Layers with Cam Holmes

Robert (Bob) is an IFBB Pro Classic Physique competitor who’s been competing since 2008. Not only that, he turned pro naturally, which is a massive if not near impossible thing to do in an untested federation, especially in Classic. 

As you can imagine we chat about all things training, dieting and competing and there’s lots of good advice for those of us wanting to lose body fat and gain muscle naturally. 

We also delve into Bob’s journey with competing and the key things that he’s learnt throughout his journey. 

For unforeseen circumstances we had to record this episode in my apartment kitchen slash dining room so I’ve done my best to make the audio sound as clean as I can. 

I hope you enjoy the episode and as always, if you wanna show support for the podcast feel free to like, subscribe, comment or follow on the platform that you’re listening to this on.

This is the very first ‘mates special’ and I’m stoked that Caleb was able to join me. Caleb and I have been mates for at least 15 years and have done a lot in that time. I even lived with him and his fam during my last 2 years of highschool so many fun adventures were had haha.

This is a really light-hearted episode filled with lots of laughs but there’s also some really good learnings to be found as well.

As always, I hope you enjoy the episode and feel free to like, comment and subscribe.

I’m lucky to be joined by Simone Brick. Simone is a trail runner based Australia. She competes in a lot of international races including the Golden Trail series which is also a Youtube series where I first saw her and what she does. So I’d highly recommend checking out that series if you haven’t watched it already. She’s also fresh off the back of winning the Old Ghost in the South Island which is a 85km trail race.

In this episode we dive into a lot of interesting topics ranging from intrinsic motivation, to the specific differences between road running and trail running. I do wanna give you a heads up that we touch on Simone’s journey with her mental health and also with an eating disorder, I acknowledge that these topics can be quite close to home.

I hope you enjoy the episode and as always, if you wanna show support for the podcast feel free to like, subscribe and comment on the platform that you’re listening to this on.

I have Cass Poulson join me on the podcast today and we have an in-depth discussion about bodybuilding. We look at it from a macro view and how it can impact your life and the transferable learnings that it provides. We also drill down to more specific details like the protocols that Cass has in place to ensure her hormones are where they need to be.

If you’re interested in competing, you’re a seasoned competitor or even if you’re new to the world of training and nutrition I’m sure you’ll get something from this episode.

I hope you enjoy the episode and as always, if you wanna show support for the podcast feel free to like, subscribe and comment on the platform that you’re listening to this on.

Today I have the privilege of chatting to Fred Falloon. He’s a super interesting and articulate guy. He’s currently doing a masters in philosophy, politics and economics. He’s also been at training in the gym for over 10 years, he’s a personal trainer and he’s also going to compete in his first classic physique show this year. 

As you can imagine there’s a bunch of topics that we explore in our chat. A few of the key things that we discuss are the varying negative aspects of becoming addicted to training; the crossover of learnings between physical training and academic pursuits and also advice for beginners when starting on any type of fitness journey.

I hope you enjoy the episode and as always, if you wanna show support for the podcast feel free to like, subscribe and comment, all that good stuff.  

I’m very appreciative to have Karanama on the podcast today. We’re mates from our days of personal training at Les Mills and more than that, he’s always been someone I’ve looked up to for his ability to relate to people, to work hard and for the way he embraces te ao Māori.

In this episode we delve into Kara’s journey from a personal and professional perspective in relation to fitness and also how te ao Māori is woven into everything he does. 

There’s a lot of useful insights for personal trainers or aspiring personal trainers. As well as that I think you’ll find this episode useful if you’re wanting to learn about work ethic, thriving in many varying contexts and also how embrace being yourself. 

I hope you enjoy the episode and as always, if you wanna show support for the podcast feel free to like, subscribe and comment- all that good stuff.  

In this episode I had the honour of Karlina Tongotea joining me. She’s a powerlifter and not only that she’s a world record holder for the 76kg weight class and she’ll be representing New Zealand at Sheffields and the World Champs this year.

In our chat we focus a lot on the broader impact that competing at such a high level can have on your life. As well as that Karlina shares some practical advice for those of you who are wanting to get into powerlifting and then also how she uses the tool of mindfulness to help cope with the different emotions that come with the sport of powerlifting.

As a disclaimer - This was my first time recording in the office by myself and unfortunately the motion sensor lights turned off a couple of times

I hope you enjoy the episode and as always, if you wanna show support for the podcast feel free to like, subscribe and comment, all that good stuff.

Welcome along to episode 15, I’m Cam, the host of the Lifting and Life podcast - I have a Bachelors degree in Psychology, I’m a Personal Trainer and I also work in IT

In this episode I sit down with Scott Martin and we talk about some pretty heavy topics including his journey with testicular cancer and how it was diagnosed and treated, so I just wanna give you a heads up that for some people this episode could be very close to home. 

We also talk about Scotty’s passion for mental health and his own mental health journey including the time he’s spent with psychologists and psychiatrists. Then finally we talk about Scotty’s desire to join the NZ police force and what that entails. 

I hope you enjoy the episode and as always, if you wanna show support for the podcast feel free to like, subscribe and comment, all that good stuff. 

I hope you enjoy listening, and keep lifting 🙌 

Josh and I caught up for a good yarn as we hadn't chatted in ages. We talk about his experience moving from NZ to Australia and the key learnings he's gathered along the way. We also share our thoughts on when to take rest days and when to push through. Then we finish up with where we're at with the podcast and our individual plans from here. 

I hope you enjoy listening! And keep lifting 😎💪

This is such a good yarn with Courts with so many valuable learnings scattered throughout the episode. We talk about getting to know your authentic self, being true to who you are and what you desire, and some of the pivotal life learnings that Courts has picked up along the way. 

Courts has been a business owner 6+ years now and currently runs Worthwild which is a community of woman all on a journey to build their sense of self worth and heal their relationships with themselves.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed making it! 😊