Pushing The Limits

Run Coaches Lisa Tamati and Neil Wagstaff talk about using a checklist to check in with your body everyday and learning to gauge from that your body's preparedness for your training sessions. Training programmes shouldn't be arbitrary but rather take into account your daly performance ability according to your ratings on different aspects of your life. For example how do you rate your hydration, your sleep quality and time, your stress levels, your nutrition today etc etc  They teach using the data to assess your ability on a day to day basis. We don't live in a vacuum and most of us have other stressors that have to be balanced in our lives. Learning to understand our body's signals and rhythms will mean we get better fitness results not to mention more health benefits. If you would like to get a copy of the PDF checklist mentioned in this podcast. Please email lisa@runninghotcoaching.com   We would also like to thank the sponsors of this show.  Running Hot Coaching:  The online training platform run by Lisa

Rob has been leading and guiding people in business, outdoor adventure and personal growth for twenty years. He has traveled extensively throughout the world on climbing, kayaking, mountain biking and multisport expeditions and has experience as a certified mountain guide, search and rescue operator and working with adaptive athletes and injured veterans in the outdoors. Along the way he’s climbed mountains on five continents and participated in over fifty of the world’s toughest adventure racing and ultra running endurance events. He holds a B.S. in Environmental Health and has worked as a Sustainability and Corporate Culture Change expert for several Fortune 500 companies. He has been a Certified Professional Coach and Energy Leadership Master Practitioner since 2012, and is an expert in supporting people make positive shifts in their life, helping them overcome adversity and discover how to live in alignment with who they authentically are. Rob utilizes a wide range of approaches and draws from his advance

Ultramarathon runners and coaches Lisa Tamati and Neil Wagstaff of www.runninghotcoaching.com talk about their running and coaching journey together.  How Coach Neil took Lisa's already strong ultramarathon running career to a whole new level and how he learnt so much for his own coaching and running career along the way.  Lisa and Neil talk about what Lisa was doing wrong when they met, how they corrected her training, the learnings of thousands of miles together and why they then started their online coaching academy in order to short cut these hard won insights for the next generation of runners, from beginners to experienced ultramarathoners.  They discuss their holistic approach to training and how to get to the start line in the best shape possible in the most efficient training manner possible and why mobility, strength and conditioning, nutrition and mindset belong in the mix of any good plan.  If you love running adventures or if you want to take your running to the next level you will enjoy this ins

Meet my wonderful and inspiring friend Molly Sheridan of Reno, Nevada. Molly and I met while running the Badwater Ultramarathon through Death Valley, then again the La Ultra 222km at altitude in the Himalayas. She is a truely inspiring woman with an inspiring story. At 48 years old Molly entered her first marathon. Four weeks into training she injured her foot and was told that she was too old to be running. Taking her own advice, Molly corrected her training, mailed her finish-line picture to the doctor who told her she was old, and decided to challenge herself. As a novice runner, she entered the Rio Del Lago 100-mile Endurance Race. Traversing 100 miles non-stop through northern California, she discovered her love of endurance running, her youthful mind and her adventurous spirit. In the past 7 years, Molly has run over 50 ultramarathons. In 2009, she completed the extreme running event Marathon Des Sables (MDS), a seven-day, 150-mile stage race across the Sahara Desert. Eight weeks later, Molly completed

If you are just starting out as a newbie runner or perhaps you have been at it for a while but want to improve your running experience, times, distances or enjoyment, then Lisa shares with you on this podcast some of her favourite quick win, running tips. Things you may have already heard but forgotten as well as some completely new insights and ninja tips learned through hard won experience.  So whereever you are on your running journey and whatever distance or terrain you like there is something for everyone here.   We would also like to thank the sponsors of this show.  Running Hot Coaching:  The online training platform run by Lisa Tamati and Neil Wagstaff.  Do you have a dream to run a big race, maybe a half marathon, a marathon or even an ultramarathon? Have you struggled to fit in the training in your busy life? Maybe you don't know where to start or perhaps you have done a few races but keep having motivation or injuries troubles? Do you want to beat last years time or finish at the front of the pack?

In this episode Lisa discusses proper breathing technique  and why it is so very important for health. The benefit list is long. But most people in our modern society don’t breath properly i.e. diaphragmatic breathing for a number of reasons. The benefits Proper breathing helps with: relieving anxiety, stress and tension can stop panic attacks Helps our psychological state and helps us to control our emotions and change our emotions. Helps detoxify the body. Helps to optimally oxygenate the body and all its organs which helps with healing, longevity and health in general. Leads to more inner peace, focus and mind and thought control. Helps athletes to optimal performance in their sports. strengthens the important diaphragm muscle which tends to weaken as we get older. Breathing only in the upper chest stimulates the panic receptors, breathing into the stomach activates the calming receptors there and activates the parasympathetic nervous system. Using the diaphragm muscle helps massage and move the inner orga

Mal Law is a living trail running legend.  His life philosophy is summed up in this one sentence. Dream Big. Live Big. Do Good. Inspire People. These are the beliefs that drive his passion for ‘adventures with a cause’.  From early childhood he  devoured stories of great adventurers and explorers and  always dreamed big and imagined great adventures of his own, but until quitting a successful market research career in 2008 he had lacked the self-belief to actually live big. That all changed when the idea of running New Zealand’s 7 mainland Great Walks back to back in just 7 days came to me out of the blue. It was a hugely audacious challenge; one that nobody had ever attempted before and it would push him as a self confessed humble ‘weekend warrior’ type athlete, to the very brink of his capabilities. But he had a special reason for wanting to attempt the unthinkable; what many said was the impossible. He wanted to do good by raising a serious amount of money for a charity close to his heart, Leukaemia &

Te Radar (Andrew J Lumsden) is an award winning satirist, documentary maker, writer, stage and screen director, failed gardener, and amateur historian. He was also the presenter of six top rating TVNZ documentary series, Global Radar, Radar Across the Pacific, Radar’s Patch, Off the Radar, Hidden In The Numbers and Homegrown. Global Radar won the 2012 New Zealand Television Award for Best Information Programme, and Radar Across the Pacific won for Best Factual Programme. Te Radar was nominated for Best Presenter – Entertainment/Factual. Radar’s Patch won the 2010 Qantas Film and Television Award for Best Information/Lifestyle Programme. He has recently toured his acclaimed New Zealand history show Eating the Dog following its award-winning season at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival.  In this interview Lisa talks to Radar about his journey to success.  Why it was a case of having to "make it" and finds out what method there is to the magical madness he creates.  He talks about successes and failur

Dr Lior Rauchberger talks in this interview about the future of personalised health care through the use of DNA tests. Simple swab tests can now reveal how your body will uniquely respond to some medicines, what you eat and drink, and how you exercise. MyDNA is helping move healthcare from offering solutions that work for most people, to finding what is best suited to your body. Less ‘one-size-fits-all’ advice, more that’s tailored to fit your body. It’s personalised health and it's very exciting.  No longer do you have to take a stab in the dark as to what works best for your genetic make up. The experimenting can stop, the less than satisfactory results that plague many of us.  Questions like why do I put on weight when my friend doesn't even when I do more exercise and eat less. Why does one guy respond well to weight training and builds big strong defined muscles and another doesn't. Why does one medication work for one and not for another. DNA testing can tell us some of these reasons and more are being

Chris McDougall is the world wide best selling Author of Born to Run and Natural Born Heroes. Two books that have revolutionised the running world and bought to the fore the discussions around human endurance, the history of running, the ability of people to run incredible distances and the barefoot running revolution. In this fireside chat we discuss how he writes his incredibly entertaining and intricately woven stories despite have ADHD. How he manages to sit still long enough to get anything down and what impact the stories he has shared have had on millions of readers around the world.  Trained as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, Christopher McDougall covered wars in Rwanda and Angola before writing his international bestseller, Born to Run. His fascination with the limits of human potential led him to create the Outside magazine web series, “Art of the Hero.” Born to Run is currently being made into a feature film starring Matthew McConaughey. The book - "Born to Run" was about a Hidden

In this solocast Lisa talks about the different types and styles of leadership. The different phases that a leader can go through throughout the stages of their career. She gives examples and stories of the differing leadership archetypes and how to transition between different leadership facets in a given role.  She talks of the character traits necessary to engender respect, trust, loyalty and motivation, honour and going beyond the call of duty. If you aspire to be a strong and resilient leader who can help your team, organisation or business navigate the shark infested waters of any challenge then this podcast will give you the tools, the reflections and techniques you can employ to guide your crew to success.    Training Tilt software - a complete toolkit for trainers, health and fitness professionals, coaches and nutritionists, combine your website, ecommerce needs, client communication and training plans into one easy to use platform. Find out more at www.lisatamati.co.nz/trainingtilt   The Path of an

Ben Warren, founder of Be Pure is all about designing a scientifically driven  and holistic health and nutrition programme for the individual. Helping clients with difficult chronic health issues through eating plans and supplementation designed according to their profile and genetic type. Ben believes that our health and optimal energy is influenced by what we eat, how we move, how we sleep and how we think and that the human body is an amazing and complex thing and we that we need to look at it from all angles so it can function optimally. In this discussion we cover topics ranging from chronic lifestyle diseases through to gut health, hormone balance, avoiding the toxins in our environment to anti-aging strategies, common allergens and detoxing.  We talk about the future of health including much more personalised solutions and the psychology of getting to the root cause of issues rather than looking for "quick fixes" that don't usually get to the bottom of the problems. www.bepure.co.nz   For more episodes

Many have come to know about Barefoot Ted through the pages of Christopher McDougall’s best-selling book Born to Run Barefoot Ted spent over a decade mastering natural running techniques, and is an accomplished athlete known for self-experimentation and testing his natural human capabilities. He is founder and president of LUNA Sandals, the adventure sandal company based in Seattle, and Solowheel Seattle, the one-wheeled urban transporter company he started in 2014. In 2003 Barefoot Ted McDonald was on a seemingly simple mission: to learn how to run pain-free. That simple desire led him down a rabbit-hole of a quest to learn as much as he could about natural running form, the natural selection of footwear, and the evolution of human movement. On his journey he re-discovered that the human body is not broken by design – humans have an amazing capacity to move well solely with their own equipment – their bodies. As he learned more about the natural selection of footwear in human cultures, he kept finding the si

David has participated in adventure Sports for more than 30 years and have competed in the Coast to Coast One Day, Southern Traverse, Arrow Adventure Race Series and every North Island Multisport race held in the 1990’s. David has instructed in the Outdoors since 2000 in kayaking, caving, climbing and tramping. He keeps current by continuing to find challenges in the outdoors and spends a huge amount of time ‘out there’ ether with kids or on a personal adventure somewhere. David is passionate about growing young people through adventure and challenge activities and has dedicated his life to this. In 2010 he established the GO-4-12 Youth adventure Race which is also the official New Zealand Secondary Schools Adventure Racing Championships. The success of the GO-4-12 and the obvious need to get kids off electronic devices and into the outdoors motivated him to establish the Kiwi Adventure Trust a not for profit Trust which currently works with over 70 groups and school each year. David’s Story is one of followi

Epigenetics is about to change the way we view our health and fitness, how we understand the expression of our genes. But what is epigenetics? We won't go into the deep scientific defintion here rather look at how a particular assessment tool can help you interpret your own epigenetics and how it can improve your life, your health, fitness even your mindset, career direction and understand how you learn.   Cam McDonald of PH360 and Angela Jenkins an  Epigenetics coach explain the background development of PH360 and online tool is directed at consumers and how it can personalise your approach to your health. ph360 uses complex algorithms developed by researchers to translate the distinct relationship between your body’s measurements and physical traits to its physical functions, hormone secretions, metabolism, and lifestyle preferences, it uses anthropometry (scientific assessment of your body’s measurements), family history, and assessment of your lifestyle and environment to determine your phenotypic and ep

Lisa Tamati Ultramarathon athlete, Author, health,fitness and mindset coach interviews Angela Jenkins and David Liow from the Kaizen Institute from the Sunshine Coast in Australia about their holistic health and fitness programmes, their hormonal and food allergy testing procedures or health diagnostics and epigenetics. We find out what the future of personalised health and fitness programmes look like and why you need to be treated as a whole person and not just have parts of your regime looked at in isolation. Angela and Dave run programmes for health professionals and work directly with clients as well and have over 40 years experience between them. You can find out more about them at www.kaizenih.com including their diagnostic health testing. 

Dr Nick Kimber is passionate about helping people get their nutrition dialled in. Whether you are an elite endurance athlete or an executive battling the bulge.   Educating and empowering others to become the best version of themselves through optimal nutrition is his life's work. Dr Nick has developed an easy to follow framework that never leaves you hungry, is flexible, includes readily available foods, has additional nutrient support and most importantly is sustainable. In this in-depth interview we discuss what to eat, when and how and what to avoid. We go head to head on a number of controversial diet philosophies and come up with things that will benefit everyone regardless of whether you are vegan, paleo, high protein/low carb or high fat aficionado.  Dr Nick has also kindly given the listeners of this show some fantastic resources to help you implement and take action on what you will learn in this show. Check out this links here:  Master your nutrition: Master your Nutrition Blueprint How do I eat

Learn to win in the mind before going into battle. Understand what a growth mindset it and how to harness your potential through passion, finding your why, discovering your purpose and developing your core set of values that inform your actions.  Understand the self talk required for achieving lofty goals and develop the depth of your self awareness so you can work on the traits and skills you will need to tackle any challenge.  Understand the power of your emotions and passions to helping you fulfil your potential and learn to set out a plan and navigate the way from where you are now till where you want to be.  For more mindset and mental toughness skills visit Lisa's online academy at www.lisatamati.co.nz/ecourse  

Exercise physiologist Neil Wagstaff and Ultra marathon athlete Lisa Tamati from Running Hot Coaching (www.runninghotcoaching.com) talk about ideal running form, how to strengthen your body to run faster for longer, the importance of the kinetic chain, running drills and much more around running and fitness. Here is a  link to a pdf's on the drills we mentioned in the podcast.  Form drills  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8YZ7Ysb6kcLeWhqanNkRjIwYW8/view and a link to some videos  Kinetic chain and the importance of good posture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKttdP5W4kk&index=43&list=PLBQv0nnALb_kj0nXoQJF_tmcLGnKXC_yp Using mini resistance bands for strength https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bVS5mG4Pkc&list=PLBQv0nnALb_kj0nXoQJF_tmcLGnKXC_yp&index=44 How to strengthen and stretch your hips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzZbMaF0GL8&list=PLBQv0nnALb_kj0nXoQJF_tmcLGnKXC_yp&index=45    For more coaching information visit us at www.lisatamati.co.nz and www.runninghotcoaching.com

Ever wanted to know about Autonomous vehicles, the future of transportation, yoga, mindset, controlling your autonomous nervous system, racism or autism, savant syndrome,  then this extremely interesting man and this interview has some thing for you. Dave Verma was born in India in 1967 in very humble circumstances and following immigration in 1970 at the age of three into a frequently hostile environment in New Zealand, Dave Verma has spent most of his life overcoming significant obstacles including autism, racism, tall poppy syndrome and a large number of glass ceilings which had to be smashed through, during more than one career direction change. Currently employed as the Director for Autonomous Vehicle Initiatives for Australasia, for HMI Technologies Ltd, Dave has held numerous roles as a Project Director along with other senior management positions in both the public sector and private sector and to date with his teams, has delivered in excess of 2 billion dollars’ worth of international large scale enf