Live Train Perform

Results don’t come from intensity. They come from habits. Day 6 shifts the focus back to mindset — specifically, how habits are built, maintained, and protected when motivation fades and life gets busy. This session breaks down why most people know what to do but struggle to do it consistently. The issue isn’t discipline or willpower — it’s structure. Habits reduce decision-making, remove friction...

Day 5 shifts the focus to the upper body — shoulders, thoracic spine, and the structures that connect them. Modern life tends to close the upper body down. Sitting, screens, driving, stress, and poorly planned training all pull the shoulders forward and limit thoracic movement. When that happens, strength leaks, technique suffers, and pain often follows. This session is about restoring freedom whe...

Day 4 brings the focus back to movement — specifically, the lower body. Hips, knees, and ankles take the brunt of daily life and training. Sitting, running, lifting, fighting, jumping — it all funnels through the lower half. When movement options disappear here, compensations show up everywhere else. This session is about restoring those options. Lower Body Mobility isn’t about stretching for the...

If you don’t track it, you’re guessing. And guessing is not a performance strategy. Progress doesn’t require perfection—but it does require awareness. Today is about paying attention to what actually moves the needle, not just what feels productive. Tracking progress isn’t about obsessing over numbers. It’s about creating feedback. Feedback tells you what’s working, what’s not, and when it’s time...

In 2020, I became a certified Yoga Teacher after completing a two-week intensive course—just ten days before returning to Thailand and entering a 3–4 month lockdown. During that time, I began blending the principles I’d learned in yoga with my background in strength and conditioning. Every morning, I moved. I tested. I refined. What came out of that period was a simple, effective, full-body mobili...

From General to Specific: The Flow of RAMP  The strength of the RAMP Protocol lies in how it gradually transitions from general preparation to sport- or session-specific readiness. Each phase builds on the last, narrowing focus and increasing intensity with purpose. • Raise – General movement prep • Activate – Targeted muscle engagement • Mobilise – Joint-specific preparation • Potentiate – Sport-...

The RAMP Package isn’t just a training program — it’s a structured performance framework built for real life. Over 30 days, you’ll follow a simple, repeatable rhythm that blends high-impact movement sessions with focused mindset coaching. The goal isn’t to do more — it’s to do what matters, consistently, without burning out. It starts with Day 0 . Before you train harder, you set direction. Day 0...

And why RAMP actually works. Most warm-ups fail because they tick boxes instead of preparing the system . Here’s where they go wrong: 1. They raise temperature… and stop there A few laps, a light bike, some skipping.  Heart rate goes up, sweat appears — job done , right? Wrong.  You’re warm, but you’re not prepared . 2. They’re disconnected from the session Static stretches. Random drills. Old hab...

In this episode of the Live Train Perform Podcast , I’m joined once again by one of my favourite returning guests and close friends of the show, Kat Yiannakis — occupational and behavioural therapist specialising in binge eating disorder recovery . Kat breaks down the disordered eating spectrum , clearly distinguishing between: Overeating Disordered eating Clinically diagnosed binge eating disorde...

In this episode, Coach Kobes sits down with Adrian Sutter , founder of Swiss 8 , to talk about burnout, corruption, and the rebuild that led him back to his original mission—helping veterans, athletes, and high performers reconnect with purpose through movement, nature, and simplicity. Adrian opens up about the battles behind the scenes with RSLs and veteran organisations, how politics and power d...

From leading soldiers on deployment to rebuilding his life after addiction, Dwayne Kent ’s story is a raw, honest look at what it means to lose yourself — and find purpose through service once again. In this powerful conversation, Dwayne opens up about the operational tempo that drove his early success, the high standards that defined his leadership, and the slippery slope that followed when menta...

From the school kid up the back of the class licking windows to selling toilets fresh out of school to make a living. I know sh!t when I see it. Most of it is avoidable... As one of eight children I had to learn fast. Life’s experiences were accelerated and condensed. From teeth splitting stress, congenital disease, and mental health challenges, to the deepest aspects of love and compassion, I’ve...

Rob Allardice attended a one-month Mentorship Program with me in Thailand in the early months of 2024. We ran group classes, trained professional fighters, and trained together for that duration, with the focus being on upskilling and implementation of skills, tactics and techniques he could immediately use upon his return to Australia.  This episode was recorded during this period; however, it wa...

Rob Allardice is a former Australian Navy Petty Officer who served 13 years in the Royal Australian Navy. He currently works as a Strength and Conditioning coach, both in-person on the gym floor at Surfit Byron Bay, and remotely via his online coaching platform. Rob attended a one-month Mentorship Program with me in Thailand in the early months of 2024. We ran group classes, trained professional f...

Thank you to those who have reached out to check in! This update explains: Why I walked away from the gym I helped build The initial steps I took to pivot rapidly How things have played out The projects I'm working on   Short term plan Long term plan ***If you want earlybird access to any of the training programs mentioned in this video send me an email at info@coachedbykobes.com Shaun Kober...

As a personal trainer and strength and conditioning coach in the industry for the past 12 years, I've had the pleasure of working with everyday people, right through to elite level athletes at the highest level. Couple that with a 6-year career as a professional soldier, plus a lifelong pursuit of becoming the best athlete I can be, I bring a unique skillset to the world of coaching. It'...

Denis "The Bosnian Menace" Puric is a decades-long martial artist, and a 4th degree black belt in Taekwondo. He has fought around the world in renowned events and promotions such as One Championship (where he currently fights), K1, Bellator, Kunlun Fight, Top King World Series, and MAS Fight to name a few. Over the last decade, Denis has been traveling the world competing at the highest...

As an S & C Coach for Professional Athletes, it is imperative that I use my time wisely. Typically, I only have my athletes two to three times per week. Sometimes, it is a short 3 to 4 week period to start or finish camp. Other times, I get the opportunity to spend 8 to 10 weeks building a general base of strength and aerobic capacity, before transitioning to more specific speed/power and endu...

I will be putting my head down and going dark for a while. It's time to reassess my values, and whether or not my current trajectory is serving me to be at my best. I will be implementing everything I have been coaching over the last two years of this podcast. I will be back, but for now, it is goodbye, whilst I remove distractions and become singularly focused on building my empire. Thank yo...

Head-Up Charity is a mental health organisation founded by four British Military Veterans with over 50 years of experience serving their country, including 11 operational tours. Their aim is to build a retreat where serving and ex-serving personnel can go to learn the tools and methods utilised by the founders to help them through the difficult transition process from military to civilian. This pr...

Swiss 8 is a proactive mental health model designed to provide the tools required to deliver high-quality content around their 8 pillars of health and wellness, to allow you to be "Better At Life." These principles are delivered straight to your phone, via the Swiss 8 app, where you can build out your daily routine via the in-built calendar. In this episode, I chat with the brains behind...

In this episode, we catch up with S&C Head Coach Shaun Kober at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket, Thailand. We talk all things mindset, health and uncover some ways in which you can make some real changes in your life. Shaun is not a man to beat around the bush and that's why we loved having his real talk attitude, that is so refreshing. This is a conversation I recorded with podcast regular Liz...

Shaun Kober is the strength and conditioning coach for UFC fighter Petr Yan, and the head strength and conditioning coach at Tiger Muay Thai. In this episode, we spoke about his adventure training the UFC Champion in Russia for his title fight, and his experience as a cornerman during the title fight. Think Rocky 4 training montage. Always great talking to Kobes, one of the most knowledgeable coac...

The day we recorded this episode, another veteran from Si's regiment had committed suicide. We have both lost mates to the black dog over the years, and it has become apparent that the conventional tools and methods used by the government-run mental health organisations are not sufficient for a large portion of those in need. Swiss 8 and Head-Up Charity are changing the game. Swiss 8 is a vet...

 “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.” This is one of the most impactful books I've ever read, and it is constantly on the top-5 list of books I recommend that everybody read. Where it sits in the top 5 will depend on the person I'm recommending it t...