Rebuild Health and Fitness Podcast

She’s one of the strongest women in Australia – Lily Riley has a 235kg squat, over a 200kg deadlift and over a 100kg bench, and she only weighs 75kg herself. 

But that’s not why she’s remarkable (though it is impressive). 

The 25-year-old also is just over a year out of treatment for stage 2 kidney cancer, with a huge 12cm tumour requiring her to have her entire kidney removed. 

Lily talks to Rebuild about how she was diagnosed with cancer the day before a powerlifting competition, how she has adapted to training with one kidney, rebuilt her body and life, and how giving up was never an option.

This breath-taking conversation is one of tribulation, triumph and empowerment as Lily catches the world's attention, by still being the world class powerlifter she is. 

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Discomfort is something we as humans avoid, but it’s where change and growth happens. The problem is, we are always comfortable, and thus, we aren’t being challenged or changing.  

This week, Sean and James are joined by coach Darius to talk about discomfort and how we can grow and change through putting ourselves into states of discomfort. 

We should be seeking out discomfort, from fitness, to relationships, work and education – discomfort is going to help you evolve and adapt. 

We expect everything to be easy and a lot of the time, it is. We can live a life of comfort from our homes – with no need to ever really leave. But if we don’t challenge ourselves, we will never reach our full potential.  

Tune in to hear how you can challenge yourself, and make the most of your challenges.

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To say Simone Arthur is very fit is an understatement. 

Simone is one of the fittest women in Australia and this weekend she will compete at the Torian Pro with the possibility of winning herself a slot to compete at the CrossFit Games in America, the pinnacle of the sport. 

We speak to the 27-year-old about what it takes to be elite, competing in CrossFit regionals, spending four years in the United States playing division one collegiate soccer. 

We also discuss her intensive training, how at just 57kg she can throw 100kg above her head as well as what CrossFit has done for women around the world in the realm of strength and body positivity. 

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Lucy Deadman is a small human. Weighing around 44kg, and measuring just under 5ft2, she’s not what you’d typically imagine as a Muay Thai fighter to look like. 

But she is just that, and she packs some power.  

Lucy is 22 and is a Destiny Mini Flyweight Champ. She discovered Muay Thai after an injury stopped her participating in cheerleading and after her first session she was hooked. 

She now is a professional fighter, and has her eyes set on an Australian title and then the world stage

On the podcast, we talk to Lucy about how she got into Muay Thai, Her adversities and resilience, the importance of a good coach, her time in Thailand, what keeps her fighting and where she wants to go from here. We got Lucy hot off a brilliant win last weekend. 

She's got an incredible story and and a powerful future. This is her story. 

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If you’ve been dieting long term and aren’t getting the results you want, this is the podcast is for you.

This week we’re joined by coach Darius to discuss how to improve your body composition and how lifting weights can help you drop weight.  

There are many myths surrounding weight-lifting and we’re busting a few, as well as talking about how establishing foundations will help you build a stronger framework for lifting.

Adding muscle bulk isn’t easy, but there are some simple ways you can increase your mass.

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Your words create your reality and your mindset plays a huge part in the success of your health and nutrition. 

This week on the Rebuild podcast, Sean and James discuss how psychology and attitude can help or hinder your health goals. 

There's no simple answer to good health, it's about adherence and maintenance, and this week the boys talk about flexible dieting, your approach to dieting and the importance of balance. Your first question you need to ask yourself is why you're dieting - what your goals are. 

They also touch on nutritional myths, how there's no one quick-fix diet that will solve all your problems and different cultural diets that have equal success. 

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"There was a point where I thought I was going to die - and if I had have stayed in Dubai, I probably would have."

Cait is Rebuild Health & Fitness's producer and the Jamie to Sean and James's Joe Rogan.

This week, we put her in front of the microphone to tell her incredible health story.

Cait was living in Dubai when her health started deteriorating, during COVID. She lost weight, was fatigued and weak - and when she managed to get back to Australia, was almost immediately hospitalised with kidney failure - but the doctors didn't know why.

On this week's episode hear about how QLD Health saved Cait's life, how she managed to get back into the gym and how Rebuild has helped her rebuild her health, and life.

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@Caitofaus
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@CoachJames_Rebuild
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If you're skipping out on sleep, you will never make proper progress in your health goals. 

We’ve spoken about the importance and benefits of sleep on previous podcasts, and this week we take a deep dive into the true impact lack of sleep can have on your health, eating habits, weight-loss or gain, sex drive and mental function. 

Sleep is crucial to your overall health, your mental health, recovery, muscle-growth and nutrition adherence so getting enough shut-eye is one of the best things you can do for your body. 

We as humans are the only animals in the world that will abstain from sleep for other activities. 

James and Sean touch on how you can improve your sleep quality - measures you can take to ensure that your sleep is high quality, help you drift off to sleep faster and some resources to help you wind down at night. 

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@RebuildHealthandFitness
@CoachSean_Rebuild
@CoachJames_Rebuild

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The 40th episode of Rebuild Health & Fitness is a Q&A format where we’ve had our audience send in their questions - which our coaches answer. 

Some of the questions that we touch upon this week: 

Is the ketogenic diet good for fat-loss? 

Will taking electrolytes before a run help give me more zip? 

What sponsorship would you most like to get? 

Who’s the tallest coach in the gym? 

We’re joined again by Coach Darius, along with Sean and James to answer these and other questions. 

Buckle in, this one's a wild episode! 😂

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Mick Stuart at one point, tipped the scales at 150kg - which he attributes to ‘the worst lifestyle ever’. He says he got a wake-up call when his relationship nearly fell apart and he was shopping in the ‘big boys section’ for clothing.

Mick started by walking up a hill by his house - each day, he was walking and running up the hill. He then integrated weights into his routine, and from there, he looked for more. Mick worked every day, and got his weight down to 94kg. 

Now, he’s training for an Iron Man (3.9km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run), regularly participates in ultra-beast (50km) obstacle courses, is a qualified trainer and last year, he did a 24-hour challenge where he did burpees, ran on a treadmill and rode the air-bike all with a blindfold on - for the entire 24 hours. There was no music or distractions, It was all to raise awareness and money for Mates for Mates - that helps people transition out of the Defence Force. 

On this week's podcast, we speak to Mick about his journey to health and how he's now helping others. 

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