The High Performance Path Podcast

#48 Becoming A High Performance Coach with Joe Parish

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

#47 Training Tips for Shift-Workers and How to Approach Weaknesses with Jake Law

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

#46 Hacking Happiness with Declan Edwards

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 [//www.happinessscorecard.com.au] Books A Promised Land - Barrack Obama 100 Things - Sebastian Terry Opportunity Isnowhere - Declan Edwards - www.bucoaching.org/declansbook [//www.bucoaching.org/declansbook] Social @declanedwards_bu @bu_coaching Watch On Youtube https://youtu.be/KaZBzXsRcx4 [https://youtu.be/KaZBzXsRcx4] BU With Declan Edwards https://www.bucoaching.org/podcasts-2-0/ [https://www.bucoaching.org/podcasts-2-0/] www.bucoaching.org [//www.bucoaching.org]

#45 Weightlifting with Bonnie Gibbs

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

#44 Breathing Techniques and Biohacking to HEAL the Body and Mind with Bill Burnett

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 [http://www.hrvsttraining.com/]