Good as Gold's: Recent Episodes
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In this bonus episode, Emily & Callum talk about the importance of not stopping until you're proud but also celebrating your wins - big or small!
Smile through the challenges life throws at us, because it's all about finding your options!
Want to get in touch? Reach out to the Gold's Gym Australia team on socials @goldsgymau or via email: feedback@goldsgym.com.au
This episode, Jeff Myth (Jeff Abuali) joins us on Good as Gold's, the official Gold's Gym Australia podcast. Jeff is a 5x Australian Champion Bodybuilder, owner of Gold's Gym North Sydney and Entrepreneur.
Jeff has an incredible story to success.
- How important is gym culture?
- How important is confidence?
- Gym Wisdom
- Defining moments
- Why and how did you choose bodybuilding and how long have you been trying??
- What was your main inspiration to start training from such a young age?
- Was there a significant turning point in your life that made you want to take bodybuilding to the next level?
- How many competitions have you won? And what are they?
- What was the hardest competition prep and why?
- Career transition into bodybuilding and during bodybuilding?
- How do you separate bodybuilding from your professional and personal life, and make it work?
- How to structure your daily routine while in competition prep while working full time?
- Opening a Gold's Gym
- What are 3 main principles that you live by that help you achieve your goals of being a high level bodybuilding champion, successful business owner and entrepreneur?
- What drives you to make a vision a reality?
- How important is gym culture?
- How important is confidence?
- Gym Wisdom
- Defining moments
If you want to see more of Jeff, you can find him on socials: @goldsgymnorthsydney
Download episode today!
Want to get in touch? Reach out to the Gold's Gym Australia team on socials @goldsgymau or via email: feedback@goldsgym.com.au
Jake Stone & Callan Krause from Corrective Culture join us on Good as Gold's to chat all things holistic health. Based on the foundations of CHEK Institute, they teach you how to reach a new level of physical, mental and spiritual strength.
Here are some of the topics they cover!
- What are the foundations of CHEK?
- CHEK practitioners and holistic health
- Realising your body's wisdom
- Understanding the tensions of the body posture and the spine from a conceptual point of view
- Common injuries
- Posture
- Things you can start right now to take care of yourself
- Parasites and Fungal
- Giving people the tools to be intuitive
Download their episode today!
You can find them on social media: @correctiveculture
Want to get in touch? Reach out to the Gold's Gym Australia team on socials @goldsgymau or via email: feedback@goldsgym.com.au
The SAS guys with MBA's and Authors of the best-selling book 'The Resilience Shield' join us on the Gold's Gym podcast! Tim Curtis and Ben Pronk are leaders in their field and chat to us about all things resilience. You can also take their test to find out how resilient you are.
Assess, understand and improve your resilience here: https://resilienceshield.com/assess-your-resilience/
Resilience is a lifelong individual endeavour and you can get active in your own rescue. Here's a brief overview of what you can expect to learn in this episode:
- What is resilience and why is it important?
- What is the Resilience Shield and what are the layers?
- How does stress affect your resilience?
- How do you foster an environment to develop resilient kids?
- Fitness vs Toughness
- Show me your friends, show me your future: Why this statement determines whether or not you are flourishing
- Can you train mindset?
- Gut microbiome
- Wim Hof breathing
- Transcendental meditation
- Being curious about who you are and surfing your thoughts
- How self-compassion and self-forgiveness is linked to meditation
- What is the secret to being successful?
- Transferability of techniques
This is an episode you're going to want to listen to multiple times over to absorb all of the information. Download today!
Find the guys on social media: @resilienceshield
Want to get in touch? Reach out to the Gold's Gym Australia team on socials @goldsgymau or via email: feedback@goldsgym.com.au
Professional adaptive athlete of all kinds, extreme sports enthusiast and motivational speaker, Mark Daniels joins us on Good as Gold's as he talks to us about rebuilding after the major life event which resulted in an above-knee amputation.
Mark is an absolute legend and all-round awesome guy. Here's a snapshot of what we were lucky enough to chat with him about in his rebuild journey:
TW: Suicide, PTSD
- What does it mean to overcome 14 surgeries, 11 broken ribs, a ruptured kidney, a broken right femur in 4 places, a ruptured femoral artery, a broken hand and more?
- Redefining what it means to be disabled & changing the mentality
- Never taking no for an answer
- Advice from mentor Paul DeGelder & a pivotal moment
- The importance of resilience and mindset
- Invictus Games
- Kayaking at the National Championships
- Paralympics
- Training as a coping mechanism
You can follow Mark's inspirational journey here on socials: @markdanielsmotivation
Want to get in touch? Reach out to the Gold's Gym Australia team on socials @goldsgymau or via email: feedback@goldsgym.com.au
Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Sports Dietitian from The Sports Dietician Co. in Brisbane, Gabby Ward joins us on the Good as Gold's Podcast.
She works with all sport disciplines, but predominantly optimises nutrition for health and performance while supporting a positive relationship with food for CrossFit, weightlifting and powerlifting.
- How to combat energy availability
- What are the warning signs and side affects of under fuelling?
- Should you train on an empty stomach?
- Eating for aesthetics vs. performance and wellness
- Diet culture & generational damage
- How do eating habits impact women and their cycle?
- Can food have an impact on your sex drive?
- Nutrition for inner wellness
- Supplements: Are you addressing the issue or masking it?
If you'd like to find out more, you can get in touch with Gabby on socials at @gabbyward_sportsdietitian or @thesportsdietitian_co
Want to get in touch? Reach out to the Gold's Gym Australia team on socials @goldsgymau or via email: feedback@goldsgym.com.au
Good Human Factory founder and Pro Surfer Cooper Chapman joins us on the Good as Gold's health and wellness podcast.
Cooper is a kind and caring person trying to live a positive life while trying to help others lead one too. He founded the Good Human Factory aiming to inspire his community to think about mental health a little differently. Their message is that mental health is not an illness and that it's something we all need to become aware of; and take care of.
Here's what we had the pleasure of chatting to Cooper about:
- How to practice mindfulness, gratitude, kindness, empathy and taking responsibility
- Wholistic well-being and where to start/take ownership
- Breaking the stigma on mental health vs mental illness
- How to create a maintenance plan
- Importance of developing strong values
- Where do you base your self-worth?
- The 1% GOOD Club: Daily practices to incorporate into your routine
If you'd like to find out more about the Good Human Factory or join the 1% GOOD Club check them out on socials: @thegoodhumanfactory
Want to get in touch? Reach out to the Gold's Gym Australia team on socials @goldsgymau or via email: feedback@goldsgym.com.au
Adventure athlete and Ultimate Hype Girl, Meg Martin joins us on the Good as Gold's podcast with advice on how you can transform your life.
- How to overcome your fears
- Where do fears come from?
- What is a capability mindset?
- Becoming a Gym Shark athlete
- Fuel your body, fuel your brain
- Words of advice to live by that can change your life
- Is our psychology affected by what we eat?
- How important is it to challenge yourself?
- How can you get involved with MEGARUN?
You can find Meg on Instagram @megsutherland or get involved with a MEGARUN location here @themegarun
Want to get in touch? Reach out to the Gold's Gym Australia team on socials @goldsgymau or via email: feedback@goldsgym.com.au
Bodybuilding Champion, Qualified Accredited SNA Sports Nutritionist and Founder / Head Coach at Mariah Jean Fit - Mariah joins us on the Good as Gold's Podcast.
Mariah is an NBA Figure athlete and comp prep coach who is breaking the stereotype and leading the way for women in coaching by showing what female coaches are capable of.
After avoiding her passion for so long, she chats to us about:
- Overcoming self-limiting beliefs
- The stigma around being a bodybuilder
- How to change your inner dialogue
- Overcoming the setback of an injury
- Advice on how to overcome gym anxiety
- Importance of being intentional and training with intention
Find Mariah on Instagram here: @mariahjeanfit
Want to get in touch? Reach out to the Gold's Gym Australia team on socials @goldsgymau or via email: feedback@goldsgym.com.au
Bodybuilder & coach Nicholas Weir joins us on Good as Gold's as he chases his IFBB pro card, aspiring to compete on the Mr. Olympia stage.
In today's episode, we chat through:
- How to set goals
- Changing habits and lifestyle choices
- How to overcome post-show blues
- Training, mindset & recovery
- IFBB Pro League Australia Judging Criteria
Want to get in touch? Reach out to the Gold's Gym Australia team on socials @goldsgymau or via email: feedback@goldsgym.com.au
Good as Gold's Ep 6
Mark talks about life in and after SAS. Mental and Physical health, and building Resilience.
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We chat with Olympian Matt Denny about throwing things, the pain of coming 4th, and how much choccy milk can one man drink.
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We chat with Mark Wales about life after SAS, mental health, writing books, and reality TV.
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In this episode, we chat with Australia Ninja Warrior winner Ben Polson about training for Ninja, dealing with bullies, and his visualization methods.
Let's go!!
Ben Polson
https://www.youtube.com/c/polsonb
Insta - @ben.polson
TikTok - @ben.ninja
Recorded at https://www.ontrackstudio.com.au
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