The Recreational Athlete Podcast Mark Ipaviz

In todays episode, I chat with Nick Locandro. Nick is the head cycling coach at Trivelo coaching, host of the altroute cycling podcast and founder of the dementia project. Nick is both a competitive high level cyclist and coach competing in both road racing and more recently gravel racing which I can’t wait to learn a bit about. If anyone knows what it takes to ride faster its this man on the podcast today! Join myself and Nick as we discover the inner athlete within us all…. ...

In today's episode I interview recreational athlete and co-founder of O2 Events Jordan O'Neill. O2 Events are one of Australia’s premier facilitators of recreational events including the 2XU Triathlon Series, The Alpine Classic, The Great Ocean and Otway Classic Ride, Melbourne Teams Triathlon and The 2XU Wellness Run to name a few. As a keen recreational athlete myself I really wanted to know what takes place behind the scenes to put these massive events together and fulfill the ...

In todays episode I interview keen recreational athlete and occasional adventure seeker Vincent Cheers. Vin is an inspiring human from the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. He has summited some of the worlds great mountains, completed some world famous and challenging hikes and tackled multiple competitive open water swims and bike rides. At 64 years old he has had to overcome 2 major health setbacks in his life and is still here today, with a smile on his face and an unstoppable o...

In today's episode I interview superstar age group triathlete Jo Ritson. Jo is a high performing triathlete who has seen some phenomenal success over her short time in Triathlon. In 2018 she placed 6th at the ITU world champs on the Gold Coast competing in sprint distance. In 2019 she placed 6th again at the ITU world champs in Lausanne once again competing in sprint distance. In 2020 she made the move into longer distance racing and placed first at the Geelong half ironman for her age ...

In todays episode I interview advanced sports dietician Jess Spendlove. Jess has spent the last decade working with most professional sporting codes in Australia across AFL, NRL, Netball, Basketball, Rugby Union and Soccer, totalling more than 30 seasons of experience. While she loved her time in professional sport and managed to cram a career worth of experience into one decade, Jess is now focused on working in the private sector spreading the message of the power of performance nutrition a...

In todays episode I interview 2 x Guinness World Record Holder Daniel Scali. In August 2021 Dan broke his first record for the worlds longest abdominal plank (9hrs 30min 1sec) beating the previous record by a massive 1 hour and in April 2022 Dan broke the record for the most pushups in 1 hour completing 3182 pushups which was over 100 more than the past record holder. Dan not only beat, but absolutely smashed both records. Between being a fitness machine Dan works as a full time mechani...