Eat Sleep Grow Repeat

Rosi Sexton is best known for her achievements in MMA having fought for all the major organisations including the UFC, becoming the first British woman to do so.  A qualified Osteopath, Rosi has now switched her focus from causing injuries to treating and preventing them!  Unsurprisingly Rosi has a particular interest in athletes involved in combat sports, so I thought it would be useful for many Eat Sleep Grow Repeat listeners to get her on the show.  Even if you are not involved in combat sports there is still a lot of interesting information within this episode.

During the podcast we talk about Rosi’s MMA career and discuss the direction women’s MMA is heading in.  We then move onto discussing injury prevention and Rosi reveals her concerns about the wrestler’s bridge and tells us why even your grandma should be deadlifting!

Leicester Shootfighters physio Karl Green also joins us to add his considerable knowledge to the conversation.  Karl has written several articles on the subject of injury prevention in BJJ and has treated numerous grapplers, including myself!

If you want to hear more from Rosi and Karl then check out the links below:

http://rosisexton.com

https://kgsportstherapy.wordpress.com

I caught up with BJJ Blackbelt and former UFC and Bellator fighter Roli 'The Crazy Cuban' Delgado whilst he was in Leicester teaching his Legal Leglock's system.  Never considered a natural athlete, Roli's success in BJJ and MMA comes down to hard work and his analytical approach to learning and constantly developing his game.  This has led to him becoming an excellent coach and he now now co-owns Westside MMA in Arkansas.

During the show we discuss Roli's career fighting on MMA's biggest shows, yet still struggling to make a living from the sport.  Roli talks about his time on The Ultimate Fighter and the controversy regarding Frank Mir questioning his Blackbelt.  He then gives us some great tips on keeping students engaged and attending class, keeping yourself motivated to constantly learn and provides an interesting pre-competition training strategy picked up from his time coaching in Naples.

If you want to know more about Roli and his Legal Leglocks system then check out the following links:

http://legalleglocks.com

https://www.facebook.com/leglocks/info?tab=page_info

Thanks to Taurus Health & Fitness for supporting the podcast.  Follow the link to check out one of the cheapest supplement sites on the net and remember to use the code 'Eat Sleep Grow Repeat' at check out to receive some free goodies.

Thanks as always to Leicester Shootfighters for supporting the show.

This is a special double episode with two of England's most successful JiuJitsu competitors, Trevor Birmingham and Liam Corrigan. Many of the guests from combat sports we have had on the show have stressed the importance of competing to enhance your progress in the game. Having recently started competing myself, I thought a podcast on the subject may be useful to anyone currently competing or thinking about testing themselves in the near future.

Trevor Birmingham has been a successful competitor for over 30 years. Having begun in Judo were he enjoyed success at home and abroad, he then moved onto another rewarding spell representing Britain in Sport JiuJitsu. However, it is in Brazilian JiuJitsu that Trev is currently enjoying the most successful period of his career. In the past three years he has won gold at blue, purple and brown belt and graced the podium in nine different countries. Most recently he collected silver at the Master International in Rio after infamously being disqualified for celebrating his 7-0 win in the final with a flip. In this episode we talk about dealing with nerves, conditioning for competition and Trev talks us though his warm up routine before stepping onto the mats, plus of course we have to discuss that flip!

Liam Corrigan is a relentless competitor, resulting in him winning countless medals over the past eight years, including 26 golds. His grappling career may have been even more fruitful had he not simultaneously juggled fighting in amateur MMA, where he amassed a 12-2 record, picking up four title belts along the way. Liam has competed in several countries and even quit his job to spend weeks travelling America and Brazil training and competing, which led to him fulfilling a lifetime ambition of writing a book on his experiences. We discuss how to work out your A game and when to start concentrating on it and mental preparation for the event. Liam also gives us his top three tips on competing plus shares his knowledge on combining travelling, training and competing in some of JiuJitsu biggest shows.

If you want to know more about Trevor Birmingham check out his page at www.trev-bjj.net.  You can watch the controversial 'flip' final here.

For more on Liam check out his site http://liambermudacorrigan.com.  His book, Finding Bermuda, is available through this Amazon link:

Thanks to Leicester Shootfighters for supporting the podcast.  If you want to come and train with myself and Liam then all the details are on the website.

Vitor 'Shaolin' Ribeiro is a true Jiu-Jitsu legend.  His dedication to the art led to him achieving his black belt in an incredible 3.5 years!  Shaolin went on to win the World Jiu Jitsu Championship four times, was twice crowned Brazilian National Champion and took 3rd place in ADCC.  He then made the switch to MMA and the titles kept coming. Shaolin was crowned Cage Rage Lightweight Champion and Shooto Welterweight Champion over a successful nine year period fighting all over the globe.

Since retiring from MMA in 2013, Shaolin is back competing in Jiu Jitsu and recently defeated Daisuke Nakamura in Polaris.  Whilst he was in the UK I took the chance to meet up with him for an interesting conversation in which we discuss mental training for BJJ, why America is the new Brazil for Jiu Jitsu globetrotters plus Shaolin give us his tips for achieving your black belt as quickly and efficiently as possible.

If you would like to know more about Shaolin check out vitorshaolinbjj.com and if you are planning to visit New York City and want to get some quality training in check out his academy's site too.

Thanks to Leicester Shootfighters for supporting this podcast.

Alex DeSouza is a name familiar to any follows of the early UK MMA and BJJ scenes. His life story is amazing and reminds me of the film ‘The Bruce Lee Story’ in that Alex managed to create a top class Dojo from nothing more than a dream and years of hard work and dedication to the sport. Despite running a business and holding his own successful competitions, Alex still find time to compete regularly picking up medals all over the world with and without the Gi. This level of commitment is due to be rewarded on 13th September when Alex is due to receive his 3rd Dan from the legendary Vitor ‘Shaolin’ Ribeiro.

This episode is worth listening to just for Alex’s incredible life story which took him from no rules fights in the Amazon to introducing BJJ to the south of England and now running his own successful gym. Aside from that Alex gives us tips on how to run an outstanding competition and what you should consider when making a training trip to Brazil. We discuss supplementary training for JiuJitsu, the importance of competing and much more. This is an inspirational episode I’m sure you going to enjoy.

For more information on Alex DeSouza visit www.desouza.tv.

Thanks again to our sponsors at Leicester Shootfighters.

For this episode focusing on getting a quality nights sleep, we were joined by Alison Francis, better known as Anandi or The Sleep Guru.  She is a qualified yoga instructor under Georg Feuerstein, a graduate of the Anthony Robbins University, an NLP practioner & hynopherapist and a qualified Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor under Deepak Chopra.  Anandi suffered from insomnia for nearly 15 years until she discovered the power of the breath which she credits with healing her.  She now runs workshops, retreats and online programmes for those suffering with sleep disorders, stress and anxiety.

During a show packed with information, The Sleep Guru gives advice on how to meditate successfully, how to overcome insomnia and how to create a sleep haven, plus tells us how Sting was responsible for uncovering her spiritual side!  At the end of the interview I leave you with my top seven tips on optimising your sleep, then I hand over to my yoga and mediation instructor, Amy Fitta, to close the show with a Yoga Nidra meditation aimed at helping you get that vital, quality rest.

For more information on the The Sleep Guru visit her site thesleepguru.co.uk.  Also you can check out more on Amy Fitta at fittayoga.com.

The book recommended by the Sleep Guru during the show is available through the following links:

Jordan Harbinger re-joins us for another lesson in The Art of Charm. Despite his first appearance on the show being cut short, Jordan still managed to leave us with more to think about than maybe any other guest. This time we had him for longer and he left us with even more credible advice.

During this episode we discuss how to know when the time is right to make the switch from your 9 till 5 in order to follow your passion, how to use touch to build rapport, where to meet high quality girls and Jordan leaves us with a killer networking tip you need to start using now.

If you want to find out more about Jordan, his excellent podcast and the AoC Bootcamps the head over to his site The Art of Charm.

Thanks as always to Leicester Shootfighters for supporting the podcast.

Our most popular guest from Season One, Chase Amante, returns for another pick up masterclass.  This time Ben and I met up with Chase in Beijing, China in order to provide an episode so jammed full of information that it would be of benefit to anyone, no matter what level your game is at.

Topics we cover include finding women that are looking for you, approaching groups of girls, handling cock-blockers plus Chase gives us some great tips on escalation.  We get some useful advice on body language and Chase goes on to reveal how to recognise the red flag warnings that you’re dealing with a dangerous girl.  This one is definitely worth checking out.

If you would like more advice from Chase then you should definitely check out his website, girlschase.com, which has loads of in-depth, well written articles  which cover all aspects of pick-up and self-improvement.

Thanks again to Leicester Shootfighters for supporting the podcast.

Ben Greenfield is a renown expert in the field of health and fitness having been an ex bodybuilder, Ironman triathlete and Spartan Racer.  A former Personal Trainer of Year winner, in 2013 he was named in the top 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness by Greatest.com and has since gone on to become a New York Times best selling author with his book 'Beyond Training'.  Ben is no stranger to podcast's either hosting two of his own, Obstacle Dominator and The Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast. He aim's to provide cutting edge fitness content enabling listeners to accomplish amazing feats of physical endurance, without destroying their bodies, whilst also focusing on living long and active lives.

This is a fascinating episode during which Ben gives us advice on anti-aging and we discuss the perfect human diet and how the food you eat can effect your sexual performance.  We talk about how to select the right endurance event and mental strategies to develop discipline and toughness, plus Ben gives us his top tips on how to recover from a grueling race or training session.  If you have any interest in improving any element of human performance then you need to listen to this episode.

If you would like to know more about Ben then head over to Ben Greenfield Fitness or alternatively you can support Ben and the podcast by purchasing his excellent book 'Beyond Training' by following the link below. Also don't forget to check out the Leicester Shootfighters documentary, its a great insight into the exciting world of amateur MMA and a good production to boot.

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Lee Reynolds is an English former BMX champion who has reinvented himself in California as a DJ and co-founder of Desert Hearts, a Burning Man esq Deep House festival held, as the name suggests, off the grid in the desert. Despite having only been running for a little over 2 years, Desert Hearts has already been named as the no 1 festival to attend in the US in 2015 by FEST 300 magazine and the event continues to grow, now attracting a stellar list of DJ’s including the likes of Audiofly, Monkey Safari and M.A.N.D.Y’s Phillipp Jung. Now with their own record label and with spin off night City Hearts going from strength to strength, 2015 promises to be a big year for Lee and the crew.

In this episode we discuss the birth of Desert Hearts, I ask Lee about Chicanes comments on this show that Americans don’t get clubbing, we talk about the evolution of Burning Man and whether it has now gone too far, we discuss the legality of desert parties and the massive Police operation that attempted to shut the event down and the exciting prospect of Desert Hearts coming to England, plus we drop a couple of big tunes from the record label.

I’m a massive fan of Desert Hearts and everything they are doing so it was great to finally get Lee on the show on my last night in San Diego. I would recommend attending a Desert Hearts festival to any house music fans looking to experience an event free of commercialism and put on purely for the love of music and building a hedonistic community based on free love. As they say at Desert Hearts, One stage, one vibe, one beautiful and growing family.

For details and tickets for up and coming events please visit: http://www.deserthearts.us/

To listen to and download more music from the Desert Hearts label check out: http://bit.ly/DesertHeartsRecords

To support the artists by paying what you think the music is worth visit: http://bit.ly/DHBandCamp

If your still struggling to imagine what a Desert Hearts event would look like, check out this cool video set to Che's 'Transformation': https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=280598835397737