Healing Grumpy Athletes

Why I hurried slowly this year This is a story about reaching the depths of your soul, questioning who you are, your values, what you stand for & WHY you do what you do- THEN rising strong. A story that I feel needs to be told and that I want to tell... You can read the feature blog on our website, alternatively I've also recorded it as a sound bite so you can hear these words with greater meaning.

Fraser is a lecturer in sport coaching, while also running Melbourne Endurance Sport Hypnosis. He has over fifteen years delivering coach education and psychological skills training to high performance athletes and coaches. He currently provides psychological support for the Deakin Melbourne Boomers. He has previously been employed as performance psychologist, providing mental skills training, with a number of professional teams, coaches and athletes. He has a strong research background with a number of publications in performance psychology, mental toughness, wellbeing, stress and coping, and coach education. In todays conversation we talk about an integral element of performance, mindfulness. We talk about how to integrate mindfulness into an athletes daily training environment with very simply strategies to create calm, focus, manage pain or difficult sensations. We discuss: What is mindfulness? Mindfulness vs Meditation Mindfulness for athletes Mental skills and focus Managing pain or discomfort Using

You are in for a treat! Today I chat with Peter Pan. Well, not exactly. I chat with my big brother, Adam Pedicini, the closest you will ever come to meeting Peter Pan. Adam lives in LA, running his business Lifestyle By Adam Pedicini, fondly known as L.A.P. He has never stood still, exploring the many facets of his talents which has lead him to pursue careers in outdoor education, modelling, dancing, acting and personal training. This was certainly a different tact to the rest of the interviews on the podcast to date. We knew we wanted to share our love of adventure and how it has shaped both of our lives, and how it has helped us both in the pursuit of athletic goals and exploring human potential. Adam shares insightful experiences of how his childhood shaped his natural desire to explore and how the challenges that present themselves through adventure have shaped his life for the better. I hope this podcast inspires you to step outside your comfort zone in the pursuit of expressing your human and athle

Despite our best efforts, accidental under eating is quite common in athletes. I have brought in our resident health and nutrition coach with Holistic Endurance. Kirsty Taylor is qualified health and nutrition coach, and currently in her 2nd study year of nutritional and dietetic medicine. Kirsty is immensely passionate about gut health, & hormone balance for the integration of optimal performance and wellness in athletes. Today's conversation covers all things nutrient timing, daily caloric intake, metabolic efficiency testing, how to identify under eating and prevent it. We look forward to hearing what your favourite tid bit of knowledge that you take away from today's episode.

Nikki's story may feel familiar to many people, and we were cognisant that it can be a sensitive topic. The purpose of todays conversation was to kick start the dialogue amongst athletes, practitioners, doctors and coaches in regards to athletic longevity, and in particular fertility considerations for athletes. Nikki Butterfield has a long and impressive athletic history. Starting Triathlons back in 1997 under the guidance of Jackie Fairwhether. She was in good company, training with the likes of Annabelle Luxford, Miranda Carfrae and Emma Snowsill. During her athletic career she described it as "flogging herself day in day out." During that time female Triathlete's were dominating the sport and Nikki found her strength in cycling, switching over to the bike as a professional in 2005. After being on the Aus team and missing Olympic selection, she was disheartened and devastated. Her husband Tyler Butterfield had always wanted to kids so Nikki shifted her focus from being an athlete to being a Mum, but he

Elly Mclean is a Holistic Nutritionist & Real Food lover who works with the team at The Natural Nutritionist. Elly is a Marathon runner, wannabe yogi and yes, her favourite food is kale. Elly believes that food is fuel, but above all else, should be enjoyed. She has followed a vegan protocol on and off for some time, but more recently has found it not conducive to thriving while competing in marathons. In search of understanding why, Elly pursued comprehensive gut health testing which revealed parasites and bacterial imbalances were the underlying cause.  Her own experience has not diminished her passion for assisting vegan athletes in refining their nutrition needs in order to thrive – an example of precisely why good nutrition is relative to the individual. Today’s conversation gets into the nitty gritty of what it takes to thrive as a vegan or vegetarian athlete. It’s conversation very much relevant to all athletes, whether they eat animal protein or not - as we dive into nutrient density, nutrient

In my first conversation with Nathan, the lasting impression he made was “man that guy knows his numbers”. He knew his metrics back to front, any question I asked about previous performance and mishaps, he could answer and identify what contributed to “X” result. This meant that our wellness consultations were more succinct, impactful and lasting while we worked together to formulate a nutrition, wellness and race nutrition & hydration plan. As a fellow data nerd, I thoroughly enjoyed todays conversation. We set out with the purpose to help share Nathan’s story and how data and metrics have paved his journey from age group to professional Triathlete. Very successfully I might add. Athletic Highlights; Age Group Ironman World Champion (25-29) 2016 Ironman PB of 8:18 (Ironman New Zealand 2018) Multiple age group wins and podiums 2015 National Long Course Champion (25-29) 5th Ironman World Champs 2015 (25-29) 1st Amateur, 14th Overall and amateur course record, New Zealand 2016 2nd amateur and 38th overa

If I’m honest, I was not prepared for just how pivotal, exceptional and emotionally moving this conversation would be. I would like to invite you to really soak in this episode, and I have no doubt it will be one you return too multiple times. Carmen Atkinson is a passionate Wellness & Performance focused Health Practitioner. A plant-based Ultra-distance Endurance Athlete. A Multi-sport Coach and Functional Strength Instructor.  An advocate for personal and spiritual growth. An inspirational Speaker and Writer and Chiropractor. She is also a long time deer friend and inspiration. Carmen shares some deeply moving personal stories, at times comical and at times heart wrenching. But through these stories you will come to learn where her tenacity, determination, strength, wisdom and drive was cultivated from It is these characteristics that have taken her on athletic pursuits which has seen her achieve the following resume: 5 x Ironman Triathlons  (inc Ironman World Championships Kona 2015) 8 x 70.3 (inclu

If you’ve ever pondered the idea of buying a new bike with your tax return or perhaps you've felt strapped for cash thanks to endurance pursuits, this episode is for you. Today I interview LAUREN LAW (LAWSIE) co-founder of Money Barre, Lauren is a Financial Advisor and Accountant. Loving structure and discipline as she does, Lawsie enjoys applying this to her fitness. She has run marathons, endurance trail runs, endurance treks and bike rides stretching hundreds of kilometres. We discuss the impact that money stress can have on our system - the physiological system and the bank account "system" if you will. We go into great strategies to manage your cash flow and how to prioritise "hobby spending" when it comes to entering Triathlons and large events and how to save for them, inline with your money values. This is certainly a unique topic for a health and fitness podcast but I feel it encompasses the holistic lifestyle factors brilliantly, because if we are ticking all the boxes in regards to training and

This interview with Greg Dea, Sports Physiotherapist will have you challenge your mind when it comes to how you view movement and performance. Greg can be found travelling Australia, New Zealand, Asai and Europe with his education courses. With a true passion for knowledge and impacting an persons athletic journey, Greg’s skill set has seen him work with; China’s Womens Volleyball team (they wen’t on to win the world cup) Soldiers, Sailors and Pilots across British Forces and Australian military. As well as your everyday gym go-er, footballer, soccer player, swimmer, triathlete or runner. He can now be found on the Mornington Peninsula, where he utilises the teachings of functional movement systems, founded by Gray Cook, known as FMS or SFMA. He integrates this into his practise as a sports physio while also conducting body + bike fits, allowing cyclists and triathlete to look at how their body AND bike can work better TOGETHER. In todays chat Greg uses his unique mind and love for analogies to explain

I wanted to get Laura on the show for a number of reasons. I met her through Stef Hanson of WITSUP, coincidently it was the day prior to her up rooting her life in Sydney and taking the plunge into a full time career as a professional athlete. I was certainly ignorant at the time as to what this meant for this random chick sitting across from me at a bar in St Kilda. Since then she has had a very successful career, and a stellar racing resume, her performance and experience continued to grow and all the pieces were coming together, but Laura faced an going challenge of often being the bridesmaid but never the bride. That was until Port Macquarie Ironman in 2017 where she became the Ironman Australia Womens Champion. It was emotional to watch Laura run down the finishing shoot and celebrate the years the culminated to that moment. Laura is coached by Matt Dixon, the author of the Well Built Triathlete and Fast Track Triathlete – with a focus on building the fundamentals of health, strength, and specific tr

Having Phil Maffetone on the show is huge a honour. Phil has shaped so many of my personal athletic pursuits and success when it comes to recovering from burnout, overtraining and endless niggles. Further to that, his work and research has shaped who I am as a coach and how I deliver programs to my athletes. He has done that through his 20+ books, podcast interviews and online content that has been developed over the past two decades. Phil is a clinician, Coach, and innovator. He was a pioneer in the 1970’s warning against high sugar and carbohydrate diets, while everyone else was focused on steering away from fats. He has worked with a vast array of professional and age group athletes, most notably to this audience would be 6 time Ironman Hawaii World Champion Mark Allen and more recently Ironman World Champion Pete Jacobs. As is my aim of this podcast, I wanted to discuss key topics with Phil that are less talked about. On todays podcast we cover what is MAF training, stumbling blocks, longevity in sport a

Welcome to the very first episode of Healing Grumpy Athletes! In a raw and honest conversation with Emma Snowsill - Frodeno we chat about: Coping with ill-health as a successful and professional athlete What lead to the decision of retirement Comparisons and finding your inner voice Respecting stress and life circumstances Establishing a new identity after sport Hormone health & pregnancy Her Husband Jan Frodeno & road safety for cyclists More about Emma's wellness story: http://www.witsup.com/snow-time-like-the-present-emma-snowsill-officially-retires/