The Dux Podcast

Welcome to the Dux Podcast, in this episode we chat with Olympic Long Jumper, Australian Record Holder Brooke Stratton.

Started her Athletics life at Nunawading Little Athletics at the age of 5, winner her first gold medal at the u9 State Championships in the Long Jump. 

Brooke competed at the World Youth Championships in 2009 at 15years old, followed by two World Juniors Championships 2010 and 2012.  2016 was a fantastic year for Brooke, competing at the Rio Olympic Games placing 7th in the Final. In the Perth Track Classic breaking Bronwyn Thompsons Australian Record in the Long Jump with a  jump of 7.05m, which still stands as her PB to date. She also finished 5th at the World Indoor Championships in Oregon.Fast forward to 2018 Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast, Brooke won Silver medal in the Long Jump.

We speak to Brooke about her athletics journey, having her dad as a coach for almost her entire career, her training programs, Olympic disappointment in 2020 due to covid and looking forward to 2021, and coaching tips for Long Jumpers.

Track & Field Sprints Coach John Nicolosi, owner of Melbourne Athletic Development in Collingwood. Physiotherapist, Educator, Strength & Conditioning, Track & Field Sprints Coach. Biomechanics of sprinting & his coaching videos, challenges & future of a “dying sport”.

Health & Wellbeing expert John Verbi joins the Dux Podcast today, John is a keynote speaker who has held seminars for some of the largest companies in Australia including BHP, Shell, NAB, ANZ and Santos. He is a Person Trainer with community and corporate health experience for over 30 years. John has a successful health & wellbeing business called Inspirology, part of his business he regularly visits corporates and gyms to complete Body Composition Analysis with 'My Body Analysis'. In short, it's not just measuring height and weight, we all know the limitations of measuring a person's BMI, My Body Analysis gives you a true indicator of your body composition to really understand where you and your body are with training and where you need to improve. John's motto "Measure, don't guess" really encapsulates his business. John is a fun, knowledgeable guy, we discussed all things Health & Fitness today. -Training -Gyms - positive and negatives of gym's, which to be wary of and which you should look at. The community effect of positive gyms in achieving results. -Covid and the effects on Gyms and them having to change their offerings Podcast is available on youtube https://youtu.be/tB7RnB8fA74

My guest today is BJJ and MMA gun Amy Prewett, four stripe blue belt, in this last year has won gold at BJJ Pan Pacs, Nationals and State Championships. She has competed four times at World Championships IBJJF and was gearing up for another shot at World Championships before Covid stopped any chance of that happening this year. She has been on a few other podcasts and she should really startup her own youtube channel and podcast she’s that talented. Amy is the social media/ communications guru at Spartans Gym in Kilsyth which allows her the ability to train full time for BJJ. Amy is an incredibly positive young woman, she also coaches BJJ at Immersion and Kings MMA, was previously a PT so knows a thing or two about training, health & fitness. Why should you do Jiu Jitsu, it’s the ‘sport’ where the smaller athlete can have the upper hand as it’s a game of skill. Amy and I have rolled and I’m not afraid to say she has easily won every roll. Young girls in particular, if you want to be strong, positive outlook in life look no further than someone you can talk to like Amy Prewett. Today we chat about coffee, coaching, BJJ vs MMA, coaching kids and watching your own kids compete in Jiu Jitsu tournaments, goals and their importance. Covid restrictions, strength & conditioning, challenges of finding females to train with in BJJ/ MMA & the increased interest from women towards getting into the sport. Lots of laughs throughout, Ladies & Gentlemen, Amy Prewett!

Today I’m joined by David Marinakis & Lee Ting, both of whom are 2nd Degree Black Belts in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Together they own Immersion MMA Gyms in Glen Waverley and Ringwood, David & Lee are fun guys who have created fun training environments in the martial arts world, they have both competed at the highest levels of international competition in Jiu Jitsu. Today we discuss who is the better at Jiu Jitsu between the two coaches, their Jiu Jitsu journeys and who they looked up, GI or No Gi Jiu Jitsu, Opening up their own Gyms, coaching white belts and the challenges of teaching skills and techniques to beginners, Bonding & Community within BJJ, Open Mats at other gyms, Covid Restrictions putting their livelihoods in jeopardy and excitement of hitting the gym July 13th! Get ready for a whole lot of smack talk, fun times and Jiu Jitsu – welcome Immersion MMA powerhouse coaches David Marinakis & Lee Ting.