Better Body Academy Podcast

Having a high work ethic is one of the most important assets for maximising life success. That said, working yourself to a pulp and where you are no longer effective is not smart. In this episode, Jase gives his position on the importance of using this period to regenerate and recalibrate before the big year ahead.

James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits says "One of the best strategies for learning something quickly: corner a nerd" - he's talking about the idea of not reinvesting the wheel when the solution to almost any problem already exists. In this episode, Jase discusses the idea of cornering a nerd, and how to implement this into your life.

Do you feel the resistance to doing hard things? That's normal! The brain is wired to help you survive under all circumstances. This is why putting yourself into uncomfortable situations is difficult. In this episode, Jase explains how to reframe the self-limiting beliefs you have about why you should avoid hard things.

The holiday period can be an especially difficult time to navigate for people wanting to maintain weight. Indulgence options are everywhere and there's a desire to want to sit down and just couch surf. This causes a lot of angst and guilt. In this episode, Jase provides 5 simple strategies for navigating the Christmas period without piling on the weight.

I can't do it! It's too hard! These are the comments that come from a person trapped in a pattern of self-limiting belief. What this weekend's BBA event proved, is that you can overcome anything you put your mind to if you're willing to push past that resistance that for so long, has stopped you.

"Im doing it for the kids" - it sounds honourable, but frankly, it doesn't work. We all want better outcomes in our health, wealth and relationships but why are so few of us actually getting it? Perhaps we're looking for motivation in the wrong places? In this episode, Jase pulls apart the idea of Your Why.

What is predictable? That shit is going to happen. PREDICTABLE. So, if you understand that each week, someone or something is going to come along and dump on your parade, then you have to make a decision? Am I going to continue to react to it? Or am I going to learn a better way to deal with it so I don't keep self-sabotaging. In this episode, we'll discuss the mindset shit that is required.

Of course, you want results fast, right? That's natural human behaviour. Bur if your commitment going forward is based on the speed of your results, what are you going to do when you hit hurdles? In this episode, Jase explains why focusing on weight loss is a terrible strategy for success.

Stuck, suffering anxiety and at 110kg, Luke was feeling GARBAGE! Fast forward 8 months, he's at 90kg and in the best shape of his life. In this very honest chat, Luke discusses the demons he had to overcome to arrive at his new place. The shift in Luke's mindset is immense and this proves that anyone can do it.

At nearly 200kg, things were GRIM for Mark! When you are carrying that much extra weight, there's an imminent threat to your health at large. But over the course of a year, Mark turned it all round with a 100-pound fat loss transformation! The impact this has had on his life is mind blowing and in this episode, he joins us to tell his story!

If you put a gun to my head and made me choose between Nutrition and Training, what would I choose for the biggest return on investment? In this episode, I pull this idea apart and give you my honest thoughts on what will move the needle the most for you.

At nearly 60 years old, Jim was stuck. He'd tried all the diets but the weight would not shift. So, exhausted, defeated and with a new grand child in his life, he started in Better Body Academy. In this episode, Jim shares his story of an epic 30kg fat loss transformation. Maybe this gets you off the fence!

Another year, another failed diet. It's a cycle many of us know all too well. We cut calories quickly on the latest restriction plan, we can't keep it up, we binge out and then put all the fat we lost back on. In this episode, Jase explain the way in which fat is lost and how to make sure that you do it in a sustainable, user-friendly way.

There's one key personality trait that is possessed by all people that are successful in transforming their lives - not being determined by external circumstances. In this episode, Jase discusses the mindset shift you need to make in ensuring you become the player, not the pinball in the game that is your life.

Eight months ago, Corey was stuck and at the heaviest he has ever been. It was impacting his confidence and stopping him from getting immersed in life. Fast forward to today, our man is 25 kg down and the lightest he's been since his teenage years. In this episode, Jase interviews 44 year old Academy client, Corey about his stunning Transformation.

Sounds provocative, but what is measured gets managed. The ultimate accountability step is when you start to collect and review data about your daily actions to help explain why you are getting the results you do. In this episode, Jase goes deep on how to be accountable to yourself.

There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all⁣ - Peter Drucker. In this episode, Jase goes over the 3 things that he misunderstood when was younger and much less knowledgeable in what actually matters when it comes to a physical transformation.

Transformation is sometimes a complication game. Not because it's ACTUALLY complicated, but because there is so much noise out there. In this episode, Jase gives 5, simple, practical actions you can implement into your routine immediately so accelerate your results without a huge amount of extra effort.

You don't like those wobbly bits 'just there' - so what can do about it? Spot fat reduction is a heralded idea but can it actually be done? Is there any proof of evidence supporting it? In this episode, Jase takes us through how you should think about targeting certain areas in your transformation and the mindset you should keep.

So many people enter a transformation with expectations of perfection. The truth is, we should be aiming for daily progress, not perfection. Setting yourself up with false expectations, means you have created a losing strategy from the start. In this episode, Jase explains why the black and white mindset in a transformation, does not help.

"I'm stuck because I have no time" - it's the most common reason I hear that stops people from moving forward in their personal growth journey. Yet I ask them what they are regularly consuming and to be honest, it's junk. And I don't just mean food. If you are habitually stuffing your brain with junk news and Netflix, that's why you are not growing. In this episode, Jase gives his advice on 3+1 al...

Everyone that starts a transformation wants to "feel better". But what they don't often know is that they're going to see a tonne of benefits they never imagined. In this episode, Jase goes over 11 random, surprise benefits that members of the Men's Better Body Academy laid out after losing weight. This could be enough to get the fence-sitters into momentum!

In this episode, we discuss what Jase believes to be the highest returning strategy you can employ for getting to the body you want for summer. With so many people being distracted by silver bullets, it takes doing what you don't feel like doing to get the results that everyone wants. In this episode, Jase outlines why nutrition should be your biggest target.

So today in Australia, the gyms reopen after months of lock down and our crew are frothing for a workout. In this episode, we outline just what resistance training brings to our lives, and how to re-enter the gyms safely and successfully after the solid break.

In this, our 50th episode, we share some revealing lessons from our recently run, advanced mastermind program. Our men and women went super deep and confronted some big concepts like letting go of your identity, assessing your core values and reconciling past trauma. We pick out the 6 big ideas and share them with you here.