Overcome

What are the key attributes of Olympic athletes? Resilience, perseverance, and discipline are among them. Nina Cutro-Kelly has all of those and twenty years later, she is fulfilling her Olympic dream. In this episode Nina talks about her main obstacles to achieve this dream, her training leading to Tokyo and her mindset to overcome the difficulties that she faces in and out of the mat.

As a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner, Ramon Macedo achieved many things titles in his career, won the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2019 and right after that earned his black belt. Life was indeed going in the right direction when he felt emptiness and decided to retire from BJJ. What lead him to make this decision? How he changed his mindset to focus on pursuing true happiness and giving away competitions to only train and have fun? In this episode Ramon is going to open up about this journey, which is a great wake up call for new athletes.

When you have to overcome difficulties in life just to practice the sport you love, you develop a different level of resilience. In this episode Abraao Magalhaes, black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, IBJJF World Champion and MMA fighter is going to talk about the rough start in BJJ and how he evolved in the sport despite all the obstacles and injuries. Abraao is also going to talk about his new journey in MMA and how he is staying healthy while pushing his body to the next level.

After 7 years dedicated to MMA, Daniel Sullivan had a successful transition to bodybuilding, winning many local shows in US and placing top three in the Olympia Amateur 2019. In this episode Daniel is going to talk about the lessons learned from the time he was fighting MMA and how that helped to shape his mindset to overcome the challenges in bodybuilding. Daniel is also a fitness coach with an online business that is growing exponentially, he also is going to describe some key attributes for successfully finishing their fitness challenge and keep the healthy lifestyle.

As a professional bodybuilder, Leah Dennie always chased improvement, working relentlessly to build herself show after show. Some years back she had some personal setbacks that derailed her mindset and affected her personal and athlete life. This year she came back to national bodybuilding stage and won one of the most prestigious show of the IFBB PRO League, the NY PRO. In this episode Leah talks about what changed on her prep and mindset that allowed her to overcome all those obstacles and come back much better.

IFBB PRO with more than 25 years of experience in the personal trainer field, Vicki Diaz is an example of an athlete that continuous to make improvements over time based on the key foundation of always staying consistent. In this episode Vicki is going to talk about longevity in the fitness industry and how to keep a well-balanced life where you can incorporate fitness into your daily routine without having to sacrifice different areas of your life. Vicki also talks about how she was able to stay injury free for many years while keep pushing herself to the limit during the time she was preparing for major competitions.

From 300 lbs US National level Bodybuilder to a 210 lbs athlete preparing for his MMA debut. What happened in Josh Thomas’ lifestyle that drove this change on his mindset and physique? In this episode, Josh is going to cover the rationale behind this change, the obstacles along the way and how he is focusing on building a better life for him, his family and clients. Josh also talks about his current approach to achieve more and his mindset to succeed in everything he does.

A herniated disc in the lower back may be one of the biggest obstacles for a Strongman to recover and keep making progress. In this episode Austin Haye, Strongman competitor from Texas talks about his journey to recover from his back surgery and continue to make improvements on his lifts. Austin also talks about his most recent contest after almost one year without competing due a change in lifestyle to prioritize his cardiovascular condition.

How to continuously improve your physique and lift heavy while staying injury? With more than 15 years of experience in the bodybuilding industry and being consistently on top three in national level bodybuilding competitions, Jonathan Irizarry talks about his journey to achieve the perfect physique while staying healthy and injury free. Jonathan talks about different strategies that he used for nutrition while prepping for a show, how his current training looks like and how he stays injury free despite the heavy lifting workouts that he constantly do.

How to work your way back after a major surgery that took you out of training for almost a year? In this episode Alan Shebaro will describe how he was able to overcome this phase of his life and start performing in a high level again. Shebaro is a Black Belt in BJJ /Judo, and he was 1 of only 4 Black Belts in BJJ in the U.S. Army and is the first BJJ Black Belt in Special Forces Regiment. Shebaro also talks about his training regiment, the importance of lifting while training for BJJ/Judo and the right mindset to have in order to overcome major obstacles.