In today's episode of the Stromcast DOWNUNDER Logan has a chat with Strom Team member Robin Lange about Robin's lifting career in the past and future, his influences and training styles, explaining his "Super Natty" project, as well as a big section talking about mental health and related issues, and how both Logan and Robin have gone through some tough times.

Robin can be found on Instagram @publicrobin if you have questions or anything you'd like to discuss, and as always Logan can be contacted at @thestromcast_downunder.

Today Logan has an in depth talk with Jake Rankin of Taurus Nutrition Coaching about how Jake likes to coach his clients through bodybuilding - from training philosophies around training to failure, to general coaching techniques, and into nutrition, fatigue management, and finally into some insights into whats on the cards for Jake and Taurus Nutrition Coaching this year with a last little discussion about gut health and Logans struggles around his issues.

Jake can be found @taurusnutritioncoaching or taurusnutrition.co.nz for coaching inquiries or questions and as always Logan can be contacted at @thestromcast_downunder.

In this conversation, Thomas, Richard, and Colm from Strom discuss their business backgrounds and the vision behind Strom.

They also cover:

• Upcoming releases and product development, emphasizing the importance of not releasing products just for the sake of it.
• Use of trademark ingredients and the potential for misleading claims in the industry.
• Creating products that meet specific needs and the demand for certain ingredients
• Standardization and extracts, variation in herbal products, consistency in botanicals
• Collaboration with other brands,
• Trends in the market
• Challenges with creatine monohydrate, and misconceptions about product ingredients.
• Importance of electrolytes,
• Need for research and quality in product formulation.
• The importance of understanding ingredients and their effects, as well as the need for innovation and problem-solving in the industry.
• Different manufacturing options, including China, India, and Mexico, and the challenges and benefits associated with each.
• Expanding their businesses to the USA.
• Liver support supplements and the debate surrounding their effectiveness.
• Impact of sun exposure on health and the complexities of sunscreen and skin cancer.

Richard from Strom Sports Nutrition can be found @strom_sports_nutrition, Colm from Strom Sports Ireland can be found @strom_sports_nutrition_ireland, and Thomas from Strom Sports DOWNUNDER can be found @strom_downunder or @_thomas_kirk

In today's episode of the Stromcast DOWNUNDER Logan talks with William Whitlock, Owner and Founder of Leviathan Nutrition which is a supplement company based in the USA with a real focus on quality ingredients and effective dosage, as well as being involved with the bodybuilding scene since 2006.

Logan and William talk about how Will got into the supplement business, his background in the industry, and why he chose to start out doing health supplements like TUDCA rather than the generic Pre-Protein-BCAA formula that most new supplement businesses go for, as well as discussing some of Will's unorthodox choices in ingredients for Leviathan's health range and then getting into Will's plans for his bodybuilding career in the near future.

Will can be found @thetudcaking or @leviathannutrition and Logan @stromcast_downunder as always, and Leviathan Nutrition products are available from https://leviathan-nutrition.com/ and https://stromsports.co.nz/ for NZ and AU.

In this episode of the Stromcast DOWNNUNDER Logan has a chat with Sheena Jayne Martin who was one of the first Kiwi Bikini Pros, and was on the international stage within 6 months after her novice debut and stepped on stage over 30 times as a Pro as well as competing twice at the Olympia across 5 years. She has been an athlete of one form or another for 25+ years and is now a female holistic wellness coach as well as coaching bikini and wellness class bodybuilding clients.

Sheena shares her history as an athlete and how she got into bodybuilding after being a dancer and pursuing equestrian before getting her law degree and transitioning into Personal Training and bodybuilding, and discusses the changes to standards for female competitors during her tenure as a competitor as well as good advice for female athletes around healthy mindsets around things like prep and feeling "fluffy" in their off season, and all the way through to strength training while pregnant, all the way up to 9 months and some post-partum considerations.

You can find Sheena at @sheenajayne_ to enquire about her services as a bikini and wellness coach and holistic wellbeing or just to follow her journey and Logan @thestromcast_downunder if you have any questions or feedback.

In today's episode of the Stromcast DOWNUNDER Logan has a chat with Strom athlete and all round sporting star Liam Messam about Liam's sporting career from playing in the Sevens as a teenager to playing for the All Blacks to his current boxing career and future prospects, as well as talking about how he came to know the team at Strom DOWNUNDER.

Liam can be found @liammessam on Instagram and Logan can be found @thestromcast_downunder as always.

In todays episode of the Stromcast DOWNUNDER Logan picks Dean's brain on everything bodybuilding, from prep to peak week, how to maintain physique on show day, and they go a little into why Dean likes a longer prep than some, and how Dean's partner Jasmine did with her prep and shows and how she got into bodybuilding.To get in contact with Dean about coaching, or just to check out what Dean and Jasmine are up to, you can find him @djl_procoaching on Instagram, and you can find Logan @thestromcast_downunder on Instagram as well if you have any questions for him or any people or topics you'd like him to hear him talk on.

In todays episode of the Stromcast DOWNUNDER Logan sits down with Campbell Younger [Unbroken Performance] to discuss their coaching approaches and how to get the most out of every client, the things Logan and Campbell love about bodybuilding and the competition scene in New Zealand, and some behaviours and attitudes they would prefer to see less of.Campbell can be found @unbrokenperformance_nz and Logan can be found @thestromcast_downunder if you have any questions or comments for either of them.

In this episode of the Stromcast DOWNUNDER Logan sits down with Darren Dingle, head of Team Ambition NZ and a bodybuilding competitor for quite a few years, to talk about Darren's experiences training and prepping for bodybuilding comps and how suffering from Type 1 diabetes affects his approach, how coaches can help their clients perform the best they can at shows, some peak week strategies and downsides of diuretic use, and finally some background on Team Ambition NZ and how Darren got into coaching and training.Darren can be found at @darrendingle_ and @teamambitionnz or https://www.teamambitionnz.co.nz/ if you have any questions for him, and Logan can be found at @thestromcast_downunder.

Today Thomas has a very informal chat with Pete Hodkinson about Pete's martial arts/fitness journey, Jiu Jitsu as a sport as well as what is important to consider to stay in the sport for a long time and remain competitive and active, as well as going over some of Pete's inspirations and role models. If you have any questions that you would like Thomas and Pete to cover in a future episode please flick a message or email through to one of them. To get a hold of Pete for questions or to get him in for a seminar you can find him on Instagram @gentleartsnz or his website https://thirdmonkeyjiujitsu.com/ and Thomas can be found on Instagram @_thomas_kirk or flick an email through to [email protected]