The Uncommon Life

In our last episode of the year, we’re going to hash out how we’re each planning to tackle our training and nutrition over the Christmas break. The holiday season is a time of the year where there’s usually some travel, there’s more social events, and in general there’s less structure and a drifting away from our usual routines. This definitely presents a challenge when it comes to keeping up with...

We don’t have Rich this week, but we do have a SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE. Barry is a very good friend of mine, and also happens to be Luis’s cousin! So we all know each other well and it was great for the three of us to catch up and do this episode. Barry has been figuring out his relationship with alcohol for a while, and it ultimately led him to giving up alcohol – a journey he’s six months into....

We’ve had a few weeks off, mostly just because of our very busy lives and schedules at the moment. But, we’re back – and it’s with a fun one for Episode 12. It's another random show – where we basically have a good old chit chat about what’s on our minds, in the land of health and fitness. We cover Whoop, and spoiler alert - there some traitors in the midst (Luis). We also get into a discussio...

Rich is off on his holidays, so it’s just me and Luis this week. And we decided to use the episode to talk about our recent dexa scans. So what is a DEXA scan? It’s a body composition test and is generally regarded as the best way to measure body fat and your overall body composition. That’s an accurate and precise measurement of body fat, lean mass and bone. Both Luis and I learned some new thing...

It's another random show – where we just have a big old chit chat about what’s on our minds. We cover a lot of ground today - self limiting beliefs, setting goals, World record for pull ups, falling out of the flow of consistency, habit stacking, running backwards (yeah, I really did say running backwards – Rich is not impressed!) and working with a personal trainer etc. =================== Re...

We’ve all done it. One minute you can feel amazing at where you are in your health and fitness journey. And then, Instagram serves you up a post by someone you don’t even know, and it all comes crashing down.  You suddenly feel terrible about yourself. You feel so behind where you should be. And you start to question some of your approaches – and in the worst case, you knew jerk react and make cha...

What’s our view on supplements? How has our view changed over time? Which ones do we currently take, and why? =========== Referenced in the show: Athletics Greens – www.drinkag1.com Luis’s milkshake tasting protein powder – https://www.bodyscience.com.au/products/high-protein-powder-800g

Slightly different episode this week.  Our first six episodes have been focused around specific topics. This week, we thought we’d experiment with a bit of a random, free for all chat about what’s on our minds at the moment. We ended up covering lots of cool stuff – as always focused around training, nutrition and leading a healthy, disciplined lifestyle. If you liked this style of episode (or act...

In a perfect world, we’d always be up for hitting the gym. And we’d always be motivated to eat the right foods. But, life isn’t perfect. So, it’s fair to expect moments where we don’t feel like being active, or we get tempted to eat ultra-processed foods. In today’s episode we talk about how we deal with these moments. What do we do when we don’t feel like getting a workout in? What do we do when...

All three of us are at a point where we’re shifting direction a bit with our health and fitness goals. We spend some time talking about the new direction we’re now heading, why we’re changing direction, and also how we’re now structuring our training and nutrition to achieve these new goals This is an episode which I think a lot of people will find useful. It may well give you some ideas that help...

Luis and Daniel talking injuries. If you’re training hard, it’s almost inevitable that you’ll run into getting injured at some point – especially as you get older.  We cover what we feel are seven of the most common mistakes that can lead to injury. And we also share some tips and tricks that have helped us reduce the risk of getting injured. =========== Referenced in the show: Agile 8 – https://f...

Rich, Luis and Daniel discuss what might be the best way to start making health a bigger priority in your life.  We know at the beginning it can be hard. You might be overweight. You might be lacking energy. You might be wondering where you’re going to find the time to work out. Perhaps you’re struggling with confidence. You might just not know where to start. But, there’s always a place you can s...

Rich, Luis and Daniel talk about each of our journeys towards being in the best shape and health of our lives. It certainly hasn’t always been like this. It’s been a journey for each of us, which we’ve had to build towards. And each of our journeys have been different – as they should be.  YOU have to go on your OWN journey, and you have to do the work, to build towards being in the best shape and...

A conversation about how we’re approaching our nutrition. We cover our short to mid-term goals, and then follow up with how each of us are approaching our nutrition to fit in with those goals. As you would expect, there are a few common threads between us – almost high level principles of nutrition. But, there’s also a lot of uniqueness in how each of us goes about our eating, in order to achieve...