Shiraz Arif Disabled Bodybuilder (the real disability bodybuilding‪)‬ Shiraz Arif

Steve Shoesmith and Me (Shiraz Arif) Episode 20 - Mental Health


00:00 - 4:30
Abit of Catching up wit Steve and the difference between PTSD and depression

4:38 - 5:45
Steve back story with the military (which he talks about how he experienced it and how other people experiences it everyone is different)

5:47 -10:57
How Steve and probably other people would see me and other disabled people individually as and talking (this all about not judging other people just accept that who they are not what they for example Steve explains how he sees me who I am with what I do regardless with my disabilities)

11:02 - 15:32
Reaching out to people for mental health throughout this year from Lockdown 1 and now Lockdown 2 and Covid 19 and government and livelihood

17:36 - 20:14
Steve origin’s story with his mental health


20:15 - 30:15
Steve Thoughts on Disability is like mental health but it’s not but it’s all about the barriers for example like with mine he will explain why and also explains the way he sees depression and anxiety

30:26 -37:28
A little bit of my own mental health backstory and my disabilities and how it efforts me personally

37:45 - 44:07
The difference between having mental health affects from Lockdown and Covid etc vs having them to years and years bad experiences and Steve telling us his weight loss journey his depression and more his backstory and how we all cope during the first lockdown individuals etc

44:47 - 49:17
A little rant here 😆
How the government done the national full lockdown but certain places are still open no logic here 🤷🏽‍♂️🙈

49:20 - 58:35
We talked about How mentally it efforts us and how it made us stronger through the first lockdown and dealing with certain people who are negative and show their true colours and how other judge me for being Disabled and being Disabled since birth and dealing with mental health etc

58:49 - to the end of the podcast
Q&As with Steve 😆 and giving out some advice to people who needs reaching out 🙏🏾❤️

So here it is guys finally I got this done Episode 19 is now posted I managed to get one of the senior Bodybuilders on the podcast Dan McNab he is who done a lot of shows and etc in bodybuilding for 10 years so this episode is about Dan his experience and etc so you can learn from this there’s a lot of banter and genuine from this episode here is the time stamp for it Time Stamp

You can’t outwork Work Ethic!
02:08 - 06:31

Dan’s backstory and motivation rant
06:32 - 27:51

Understanding the consistency of dedication for training hard and getting ready and showing up on the day of the show and the difference between bodybuilding and fitness
27:53 - 30:33

Continuing Dan’s back story
30:57 - 42:35

How did me and Dan came across first time and Dan basically telling me how Disabled people or people with injuries and I work hard in bodybuilding and actually does it despite adversity and against the odds 💪🏾
42:36 - 50:22

50:23 - 56:03
Dan’s next step in his bodybuilding journey and going back and forward with each other questions 💪🏾

Fun Q&As from people for Dan and more fun talk 😆😂
56:05 - 1:29:38 (to the end of podcast)

So this episode is a special one I had a special guest coming on Guy Cisternino he is a IFBB Professional Bodybuilder in the 212 Class and I got him on to share abit of his story and what’s he all about in this episode me and Him were having an genuine chat so this is our first time and if you can tell throughout I was genuinely nervous and excited about this one 😅🙏🏾🙂 and sorry for the static in this episode I will get on it soon as possible 😆🙈 Time Stamp for Episode 18 with Guy Cisternino 212 IFBB PRO

01:06 - 03:47
The reason why I started my own Podcast

04:02 - 08:30
Mentally and work ethic


08:33 - 11:55
Telling Guy my Background stories about my first show


12:00 -16:45
Different points views on how most people see as Bodybuilders with Guy

16:46 - 21:01
Explaining Guy what’s my Disabilities are and how I deal with them



21:03 -28:55
Guy’s experience as Pro Bodybuilder and the difference between pro shows back then and now and why is it the way it is now?


28:58 - 43:04
What’s Guy was like growing up and what is he like as a person? And telling him my experience as a kid too and more good and funny shit

43:16 -1:13:22
Who was your top 5 bodybuilders of all times from the start? And we talked about how past experience efforts you and the things that we do as kids individually

1:13:25 - 1:32:52
Would you rather and Q&As questions and shout outs for Guy towards the end of podcast

Sorry for this episode guys I had a technicality issue on my side so me and Conor did a 3 parts of this episode Episode 17 social media with Conor

Time stamp
04:11 - 21:21
How to deal social media from negativity to positivity - Cons of Social Media Pros and Cons me and Conor until I lost my connection with my mic 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

21:24 Part 2 of this episode

21:25 - 47:03
Catching up up talking about past experiences and being more confident and letting who’s there man and who the Batman and Robin on the podcast and etc 😂😂

29:05 - 34:00
Our background sports and training

Part 3?
34:11 -

53:02 - 1:01:15
Conor’s and mine backstage stories and experiences on Male model class and my disability class on stage too 😆🤙🏾💪🏾

1:01:32 -
Our mindset through this lockdown and what junk food we used to eat as fat kids lol and finishing off the podcast too

Episode 16 with Conor

Time stamp

00 - 1:16
One of the funny questions from Q&As from one of my friends 😆

1:17 - 5:44
Me and Conor being twats and catching up 😂😂🤙🏾

5:45 -24:41
Our opinions about the gyms not opening July, we talked about focusing on what you can do in the meantime not on what we can’t do and the pros and cons on attracting people after shows or during competing and our experiences with sponsorships 🤙🏾

24:44 -1:09:43
Q&As time
Q1 was a funny fucked up question
Q2 where would you seek motivation if you have none?
Q3 best back stage and tanning stories? 🤣😂

1:09:45 - 1:11:55
Conor- Social media and spending too much on that can cause too much distractions (we will touch on this more on the next podcast episode)

1:13:56 - 1:20:22
Why we both single individual and our thoughts (it has to be done right?)😂😂😂🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

So me and Conor Hickinbottom are back on it again and this time we are gonna talk about relationships with family and friends and being relationships or dating on how it efforts us individual so in a nut shell we are gonna talk about how our relationship with our own family friends and love life efforts us differently and how important it was.
Time stamp
2:00 - 13:23 what Conor and I been doing recently and mindset of training during the lockdown

13:35 - 28:25 Conor’s Back story with his past relationships while doing bodybuilding/fitness

28:27 - 36:21 my past experience while doing bodybuilding and prepping for a show


47:00 - 49:40 what’s it like to be on prep while socialising with family and friends

49:40 - 59:25
Me and Conor off Season experiences with our family and friends

59:26 till the end of episode on what we both experienced through our own prep

Enjoy guys!!