If you feel like you're in a perpetual state of dieting and not getting anywhere, there's probably one sole reason why. As nutritionists, we often see people failing diets and programmes for a single reason: adherence - or lack thereof. If you're looking to lose or gain weight, or even maintain your current weight, adherence is the key to your success. This week's podcast, we look at the steps that lead to failure; and how you can counter this, the steps that lead to success....
Aug 16, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 6
How you talk about yourself matters. How you look at yourself matters. It's not about numbers on the scales, or how you look - it's about how you feel, sure, but saying that and truly believing it are different. This week, we speak to coach, Sky Elizabeth who is a nutritionist and works with clients to improve their perceptions of themselves, as well as their relationships with their body and food. Sky had her own journey on relating to her body, following a venture into bodybuilding, ...
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Jeff Ash is on a mission to help individuals and families transform their relationships with food and develop healthy bodies, minds and attitudes. We speak to Jeff about how he's working with families to improve relationships with food, and how you can ensure negative aspects are not passed down to children and how to ensure they understand the importance of nutrients. Jeff also gives insight into how you can best introduce new foods to children. Learn about how you can help your children u...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Influencers have had a radical impact on the health and media industries, from information sharing, to sponsored content and branding, and giving a platform for athletes and coaches. But has that impact been positive? On this episode, we discuss the good, the bad and the outright dangerous effects influencers had, and do have on the health industry. Influencers are widely unregulated, and COVID has only made it more apparently there are unqualified personalities making comments and sharing opini...
Jul 26, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Mike Catris is one of the fittest men in the UK. He won Europe’s Battle of the Beasts competition, his team competed in the CrossFit regionals in 2015 and the European regionals in 2018 before this year ratifying their place at the CrossFit games. It’s been a decade in the making for Catris, who started coaching in CrossFit in 2012 after retiring from rugby with an eye socket fracture. In this podcast, we discuss what it’s taken for Mike to get to the CrossFit Games, how he approaches coaching h...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Brandon Hasick is a world-class coach, trainer and entrepreneur, and founder of successful Sydney gym brand, Body By Brando. This week, we speak to Brando about optimisation in training for different goals, how to adapt as well as intensive recovery including his use of ice baths and meditation. And we also discuss how pushing humans to reach their full potential, mentally and physically - and build a better body in the process. Brando shares insight into how he approaches training clients and h...
Jul 12, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 1
A whole year of podcasting, what a time! This week, we give a rundown of some of our best and most popular episodes. We talk about the episodes we’ve loved, the ones you’ve loved, guests that blew our minds and things we’ve changed our minds on. There were some amazing athletes that came on - from a cancer surviving powerlifter, to a Wallabies star, Australian champions and a professional Muay Thai fighter, all of which had amazing stories to tell. We also discuss the future of the podcast, wher...
Jul 03, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Do Sean and James disagree on any health information? Should you take protein before bed? How do you break your chocolate habit? This week’s podcast is a question & answer format where we put it to the public to ask their burning questions. Some are more complex - what is our opinion on transgendered athletes competing at an Olympic level or how do you want to be remembered? Others are more simple - how tall is James or how do we take our Milo? But we’ve wedged some information in with the e...
Jun 24, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 51
With distances exceeding 100km, and altitudes of staggering heights Meagan Brown runs long distances, traversing mountains, snow fields, national parks, and treacherous trails. She’s a competitive trail runner, who has qualified and competed for Australia at the World Mountain Running Championships in Patagonia, in South America in 2019 – where she rolled her ankle and is now looking for redemption. Meagan discovered a love of trail running when she signed up for the Kokoda Trail – and even met ...
Jun 19, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 50
She’s a 21-time Australian MVP, International Player of the Year in 2017, a National League MVP, played for the first team All-American and is an ex-Chicago Force player who played in America as a gridiron running back. And if she was a male, she’d probably be a multi-millionaire. Kristy Moran is one of gridiron’s biggest champions in Australia. She’s working to get women involved in sport and fights for equal opportunity, as she pioneers female gridiron in Australia. This week on Rebuild Health...
Jun 12, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 49
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 adap...
Jun 05, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 48
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 everythin...
May 29, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 47
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...
May 22, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 46
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 podc...
May 15, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 45
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 increa...
May 08, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 44
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 dieti...
May 01, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 43
"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 immediate...
Apr 24, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 42
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...
Apr 17, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 41
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 ...
Apr 10, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 40
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 Ir...
Apr 03, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Tamiya McKercher is an accredited sports nutritionist, trainer and online coach who works with a multitude of different clients, including bodybuilders and mothers. This week on the Rebuild podcast, we’re speaking to Tamiya about her journey into fitness, the highs and lows of bodybuilding and nutrition and her approach to evidence-based health. Tamiya talks about what you need to consider if you're thinking about competing in the bodybuilding world, and how that may affect your mindset - f...
Mar 27, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 38
This week on the podcast, we’re talking about the benefits of personal training versus group training. It’s not as simple as it may seem - which should you opt for? There are clear benefits for both, cost versus effectiveness, progress rates, injury prevention and pacing. At Rebuild, we offer personal training, group training and group classes - and there are benefits and drawbacks to all. What’s best? Well it depends what you need - what your goals are and how much experience you have in group ...
Mar 20, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 37
This week we’re talking about habit building and stacking, in health, training, nutrition, sleep and overall wellness. Your habits account for about 40% of your daily behaviours, and so these activities are paramount to establishing a healthy lifestyle. You are your habits. On the Rebuild podcast this week, the boys discuss how you can establish and maintain new habits that will set you up for success in your health goals. Want to get involved in the Anti-Challenge and learn more about how you c...
Mar 13, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Training and dieting on your menstrual cycle can be a rollercoaster of emotion, performance and fatigue. This week, we speak to nutritionist and qualified coach, Sarah Boyer about the highs and lows of your monthly cycle. We discuss the ins and outs of your monthly cycle - from a woman’s point of view, from ‘Wonder Woman’ week to the down time and increased calorie burn during your menstrual week. Sarah Boyer has a degree in sports science and trains female clients, and discusses the physiologic...
Mar 06, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 35
He's arguably the greatest number 8 Australian Rugby Union have ever seen, this week we interview the legend that is Toutai Kefu. He gained 60 Caps for Australia in his career, playing and winning a Rugby World Cup in 1999. He helped Australia beat the British and Irish Lions for the first time in 70 years, and he scored the famous last minute try to beat New Zealand to win the Bledisloe in 2001. We speak to the Tongan head coach about his time during rugby union's 'golden era&apo...
Feb 27, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 34
This week we’re talking to Dave Roby – a local entrepreneur, athlete and survivor. In 2016, Roby was hospitalised with pneumonia and thought he only had days to live. Now he’s set to run seven marathons in seven days across seven states. Roby also owns a local gym and cafe in Capalaba, a retail store in Wynnum, organises regular charity events and is looking ahead to his next ventures. We talk with him about how surviving changed his mindset, running fitness businesses and training for seven mar...
Feb 18, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 33
This week’s podcast is about finding balance - and what that means to you. Too often the health industry is perceived as all or nothing - but it’s not that black and white; it’s a spectrum. It’s time to throw away the stereotypes and assumptions of what you ‘should’ be doing. You don’t have to sacrifice your social life and mental wellbeing, crash diet or forgo the things you love to get results. It’s about ‘restraint - not restriction’. It’s knowing your priorities/values and working on them - ...
Feb 13, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 32
This week Sean and I talk through some of the stupid shit we use to say, stupid stuff we use to believe it and things we have changed our minds on. We must know that everything is learned, and just how we learn it we can unlearn it or at least change of view of it. That is growth. “If anyone can refute me—show me I’m making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective—I’ll gladly change. It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone.” – Marcus Aurelius Some of the thin...
Feb 06, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 31
This week we dive deep into the state of the dieting industry, challenge culture and the values/worth we attach to ourselves. We are not against dieting, we have a business for the sole purpose of it, but we do beleive the fact that people shouldn’t be living trying to diet year after year. But what causes us to think this way? What causes us to live in a state of yo-yo dieting, challenge culture or looking for the next best thing to control our weight? Why do people want to diet in the first pl...
Jan 30, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 30
This week we speak to the inspirational Cam Marsh. Cam has flipped his career around after 10 years in construction. Cam is a personal trainer, national champion in Taekwondo, a guest speaker and most importantly a mental health advocate doing great things in this space. Cam’s commitment to helping others is a complete credit to himself and you can see how passionate he is about connection in the way he talks throughout this conversation. Cam’s energy and what he gives the world is abundant in e...
Jan 23, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 29
