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Rob Allardice attended a one-month Mentorship Program with me in Thailand in the early months of 2024. We ran group classes, trained professional fighters, and trained together for that duration, with the focus being on upskilling and implementation of skills, tactics and techniques he could immediately use upon his return to Australia. 

This episode was recorded during this period; however, it was not released at the time due to things deteriorating at Apollo Camp shortly after his visit. I think there is value in the conversation, which will provide context for the episode which was recorded and published last weekend.

We have kept in touch the last 18-months, including a few trips where I have stayed at his house, as well as being in his corner for his amateur boxing debut.

Rob Allardice is a former Australian Navy Petty Officer who served 13 years in the Royal Australian Navy. He currently works as a Strength and Conditioning coach, both in-person on the gym floor at Surfit Byron Bay, and remotely via his online coaching platform.

Shaun Kober is a Mindset & Performance Specialist, with a unique skillset forged in the trenches, through the various stages of life.

"I shouldn’t be in the position I am right now."

The odds were stacked against me:

● Poor family on welfare, eldest of 6 kids, parents didn’t work, abusive step-dad, no electricity or running water for a 6 years period of my life

● Caught up with the wrong crowd, stealing, drugs, skipping school

● At 14 years old, I sat on a bus for 3 days with $50 in my pocket, to travel to the next State over West, to begin a new life in the workforce - 2000

14 - 20: I grew up and learned how to become a man through work and rugby
20 - 26: I lived, trained and fought as a professional soldier, at a high level
26 - 32: I became a personal trainer, after failing in my pursuit to become a firefighter
32 - 38: I worked with, and won world titles with some of the best athletes on the planet, as their strength and conditioning coach
38+: The next evolution begins

#coachedbykobes
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Live Life To The Fullest.
Train To Your Potential.
Perform At Your Best!

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Rob Allardice is a former Australian Navy Petty Officer who served 13 years in the Royal Australian Navy. He currently works as a Strength and Conditioning coach, both in-person on the gym floor at Surfit Byron Bay, and remotely via his online coaching platform.

Rob attended a one-month Mentorship Program with me in Thailand in the early months of 2024. We ran group classes, trained professional fighters, and trained together for that duration, with the focus being on upskilling and implementation of skills, tactics and techniques he could immediately use upon his return to Australia.

We have kept in touch the last 18-months, including a few trips where I have stayed at his house, as well as being in his corner for his amateur boxing debut.

This is the second podcast episode we recorded together. I have not yet released the first episode due to things deteriorating at Apollo Camp in Thailand shortly after his visit, however, I will be releasing that episode as a type of prelude to this recording.

Shaun Kober is a Mindset & Performance Specialist, with a unique skillset forged in the trenches, through the various stages of life.

"I shouldn’t be in the position I am right now."

The odds were stacked against me:

● Poor family on welfare, eldest of 6 kids, parents didn’t work, abusive step-dad, no electricity or running water for a 6 years period of my life

● Caught up with the wrong crowd, stealing, drugs, skipping school

● At 14 years old, I sat on a bus for 3 days with $50 in my pocket, to travel to the next State over West, to begin a new life in the workforce - 2000

14 - 20: I grew up and learned how to become a man through work and rugby
20 - 26: I lived, trained and fought as a professional soldier, at a high level
26 - 32: I became a personal trainer, after failing in my pursuit to become a firefighter
32 - 38: I worked with, and won world titles with some of the best athletes on the planet, as their strength and conditioning coach
38+: The next evolution begins

#coachedbykobes
#livetrainperform
#mindsetandperformance

Live Life To The Fullest.
Train To Your Potential.
Perform At Your Best!

https://www.coachedbykobes.com/

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Thank you to those who have reached out to check in!

This update explains:

• Why I walked away from the gym I helped build
• The initial steps I took to pivot rapidly
• How things have played out
• The projects I'm working on  
• Short term plan
• Long term plan

***If you want earlybird access to any of the training programs mentioned in this video send me an email at [email protected]

Shaun Kober is a Mindset & Performance Specialist, with a unique skillset forged in the trenches, through the various stages of life.

"I shouldn’t be in the position I am right now."

The odds were stacked against me:

● Poor family on welfare, eldest of 6 kids, parents didn’t work, abusive step-dad, no electricity or running water for a 6 years period of my life

● Caught up with the wrong crowd, stealing, drugs, skipping school

● At 14 years old, I sat on a bus for 3 days with $50 in my pocket, to travel to the next State over West, to begin a new life in the workforce - 2000

14 - 20: I grew up and learned how to become a man through work and rugby
20 - 26: I lived, trained and fought as a professional soldier, at a high level
26 - 32: I became a personal trainer, after failing in my pursuit to become a firefighter
32 - 38: I worked with, and won world titles with some of the best athletes on the planet, as their strength and conditioning coach
38+: The next evolution begins

#coachedbykobes
#livetrainperform
#mindsetandperformance

Live Life To The Fullest.
Train To Your Potential.
Perform At Your Best!

https://www.coachedbykobes.com/

Send us a text

As a personal trainer and strength and conditioning coach in the industry for the past 12 years, I've had the pleasure of working with everyday people, right through to elite level athletes at the highest level.

Couple that with a 6-year career as a professional soldier, plus a lifelong pursuit of becoming the best athlete I can be, I bring a unique skillset to the world of coaching.

It's the one percenters that separates the best from the rest.
 Mindset and Performance is the aim of the game. 

Jordan Aigner of Aigner Performance has been following my journey for a number of years, and jumped at the opportunity to join my Mentorship Program.

He has been with me for the last month, in fight camp with Denis "The Bosnian Menace" Puric as we prepare to take on a superstar in the combat sports world...RODTANG!

Denis has been calling for "The Iron Man" for years, and ONE Championship has obliged after a few good performances which elevated Denis to the upper echelon of the Bantamweight Muay Thai and Kickboxing rankings.

Jordan has been an integral part of this fight camp preparation, as he joined me for the final deload/reload week of phase 1, before we launched into phase 2 of camp, rounding out with Peak Week this week.

In this conversation, we discuss his experience as an insider through Denis's camp, which culminates in the Co-Main Event of ONE 167, which takes place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok tomorrow (8 June).

This conversation was recorded Thursday 6th June, a few hours before Denis made weight and passed his hydration test ahead of the biggest fight of his life.

Unfortunately, Rodtang did not make weight or pass his hydration test, so the bout will take place at a catchweight.

Nonetheless, we are coming in hot, and will be looking to make a statement!

#coachedbykobes 
 #livetrainperform 
 #livelifetofullest 
 #traintoyourpotential 
 #performatyourbest 
 #bosnianmenace 
 #watchitfreaks

Shaun Kober is a Mindset & Performance Specialist, with a unique skillset forged in the trenches, through the various stages of life.

"I shouldn’t be in the position I am right now."

The odds were stacked against me:

● Poor family on welfare, eldest of 6 kids, parents didn’t work, abusive step-dad, no electricity or running water for a 6 years period of my life

● Caught up with the wrong crowd, stealing, drugs, skipping school

● At 14 years old, I sat on a bus for 3 days with $50 in my pocket, to travel to the next State over West, to begin a new life in the workforce - 2000

14 - 20: I grew up and learned how to become a man through work and rugby
20 - 26: I lived, trained and fought as a professional soldier, at a high level
26 - 32: I became a personal trainer, after failing in my pursuit to become a firefighter
32 - 38: I worked with, and won world titles with some of the best athletes on the planet, as their strength and conditioning coach
38+: The next evolution begins

#coachedbykobes
#livetrainperform
#mindsetandperformance

Live Life To The Fullest.
Train To Your Potential.
Perform At Your Best!

https://www.coachedbykobes.com/

Send us a text

Denis "The Bosnian Menace" Puric is a decades-long martial artist, and a 4th degree black belt in Taekwondo.

He has fought around the world in renowned events and promotions such as One Championship (where he currently fights), K1, Bellator, Kunlun Fight, Top King World Series, and MAS Fight to name a few.

Over the last decade, Denis has been traveling the world competing at the highest level of kickboxing, Muay Thai and MMA.
Five of those years were dedicated to training under the legendary Buakaw Banchamek, where he was the only foreigner fighting under the Banchamek banner at the time.
Following this training period, "The Bosnian Menace" moved to China for four years, working as a coach for Kunlun Fight League, where his role was to prepare the Chinese professional fight team for their competitions.
During this period, Denis was recognised as one of their best coaches.

Denis and I crossed paths a few years ago, during my 5-year stint as the Head S & C Coach at Tiger Muay Thai, where he has been a sponsored athlete for many years.

Whilst I haven't been on Tiger's books for a year, he contacted me April 9, we caught up for a coffee, and he told me he had the opportunity of a lifetime...his dream fight.

RODTANG!

This dude has been calling Rodtang's name for years.
ONE Championship have obliged this callout, after back-to-back quality performances, which pushed him up into the top echelon of fighters on the Flyweight roster in both Muay Thai and Kickboxing.

"I can fight man. I just need you to get me in shape. We gonna go and fuck shit up, and take out the KING!"
- Denis Puric

"I'm in bro. Let's go make history."
- Shaun Kober

"To succeed in life, you need two things: Ignorance and confidence."
- Mark Twain

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Denis Puric Website

Shaun Kober is a Mindset & Performance Specialist, with a unique skillset forged in the trenches, through the various stages of life.

"I shouldn’t be in the position I am right now."

The odds were stacked against me:

● Poor family on welfare, eldest of 6 kids, parents didn’t work, abusive step-dad, no electricity or running water for a 6 years period of my life

● Caught up with the wrong crowd, stealing, drugs, skipping school

● At 14 years old, I sat on a bus for 3 days with $50 in my pocket, to travel to the next State over West, to begin a new life in the workforce - 2000

14 - 20: I grew up and learned how to become a man through work and rugby
20 - 26: I lived, trained and fought as a professional soldier, at a high level
26 - 32: I became a personal trainer, after failing in my pursuit to become a firefighter
32 - 38: I worked with, and won world titles with some of the best athletes on the planet, as their strength and conditioning coach
38+: The next evolution begins

#coachedbykobes
#livetrainperform
#mindsetandperformance

Live Life To The Fullest.
Train To Your Potential.
Perform At Your Best!

https://www.coachedbykobes.com/

Send us a text

As an S & C Coach for Professional Athletes, it is imperative that I use my time wisely.

Typically, I only have my athletes two to three times per week.
Sometimes, it is a short 3 to 4 week period to start or finish camp.
Other times, I get the opportunity to spend 8 to 10 weeks building a general base of strength and aerobic capacity, before transitioning to more specific speed/power and endurance/conditioning work.

Regardless of the time period, everything I program needs to have a specific intent.
I'm doing the biggest bang-for-buck drills I can, to suit the intent of the session/week/block/phase/program/camp etc.

The RAMP protocol is my go-to, systematic way of preparing myself and my clients for the training sessions they are about to undertake.

I see so many people just doing random work for their warm-up, which is better than nothing, but not optimal to prepare the mind and the body to get the most out of a structured training session.

This formula can be applied to any training program, and should be tailored specifically to the modality of training, movement requirements, exercise selection, and individual needs required for that day's training session.

Raise
- Heart rate
- Respiratory rate
- Core temperature
- Blood flow to working muscles
- Viscous fluid to specific joints

Activate
- Fire up the stabilisers
- Connect to prime movers
- Integrate synergists into compound movements

Mobilise
- Release tension in tight muscles
- Increase range of movement
- Align the joint to optimise movement patterns

Potentiate
- Practice/warm-up/ramp up sets
- Refine technique and skill
- Ramp up central nervous system to match the upcoming session

The RAMP Package is a 60-Day Introduction to the Mobility, Stability and Prime Modules, delivered via the Coached By Kobes App.

18 routines to give you what you need for as little as 10 minutes a day!
- 5 Mobility routines progressing from beginner to advanced
- 6 Stability routines progressing from beginner to advanced
- 7 Prime routines progressing from beginner to advanced

This is Phase 2 of 3 in the Live Train Perform Modular Training System.

Phase 1 - Build The Base Program (30 days)
Phase 2 - RAMP Package (60 days)
Phase 3 - LTP Foundations Program (90 days)

Elements and principles learned in Phase 1 and 2 feature in Phase 3, the LTP Foundations Program, which

Shaun Kober is a Mindset & Performance Specialist, with a unique skillset forged in the trenches, through the various stages of life.

"I shouldn’t be in the position I am right now."

The odds were stacked against me:

● Poor family on welfare, eldest of 6 kids, parents didn’t work, abusive step-dad, no electricity or running water for a 6 years period of my life

● Caught up with the wrong crowd, stealing, drugs, skipping school

● At 14 years old, I sat on a bus for 3 days with $50 in my pocket, to travel to the next State over West, to begin a new life in the workforce - 2000

14 - 20: I grew up and learned how to become a man through work and rugby
20 - 26: I lived, trained and fought as a professional soldier, at a high level
26 - 32: I became a personal trainer, after failing in my pursuit to become a firefighter
32 - 38: I worked with, and won world titles with some of the best athletes on the planet, as their strength and conditioning coach
38+: The next evolution begins

#coachedbykobes
#livetrainperform
#mindsetandperformance

Live Life To The Fullest.
Train To Your Potential.
Perform At Your Best!

https://www.coachedbykobes.com/

Send us a text

I will be putting my head down and going dark for a while.

It's time to reassess my values, and whether or not my current trajectory is serving me to be at my best.

I will be implementing everything I have been coaching over the last two years of this podcast.

I will be back, but for now, it is goodbye, whilst I remove distractions and become singularly focused on building my empire.

Thank you to everyone who has tuned in and shown support.

Happy two-year anniversary!

Links are below for the brands I am affiliated with and trust, along with my social channels.

Much love. Peace!

Your host - Shaun Kober
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_kobes/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/performancefunctionaltraining
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnOpTWXi1xKdamDBgzlfaPw

Swiss 8
Website: www.swiss8.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swiss.8/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Swiss8app/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98yOiKlZHMUq6SXZK8fArQ
Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10gWk1sS1L4&t=20s 

STAIT
Website: https://www.mystait.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/my_stait/
Use the code "KOBES10" at checkout for your discount

Head-Up Charity
Website:  https://www.head-up.org.uk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/head_up_charity/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/294950221545987

Rate and Review: https://lovethepodcast.com/livetrainperform   

Shaun Kober is a Mindset & Performance Specialist, with a unique skillset forged in the trenches, through the various stages of life.

"I shouldn’t be in the position I am right now."

The odds were stacked against me:

● Poor family on welfare, eldest of 6 kids, parents didn’t work, abusive step-dad, no electricity or running water for a 6 years period of my life

● Caught up with the wrong crowd, stealing, drugs, skipping school

● At 14 years old, I sat on a bus for 3 days with $50 in my pocket, to travel to the next State over West, to begin a new life in the workforce - 2000

14 - 20: I grew up and learned how to become a man through work and rugby
20 - 26: I lived, trained and fought as a professional soldier, at a high level
26 - 32: I became a personal trainer, after failing in my pursuit to become a firefighter
32 - 38: I worked with, and won world titles with some of the best athletes on the planet, as their strength and conditioning coach
38+: The next evolution begins

#coachedbykobes
#livetrainperform
#mindsetandperformance

Live Life To The Fullest.
Train To Your Potential.
Perform At Your Best!

https://www.coachedbykobes.com/

Send us a text

Head-Up Charity is a mental health organisation founded by four British Military Veterans with over 50 years of experience serving their country, including 11 operational tours. Their aim is to build a retreat where serving and ex-serving personnel can go to learn the tools and methods utilised by the founders to help them through the difficult transition process from military to civilian. This process can be quite challenging, and some people never really recreate their identity and higher purpose, which can lead down a dark road which has resulted in many mates and colleagues taking their own lives.

Paul is a veteran of numerous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and has battled his own demons. In the first episode we recorded together over a year ago, he shared some of those struggles, the impact of declining mental health, and what he did to overcome those demons and get himself to a place mentally where he was no longer suicidal. Listen to that episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1082945/8311530-paul-minter-of-head-up-charity.mp3?download=true

In this episode, Paul explains:

•  Why he's running 5000 miles around the UK
• The challenges of covering an average of 30 miles per day
• The unanticipated benefits of meeting with, and staying with strangers that have opened their homes to feed and house Paul along the journey
• The vision for Head Up Charity in the not too distant future

Your host - Shaun Kober
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_kobes/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/performancefunctionaltraining
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnOpTWXi1xKdamDBgzlfaPw

Your guest - Paul Minter
Website:  https://www.head-up.org.uk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/head_up_charity/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/294950221545987

Swiss 8
Website: www.swiss8.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swiss.8/

Shaun Kober is a Mindset & Performance Specialist, with a unique skillset forged in the trenches, through the various stages of life.

"I shouldn’t be in the position I am right now."

The odds were stacked against me:

● Poor family on welfare, eldest of 6 kids, parents didn’t work, abusive step-dad, no electricity or running water for a 6 years period of my life

● Caught up with the wrong crowd, stealing, drugs, skipping school

● At 14 years old, I sat on a bus for 3 days with $50 in my pocket, to travel to the next State over West, to begin a new life in the workforce - 2000

14 - 20: I grew up and learned how to become a man through work and rugby
20 - 26: I lived, trained and fought as a professional soldier, at a high level
26 - 32: I became a personal trainer, after failing in my pursuit to become a firefighter
32 - 38: I worked with, and won world titles with some of the best athletes on the planet, as their strength and conditioning coach
38+: The next evolution begins

#coachedbykobes
#livetrainperform
#mindsetandperformance

Live Life To The Fullest.
Train To Your Potential.
Perform At Your Best!

https://www.coachedbykobes.com/

Send us a text

Swiss 8 is a proactive mental health model designed to provide the tools required to deliver high-quality content around their 8 pillars of health and wellness, to allow you to be "Better At Life."

These principles are delivered straight to your phone, via the Swiss 8 app, where you can build out your daily routine via the in-built calendar.

In this episode, I chat with the brains behind the organisation, Adrian and Mex.
We cover a lot of ground during this conversation, including:

• The changes to the foundational pillars of Swiss 8
• How the world has become so connected, yet disconnected
• Our thoughts on traditional rites of passage, which indicate a significant change in life and status
• The benefits of having people in your tribe that you may not necessarily see eye to eye with
• How Swiss 8 is helping people rebuild their identity and tribe through events and challenges like the Finke desert race
• What are the potential impacts we could see from the crisis unfolding in Ukraine, with people able to see what normally only soldiers would see in a war zone?

 
I've been an ambassador for Swiss 8 for a number of years, and I would never put my name to anything I don't believe in, or use myself.

The Western world is in the middle of a mental health crisis, and our veterans have taken action. Swiss 8’s team of combat veterans have built a proactive mental health program that is delivered through a mobile app. The app offers users programs in 8 categories of health and lifestyle; all proven to reduce anxiety and depression. This holistic model forms your daily routine, aiding you to build structure, improve discipline and take ownership of your life. Once habits are formed the app will teach you new skills. Skills that can form identity, purpose, and encourage physical interaction to rebuild tribe and reduce isolation.

Listen to our previous episodes here:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1082945/8219593-swiss-8.mp3?download=true
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1082945/10461805-coaching-the-elite-with-shaun-kober.mp3?download=true

Your host - Shaun Kober
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_kobes/
Facebook:

Shaun Kober is a Mindset & Performance Specialist, with a unique skillset forged in the trenches, through the various stages of life.

"I shouldn’t be in the position I am right now."

The odds were stacked against me:

● Poor family on welfare, eldest of 6 kids, parents didn’t work, abusive step-dad, no electricity or running water for a 6 years period of my life

● Caught up with the wrong crowd, stealing, drugs, skipping school

● At 14 years old, I sat on a bus for 3 days with $50 in my pocket, to travel to the next State over West, to begin a new life in the workforce - 2000

14 - 20: I grew up and learned how to become a man through work and rugby
20 - 26: I lived, trained and fought as a professional soldier, at a high level
26 - 32: I became a personal trainer, after failing in my pursuit to become a firefighter
32 - 38: I worked with, and won world titles with some of the best athletes on the planet, as their strength and conditioning coach
38+: The next evolution begins

#coachedbykobes
#livetrainperform
#mindsetandperformance

Live Life To The Fullest.
Train To Your Potential.
Perform At Your Best!

https://www.coachedbykobes.com/

Send us a text

In this episode, we catch up with S&C Head Coach Shaun Kober at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket, Thailand. We talk all things mindset, health and uncover some ways in which you can make some real changes in your life. Shaun is not a man to beat around the bush and that's why we loved having his real talk attitude, that is so refreshing.

This is a conversation I recorded with podcast regular Lizzie Wright for her podcast Project Woman a few months ago. As always, it's a great conversation between two coaches who love to dig into topics that can provide real insight and value to the listeners, hence why I've decided to rebroadcast it here to the Live Train Perform audience.

Shaun Kober
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_kobes/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/performancefunctionaltraining
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnOpTWXi1xKdamDBgzlfaPw

Lizzie Wright
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lizziewright
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizziewrighty/

Swiss 8: https://www.instagram.com/swiss.8/
https://swiss8.org/

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Use the code "KOBES10" at checkout for your discount!

Rate and Review: https://lovethepodcast.com/livetrainperform

Shaun Kober is a Mindset & Performance Specialist, with a unique skillset forged in the trenches, through the various stages of life.

"I shouldn’t be in the position I am right now."

The odds were stacked against me:

● Poor family on welfare, eldest of 6 kids, parents didn’t work, abusive step-dad, no electricity or running water for a 6 years period of my life

● Caught up with the wrong crowd, stealing, drugs, skipping school

● At 14 years old, I sat on a bus for 3 days with $50 in my pocket, to travel to the next State over West, to begin a new life in the workforce - 2000

14 - 20: I grew up and learned how to become a man through work and rugby
20 - 26: I lived, trained and fought as a professional soldier, at a high level
26 - 32: I became a personal trainer, after failing in my pursuit to become a firefighter
32 - 38: I worked with, and won world titles with some of the best athletes on the planet, as their strength and conditioning coach
38+: The next evolution begins

#coachedbykobes
#livetrainperform
#mindsetandperformance

Live Life To The Fullest.
Train To Your Potential.
Perform At Your Best!

https://www.coachedbykobes.com/