Escape Your Limits & LIFTS

Mike Rashid is a business mogul, professional boxer, social media influencer, and serial entrepreneur who built a fitness empire from the ground up. According to Mike, there's no limit (besides yourself) to what you can achieve. If you're interested in achieving entrepreneurial success, this episode is for you. It covers everything from working with Mike Tyson, investing, his $1 million offer to fight Jake Paul, productivity hacks, mindset, taking psychedelics to boost focus and creativity, cryptocurrency, the rise of boutique boxing, and much more. You don't want to miss this one. Tune-in now!

Do you know what leads one person to achieve success in life over another? What are the ingredients for unreasonable success and how is it achieved? Our guest this week, Mr. Richard Koch, joins us to explain. Successful people typically don’t plan their success. Instead they develop a unique philosophy or attitude that works for them. They stumble across strategies which are shortcuts to success, and latch onto them. Events hand them opportunities they could not have anticipated. Often their peers with equal or greater talent fail while they succeed. It is too easy to attribute success to inherent, unstoppable genius. Bestselling author and serial entrepreneur Richard Koch charts a map of success, identifying the nine key attitudes and strategies can propel anyone to new heights of accomplishment. Richard is a former management consultant, entrepreneur, and writer of several books on how to apply the Pareto principle (80/20 rule) in all walks of life. Richard has also used his concepts to make a fortune from several private equity investments made personally. Richard’s investments have included Filofax, Plymouth Gin, the Great Little Trading Company and Betfair. Learn more about Richard: https://richardkoch.net/

Legendary bodybuilder Tony Pearson AKA the "Michael Jackson" of bodybuilding is a 9x world champion winning Mr. America, Professional Mr. Universe, and World Mixed Pairs. Throughout his life, he has faced impossible challenges — rising above poverty, abuse, and neglect to achieve incredible success. Tony's story is an inspiration to say the least. At 63-years-old, he won the AAU Master's Mr. Universe. Today, he is a personal trainer in Las Vegas. Check out his website: https://www.tonypearsonpersonaltrainer.com/

To say that the pandemic has impacted traditional gyms and the way people train would be an understatement. In-person training, group fitness, and big-box memberships aren't going to disappear but the adjustments that have been made during the pandemic are here to stay. In our interview with Fitness First's Managing Director, Lee Matthews, he explains how traditional gyms like Fitness First are redefining and reengineering what it means to go to the gym. Throughout our interview, we cover: • Ways the boutique concept has evolved during the pandemic • The big changes happening to traditional gyms • How to successfully lead your team through crisis • Why you need to reconfigure your gym’s layout and equipment to cater to the needs of shifting member expectations Learn more about Fitness First: https://www.fitnessfirst.co.uk/

Do you know how to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and accomplish the things that matter to you? How do you eliminate self doubt and learn to love yourself? In this interview, celebrity fitness trainer, Dolvett Quince, reveals some of the reasons and unconscious patterns that cause us to self-sabotage and explains what we can do to change them. He encourages us to believe in ourselves to achieve freedom from self-doubt. According to Dolvett, "You're not going to be better until you start to challenge yourself to be better." Dolvett is a most recognized for his seven seasons as a fitness trainer on the longtime hit TV show “The Biggest Loser.” He is also a NYT Bestselling Author and keynote speaker.

Did you know that you're constantly losing weight 24 hours a day just by breathing?  Most people think that body fat is converted into energy or heat. But this belief violates the law of conservation of mass, according to physicist Ruben Meerman. His findings on this topic were published in the British Medical Journal and his TEDx Talk has received more than 10 million views. Ruben's fascination with breathing, carbon dioxide, and weight loss stems from the personal experience of losing 30 pounds and then wondering where all the fat had gone. What his calculations revealed was surprising. In fact, fat breaks down into the elements of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen - 84% of the fat people lose is exhaled as CO₂ and the remaining 16% becomes water. Basically, the lungs are the primary organ through which we lose weight. In this fascinating interview, Ruben breaks down the biochemistry of weight loss.

Chris “Kiwi” Ashenden is the founder of Athletic Greens, a health and fitness expert, entrepreneur, and investor. What began as a bold vision to create an essentialist nutrition product has become a multi-million-dollar company that is trusted by world-class performance athletes and everyday consumers around the world. In this conversation, we discuss: • His wellness journey and battle with sickness that led to the creation of Athletic Greens • 4 pillars of health and happiness • Entrepreneurship, habit stacking, and taking ownership of your life • Building a healthy gut for optimum performance Athletic Greens is a comprehensive, all-in-one greens powder engineered to fill the nutritional gaps in your diet and support your body’s nutritional needs across four pillars of health: Gut health, Immune support, Energy and Recovery! It’s packed with 75 vitamins minerals, whole food ingredients and combines the perfect amount of micronutrients, absorption and taste to jumpstart your daily routine. Learn more: https://athleticgreens.com/

How do everyday people unleash their inner athlete? Michael Piercy is a former pro baseball player, founder and owner of The Lab Sports, and IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year. His specialty is identifying and developing the talent of elite and everyday athletes. For Michael, successful high-performance coaching is about so much more than just balancing the win-loss record. It’s about people becoming the best version of themselves.  In our interview, we dive into: • The importance of ongoing personal development • Why consistent rituals and habits are the keys to success • What everyday athletes should look for in a coach • And much more Tune-in now!

When it comes to mental health, a holistic approach considers how a person’s well-being is affected by their physical, psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual condition. Greg Schmaus is a highly recognized Paul Chek practitioner, the CEO of Healing 4D, and the creator of “Healing the Mind,” a 21-day holistic program. His fully integrated approach is dedicated to helping people hit the reset button to make mental and physical health an urgent priority. A holistic approach to mental health treats considers all these elements as pieces of a larger puzzle that must be individually addressed to achieve healing, which is something that traditional medicine doesn’t always do. The pandemic has pushed mental health to a breaking point, and Greg offers some simple ways to improve peoples' mental health (anxiety, depression, and stress). In our interview, we discuss: • The mental health risks of social media • Why you need to clean up your diet, get proper exercise, and develop healthy rest and recovery habits • Addressing your core addictions to enhance both psychological and physical healing • And the simple things you can do to feel better every day Learn more about Greg Schmaus and Healing 4D: https://www.healing4d.com/about/

Why do most weight loss diets fail? Why are you not losing weight? This week, we’re speaking with Amanda Nighbert, a registered dietician and creator of the LEAN program who specializes in weight loss nutrition. She is a renegade in her field who has spent the last two decades helping more than 34,000 people take control of their health. Chances are, you could be sabotaging your weight loss journey without even realizing it. In our interview, she reveals why most diets fail and the simple strategies you can implement to permanently lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle, including: • Breaking the ‘all or nothing’ mindset • How to achieve fasting success • Why you should never mix alcohol with food • The reason you need to stop fearing carbs • Why sleep is the #1 thing that matters for weight loss Amanda is passionate about motivating, supporting and educating people to meet their wellness goals. She promotes a balanced and realistic lifestyle, and focuses on teaching others on how to ditch the “all or nothing” mentality. Learn more about Amanda and the LEAN program: https://amandanighbert.com/