This week I touch on a topic that is close to my heart! A topic that messed with me a bit while I was growing up. I am talking about attributing out health and self worth to our weight. I get so into it that I’ve once a gain had to split it into 2 Parts. Part one goes like this:

• Weekly Catch-up (0:00-29:00)
• Swimming in a squad now (8:00)
• Double Burgers are the Bomb (10:40)
• EMOMs are how I’m getting my heavy lifting done at the moment (17:15)
• This was a fun workout (24:52)
• Weight Doesn’t Define your Health (29:20)
• The big 3 for determining health (31:50)
• Assigning a number to ourselves is silly (37:00)
• Biggest tip for managing fear of weight gain (38:38)
• How do you tell if you’re carrying unnecessary weight? (42:36)
• Areas that we tend to gain/lose weight in (48:17)
• Gaining weight through muscle (48:10)
• Misconception around gaining tons of muscle instantly (49:48)
• How to gain muscle (54:00)
• Cardio and Retaining muscle (54:14)

As always I hope you enjoyed the episode! Tell your friends and leave a review! If you have any questions or feedback shoot me a message on instagram @anthony__dipaolo

After giving a brief 20 min recap of my week that consisted of mostly training and a few funny stories I continue the deep dive into the question posed last week ‘How do I lead a healthier lifestyle?’ covering off the other two aspects that I believe are important being ‘Mental Health’ and ‘Work Life Balance’. The episode goes a little like this:

• Weekly Recap - Mostly training talk this week (0:00-20:00)
• Running in the dark is scary (8:35)
• EMOMs are awesome (16:18)
• Samuel L Jackson is 73!? (20:00)
• Got bitten by a Bull-ant (23:00)
• Witnessed a guy get stuck under a height Gauge (24:14)
• Recap of last weeks Episode (28:00)
• Is there anything wrong with being ’soft’? (31:47)
• There’s a difference between mental toughness and mental health (32:32)
• Cramp City (33:40)
• Its not hardcore to push through poor mental health (35:10)
• Sometimes mental stress can drain you more than physical stress (36:45)
• Mental Health Tips (39:45)
• Mental Health is important for overall wellbeing (42:00)
• Work/Life Balance (42:20)
• Overall Tips for leading a healthier lifestyle (47:35)
• Who wouldnt want to lead a healthier lifestyle? (58:48)

As always I hope you enjoyed the episode! If you have any questions or feedback shoot me a message on instagram @anthony__dipaolo

After catching you guys up on the week I had since I last spoke to you and a few funny stories, I dive into the question posed this week. ‘How do I lead a healthier Lifestyle?’.

The episode ran longer than expected so it is going to be another 2 Parter. This weeks episode will cover off the the ways we can lead a healthier lifestyle though both Diet and Exercise.

The episode goes as follows:

• Universal Doncaster Store is Haunted? (4:16)
• Got abused while riding once again (13:34)
• I was waiting for a mate (14:59) 
• Risky opinion ALERT (16:27)
• Got real delirious on the Trainer (28:14)
• EMOMs are a great way to get some quick volume into a workout (30:19)
• How do I start to lead a healthier lifestyle? (31:40)
• Diets and food choices (33:07)
• My views towards following a diet (37:07)
• Don’t put yourself in a box (39:58)
• Goals shouldn’t crush you at the thought of achieving them (43:02)
• Moderation is Key (43:44)
• My main points on ‘Diets’ (44:50)
• Exercise in relation to a healthy lifestyle (45:03)
• Invest now in your future! (50:18)

As always I hope you enjoyed the episode! If you have any questions or feedback shoot me a message on instagram @anthony__dipaolo

This weeks episode after talking a bit of shit, I continue to go into depth on some of the recovery tips I’ve learned along the way as an everyday athlete. I cover off the last 3 blocks of the recovery pyramid being Mental/Physical Stress, Recovery Therapies and Recovery tools. As well as an overview of the ‘Recovery Pyramid’. The episode goes as follows:

• Weekly Recap (0:00 - 11:00)
• Scored myself some new running shorts (10:15)
• Rough as workouts for the week! (11:10)
• Fuel Prices are cooked (19:01)
• Black Garlic (23:40)
• Stress Management (27:20)
• Best way to manage physical stress (33:00)
• Give yourself time to switch off (37:20)
• Recovery Therapies (38:20)
• Movement is great for Injuries (39:10)
• Recovery Tools (43:18)
• Whole Food Plant based diet improved my recovery HEAPS (48:00)
• Recovery Pyramid Recap (52:05)
• My Super Power (56:19)
• Do they cage up the quiz masters of The Chase? (56:34)

As always I hope you enjoyed the episode! If you have any questions or feedback shoot me a message on instagram @anthony__dipaolo

This weeks episode I go into depth on some of the helpful tips I’ve learned over the years for helping improve recovery. I cover off the big ones being Sleep, Nutrition and Hydration. As well as an overview of the ‘Recovery Pyramid’. The episode goes as follows:

• Catching up on the past week (0:00 - 25:00)
• Saw the new Batman Movie (19:40)
• How do you write your shopping lists (23:00)
• Fact about Childhood trauma shaping who you are today (25:00)
• Had to do a few auditions for some Ads (27:00)
• Recovery Secrets Overview (32:00)
• Sleep/Quality Sleep (33:50)
• Ways to improve sleep (37:52)
• Nutrition and Hydration (51:34)
• Eating more helps (55:28)

As always I hope you enjoyed the episode! If you have any questions or feedback shoot me a message on instagram @anthony__dipaolo

On this weeks episode I talk A LOT of shit about Food, My Training, Mind Drives, Pet Peeves and I Bomb live on the podcast with a sub par story. Aside from that I tackle the big question ‘What makes something hard?’ As well as mentioning what my Top 5 hardest accomplishments are.

The episode goes like this:

• Weekly Catch-up (0:00 - 20:00)
• Red Sparrow Pizza (7:00)
• The Kings Man (8:10)
• Back into training (11:00)
• Would Mind Drives become a thing? (21:31)
• Plans to put out more food content (23:26)
• Pet Peeves - Rant incoming! (28:18)
• Story Time (36:52)
• What makes something hard? What are my top 5 hardest achievements? (42:00)
• Simple criteria to answer the question (54:17)
• My top 5 hardest achievements (55:40)
• There are going to be moments where you can Level Up (1:04:13)
• If you go through a rough training session or experience with someone that bond is now unbreakable (1:06:41)

As always I hope you enjoyed the episode! If you have any questions or feedback shoot me a message on instagram @anthony__dipaolo

On this weeks episode I recap my race week as well as the race it self. Going over everything that happened in the lead up, during and after the race! I came 9th in my age group which was awesome for me with a total time of 4hrs 42mins 37sec.

The episode goes like this:

• Week leading into the race (2:00 - 13:00)
• Waking up with my whoop (2:45)
• Fuel the days leading up to the race (8:00)
• New way to try and write material (16:17)
• My ADHD Explained (19:11)
• What if we each made everyones life around us 1% easier? (22:30)
• Trying to film some recipes (25:25)
• Trying to clean up my diet over the next few weeks (27:43)
• Sleep when your dead attitude is dead? (29:17)
• Race Recap (31:25)
• Race Morning (32:00)
• Swim Start (36:40)
• Transition to Bike (46:48)
• Transition to the Run (51:50)
• Nutrition Strategy (58:15)
• Qualified for world champs? (1:07:07)

As always I hope you enjoyed the episode! If you have any questions or feedback shoot me a message on instagram @anthony__dipaolo

In this weeks episode I ponder the question 'Is the age of pleading ignorance to everything coming to an end?' as well as running through the stages of Cognitive Development that play a part in how we tend to see the world as we grow up.

The episode plays out like this:

• What are my goals for the Geelong 70.3 (3:56)
• Nearly had an accident at the pool (7:28)
• Almost hit a Kangaroo (9:55)
• I think I might have ADHD? (14:00)
• Almost stepped on a snake (17:28)
• Define Justice? (19:00)
• Saw Jackass Forever (21:00)
• I get into the key topic of the week (30:30)
• Jean Piagets theory of Cognitive Development (32:16)
• The Problem with Woke Culture (53:18)
• Education is imperative when it comes to touchy topics (57:42)

Hope you guys enjoyed this weeks episode! Please if you have any feedback or questions shoot me a message on Instagram @anthony__dipaolo

This week I sat down with the beloved show friend Noah Raz to see how he is progressing with his goal of qualifying for the Age Group National Team as well as what is next on the agenda for him.

We cover off a range of topics throughout the episode.

It panned out a little like this:

• Catching up and talking shit (0:00-7:00)
• Race recap of Noahs first qualifying race (7:51)
• Pre-Race day prep (8:30)
• Different types of rice fuels (10:00)
• Race Morning (14:15)
• Swim Leg (18:00)
• Bike Leg (25:00)
• Run Leg (31:20)
• The next race (38:20)
• Be Consistently Good Rather than occasionally great (48:55)
• Sleep is so underrated (51:30)
• Methods of monitoring training (54:30)
• Getting into elite level racing (56:20)
• What’s the plan for the rest of the year? (59:00)
• How’s the Plant Based Diet treating you? (1:13:40)

Hope you enjoyed this weeks episode! If you have any questions for myself or Noah you can find us on social media @anthony__dipaolo or @nazroah

This weeks episode is based around finding the answer to the big question… are our decisions made based off the data we consume? Or the data we create?

But before we get to the question I catch you guys up on the thoughts and events that I encountered during the week.

The episode goes as follows:

• Weekly catchup (0:00-11:30)
• Hoka Runners are legit (11:30)
• Dudes in the sauna are full of it (14:00)
• Your heart rate is WHAT?! (16:30)
• Current TV shows on the roster (20:20)
• Got a new bike rack! (25:30)
• A Funny and a sad story at the shops (28:45)
• You ain’t got nothing on mums! (32:55)
• Stand-up update (35:30)
• Revelations from my psychologist (38:45)
• Childhood trauma is LEGIT! (39:30)
• Answering the big question (42:15)
• The actual answer to the question? (52:38)

Hope you enjoyed this weeks episode! As always if you’ve got any feedback or topic suggestions please shoot me a message on my instagram @anthony__dipaolo.