Taking the P. Podcast

Join hosts Mel Bteddini & Luke Preston for episode 2 of the Taking the P Podcast as they share their perspectives and opinions on social media and the role it has to play in the health and fitness space.

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Welcome to the first episode of the Taking the P. Podcast

Join hosts Mel Bteddini and Luke Preston as they delve into their vision for the new podcast re branding.

They break down the meaning behind the name and their vision moving forward for the podcast.

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In this episode we are joined by EMP member Nicole Davey.

Nicole is a mum, successful media manager in a big corporate company and is an Ex Paralympian, representing Australia at the age of 15 in swimming. 

Nicole was born with Erbs Palsy/ Brachial plexus which left her with one fully functioning arm.

She shares with us here story , the highs and lows she has endured through her life to date with a disability.

Nicole has been able to turn what most would think is a negative into a life full of happiness, success, gratitude and a lot of hard work along the way.

This is a great podcast that we can all take something from. 

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Our first episode back since the recent 5 month lockdown.

In this episode we chat about:

-The last 6 months of covid and enduring the recent lockdown here at EMP Performance. 

-What to focus on leading into Christmas regarding your food and training.

-Rugby league Footy chat

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We appreciate your support.

In this episode we chat about:

-The current Sydney wide lockdown

-State of origin recap

-Upcoming round of NRL 

-Special phone guest EMP member and former sponsorship man for Parramatta eels and Sydney rooster Rhyno

For any enquires reach out to us below:

www.teamempperformance.com

Join us and special guest former Sydney Roosters and Parramatta eels head of sponsorship Ryan Holloway, as we preview Round 1 of the 2021 NRL season. 

We share our bold predictions along with disecting each game for the weekend.

For all enquires with us and a free consult click the link below:

www.teamempperformance.com

🎙The Emp Show Podcast 🎙

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Today we have new Emp coach Ellie on to share her story and journey travelling the world as a professional ice skater,  to developing anorexia, to now back home starting her new journey as a coach.

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If interested in chatting about your health and fitness goals, book in for a free consult with us below👇

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Today's episode we speak to Jesse who has lost over 35kg working with coach Mel over the last 14 months.

This for many will be a very powerful episode as Jesse gives an insight into how his life was spiralling downhill through substance abuse, food and emotions.

He gives us a very good insight into what he endured mentally and physically over a 14 month period to where to date he has totally transformed himself and turned his life around for the better.

If you are someone who is struggling withy your weight right now, listen to this as no doubt it will give you that confidence to take action and start your journey to a better version of yourself.

If want to chat with us about your health and fitness goals, book in for a free phone consult below:

https://calendly.com/empperformance/freeconsult

 In this episode we share our thoughts on crossfit.

Some of the topics discussed are:

- Coach Luke's journey into crossfit 

- The pros and cons of crossfit

- Are crossfit athletes on PHDs

- Crossfit as a business model

- Best diet for crossfit 

_ who we recommend crossfit for

We are excited to have Parramatta Eel NRL player,  Tim Mannah join us on this episode.

Tim had a great career spanning over 10 years having played 233 NRL game with the Eels along with 4 City origins, 4 State of Origins, 1 Prime Minister 11 and 5 test matches for Lebanon.

During his career he had to go through one of the toughest times any person could go through, and it is a true testament to his character and resilience as a person to continue to have the career he had.

Some of the things we chat to Tim are:

- Highlights of his career

- Best players to play with/against 

- Players he would of liked to play with 

- His biggest mentors throughout his career

- Any regrets he had from his career 

- The work he is doing now with the Mannah Foundation and the legacy his brother John has made

A great episode for all you footy and sports fans.

Make sure to subscribe if you enjoy this episode :)

For all coaching needs you can find us below:

www.teamempperformance.com

In this episode we are joined by Rebecca Sharp, Owner of The Sharp Mind.

Bec is a strategic Psychotherapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Performance coach for over 15 years now.

Bec deals with many different issues people face in today's society, from anxiety, depression, relationships , addiction, weight loss and more. 

She gives us a great insight to her role when working with her clients with these issues. 

We cover many topics from Bec's own issues with food, her backstory, what lead her to where she is today connecting and helping other people, along with ways we can improve our mindset to perform the best we can each day. 

If you are struggling with mental health, there is plenty of help out there including Bec, so please reach out to chat to someone. 

You can find Bec on any of her platforms below:

IG- @thesharpmindcoach

www.thesharpmind.com.au 

Make sure to subscribe if you enjoy this podcast :)

Check us out for all coaching needs below:

www.teamempperformance.com 

In this episode we are joined by Muscle Republic Apparel Founder and Owner Vic Gigliotti.

Muscle Republic Apparel is a fast growing brand taking over the training and lifestyle apparel sector. 

But today's success of the brand wasn't all roses. 

Vic explains to us his journey before Muscle Republic, his hardships, high and lows, darkest times mentally, and what lead him to where he is today with the brand now being a recognised brand.

Vic's passion and story is a powerful one, sure to motivate many other up and coming entrepreneurs, along with some very valuable advice from lesson's he has learnt through the mistakes made over the years.

If you have an interest in business and how to continue to grow to be the best version of yourself in order to succeed, this is a must listen.

You can shop Muscle Republic apparel here: https://musclerepublic.com

Can also find Muscle Republic below:

IG- @musclerepublicapparel

FB- Muscle Republic

If you enjoy this episode make sure to subscribe :) 

We appreciate your support.

Can find us and our services here: www.teamempperformance.com 

Today we are excited to be joined by Ex NRL hardman David Shillington.

Davids career stats speak for themselves:

215 nrl games

14 tests for Australia

4 Prime minister 11 games

8 Qld state of origin games

2  Nrl all star games 

David is now working with the Nrl for the state of mind project focusing on mental health along with a Australia wide coaching company in Playbook.

Some of the things we speak about with David are:

- His journey to the Nrl

- Ups and downs of being a Nrl star

- Dealing with mental health as a footballer

- Toughest player he played with

- His regret he has in his career

- The best player he played with

- His current role within the NRL

Along with some banter and laughs.

If you love footy, you will love this episode :)

Please subscribe if you enjoy!!

Check out our strength and conditioning brand EMP Performance below:

www.teamempperformance.com

Our regular live Q & A episode where we answer all the weekly questions from our Emp members . 

Todays questions are:

Our favourite meal

Our favourite song

Best mobility tips for a better front rack position 

Does stress impact our body composition goals

would we track micronutrients 

If you enjoy this episode, please share with your friends and subscribe :) 

All Emp coaching services below:

www.teamempperformance.com 

We answer all the weekly questions from our members

Some questions asked this week:

- Who is one person we would like to have dinner with

- Why aren't I losing weight ?

- Did we have any hardships in our 20's

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Answering all of our EMP Performance members questions for the week.

They include:

Who eats more? Melfie or Presso

The best training split

Do we have pets?

Is keto good or bad?

How to reduce soreness?

Check out EMP Performance at:

www.teamempperformance.com

This is Friday live Q&A to all our EMP members, answering all of their weekly questions.

Some questions from this episode are:

Do you need protein powder after a session?

Should you eat in a restricted window?

Who was the better footballer lol?

Do we preach something different to 5 yrs ago?

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Make sure to subscribe if you enjoy this episode :)

For all our coaching services check us out at:

https://www.teamempperformance.com

In this episode we discuss how EMP Performance was born and our journey to opening up our first facility in Frenchs Forest, Sydney.

We explain what EMP is, what our vision is for it and how we want to grow the brand into a recognised one.

This gives a good insight into us as coaches .

Make sure to subscribe if you enjoy this episode :)

For all our coaching services and gym information click below:

https://www.teamempperformance.com 

We are live to our EMP members answering all of their questions in regards to health, fitness and training.

In this episode we have Premiership winning and good mate of our's Patrick Lane on.

He has been working with the Sydney Roosters for the last 6 years as the head of Strength & Performance.

We go into his journey to becoming the coach he is today and his journey to working with the best rugby league team in the world to date.

Topics we discuss are:

- Patty's time working under Keegan Smith

- His coaching methods to date, what he has learn't and changed

-The type of training the Sydney Roosters are doing within the gym

-The strongest players at the roosters

-Nutrition protocols to fuel the players

- The influence and type of guy Cooper Cronk is

-The 2020 season thus far and how they are shaping for a 3 peat

Plus plenty of laughs and banter along the way.

A cracking episode for all you avid rugby league lovers.

Today we are live, answering questions from all our EMP members.

Some of the questions we answer:

- Best way to recover from training

- Does the anabolic window exist

- What is the non negotiable to happiness

- How to sleep better

We hope you enjoy this episode :)

Make sure to check EMP Performance out at:

www.teamempperformance.com

In this episode we have the man himself Jason Phillips on again.

(If you haven't already, make sure to listen to our first episode with him to give you more of an insight to Jason and how he got to where he is today.)

Jason is a mentor for the both of us, having helped us in many ways as coaches, business owners and just to become better human beings.

He is one inspiring man full of knowledge relating to all things, nutrition, business and life in general.

In this episode we chat about:

- Carnivore diet is it good or bad? His thoughts on it. 

- His current diet regime

- How he is bringing impact through his business- Nutritional Coaching Institute

- His lightbulb moment which Brought him to sell his multi million dollar nutrition business

- Imposter syndrome and how it it holds you back from being successful

- His future plans on coming to Australia

This is a raw podcast which will give you the motivation to go out and start working towards what you envision.

We know you will enjoy this one.

You can find Jason at:

instagram- 

@jasonphillipsisnutrition

@nutritionalcoachinginstitute

Interested in joining us at EMP Performance and becoming apart of #teamemp , check out our website for all our services and current foundation membership offer.

www.teamempperformance.com 

In this episode we are pumped to have world known nutrition coach, business coach and motivational speaker Jason Phillips on.

He has a amazing story to tell from where he started to where he is today and how that drive him to his success he has endured over these last few years.

He has worked with many world class athletes along with presenting at google a number of times to date.

We delve deep into mindset, success, business, nutrition and what is needed to be the best version of yourself.

This is one episode in which you will walk away full of motivation and ready to change for the better!!

NOTE: LANGAUGE WARNING!!

WOW

What an episode this is.

Today we are joined by the one and only Stan Aka 'The Rhino" Efferding.

Stan is the known as the worlds strongest bodybuilder having been a pro bodybuilder while also holding many world powerlifting records.

He has worked with many of the best mentors in the industry such as flex wheeler, mark bell, eddy can and the list goes on.

Since  his career as an athlete has ended he has gone on to own some very successful businesses to date and is the Owner of "The Vertical Diet" .

This a not such a diet, but a way of eating in which he has developed from years of trial, error and experience and is now using to coach some of the worlds best athletes in Hafthor Bjornsson, Brian Shaw, Ben Smith, Camille Leblanc Bazzinet and the list goes on.

This is a raw yet information overload episode where we discuss:

-Thors diet regime leading up to his world record deadlift attempt, his changes needed.

-Metabolic adaptation and metabolic syndrome

-Thyroid health , ways to help combat and fix issues such as hashimotos

-Training methods, the good and the not so good

-The vertical diet, the foods and principles of it

-Best ways to Increase performance

plus much much more on training and nutrition.

Certainly a episode you must listen to and share with anybody who loves health & fitness. 

You can find Stan : 

https://stanefferding.com/products/vertical-diet-peak-performance-detailed-program-notes

To join our #teamemp head to: 

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In this episode we talk about:

 Our mentors throughout the years of coaching and training and how they have helped us grow to become better people and coaches.

Our opinion of the most underrated training tool.

We hope you enjoy!!

Language warning!!!

During this uncertain time of covid-19, we discus what the best 'diet' is while in isolation. 

In this episode we are joined again with Psychologist Dorian Richards.

We discuss the current covid-19 circumstances, how it is impacting people mentally, physically and ways we all can stay positive and get through this unknown period of life.

This is a long but very helpful podcast, with plenty of tips and information to help those who are struggling during these unprecedented times.

In this episode we discus:

Is a calorie really a calorie?

Can you eat more based on food quality?

Weight loss v performance based nutrition.

Why digestion is critical for health and performance.

Good foods v bad foods.

Footy chat- We share our opinions on the recent Latrell Mitchell covid-19 saga.

In this episode we discus:

Majoring the minors..

What are the Majors? What are the minors?

How nailing these will give you long term results 

Footy chat- Focus is on the bulldogs and the clubs potential signings/changes.

In this episode we discus:

 Whether being aesthetic is really that healthy?

Is bodybuilding healthy?

mental/ Emotional health.

Do we need to track food?

Footy Chat- We break down the wide world of sports top 10 players and who we believe needs to be in/out.