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A few months ago I was shared a story of the curveball thrown to a young man Conner Alexander.  From nearly dying in a car accident that took the life of one of his best friends, to being told he was unlikely to walk again. When I learnt of his story he was back walking, paddling around on a stand up paddleboard and defying all odds. I reached out to this incredible young man to try and learn more about his story and help share it with the world. What I learnt in this interview was not only has Conner defied all the odds to be here right now but he truly defines the word resilience. Make sure to listen in and learn from his incredible story

After a short pause, the podcast is back! We went through a very quick turn around into a new gym but we're back up and running in our new home. This episode Nath and I caught up to talk about what we feel COVID taught us about the fitness industry and the future we see ahead for the microgym scene.

The Newstrength Way just hit Episode 100. Thankyou all for listening and your feedback throughout our first 100 episodes. Today we welcome Max Bristow to the podcast to share his story, Max has been lifting since back in the 1950's and has had a wealth of experience in multiple disciplines including powerlifting, weightlifting and bodybuilding.  At 76 years old Max has also influenced many of the great lifters to have come out of the hunter region and is very well respected for the hard work he has put into the growth of strength sports in this country. Max was kind enough to welcome me into his home gym to share his story and as a fanatic of strength culture it was an absolute honour to get to meet and talk with a man with his experience.

This week we welcome to the podcast Mell Green, Mell has won the Australian Powerlifting Union National title along with breaking the deadlift record in both Powerlifting and Strongman in her weight class. We talk about her story of finding lifting only a relatively short time ago into falling in love with it and the people in the sport. 

If you could get in shape in 12 weeks but put the weight back on afterwards or do it in 12 months and never have to do it again which would you choose? Depending on these, your going to choose different diets, different training, different lifestyles.  These choices are all fine as long as you know what those choices feed... If you want to keep the weight off then choosing fad diets and hours of cardio probably isn't the right choice But if you only care about the photo at the end of the diet then thats cool too.

This week we welcome Nerida Bint, owner of Lissome Newcastle's first Women's Only Strength and Fitness Facility. We talk with Nerida about her story of how she lost 20kg, left her old job to pursue personal training where she went on to run women's only bootcamps that over time became Lissome. We talk about the importance of inclusiveness and how Nerida focuses on crafting community within her gym.

Don't think you have the time to improve your health and fitness? Jacob takes you through a step by step game plan to change your life in as little as 5 hours a week, plus for those of you who want to put in a little extra time theres some bonus strategies. The key here is you need to commit to this for the next 6-12 months. We will leave that choice up to you.

Today we welcome our friend and owner of Cornerstone Strength and Conditioning, Michael Holt to the show. We talk about how he moved from Engineering to the health and fitness industry, his new path to helping inspire Men to take control of their health both physically and mentally. Plus we introduce the idea of the Man Made Challenge, a 4 Day event Michael is creating to help men stretch themselves past what they believe is possible and take ownership of their health.

Monday training tip this week is on when to train to reach your goals.. We talk about the DTF Plan, the science of willpower, discipline and intention and lastly how to make it work in your life long term.

This week on the podcast we welcome friend and Owner of Achieve Podiatry Justin Smith to the show. We discuss Justin's background in sports and what led him to podiatry, some common myths around the feet, training and footwear. How he's dealt with tearing his achilles tendon and finally why he's so passionate about building the standard of the health network here in Newcastle.

Coach Nic joins us back on the podcast to talk about his journey in his first year of coaching. We talk about what he didn't expect in the industry and some of the lessons he's learnt. Plus we cover some of the tools he's been using with clients at Newstrength to help them make training part of their lifestyle and keep consistency

It's been 7 weeks since AUS gyms have been open and we finally got some good news.  Before we all go back to normal now is the chance to reflect and see what you're taking forward, giving up and bringing back into your life when gyms open back up.

This week returning to the podcast we have Rod Cooper owner of The Movement Collective and Movement Maestro. Rod shares with us some tips on how to get the best bang for your buck with your mobility and bodyweight strength training.

Keep finding yourself looking for the missing link in your nutrition, training or life? Thinking someone is holding the secret as to why you're not where you want to be? The secret is in Self Leadership.. Not waiting for others to give you something to follow, making a commitment to yourself and taking action daily towards those goals.

This is a bit of a special episode. Last week we had Jess (my fiance) come in and present for our clients a masterclass session focused on Emotional Wellness. We do these every week for our clients covering a range of topics and get in experts like Jess to teach their specialties and let our clients ask questions first hand. This one in particular got some amazing feedback from those who jumped on or watched the recording so we decided to share it on the podcast

If you're serious about reaching your goals you have to never miss a monday. Here's why

Mat Craig joins us on the podcast to talk about speed training for athletes. We cover the fundamentals, differences in training team sports athletes vs. sprinters, how strength training fits into the speed puzzle, common mistakes. We then talk about the "Speed School" Mat's program available free on our Instagram and Facebook.

We have the chance right now to develop the habits and skills that can accelerate your progress to your goals. We have more time to learn, practice and develop these. What it comes down to though is if you're willing to take action on it.

The News Team Is Back.. After being separated to social isolation thanks to COVID we got the Newstrength Crew back together to do a podcast episode answering listener questions over zoom. The range spreads from our favourite and most hated exercises, to combating motivation struggles, Thor's upcoming 501kg deadlift world record attempt, to olympic / COVID conspiracies and possibly our favourite question yet.. Would you rather fight 1 horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses. Listen in for a fun laid back podcast with the crew to get you through your social isolation

When it comes to fat loss we all know that it comes down to energy intake vs. expenditure... When we dive a little deeper into expenditure we get a few pieces of the pie that we can influence. One of the biggest limiting factors we see holding people back is choosing training based purely on what burns the most calories in the session rather than what will facilitate larger over energy expenditure in the long term