHTTTJUL9

This is our daily podcast with an athlete who's competing for Para GB at the Tokyo Games!Inspirational is a word often used during the Paralympics - but listen to this story from Ali Jawad talking to Michael and you'll really understand what the word means! Well Done Ali! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's adventure, we hear from para-powerlifter on Team Great Britain, Ali Jawad. Ali was born without legs and started powerlifting at age 16. He has competed in lifting competitions all around the world and is looking forward to competing in Tokyo in just a few weeks. He is determined to show the world that anything is possible. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adventureswithaggie/support

From a very early age, Ali Jawad never let his impairment get in his way. With the help of his friends, family, and a very special coach, he followed his dreams and became a Paralympic Powerlifter.Ali's story is like no other. He's shown the world that no matter what obstacles you face, if you sleep well and believe in yourself, you can follow your dreams. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ali Jawad has been named in the Paralympics GB team heading to Tokyo for powerlifting. Ali's been a great guest on this podcast, telling his story over the last six months to today's announcement. It's been an uncertain journey and not just because of the pandemic. Ali has been revealing his thoughts and talking about the obstacles over the last six months. He was born with no legs in the Lebanon before moving to the UK. He excelled in powerlifting and made the Paralympic team for Beijing in 2008 but was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease just before hand. Over the years he just missed out on a medal in London and got silver in Rio. But his condition has worsened and he has really struggled to match his former performances. For much of this year it looked unlikely that he'd make the team - but an incredible lift a few weeks ago has changed that. Well done Ali and congratulations. Support this podcast

In this Sports-special episode of Anorak: the Happy Podcast for Kids, our Little Editors interview three top athletes about their disciplines, namely Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad, Team GB Hockey Player Giselle Anne Ansley and Ashok Das, founder of Kabaddi UK & Europe and President of Kabaddi World. Thank you to Little Editors Flo (6 years old, UK), Dusty (8 years old, UK), Molly (8 years old, UK), Kian (11 years old, USA) and Pritika (5 years old, USA) for their brilliant questions. Thank you to Dan Gibson and Nick Booth for their help.Created by Studio Anorak in collaboration with Audio Always. To find out more about Anorak, visit anorakmagazine.com Follow us on Instagram @AnorakMag and Twitter @AnorakMagazine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ali Jawad is a Paralympic powerlifter who won silver in Rio in 2016. As we've heard over this series, Ali has really struggled with Crohn's Disease which has left him way behind his previous level at the sport. But he's working hard and doing his best to make the Games. Ali had one last chance to qualify and he says he produced his best performance in 5 years to give himself an opportunity to make it. He says he had to take himself to a very dark place mentally and emotionally to get into the right state of mind to pull it off. Ali describes what that feels like. And how his mind was stronger than his body. He now has a nervous wait to discover if he'll be in Tokyo. We also talk about the BBC Panorama programme "The Unfair Games" an investigation into the Paralympic classification system. Ali was not impressed with the programme Support this podcast

On this episode, Darren & Jake sit down and talk to powerlifter - Ali Jawad. Ali has represented Team GB at 3 Paralympics and won silver at the 2016 games in Rio. He has a diagnosis of Crohn's disease and it is amazing to hear how he has battled it whilst competing at an elite sporting level. This is a fascinating insight and we hope you enjoy listening to it. We also share another embarrassing story that has been sent in by a listener. Find us on Instagram @ittakesgutspod Ali - @alijawadpowerlifter Darren - @darrendoesjokes Jake - @jakesteerscomedy

"Sometimes it's not about the medals, it's about looking yourself in the mirror and being satisfied you never gave up against some incredible odds." Ali Jawad 2021 So here's the final push towards Tokyo qualification. Ali is a multiple medal winner in powerlifting. But his Crohn's Disease has severely affected his lifting since the Rio Games. Ali freely admits he's not the lifter he was. So qualification is tough. He's got two World Cups to choose from to try and make it. One in Georgia and a second in Dubai. Ali will probably have to choose just one to go to and also negotiate the Covid restrictions along the way. We talk Rocky - the films and music are all part of Ali's preparations. Thanks for listening - and I'd love it if you'd give the series a follow. markshardlow@icloud.com Support this podcast

In a desperate attempt to procrastinate amid dissertation deadlines, we spoke to Paralympic medalist and world champion powerlifter Ali Jawad. Ali told us about his rise to weightlifting glory and the setbacks he has had along the way, most notably battling Crohn's disease while competing at the top level. As a PHD student at UoB, we also got into Ali's studies in anti-doping and his role in next year's Commonwealth Games. We then discussed West Brom's stunning victory over Chelsea and the recent controversy surrounding the treatment of Birmingham City's female players. To finish a jam-packed episode, UoB Cool Runnings president Timon Burford shared some of his tips for running a university sports club as new committees are getting elected. Hosts: Kit Shepard and Jack Wooldridge. Music: Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Here's the latest from Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad who's aiming for Tokyo this summer. He's doing so against the odds. He's suffered badly from his Crohn's Disease since winning a medal in Rio in 2016 and has struggled to be the same athlete. Ali's not competed for 18 months and he's preparing to compete at Manchester in a World Cup. Ali talks about his mental preparation and how he visualises successes and failures. He also talks about work developing his special app - AccesserCise for fitness for the disabled community. Support this podcast

Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by singer Louise Redknapp who found fame in Eternal after being spotted in a nightclub aged 15. She went on to have a successful career as a solo artist, with 3 top ten albums, on stage in 9 to 5, and was also a Strictly finalist. Louise talks about growing up in the public eye, success, struggles and lessons she’d like to share. Para-powerlifter Ali Jawad became seriously ill at the Beijing Paralympics. He was later diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and was expected to retire; but, 13 years later he is still competing and hopes to make it to the Tokyo Olympics later this year. CBS news correspondent Martha Teichner talks about the unexpected friendship which changed her life, with the arrival of Bull Terrier Harry. Presenter Nicky Campbell shares his Inheritance Tracks: Smile by Nat King Cole and Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan. Celeste Bell's mother was X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene. She talks about her life growing up, how she's recently found out more about her mother's extraordinary life; why she was encouraged to get a good education and inheriting a love of travel. You’ve Got This by Louise Redknapp is out now. Ali Jawad will take part in the Para Powerlifting World Cup, from 25-28 March in Manchester. When Harry Met Minnie by Martha Teichner is out now. Nicky Campbell's book One of the Family is out now. Poly Styrene: I am a Cliché is out now to watch through Modern Films. Producer: Claire Bartleet Editor: Eleanor Garland

Ali Jawad is a British Paralympic powerlifter that was born without legs. He took up powerlifting at the age of 16, and went on to compete in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, finishing fourth. The following year he made a world record lift and took gold at the Asian Open Championships. At the 2014 powerlifting world championships in Dubai, he became world champion in his class, setting another world record lifting 190kg. He is also known for his academic work on anti-doping, and has since then started working on creating a new fitness app for the disabled population called Accessercise In this upcoming interview, we sit down together to discuss: -His childhood and upbringing that made him who he is today -What inspired him to become a professional powerlifter -The parallel between success in sports & entrepreneurship -The mindset for success and perseverance -His new upcoming fitness app for the disabled population @Accessercise ...and so much more! Follow & Support Accessercise! Twitter: https://twitter.com/accessercise Facebook: Https://www.facebook.com/Accessercise - Join our next livestream on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ummahpreneur Join our next livestream on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Ummahpreneur

Ali Jawad was 15 when he was asked if he'd become a drugs cheat or be a clean athlete. The question came from his coach, who was making a very powerful point. And since then the Paralympic Powerlifter has championed clean sport. Ali's finally got some competition. Lockdown and his recovery from Crohn's Disease has left him with so few opportunities over the last 5 years. But he's preparing for a qualification tournament next month. These podcasts are released Monday to Friday. If you'd like to leave me a small 'tip' as an appreciation - I'm raising money for Maggie's Cancer Centres. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/destinationtokyo Support this podcast

Today's guest in this ten minute podcast is Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad who's hoping a Covid vaccination will help his Tokyo preparations enormously. Ali has Crohn's Disease which makes him clinically extremely vulnerable. He's competed in three Games, including a silver in Rio. The last four years have been incredibly challenging and it's touch and go if he makes Tokyo. His body has suffered with his bouts of illness but is determined not to give in. Getting to the Games will be an achievement. Even before lockdown he had to self-isolate because of the severity of his illness. So his home gym has been in place for some time. And now he's gearing up for his next competition, scheduled for Manchester in March. Thanks for listening. I'm producing these podcasts to tell athletes' stories but also to raise money for Maggie's Cancer Centres. If you've enjoyed listening, maybe you'd consider a small donation. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/destinationtokyo Support this podcast

We dare you to tell Ali Jawad that he can't do something. He will probably prove you wrong just as he's been doing his entire life. Ali was born without legs, but he has never viewed that as a disadvantage. At age 7, he dreamed of being on an Olympic podium after watching Michael Johnson win double golds in the 200m and 400m in Atlanta. He finally made that dream come true by winning a silver medal in Rio in 2016 in his third Paralympic Games. The journey to that podium was not an easy one. In fact, Ali nearly lost his life in 2010 due to complications from Crohn's disease.  In this episode with Kara and Chris, Ali shares his inspiring story, one that has been grounded in integrity since the very beginning. He discusses his first week in powerlifting at 16 when his coach gave him the choice to always compete clean or get out of his gym. He talks about his meteoric rise in the sport to his first Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008, but his chances for the podium there were derailed by a mysterious illness. That illness, later diagnosed as Crohn's disease would nearly take his life and almost cost him his career in 2010. Ever present, he is still struggling with the impact of Crohn's on his body to this day. Ali discusses how he overcame these challenges to become a World Champion in 2014, European Champion in 2015, and then win that coveted silver medal in Rio in 2016. Now, Ali hopes to make a 4th Paralympic team in Tokyo this year, but he tells you why it might be his biggest challenge yet.  Along the way, Ali has been an outspoken advocate for clean sport since the very beginning of his career in powerlifting. He has spoken out against systematic doping in his sport, advocated for lifetime bans, and provided specific recommendations on how to change the governance structure within WADA in order to better elevate the athlete's voice. You will not find an athlete who speaks more clearly on these topics, and we are honored to share Ali's inspiring story with you. 

Ali Jawad, born with no legs, is a 3 time Paralympian (Beijing, London & Rio), he competes in Powerlifting and has accolades such as World Champion, European Champion and Paralympic silver medalist. Ali not only conquers life with no legs, he is a long-time sufferer of Crohn's disease. Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract and has caused Ali many issues from being detrimental to his training, making him more injury prone and causing him severe pain and discomfort. As well as studying a PhD in Anti-doping in Paralympic Sport, Ali is also launching his own accessible exercise app, Accessercise soon! Keep up to date here: http://www.accessercise.com Ali is an incredible ambassador for Crohn's and Colitis UK - https://www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/a...

Dr Pete and Hugh explore the importance of confidence. In this episode, we interview two athletes: Britain’s number 1 shot putter and World Championship finalist, Sophie Mckinna, and Rio 2016 Paralympic Silver medallist (Para Powerlifting) and Crohn’s disease warrior, Ali Jawad. We get some fascinating insights into what confidence means to them, how they build and maintain…Read more →

In this week's episode Jake & Andy welcome Ali Jawad to the podcast to talk all things Fitness. The Paralympian has managed his IBD and competed at the top of his sport. They discuss the setbacks, the comebacks and farting in competition.

Ali Jawad is an accomplished British powerlifter and Board Member of the Commonwealth Games Team England. He was awarded a bronze medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, a silver medal in the 2016 Paralympic Games, and gold medals in the 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Championships and 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships. Ali discusses his career, some of the challenges he has faced, his perspective on anti-doping as an elite athlete, and his work as a Member of the Start Up Group with Global Athlete.

Ali Jawad, Paralympian gold medalist powerlifter and ideaXme interviewer talks with Dr Christian Busch, PhD, author of The Serendipity Mindset: The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck. Ali asks Christian what inspired him to write his book. Furthermore, is curious to learn: Can we all learn how to create good luck - serendipity? Christian's career: Christian directs the CGA Global Economy Program at New York University (NYU) and teaches on purpose-driven business, entrepreneurship, emerging markets, and (social) innovation at NYU and at the London School of Economics (LSE). He served as Inaugural Deputy Director at the LSE's Innovation Centre and is the co-founder of Sandbox Network, a leading community of young innovators, as well as of Leaders on Purpose, an organisation convening leading CEOs. Dr Busch has been named as 'top emerging management thinker' (Thinkers50) and is among Diplomatic Courier’s 'Top 99 Influencers'​, The Economist's 'Ideas People', and JCI's 'Ten Outstanding Persons'​. He is a TEDster, an 'Institute for the World Economy Fellow'​, one of the 'Davos 50', and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Christian previously worked in business, the non-profit sector, and consulting in Mexico, Germany, the UK, and the US. He has served as Senior Advisor at multinational companies and the National Entrepreneurs Association, on Ashoka's Selection Panel, on the Global Shapers Steering Committee, and on the Jury of the African Entrepreneurship Award. He is part of the WEF's Expert Forum, and has guest-lectured at Stanford Business School, Peking University, IMD, and Strathmore. His work has been published by outlets such as Strategic Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, The Handbook of Inclusive Innovation, and IJEV, and was featured by The Guardian, WIRED, among others. In 2016, he received the 'Best Paper Award' (Entrepreneurship) of Emerald Publishing, and the 'Best Social Entrepreneurship Paper Award' of the Academy of Management. He holds a PhD (LSE), MSc (LSE: Management, organizations), B.A. (Hagen: Sociology, psychology) & B.B.A. (Furtwangen & Moscow Business School: Business).  An excerpt from this interview: Ali Jawad: Christian, what inspired you to write the book? Dr Christian Busch: I used to be an extremely rebellious teenager. I was kicked out of school. I channeled my energy in very questionable ways. Then I turned 18. I got my first car. Unsurprisingly, my driving style mirrored my approach to life. One day that all changed. I had a car crash. It almost killed me. This event acted as a trigger to set me on a journey in search of meaning. As part of that search, I read Viktor Frankl's wonderful book Man's Search for Meaning, which is all about the idea that you can find meaning even in the most dire of situations...... Credits: Ali Jawad ideaXme guest interviewer. On Twitter Follow: Ali Jawad @AliJawad12 Dr Christian Busch: @ChrisSerendip Buy The Serendipity Mindset: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/313/3... Visit ideaXme www.radioideaxme.com Follow ideaXme on Twitter:@ideaxm On Instagram:@ideaxme To discuss collaboration and or partnerships please contact the founder of ideaXme: andrea@ideaxme.com Find ideaXme across the internet including on iTunes, SoundCloud, Radio Public, TuneIn Radio, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts and more. ideaXme is a global podcast, creator series and mentor programme. Our mission: Move the human story forward!™ ideaXme Ltd.

Today we're talking to Ali Jawad, a British Paralympic powerlifter and silver medalist from the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. Ali was born a double above the knee amputee, and he competed in judo at a high level before finding powerlifting. Ali is one of Britain’s most accomplished strength athletes, and he’s also an outspoken advocate for clean sport and doping controls in Paralympic sport. In our conversation, we talk about how Ali is blending academia and strength sports, why doping controls are more difficult in Paralympic sports, as well as the the challenges Ali faces training with Crohn's disease.

#007 – Born without legs in Lebanon, and moving to England at just six months’ old, the word ‘hardship’ doesn’t feature in Ali Jawad’s vocabulary. The Briton, who during his teens was diagnosed with uncurable Chrom’s disease has always grasped life with both hands, a skill evident by his determination to secure the Para-Powerlifting Silver Medal for Team GB at the Rio 2016 Games. Today, he is one of Britain’s most ambitious athletes, and in an era when free speech is under increasing threat, a fierce defender of the uncensored athlete voice. His passion for overhauling an athlete-light anti-doping system and advocating for athlete rights has grown no end in the past couple of years, as Ali has taken on prominent athlete committee roles at UK Anti-Doping and Global Athlete. Ever one to defy the odds, Ali has refused to be a victim of the Covid-19 global pandemic downturn that has affected so many; seeing what is a challenging year to so many as a year of opportunity to spur him on to new ventures including an upcoming mobile App he is set to launch next year.With a plethora of projects on the go, Ali is now targeting going one better than Rio by securing Gold Medal at the Tokyo 2020 (or is 2021?) Games next year. If you'd like to get the links and show notes for this episode, head to: http://bennichols.co.uk/free-speech-champion-with-ali-jawad

Dr Pete and Hugh explore the importance of confidence. In this episode, we interview two athletes: Britain’s number 1 shot putter and World Championship finalist, Sophie Mckinna, and Rio 2016 Paralympic Silver medallist (Para Powerlifting) and Crohn’s disease warrior, Ali Jawad. We get some fascinating insights into what confidence means to them, how they build and maintain confidence when things don’t go according to plan, and the important role that psychologists and coaches can have in making or breaking confidence when it matters.Sophie Mckinna on Twitter: @sophieMac10Ali Jawad on Twitter: @AliJawad12

The two guests on Episode 7 of our Paralympic Feels series  both made Paralympic debuts at Beijing 2008, were local heroes at London 2012 and flew home from Rio 2016 with medals round their necks.  Ellie Simmonds won two golds as a 13-year-old on the other side of the world and another two as the face of the London Games, under huge pressure.  Everyone assumes she's retiring after Tokyo but this candid chat may leave you with other ideas.  Likewise Ali Jawad, the silver medal-winning Powerlifter.  His challenge, in addition to the absence of legs, is the debilitating Chron's Disease, first diagnosed... well, you'll be amazed to hear when.   What are his plans after Tokyo?   You'll discover this is a man who loves a challenge... Two remarkable characters; the true life and soul of the Paralympics GB team.  They're in conversation with presenter Jonathan Overend.

In this episode, I chat to the wonderful Ali Jawad about his experiences of managing Crohn's Disease as a Powerlifting Paralympic Athlete. We discuss things from his childhood & discovering sport, to his Crohn's Disease diagnosis, mindset & resilience to Ali's future plans including treatment trials and research.Ali is a beacon of empowerment for us all particularly when it comes to overcoming adversity & striving for change.*Please note, Ali is speaking from experience and this is not generalised medical advice. Always seek your own personalised medical advice & treatment plan*---I really hope that you enjoyed the episode and took something from it. If so, please do leave it a review or find it on socials; @insideoutbyamberFind Ali here; https://www.instagram.com/alijawadpowerlifter/?hl=enAnother big thanks to Pelican & Respond Healthcare for supporting this episode. You can find out more about them here; https://www.pelicanhealthcare.co.uk/ // https://www.respond.co.uk/For any further advice or support, please contact your healthcare professional(s) or, see to one of these wonderful charities; Crohn’s & Colitis UK; https://www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/Ileostomy & internal Pouch Association;https://iasupport.org/Colostomy UK;http://www.colostomyuk.org/BowelCancer UK;https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/*All music paid for via EpidemicSound subscription*

Houston Texans team operations employee and writer for our website Eastwestfootballnetwork.com Ali Jawad joins the show; NFL Headlines. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eastwestsfootball/support

Team GB Paralympic Powerlifter and Rio 2016 Silver Medalist Ali Jawad talks to me about the impact COVID-19 has had on his year and career!

Born without legs, Ali Javad knew at the age of 6 that he wanted to become a world class athlete. His career as a power lifter had not yet started when he received the shocking diagnosis of Crohn’s disease. Despite the life challenges he faced, he went onto represent Great Britain at three Paralympic Games and won Silver at Rio 2016. Currently he faces one of his toughest battles with Crohn's yet is determined to get to Tokyo 2020 to fulfil his dream of winning gold. Ali is also very passionate about and campaigns for anti doping in sports and shares his views on whether the recent sanctions placed on Russia are acceptable. This story shows the sheer willpower, determination, inner strength and courage of one man and I hope you come away feeling inspired and hopeful. For more information about Ali, go to: https://alijawadgb.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/alijawad/ https://twitter.com/AliJawad12 If you enjoy the episode pls subscribe, rate and review. Saima Majid is on a mission ‘to empower individuals to build self-belief and confidence in order to thrive in their lives’. She does this through her work as a Wellbeing and Transformational Life Coach and Speaker. Following Saima’s battle with mental illness in 2014, Saima realised she’d spent her life holding back so much unexplored potential due to limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours. She spent the next years investing heavily in her own development and growth. Now she educates and shares the knowledge that she has learnt to transform the lives of others. Helping them live authentically and setting them off on the road to happiness. In 2019 she created the Event and Podcast ‘The Trailblazers Journey’. She was also shortlisted for an award for 'Mental Health Awareness' at The Health Bloggers Community in London and she has spoken in front of hundreds about Health, Wellness and Personal development. To find out more about Saima, pls visit www.saimamajid.uk and for 1:1 coaching, email info@saimamajid.uk

"When I was born the doctor wanted to kill me!", Ali Jawad.   Jawad, is a paralympic gold medalist and world record breaking powerlifter with Crohn's disease. He has had to overcome many challenges in life. His motto: "Why be the best when you can be the greatest?". Ali's competition personal best is 195kg but in the gym he has bench pressed over 200kg.   Ali Jawad, born as a double above the knee amputee, is a full time athlete, currently competing at 54kg in the qualifying rounds (final round end of April 2020) to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.   Although, Ali is one of the highest performing powerlifters in the world he can be taken down by Crohn's disease at any time. Ali took up powerlifting at the age of 16. He competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, finishing fourth. The following year he took gold at the Asian Open Championships making a world record lift of 185.5 kg. He gained a world title at the 2014 World Championships in Dubai, won the European title and gold at the 2015 Americas Open Championships and at the 2016 Rio Games, Ali won silver and his first ever Paralympic medal for lifting 190kg. More recently he claimed silver at the Tokyo 2019 World Para Powerlifting World Cup at the Tokyo 2020 test event.   He is famous across social media for his celebratory competition dances, some of which have "gone viral". Revealed in this interview, a new dance is planned for Tokyo 2020.   Despite the pressure of living with Crohn's disease, performing as an elite athlete with high levels of pain and challenges to control that discomfort, Ali is an anti- doping advocate and educator sitting on the UK Athletes Anti Doping Commission Board. He is one of the highest profile commentators in the athlete movement to ban doping. This interview includes Ali's comments relating to the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) ruling on 9 December 2019 which bans Russia from competing at Tokyo 2020. ideaXme was the first organisation to catch Ali for his reaction to ruling.   WADA ruling: On 9 December, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee (ExCo) endorsed the recommendation made by the independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) be declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) for a period of four years. Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, the 12-member ExCo supported the CRC’s recommendation, which includes a series of strong consequences and conditions of reinstatement in accordance with the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories (ISCCS).   The Chair of the CRC, Jonathan Taylor QC, took ExCo members through the CRC’s recommendation, which had been provided to ExCo members on 25 November together with the report of WADA Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) and that of the independent forensic experts from Lausanne University’s Institute of Forensic Science. “For too long, Russian doping has detracted from clean sport. The blatant breach by the Russian authorities of RUSADA’s reinstatement conditions, approved by the ExCo in September 2018, demanded a robust response. That is exactly what has been delivered today. Russia was afforded every opportunity to get its house in order and re-join the global anti-doping community for the good of its athletes and of the integrity of sport, but it chose instead to continue in its stance of deception and denial. As a result, the WADA ExCo has responded in the strongest possible terms, while protecting the rights of Russian athletes that can prove that they were not involved and did not benefit from these fraudulent acts". WADA   Since the interview, WADA received the resignation of Victoria Aggar, a highly respected member of its own Athlete Committee, who said she was standing down after WADA broke its promises and failed to protect clean athletes.   Demand for The Paralympics 2020: When it comes to tickets, next year’s Tokyo Paralympics will be just like the Olympics. International Paralympic President Andrew Parsons announced on Tuesday this week that there were 3.1 million tickets requested earlier this year in the first lottery phase. This exceeds the 2.3 million available. About 600,000 tickets were awarded in the first lottery, and another lottery is set for early next year.   Follow ideaXme's Tokyo 2020 playlist in the lead up to both the Olympics and Paralympics 2020. This interview is the first of many interviews with the top athletes who are set to take part.   Credits: Filming by Alan Johnson and Parth Kakkar Metfilm. From 16 December 2019, interview transcript: www.radioideaxme.com.   This interview is dedicated to Michael Seres, founder of 11Health and ideaXme health ambassador who was supposed to interview Ali but is undergoing STEM cell treatment and chemotherapy for Crohn's disease. Get well soon Michael! ideaXme is a global podcast, creator series and mentor programme. Mission: Move the human story forward!™ ideaXme Ltd.    

Powerlifter Ali Jawad the talks to Kate, Ruth and Hannah about his battles with authorities, Crohn's disease and pain as he chases a medal in Tokyo.

Episode 79 - Ali Jawad by Adam Keane & Arthur Lynch

This powerlifting champion has to make impossible decisions on a daily basis: pursue his life-long dream or focus on his health. Meet Ali Jawad, the GB Paralympic Powerlifter who is pushing through pain, suffering and turmoil for another shot at the podium.“I just want to get that medal, achieve the dream - my dream - and go home.” - JawadIn this week’s news: PodCrash hosts Callum Skinner and Philip Hindes invite you along to a pop up event at the Starling Bar Kitchen Cafe on 24th September at 4pm for the Road World Championships. You can also catch them in their mobile van/studio at the Prince of Wales Mansions (near West Park Road) for the duration of the World’s too, where you can grab some freebies and meet the duo themselves. In other news, Hindes shares what he’s been up to in the racing world and Skinner reveals the bloody details of a recent bike crash... Skinner and Hindes then dive into Jawad’s incredible story; his journey from Lebanon to the UK, the prejudice and hardship disabled people face in his birth country and how he learned to adapt to any environment he found himself in.Initially a fan of judo, Jawad turned his attention to power lifting when he visited a gym for the first time as a teenager and bench pressed a jaw-dropping 100kg. Jawad talks about the mentor that shaped his view of doping and reveals that paralympic powerlifters hold the world record for the heaviest lift over the able bodied.Diagnosed with crohn's disease post-Beijing, Jawad’s recent years have been a challenge to say the least. From being rushed into hospital for surgery to his near death experience, Jawad relays the highs and lows of managing the crippling disease alongside his sporting career.Hear first hand Jawad’s point of view on the controversy surrounding his results at the London Paralympics and the massive decision he now faces about his future. Will he take a shot at Tokyo 2020? Find out in this episode of PodCrash.Show us the love by subscribing, rating and reviewing PodCrash. You can also watch all of our cycling podcasts on our YouTube channel. This week, head to our Instagram to win a Garmin830 Edge!Follow us at:@PodCrashPod on Twitter@PodCrashPod on Instagram@PodCrashPod on YouTube@PodCrashPod on Facebook

Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by jump racing great Ruby Walsh, Paralympian powerlifter Ali Jawad and former Scotland footballer Pat Nevin

Thomas and John sit down with British Paralympic Powerlifting champion, Ali Jawad.

Ali Jawad was told the night before an operation that he should prepare his friends and family for the worst - he might not wake up again. The powerlifter, a double above-knee amputee, had fallen ill a few years before at his first Paralympic Games and was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, an illness he'd never heard of, a few weeks later. He had to get his head around the disease quickly and it came with an ultimatum - choose health or gold medals. Presented by Beth Rose with Ali Jawad.

Commonwealth gold medal winning England netball head coach Tracey Neville, former England batsman James Taylor and Paralympic powerlifting star Ali Jawad join Eleanor Oldroyd to discuss the sporting issues of the week.

Next episode in the #HLA17 series with junior doctor Ali Jawad, associate director of the Healthcare Leadership Academy and head of product at Medics Academy. Listen in to hear about his journey into medicine and innovation as a founding NHS clinical innovation fellow! For a discussion on how technology has potential to change they way we educate and practice and to learn from his experience in leadership and innovation, including his experience working with Shafi Ahmed, click play.

Miles from MP Fit Gyms talks to Team GB Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad about how to train like an Olympic athlete, motivations and gets some top tips on how to represent your country.

Ali Jawad is today's special guest, an inspirational guy with bags of knowlege and humour. Ali is the world record bench press champion in his weight class,