Evolve Achieve THRIVE

STRUCTURE VS PLAY

The discussion this week:

- Umar's appearance on Channel 4 show Lose Weight Like Me

- Our participation in the Performing Arts

- Immersion in novel activity overcomes the diminishing force of daily mundanity

- "The first thing I see in a person is potential."

- How childhood shapes us as adults

- The balance between the need for structure and the need for play

- Play fighting is critical for young children

- Toxic Masculinity

- Channelling potential

- Questing the utility of skills acquired for a narrow domain

- Evolve Brown...always moving forward, otherwise you're getting farther away from achieving your potential

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Future You is looking out for Present You

The discussion this week:

- Where do you draw inspiration from?

- Understand your thoughts

- the language you use influences the relationship you have with your goal

- Going Super Saiyan on your goals

- The 'all or nothing' approach doesn't work

- Combat stagnation by working towards something valuable

- The Matthew Principle: "To those who have everything more will be given, from those who have nothing everything will be taken."

- Be clear in your intent

- Future You is looking out for Current You

- Don't be a Chinese knock-off of yourself!

- Where the education system falls down

- What is the value of the things that you're learning?

- Gaining perspective in the context of human history, not just from the narrow window of our lives

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2020 Reflections | Effective Goal Setting

The discussion this week:

- Aligning the body, aligning the mind

- Building mental fortitude

- Taking forward action suppresses stress

- The art of thoughtful expression

- Living in abundance

- Mindset boosts physical capabilities

- The world needs more robust people

- You're in control, your hand is on the wheel

- Avoiding New Year Resolution pitfalls

- Setting goals that matter

- Be in touch with your pain

- Your pain is the source of your revolution

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Road tripping | Busyness is not effectiveness | Breathwork for your mind, body and soul.

The discussion this week:

- One man and his van- the test of a road trip

- Attaching yourself to a thing that is bigger than you

- Your brain is a prediction-making machine

- Traversing novel territory is necessary for growth, reward and fulfilment

- Thinking about thinking

- Being busy is NOT the same as being effective

- The cost of big traps!

- Built by ego

- Shout out to Johannies!

- Breathing mechanics - why you MUST optimise your breathing for the sake of your health, strength and fitness

- Laying the solid foundations: that's what breathing is

- The power of breath for your psychology

- Gurinder: "I felt my personality being shattered into a million little pieces."

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Shifting Perspective. Activating Belief. Embracing Hardship. Accessing Your Different Selves.

This week's discussion:

- How life is going for clients

- A perspective on progress that many do not consider

- Building awareness from extreme scenarios

- “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” - Samuel Beckett

- Reaching potential is an asymptotic pursuit

- Hard work is exciting

- The positives of procrastinating

- Getting to grips with the parts of yourself that you don't like

- Accessing different parts of you to achieve your outcomes

- Confining yourself to labels

- What Personal Trainers really do for people

- Applying the correct Framework to achieve success

- What are your S.W.O.Ts?

- Graded exposure to stress is necessary

- Lean into challenges

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This week we have one of Umar's ex-colleagues, David Mirza, on the podcast.

David was born in Hungary. The first 17 years of his life were dominated by playing classical guitar. His hard work and success in guitar competitions ranked him inside the Top 15 in Hungary in his age group.

David: "I've always been skinny, so I started training and read a shit-tonne from Charles Poliquin.

"I was studying Economics at Uni, got the best grades in everything despite never attending any of my classes as I was busy experimenting in the gym.

"What I always wanted was teaching people and helping in some way so getting out of Uni to sit in an office in front of the screen felt very off. So I quit my first job after a few months and came to the UK only for 3 months to complete a personal training course (which would have taken 2 years in Hungary).

"That 3 months turned into applying for Ultimate Performance then somehow getting a job without knowing how to fluently string together a sentence in English!"

David is now freelance, helping men transform their 'Oh crap I'm 40!" dad bod into lean machines using his 'Dream Body Over 30' Method.

What's discussed in this episode:

- David's desire to teach

- Resonating with the training philosophy of Charles Poliquin

- Trying to unlearn what has been learned that doesn't serve a useful purpose anymore

- "Be a teacher, not a trainer."

- The experience IS the education. Don't discard it.

- Chasing after the wrong things: "The game is going to be up soon."

- What Body Transformation Programmes are missing

- Thoughts on Pre-Script Level 1 course

- Different perspectives converging on the same sound principles

- Identifying with your goals

- Taking your body into the unknown

- What schools don't teach you

- From Classical Guitar to Health & Fitness: how principles to excel in any domain are the same

- Breaking the rules by knowing the rules inside out

- and more...

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This week's conversation is all about Change. Why? Because that's what you're designed by Mother Nature to do.

- Umar got accused of taking Performance Enhancing Drugs....when he was 13!!

- Cultivating a strong mindset and cultivating a strong body are not that different endeavours

- Don't be too proud to seek help

- Get out of your own way

- "Pain is the fuel of revolution"

- "Is that all you've got?"

- Gift yourself time to sit and think

- Striving for articulacy is an opportunity to own yourself

- Bigging up the brain! Neuroplasticity and the implications of this phenomenon on the quality of your life.

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We are joined by inspiring mum-of-3 Surminder Dhesi, aka Sam.

Sam: "As much as I hate to admit it, I was overweight, which caused a lot of health issues. I was always in pain and all I wanted was to be pain-free."

She spent 14 fruitless months at the gym, training every day but not losing any weight.

Then in January 2020, she met Umar. And everything changed.

In just 6 months under Umar's tutelage, she lost 20 kilos of weight and the constant pain in her shoulder, hip and feet were gone.

She's a testament to what can be achieved with proper guidance, with commitment to a valued goal and by patiently following the process. We're thrilled to bring her story to you.

We discuss:

- what was wrong with her approach before Umar came on the scene

- the changes she applied to her mindset and lifestyle

- becoming a different person to make her goal a reality

- breaking cultural stereotypes, where Asian women put everyone else first above themselves

- moving forward in less than ideal circumstances

- going all in with the necessary nutrition changes

- starting from the very bottom with training

- "You're never too old to learn."

- getting accused of taking drugs for her weight loss!

- and much more

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This week's episode brought to you especially by Marvel Studios....

In it we talk about:

- Creating a community of winners

- False dichotomies are a result of poor thinking; appreciate the nuance in life

- Ego is neither good nor bad

- Explore different perspectives to help you find your tribe

- The importance of your feet to your athletic potential

- Pain is the last problem to show up to the dysfunction party; deal with your niggles, aches and tight muscles before it gets to this point

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Hitting that big three-oh, so we went deep on some things with some wild stories...

- Here's a rule: PR on your birthday

- Balancing delaying gratification with appreciating the here and now

- You're wired for growth

- The meaning behind our names

- The retirement of UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov

- When mental health problems stare you in the face: personal experiences with suicidal people

- Your reality is not reality

- Change your perspective, change your life

- How to get through Lockdown 2.0

- Is our secular society in dire need of faith, a meaningful way of life, akin to religion?

- "Be the person your dog thinks you are."

- What is your intent?

- Loving failure

- Thank you for Thirty!

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