Overcome

Today, we're honored to host Fábio Angnes Alano, also known as "Kamikase", a distinguished Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and world champion. Fábio's journey in martial arts is nothing short of inspiring. Representing the renowned Alliance Academy – Porto Alegre, Fábio's dedication to the art and sport of Jiu-Jitsu has made him a prominent figure in the grappling community. B...

In this episode, we are honored to host Erin Elliott, an esteemed IFBB Pro and dedicated health and fitness coach. With a career spanning over two decades, Erin has empowered countless individuals, from professional bodybuilders to those embarking on transformative health journeys, guiding them to achieve their wellness aspirations. Her expertise encompasses personalized nutrition plans, tailored...

Dr. Christine Bishara is a gut health specialist whose expertise focus on gut first and foremost to start the healing process. In her recent book, The Gut Revolution, she talks about the importance of gut health to improve your weight loss, mood and immune system. In this episode Dr. Christine Bishara explains more about the importance of integrative approach to healing and how to identify factors...

Allistair McCaw is a world’s leading figures in Leadership, Team Culture and Mindset. An author of 7 best-selling books, keynote speaker and consultant for many organizations, corporations, Olympians, Grand Slam champions, NCAA colleges and professional sports teams. In this episode, Allistair talks about the key aspects of building a champion mindset, including the importance of taking ownership...

In this episode, we delve into the remarkable journey of Brittany Diamond, a true force of strength and resilience. Brittany shares her inspiring story, and the lessons learned transitioning from strongwoman to bodybuilder. Brittany also talks about the importance of having a good balance to avoid tunnel vision approach when incorporating physical activities as part of your daily routine.

With a career marked by perseverance and determination, Lauren Murphy has carved her path to success through sheer grit and unwavering dedication. Known for her relentless fighting style and fierce determination, Laura talks about how she is translating these attributes to her business. As a veteran of the sport, Lauren's journey embodies the essence of resilience, showcasing her ability to ov...

Lauryn Truesdell, a former track and field athlete fell in love with weight lifting and decided to invest more in her fitness aspirations. Throughout this fitness journey, she learned some important lessons about muscle growth and how to stay healthy while pushing to the limit of her body. In this episode Lauryn talks more in details about these setbacks, how that helped her to be more focused and...

Alonso Wong, a Peruvian judoka joined us on this episode, to talk about his Judo career and how he is dealing with his most recent wrist injury. Alonso talks about the psychological aspect of rehab, how his wrist injury happened and what are his plans to compete again in the future once he is fully recovered. Alonso also covers the importance of training with quality instead of quantity, and how t...

Since he was a kid, Diego Jaime always dreamed big, and he joined the United States Navy. His experience at US Navy over the years led him to partner with Deep End Fitness. The approach at Deep End Fitness is centered on the practice of movement, breath work, and the strengthening of one’s mind in order to optimize human performance in and out of the water. In this episode, Diego talks about his j...

In this episode Amir Boaron and Tomer Alroy join to talk about Jiu-Jitsu improvements based on performance approach. Amir Boaron is 3 times coach of the year in Israel and owner of Soul Fighters HQ Israel. Tomer Alroy is a BJJ Black Belt and Coach. Together they share insights about competition mindset, the use of competition as improvement tool and the importance of nutrition to achieve best perf...

At the age of 36, Nia suffered a stroke that would damage about a third of her brain, and for awhile she was unable to speak and had reading difficulties. In this episode Nia talks about her road to recovery, how fitness was important during this time, and how she overcame this stroke to built an even better version of herself.

Since day one of training to her first bodybuilding competition in 2014, Lori Vick has committed herself to continuous improvement and an ongoing journey to get better every year. In 2019 she was very close to earn the IFBB Pro card when she placed second in Women’s Physique at National Bodybuilding Competition in Pittsburgh. In this episode Lori talks about her current prep for 2024 season, her a...

For a number of years, April Hutchinson was considered a functioning alcoholic. In 2019, when she left the rehab, she started focusing on powerlifting. She channeled all her energy to be the best she could be on that sport, and in 2022 she became Gold Medal at the Canada Nationals. She continued to collect medals by winning the North America Championship and placing fourth at the Worlds. In this e...

Health, Fitness, and Mindset Coach, Athlete, Author, Leka Fineman started training Crossfit when she was 40, fast forward 16 years later, she became the fittest woman in the world at her age group. In this episode Leka talks about the road to Crossfit Games 2023, the importance of having a winning mindset, and mental toughness to see the results beyond the pain and how she kept consistently improv...

What if I told you that you can still become an athlete after your 50s and in less than 10 years you can be in the podium of the biggest Crossfit stage? In this episode we have the great life example of Tom Fameree that will show exactly that. Tom Fameree was overweight when he first step into the Crossfit Gym back in 2014, nine years later, he achieved the second place in the Crossfit Games Maste...

Neil Adams was the first British male to win a Judo World title, and the first British male to simultaneously hold a world title and a European title in Judo. Throughout the years Neil has coached many athletes and become the voice of Judo. In this episode Neil talks about how to continuously make progress in Judo while reducing the risk of injury. Neil also talks about how to train while recoveri...

How to achieve longevity in sports while improving your game and reducing the likelihood of injuries? Dr Ray Marquez, a Chiropractor, multi-champion Judo black belt and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt has a formula for this. By prioritizing recovery and incorporating meditation and visualization to his routine, he is able to compete more and achieve better results. In this episode Dr Ray Marquez co...

Dani LaMartina, Doctor of Physical therapy, CSCS, IFBB Pro, Coach and Powerlifter joined us in this episode to talk about the importance of your mental state when recovering, training and competing. Throughout her career, Dani learned that most of us have something that sets our souls on fire. For her this is strength sports and bodybuilding. In this episode Dani talks about these topics, and also...

Skyler Cummings, a 14-time Judo national champion and Cadet Pam Am Bronze medalist completely changed her career at the age of 19 when she opened her Top Game Martial Arts dojo during the Pandemic. In this episode Skyler talks about how this transition took place and all the obstacles that she had to overcome. She also covers the importance of having a good coach in your corner and the mental toug...

Carly Tait went from an spectator at the summer Olympics 2012 in London, to the 100m start line at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in the space of just four years. In this episode Carly talks about this incredible journey, that not only challenge her physically but also mentally. Carly talks about the importance of inclusion, the challenges growing up, how sports changed her life and how she made it to t...

David Greenwalt is Certified Health Coach, fitness expert, former police officer, gym owner, and author of the book The Leanness Lifestyle. In this episode David talks about obesogenic environment we live, how to focus on nutrition, activity, compulsive eating and emotional fitness. David give talks about achieving fitness goals after 40s and the importance of willpower to keep moving forward in y...

Arash Soofiani is a Judo Black Belt, with prior experience as strength and conditioning coach at Santa Clara University in California, Olympic Sports Performance Coach at University of Southern California, World Champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Jiu-Jitsu coach at Six Blades Lake Travis in Texas. In this episode Arash talks about how to make improvements with the tools you have, how to adapt you...

Dave Kennedy is an entrepreneur who always struggled with his weight, and despite many attempts to lose weight he was never able to maintain the weight loss for too long. All that changed once he switched his approach and adopted a better lifestyle prioritizing his nutrition and exercise. This lifestyle change led him to lose 100 lbs, gain lots of muscles and drop to 5% body fat. He did all that w...

Armon Adibi is a top contest prep coach, dietician, NPC Judge and former NPC competitor in the bodybuilding super heavy weight division. Since 2016, Armon started his own line of bodybuilding supplements called Adibi Army. In this episode Armon talks about his journey as bodybuilder and prep coach, the mindset of a winning athlete, how to overcome obstacles and what you should look for when trying...

Al Sabo is a French Canadian woman who lives in British Columbia. At the age of 19 she overcame addiction and was introduced into the world of bodybuilding by a local coach in Squamish. Al works as a counselor building her own business which will focus on helping her clients with grief, loss & transitions. In addition, she also works as life coach helping people with their mindset & becomi...