Authentic Strength Podcast w/ Fernandez

If you’re someone who wants to be stronger and more athletic, but constantly yo-yos from healthy to injured, this podcast is going to give you:

Dr.Dale Bartek is a Doctor of Physical Therapy & certified Functional Range Conditioning mobility specialist. Will Vargas is a Neuromuscular Massage Therapist and NASM certified Personal Trainer. Together, they are known as The Strength Rx.

In their combined 20+ years of professional experience, Will and Dale have worked with professional athletes in major sports including MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, UFC as well as Olympic Gold medalists on their mission to help everyone create a strong, functional and pain free body.

You can check out more of The Strength Rx’s work over on Instagram @thestrength.rx or on their website thestrengthrx.com

Sejin Gunaridis is a holistic personal trainer - or as she likes to say "a PT that goes deeper".

She helps her clients balance health and hedonism and make positive changes to their health, routine and lifestyle in a way that is both sustainable and enjoyable.

In this podcast you’ll find a tonne of no-nonsense, actionable tools for sustainably managing your health & weight, setting up your diet so that you make progress but actually live a life you enjoy using something she's coined 'intentional indulgence' and much more.

You can check out more of Sej’s work over on her Instagram @sejin_holisticpersonaltrainer or on her website sejingunaridis.com

Check out the full shownotes over at whytbelt.com

William Frost is a certified Wim Hof Method Instructor and a stress management coach.

In this episode we dive deep into the science and practical application of how to use the breath to optimise our health and training.

**Note from Fernandez - I recommend listening to this one when you’re not driving - there are a couple of cool breathing exercises you’ll want to have a crack at.

For a detailed summary of all the methods & tools discussed in this episode be sure to make full use of the shownotes over at whytbelt.com

More info on Will's breathwork masterclass here

This conversation with Asher Packman dives into the depths of depression, self-sabotage, and the way we respond to, process and ultimately make meaning from traumatic experiences in our life.

Asher is the president of Meditation Australia, and a globally renowned mindset coach and meditation teacher. After a series of significant life events including the diagnosis of a rare blood cancer, Asher shifted from the fast-paced lifestyle of a corporate executive to dive deep into health and wellbeing.

From Eastern Philosophy to epigenetics, The Wim Hof Method to Sports Psychology, Asher has studied, received qualification in and taught a diverse range of health & wellness modalities all over the world.

He’s also the founder & director of Warrior Within, an organisation created to help men to embrace the strengths and virtues of manhood.

Doug Wilson broke the Guinness World Record for “the fastest time to run a marathon on each continent” (that’s 7 marathons on 7 continents in 6 days and 18 hours) - even more astounding is that he broke that record less than 12 months after he had brain surgery to remove a life threatening brain tumour, a procedure which left him with permanent nerve damage, partial deafness and having to re-learn how to walk.

Through Kundalini yoga, meditation and practices and mindsets we dive deep into in this podcast, Doug completely turned his life around after not only the tumour, but battling addiction and working in a ‘successful’ but ultimately unfulfilling job in the investment banking world.

In this episode we go deep behind the scenes into his story & personal practice, discussing the grit and discipline of never missing a yoga practice for 1500 days, the practice of patience and the steps to mastery.

Doug now works as a Kundalini Yoga and meditation teacher and shares his story through speaking engagements and his book ‘Kundalini Running’. 

Jack is a coach who helps people become ‘highly attuned, immensely strong, full of life and free of injury’ through both physical and non-physical; practices like strength training, bodyweight exercise, yoga, meditation and more.

If you’re someone like me that wants to feel and look strong, as well as be able to do cool shit like handstand pushups and one arm chinups, Jack goes into depth about exactly how to balance skill and strength training. We also talk about how to cut through the broscience and educate yourself on health and fitness matters, as well as what to look for in a good coach, and the mindset for getting the most out of your training sessions.

James Nguyen is the founder and CEO of Inflexion A.I., co-founder of Anti-Hero Capital and contributing writer for Forbes Magazine. In this episode, we discuss methods for self-directed learning when trying to upskill for your career, as well as how he was able to reach out completely cold and successfully connect with CEOs, tech gurus, startup founders and bestselling authors to build an impressive portfolio of interviews and get the guidance he needed from industry experts when he was first starting out in his career.

The applications of the topics we cover in this podcast have a plethora of different applications, from finding yourself a mentor to landing yourself a job to simply networking more effectively.

Kartik is a powerhouse of productivity and one of the most charismatic people I know.

He has a wealth of knowledge on sales skills and building rapport, and he’s currently developing the sales training program at one of the largest tech companies on the planet.

But Kartik will be the first to tell you he hasn’t always been like that. We get pretty vulnerable about lacking confidence, dealing with insecurity, as more importantly the specific methods and techniques he used to build that confidence from the ground up. We go into developing confidence for sales, job interviews, performing on stage, and life in general. This is more than just the ‘fake it til you make it’ conversation you’ve heard a thousand times, it’s such a repeatable method I wish I’d personally had years ago, and I’m stoked to share it with you in this podcast.