The High Performance Path Podcast Alex Tibbels

Joe played professional football through his youth and was quite good at it, until his passion for training in the gym started to hinder his performance. He left, was lucky enough to get a scholarship to study and his passion for training in the gym took him to win some bodybuilding competitions.
Taking personal training clients through the same process he was on, eventually let to coaching some of his clients into becoming trainers themselves and started his journey to being "The Coaches Coach".
Joe shares some of the challenges and he experienced and lessons learned on the way, in our chat.

Socials
@joeparish
@thehighperformancepath

Notes
Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life - James Kerr
Extreme Ownership: How Navy Seals Lead And Win - Jocko Willink
Conscious Coaching: The Art & Science Of Building Buy-In - Brett Bartholomew
The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines Into Massive Success & Happiness - Jeff Olson
The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant: A Guide To Wealth And Happiness - Eric Jorgenson
How To Win Friends And Influence People - Dale Carnegie
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey
Atomic Habits - James Clear
Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari

Jake is a competitive Crossfit athlete/gym owner from Singleton NSW, about an hour west of Newcastle. He has competed at the regional level in Crossfit including The Down Under Crossfit Championship and The Torian Pro a number of times. He has also represented Australia at the International Functional Fitness Federations National Championships, which TBH I dont know too much about. Apparently they are trying to get Functional Fitness into the Olympics, and to do that theres all these requirements you need to meet in order to be a proper sport allowed in to the olympics. We dive into a typical day of training and recovery, Jake used to work shift work in the mines so we go through how he adapted his training and nutrition to suit that, tips for working on weaknesses and of course a book recommendation.

Topics covered:

Jakes transition from playing high level rugby league to crossfit
Opening a crossfit gym and then having to shut down from a mining downturn
Reading textbooks on lunch breaks related to health and fitness
Opening Kong Fitness
Training tips for shift workers
Tips for sleep
Current training routine
Tips for working on weaknesses: take away the timer and PRACTICE
Pros and cons of writing your own programming
Representing AUS competing in IF3
Getting functional fitness into the 2024 olympics
Daily workout and recovery routine
Benefits of Crossfit for off season rugby training
What would you tell yourself before opening your crossfit business
Book recommendation: Becoming A Supple Leopard - Kelly Starrett, Born to run


Socials:
@ kongau, law_jake_, rawstrengthandconditioning, targetnutrition, hunterfunctionalhealth

Quote: "Identify your weaknesses and make friends with them" - Chris Spealer

Declan, founder of BU Coaching, has a mission to make Newcastle the happiest place on earth. He has been researching happiness for over 4 years and coaches his clients on how to live happier more fulfilled lives.



In the episode we cover:


Chasing happiness
Declan's definition of success
Silent retreat at a buddhist temple
Deleting social media and tips for creating boundaries
Book recommendations (see below)
Tiny living
Two methods to increase happiness straight away - www.happinessscorecard.com.au



Books

A Promised Land - Barrack Obama

100 Things - Sebastian Terry

Opportunity Isnowhere - Declan Edwards - www.bucoaching.org/declansbook



Social

@declanedwards_bu

@bu_coaching



Watch On Youtube

https://youtu.be/KaZBzXsRcx4



BU With Declan Edwards

https://www.bucoaching.org/podcasts-2-0/



www.bucoaching.org

Bonnie is a Physiotherapist here in Newcastle at Newcastle Performance Physio. She recently competed in a few olympic lifting comps so I wanted to chat to her about the experience of prepping and competing at a meet.



We cover:

- Training goals

- Weightlifting comp prep and tips

- Bench Press and Crossfit

- Book recommendations:


Lives Of The Stoics - Ryan Holiday
Obstacle Is The Way - Ryan Holiday
Working Hard, Hardly Working - Grace Beverley
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers - Robert Sapolsky

- Recovery tips

Counting calories for performance

- Weighing in underweight at a comp

- Future goals



Socials @bongibbz



Shout Outs

Brent Taylor - Weightlifting Coach, Urban Base Fitness

Alex Ward - Crossfit Hunter Coach/Owner

Bill worked for many years in the ADF as a PTI and is an all round legend of a bloke. He currently refers to himself as a breath-work practitioner. We dive into different types of breath-work and how he has used them to heal injuries, a little bit about SARM's, a challenge that left him experiencing rhabdo, a new challenge for the future and sprinkled in is some self development. Basically he likes to push the boundaries of human performance and that's what I like to dissect and breakdown with people. So enjoy this one with Bill Burnett!

Show Notes


Bill explains how breath-work has changed his life

Exploring generational trauma through plant medicines

Reasons why Bill left the military (RAAF PTI)

From coaching at an F45 to opening a gym

The benefits of SARM's

Bill's definition of biohacking

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Morning routine

Experiencing rhabdomyolysis

A new challenge to focus on for next year

Using breath-work and meditation to heal injuries from the military

Journaling for self-development

Focusing on what you DO get done in a day instead of what we DON'T get done.


Books


Can't Hurt Me - David Goggins

The Surrender Experiment - Michael Singer

Be More Pirate - Sam Conniff


Socials

@hrvstbecominghuman

@williamnjb





WWW.HRVSTTRAINING.COM

Millie started to educate herself with nutrition and training during high school. She now has a thriving gym in Carrington, Newcastle and has a love for helping other girls focus on getting strong and fit while taking the focus away from aesthetics.

In this episode we get to explore some of her earlier struggles, her current self care rituals, book recommendations, mindset, advice for new PT's and Millie's journey from from one-on-one PT to group fitness in her own space.



Notes:


Anorexia is a mental illness more than a physical illness

Being skinny does not equal happiness

Self Care: enough sleep, move 5 times each week, eat well, read regularly

Book: A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle

Book: The Secret - Rhonda Byrne

Educate yourself before writing off a style of training or eating

Quote: "If it's something you cannot maintain forever, that is the first indication it's not a good thing to go on."

Instagram evidence based: @coachmarkcarroll

Business Advice: stand your ground



Socials

@millie_marshall

@milliemarshallfitness

@thehighperformancepath

@alextibbels


Waiting list: milliemarshallfitness@gmail.com