The 2nd Floor

The 2nd Floor

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The 2nd Floor episodes

  • A Run To Remember - 100KM for Veterans and Law Enforcement
    My name is Sachin and I have been involved with fitness in some form or another since I was a teenager. I went to high school in Plano, Texas and while on the wrestling team, I learned an important lesson that has become the foundation of my life: I returned to Canada after high school, and unfortunately my commitment to fitness wavered drastically. My late 20s when I really took up an active lifestyle again. At the age of 27, I got a new job, and with it a revelation - I was 230 lbs and clearly overweight. I didn't like the person looking back at me from the mirror, so, I got a membership at my local gym and began to lift. The gym became a sanctuary, and I began to look and feel better. The pounds were shed and confidence was gained. Eventually, I transitioned into bodybuilding, competing for a decade. Changes in life brought about changes in perspective, and I realized I was losing interest in bodybuilding. I knew I still wanted to train and compete, so I began looking for new places to focus my energy. I ended up deciding to take up Brazilian jiujitsu. I'd always wanted to try it, and as it turns out, it was one of the hardest and most satisfying activities I had ever tried! At 39 years young, I put on my very first gi and took to the mats. I was fairly strong from bodybuilding, but I realized I was sorely lacking when it came to my cardiovascular conditioning. Keeping up with better conditioned and younger practitioners was hard, but like I learned from my wrestling days in Plano, I put in the work and slowly but surely, my cardio improved. As you all know, COVID-19 changed a lot of things, and for me it meant having to pause my BJJ training only four years in. I was unable to hit the mats, and to make matters worse, I wasn't even able to go to the gym. Physical activity has always been my outlet, so I knew I had to think of alternatives on how to keep myself sane. Again, I thought back to my high school wrestling days, and remembered how much I hated running. With everything shut down, I was left with no other alternative so I decided to take up the thing I dreaded....running. In August 2020, I laced up my runners and hit the pavement. ​ I'd love to tell you I was a natural, but it would be a lie. I struggled to do 5 km, but I stuck to it. I ran, even on the days I didn't want to, and slowly, I started feeling better about it. Forward to 2022 I have raised over 20K for veterans through my run to remember initiative running 100km with plans ahead to run across the country of Canada.
    2 hr 16 min
  • Determine Your Why Behind Exercise Selection with Dr. Jordan Shallow
    Dr. Jordan Shallow D.C. is a Chiropractor, Strength and Conditioning Coach, Powerlifter and founder of both Pre-Script and RX'D RADIO. Jordan currently works with teams, companies and individuals all over the world, lecturing, coaching and consulting on applied biomechanics, sports performance, and injury risk management. Understanding the needs of the individual, and the subsequent demands that a particular lifestyle imposes on each person, is the cornerstone on which his clinical practice is built and provides the guidance for him to provide the best care, to everyone.
    1 hr 20 min
  • Why Training Martial Arts is The Best Form of Gaining Confidence & Self-Discipline

    Introducing Aadam Lodhi, founder of Dojo Launch. Aadam is an entrepreneur based out of Toronto, Ontario. He helps martial arts gyms get more students with digital marketing. Aadam is on a mission to move the martial arts industry forward through creativity and innovation. Aadam has successfully tripled his family business dojo's revenue, which inspired him to help promote and grow over 100+ dojo's across the country. Learn about how he started and his passion behind how martial arts has provided him more confidence and patience to successfully pilot his own business.

    54 min
  • Push Through Resistance When Things Don't Go According To Plan

    Our host, Kenny Bhullar, brings his friend and client Tania McDonald to catch us up to speed on how Kenny stays motivated physically and mentally despite not getting the result he wanted in his jiujitsu competitions the past year. We also discuss how to shut the brain off, knowing when to "turn the switch on" and off, dealing with life's setbacks and resistance, alongside how to look at things positively when life throws you curveballs.

    This episode is an annual representation of hearing more, learning more and feeling more connected to your host. Happy New Year everyone!
    1 hr 1 min
  • How to Overcome Tragedy Mentally
    Introducing Seb Lavoie, a 20 year veteran of the rcmp who worked as high as the Sergeant major role. Sebastian is a jiujitsu black belt and now consults for his company Raven Strategic - where he offers performance coaching, leadership and resilience training, and custom combative coaching. Seb unfortunately has recently gone through 9 surgeries in the span of just a couple months with a high chance of leg amputation. He comes on to the podcast to share how he has stayed mentally strong through the process of dealing with uncertainty, gives honest advice on grieving and how to navigate anxiety during one of the most difficult and critical times he's ever had to endure in his life.
    1 hr 30 min
  • Being A Community Supporter Starts With Changing One Life

    This was a very special episode featuring YEGfitness magazine's nominees for Edmonton's best community supporters. To be nominated alongside the following is an absolute honour: Jordan Jeske (owner of Projct YEG and Projct Golf; founder of the golf society yeg), Kellie (founder of fit your life yeg), and Tony Nguyen (co-founder of F.R.E.E Fitness). This episode brought on wide ranging topics associated with the perks of being more vulnerable, meeting your clients/customers where they are at, how to build your own sense of community, the beginning journey of what building a community looks like and how it creates life changing experiences and many more. If you resonate with this episode please share with a friend and like us on Instagram. Take the time to nominate your favorite community supporter by clicking the following link. Voting ends January 15th: https://yegfitness.ca/best-of-yeg-fitness-awards-2021/

    1 hr 9 min
  • How to Overcome Tragedy Mentally
    Introducing Seb Lavoie, a 20 year veteran of the rcmp who worked as high as the sargeant major role. Sebastian is a jiujitsu black belt and now consults for his company Raven Strategic - where he offers performance coaching, leadership and resilience training, and custom combative coaching. Seb unfortunately has recently gone through 9 surgeries in the span of just a couple months with a high chance of leg amputation.    He comes on to the podcast to share how he has stayed mentally strong through the process of dealing with uncertainty, gives honest advice on grieving and how to navigate anxiety during one of the most difficult and critical times he’s ever had to endure in his life.
    1 hr 30 min
  • How to Gain Credibility in the Personal Training Industry

    Introducing Andrew Coates: "Graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Commerce(Co-op) Honours. Grew up as a competitive cross-country skier, basketball player, and dabbled in many other sports. Became a die hard fitness enthusiast in my early 20's. Began my career as a certified personal trainer in the fall of 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta. 19000+ client coaching hours and counting. Devotion to reading and studying everything I'm able to find time for, about fitness, nutrition, behaviour change, and anything related to a career in the fitness industry. Owner of Andrew Coates Fitness, founded in January of 2017 and contracting at Evolve Strength South. Currently split my days between Evolve and my home studio in south Edmonton. Host of The Lift Free and Diet Hard Podcast with Andrew Coates (formerly The Fitness Devil with my friend and co-host Dean Guedo. A weekly show of discussions with fitness industry leaders. Fitness Writer for not only my website here but for major fitness publications including T-Nation, The PTDC, Generation Iron, and TrueCoach, with more in the works. Cofounder and MC of The Evolve Canadian Strength Symposium, an Edmonton Fitness Conference featuring industry leading speakers including cofounder Dean Somerset, Lee Boyce, and more. Mentor of a small group of fitness professionals around the world. I post daily ideas and fitness industry philosophy on my rapidly growing Instagram account @andrewcoatesfitness. You can follow me on Twitter but I mostly just use it to create graphics for IG."

    1 hr 53 min
  • Keeping Impact Over Dollar Signs in Mind Will Make You More Successful

    Ken Brickley is part of a group of entrepreneurs in the creator economy that share a common purpose; to help people improve their health and happiness. Founder of MacroActive, the company works to scale the impact of personal trainers, coaches, instructors and athletes. The platform allows these influencers to deliver their own fully branded customized meal plans, training and mindset programs, turning their fans into subscribers, but more importantly, scaling their impact of millions of lives instead of only a those at their local gym or studio. They have helped more than 500,000 people lose weight and feel better about themselves while generating more than $50 million dollars in earnings for the online personal trainers we work with in countries all around the world.

    1 hr 36 min
  • How To Gain Credibility in the Personal Training Industry

    Introducing Andrew Coates: “Graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Commerce(Co-op) Honours. Grew up as a competitive cross-country skier, basketball player, and dabbled in many other sports. Became a die hard fitness enthusiast in his early 20’s and began his career as a certified personal trainer in the fall of 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta. Devoted to reading and studying everything he's able to find time for,  whether it's about fitness, nutrition, behaviour change, or anything related to a career in the fitness industry. Owner of Andrew Coates Fitness, founded in January of 2017 and contracting at Evolve Strength South. Also, the host of The Lift Free and Diet Hard Podcast (formerly The Fitness Devil with my friend and co-host Dean Guedo). A weekly show of discussions with fitness industry leaders. Fitness Writer for not only my website here but for major fitness publications including T-Nation, The PTDC, Generation Iron, and TrueCoach, with more in the works. Cofounder and MC of The Evolve Canadian Strength Symposium, an Edmonton Fitness Conference featuring industry leading speakers including cofounder Dean Somerset, Lee Boyce, and more. Mentor of a small group of fitness professionals around the world. He posts daily ideas and fitness industry philosophy on his rapidly growing Instagram account @andrewcoatesfitness.

    1 hr 52 min

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We have conversations with industry leaders who enlighten us on their journey in what it takes to get to the top of their industry. New episodes drop every Monday!