The Brian Keane Podcast

Fergus is a Hybrid Athlete who recently completed the 1200TWELVE which consisted of a 1200lb powerlifting total and sub 12 hour Ironman distance triathlon in the same day!

Having competed in a variety of sports from a young age, Fergus has spent his life in pursuit of athletic performance.

He shared his experience with mental health, and a suicide attempt, publicly in 2018, and has since used his athletic pursuits as a channel to raise funds and awareness for this cause, and has raised almost £100,000 for Movember through a variety of strength and endurance challenges.

Notes for the 1200TWELVE for anyone unfamiliar with powerlifting or iron distance triathlon:

Powerlifting lifts: squat, deadlift and bench

2.4 mile swim (3.9K), 112 mile bike (180.2K), and 26.2 mile run (42.2K).

Here are some of the things we talked about in today's podcast.

• His background into fitness and changing training direction when he lost his enthusiasm for powerlifting
• Training and living as a hybrid athlete
• His hardest and craziest challenges over the years
• His history with depression and his suicide attempt in 2016
• Early signs that your mental health is deteriorating and knowing what makes you tick to come through it.
• And much more.

Shownotes:

Fergus's Coaching: https://www.omnia-performance.com/

Fergys's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ferguscrawley/?hl=en

Fergus's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ferguscrawley

BRIAN'S LINKS:

New Nutrition Course: https://briankeanefitness.com/nutrition-course/

BKF Online Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/bkf-online/

GAA Lean Body Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/lean-body-program/

Felicity is a fitness trainer and online coach who specialises in pre and post-natal training.

Her focus is about building a community that empowers women to be their best selves and be so confident they're ready to walk a runway.

Today's podcast content is in a slightly reverse order. The first half is all about pre and post-natal training and then we transition out to general fat loss and mindset. If you're not interested in pregnancy or pre and post-natal, I'd highly recommend skipping to about half way through the podcast.

This is where Felicity drops some great mindset and life tip knowledge bombs. Enjoy.

Here are some of the things we talked about in today's episode:

• Training in pre and post-natal – what you can, cannot and shouldn't do
• Stress management technique for pre and post-natal
• Breastfeeding and the nutritional elements to consider
• What to do if you're scared of putting on too much weight in pregnancy
• The role calorie counting plays in general weight loss
• Leaving her corporate job and following her passion into fitness
• Finding herself through therapy and how it led her to a happier life by defriending toxic people

Shownotes:

Felicity's Website: https://felicityrosina.com/

Felicity's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/felicityrosina/?hl=en

Felicity's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/Felicityrosina

BRIAN'S LINKS:

New Nutrition Course: https://briankeanefitness.com/nutrition-course/

BKF Online Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/bkf-online/

GAA Lean Body Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/lean-body-program/

Sarah is a former designer turned food influencer and her Instagram page with nearly 30k followers is full of great cooking content based around recipes for real life.

She is also a busy working mum and her content is designed around her love for teaching people how to cook easy, healthy and tasty food. Her tips and tricks will help even the novice cook feel confident in the kitchen.

Sarah is a ball on energy and I loved chatting with her; so I have you get loads from this episode.

Here are some of the things we talked about in today's podcast:

· Her journey from designer to food influencer and how that all came about

· Being hacked on social media and losing ALL of her followers (and growing it back up again)

· How to get started with cooking if you're a beginner.

· The biggest thing people struggle with when it comes to food and cooking and Sarah's top tips.

· Using The Sarah Butler At Home Podcast to show more of her personality

· How to prioritise meal prep if you're a busy working mom

· And much more.

Shownotes:

Sarah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahbutlerathomeofficial/?hl=en

Sarah's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/sarahbutlerathome

BRIAN'S LINKS:

New Nutrition Course: https://briankeanefitness.com/nutrition-course/

BKF Online Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/bkf-online/

GAA Lean Body Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/lean-body-program/

Gerry is a performance psychologist, co-founder of soul space and the best-selling author of the book Awaken Your Power Within.

He has been in the human health and performance field for almost 20 years and has been at the forefront of building high performance teams and individuals in Olympic and Professional, sport and corporate organisations.

Gerry is a leading voice that is challenging us to rethink health and performance in a whole new way and his integrated approach is one of honesty, simplicity and authenticity.

Through his programs, events and key note speaking engagements, he helps clients strip away learned behaviours and thinking patterns and unclutter, clarify and overcome both internal and external obstacles and challenges, and ignite the best version of themselves from both a Mind, Body & Spirit perspective.

Gerry brings an unrivalled wealth of honesty, experience and infectious passion to everything he does.

This was one of these podcasts that really struck a chord with me personally so I hope it does the same for you.

Here are some of the things we talked about in today's episode:

• The reason for writing his new best-selling book
• The Power of Letting Go: letting go of the fear of not being enough, letting go of ego and labels, letting go of restrictive mindsets, letting go of our old thinking habits and creating new brain pathways, letting go of dis-ease of distraction.
• How to ask yourself 'are you speaking misery or happiness into existence?' and the power of your words or self-talk.
• How to follow your heart and go after the things that you want
• Silencing that inner critique
• How to rewire your mindset to 'I am enough'
• Plus much more..

Shownotes:

Gerry's Website: https://soulspace.ie/

Gerry's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gerry_hussey/?hl=en

Gerry's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/gerry_hussey

BRIAN'S LINKS:

New Nutrition Course: https://briankeanefitness.com/nutrition-course/

BKF Online Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/bkf-online/

GAA Lean Body Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/lean-body-program/

This was an exceptionally enjoyable conversation with my friend Kevin on the Be.Human podcast and I wanted to post it on here as a bonus. Enjoy. "In this episode we learn about the importance of finding fulfillment in what you do. How to rise up from adverse situations and find your destiny and purpose. Ways to challenge limiting beliefs and prioritize what really matters" - Be.Human To subscribe to Be.Human on Apple Podcasts - click here

Judy is a pro fitness model, qualified nurse and fitness instructor.

She became nationally recognised after winning the Miss Bikini Ireland model search in 2014. After being crowned Miss Bikini Ireland she went on to represent Ireland in the world finals in Cancun, Mexico.

Judy is also a high profile model who has worked with the world's leading photographers and featured in many national and international publications. She has worked at many high profile events including New York Fashion Week, the Cannes Film Festival, the Monaco Grand Prix and Wimbledon to name but a few.

She is currently a European fitness model champion. Since winning her PRO status she has represented Ireland in the world championships.

In today's podcast, we talk about how to balance fitness with a full time job and some of the misconceptions around social and online media.

Here are some of the topics we discussed:

• Her transition from Miss Bikini Ireland to competing in fitness model competitions.
• Her current eating and training regimen and how it differs from when she started.
• What to do if you struggle to hit your daily protein requirements and eating whole food to fuel your body.
• How to have a better relationship with social media and book recommendations to supported her.
• Eating well when doing shift work as a nurse
• Sleep tips to help with shift workers.
• Only Fans – how she uses it, who it's for and the misconceptions around it.

Shownotes:

Judy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judyfitzgerald_/?hl=en

Judy's LinkTree: direct.me/judyfitzgerald

BRIAN'S LINKS:

New Nutrition Course: https://briankeanefitness.com/nutrition-course/

BKF Online Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/bkf-online/

GAA Lean Body Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/lean-body-program/

Glenn Livingston Ph.D is a veteran psychologist who become disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals and spent several decades researching the nature of bingeing and overeating via work with his own patients AND a self-funded research program with more than 40,000 participants.

Most important, however, was his own personal journey out of obesity and food prison to a normal, healthy weight and a much more light-hearted relationship with food.

He is the author of the book Never Binge Again which goes through How Thousands of People Have Stopped Overeating and Binge Eating - and Stuck to the Diet of Their Choice! (By Reprogramming Themselves to Think Differently About Food.)

This was an interesting conversation around binge eating. Glenn has a very different approach to the mindset around food and today's episode will give you some new tools to potentially support overrating and binging. Like every podcast interview I do, take what's relevant to you, experiment with it yourself and see if it helps.

Here are some of the things we talked about in today's episode:

• Glenn's personal history with his weight and what lead him to studying binge eating disorders and disordered eating.

• The reasons overeating, stress eating, and binge eating so prevalent in our culture today.
• The difference between binge eating for obese and overweight individuals vs the fitness population and 'binge/restrict' cycles

• Dissecting your cravings - chocolate binges vs salty binges vs other cravings

• Successfully identifying the triggers and conditions that precede a binge

• Practical tips and techniques to hijack your reptilian brain when you get a craving binge.
• Glenn's 4 categories of rules when it comes to food: Always, Nevers, Conditionals, and Unrestricted.
• How it's possible to "Never Binge Again?" by applying the psychology of winners to eating.

Shownotes:

• Website: www.NeverBingeAgain.com
• Blog: www.neverbingeagain.com/TheBlog/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drglennlivingston/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeverBingeAgain
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NeverBingeAgain/
• Books: Never Binge Again

BRIAN'S LINKS:

New Nutrition Course: https://briankeanefitness.com/nutrition-course/

BKF Online Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/bkf-online/

GAA Lean Body Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/lean-body-program/

Dr. Stacy is an applied researcher, innovator, and entrepreneur in human performance, specifically sex differences in training, nutrition, and environmental conditions.

Prior to being launched into industry, she served as an exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist at Stanford University from 2007 to 2012, where she specialized in sex differences with environmental and nutritional considerations for recovery and performance, specializing in women's health and performance.

With the unique opportunities, Silicon Valley has to offer, during her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into a science-based layperson's book (ROAR) written to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan.

Her contributions to the international research environment has led to her being named:

• One of the top 50 visionaries of the running industry (2015) by DMSE Sports.
• One of the top 40 women changing the paradigm of her field (2017) by Outside Magazine.
• One of the top four individuals changing the landscape in triathlon nutrition (2017) by Triathlete Magazine

And all her research publication history can be found in Google Scholar. This was a fascinating conversation. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it.

Here are some of the things we talked about in today's podcast.

• The major training and nutrition sex differences between men and women
• Intermittent fasting for females (how to minimise the downsides) and why it's completely different for men.
• The biggest fitness industry misconceptions you need to watch out for
• What a natural/normal menstrual cycle should look like
• The contraceptive conundrum: is the pill blunting your training gains?
• Sleep and its importance on mood and recovery
• The benefits of cold-water immersion for females and how it differs for males.
• And much more

Shownotes:

Dr Sims Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstacysims/?hl=en

Dr Sims Website: https://www.drstacysims.com/

I've been getting a lot of messages about this recently ahead of the program starting on July 26th 2021.

If want more details on my nutrition course and/or to see if it's a good fit for you, then give this podcast a listen.

This podcast goes through:

• Who the course is for (and who it's not for)
• FAQs (the certification you get, how long it takes to do etc)
• All the modules and lessons
• The layout and delivery of the course
• The bonuses for the July program
• How to sign up if you decide it's a good fit for you

For more information about my Nutriton Course - Click Here

Dr Misak is a licensed Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, a Licensed Pharmacist and a member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians.

After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy in 1992, he gained 3½ years of university hospital pharmacy experience at Duke University Medical Centre.

During his hospital pharmacy experience, Dr. Misak's primary focus was clinical rounding in Oncology and General Medicine. As he began to realize the pitfalls of traditional medicine and pharmacy, he started his continued search for truth in health, which directed him to naturopathic medicine.

He performs regular lectures and does YouTube shows teaching the concepts of bio-electric chemistry and how to optimize personal energy efficiency. He also owns and operates Pittsburgh Alternative Health, Inc. in the south hills of Pittsburgh, where he focuses on health analysis and how to support optimal energy formation to result in natural health restoration.

Dr Misak goes pretty on the science in this episode, but I've tried to break it down as we go along (where possible):

Here are some of the things we talked about:

• How to check in what your body needs (and what foods or supplements to use with it)
• The missed symptoms of your body breaking down gradually
• Food intolerance and how all tests are NOT created equal
• The things to look out for when detoxifying your body
• How to increase your energy naturally and optimize for better health.
• The primary cause of aging and how to slow it down.
• How stress affects our DNA and what to do about it

SHOWNOTES:

Dr Misak's Website: http://docmisak.com/

BRIAN'S LINKS:

New Nutrition Course: https://briankeanefitness.com/nutrition-course/

BKF Online Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/bkf-online/

GAA Lean Body Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/lean-body-program/