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The Impact Project

59 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -

Join Mat Lock from The Impact Project in these unscripted conversations with progressive individuals who are unleashing their potential on the world around them. He takes a deep dive on how they got to where they are, what lessons they have learned along the way and how their experience can help you shape your future at work and in life.

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How The Bay Games Changed My Life - Leanne Watson

May 21, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

In this episode we chat with returning guest and all-round American bloody legend, Leanne Watson! Everyone has a backstory. Something that's going on behind the scenes which isn't common knowledge. To her credit, Leanne shared her very intimate backstory in this episode; about how her Bay Games journey has changed her life. From winning the 2019 Grand Slam and being flown to Jervis Bay to compete in The Bay Games' main arena - this episode demonstrates the power of all things community and...

Pro Footy & Functional Fitness - Dave Harvey

May 14, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

In this Podcast episode we chatted with Dave Harvey about his life as a pro footy player and his transition to owning the 3rd ever F45 franchise in Australia.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What is quickly obvious in this chat is that, amongst the organised chaos that is business ownership, Dave is a grounded, humble, and devoted husband and father. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What is also obvious is his 100% commitment to the community that he has built @F45_training_castlehill. Dave offers some serious insight into how he supp...

Life as an Everyday Athlete - Alethea Boon

May 07, 2020 04:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

In this episode you will hear how this multiple Commonwealth and CrossFit Games athlete, Alethea Boon is the living embodiment of an Everyday Athlete; albeit, at the ‘amazing’ end of the spectrum. Contrary to common assumption, Alethea has always worked full time, Mon-Fri job. Her athletic career has always been a ‘side hustle’ which makes her accomplishments even more incredible. Mat and Alethea talk about her training and nutrition routine that has enabled her to continue competing at th...

Nutrition + Competition for Everyday Athletes - Ed Morrison

April 30, 2020 00:12 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MB

In this episode, you will hear some profound words of advice from Ed Morrison, a member of the CrossFit Seminar Staff and Coach with Method Now. Ed is also the commentator (and face) of the Grand Slam. With more than a decade of experience in the Australian and USA functional fitness world, Ed has some serious street cred! Mat and Ed start by diving into answering the question, “What should I eat during the week leading up to competition?”. Ed’s answer is not what you may expect… Ed then g...

Winning Gold at the Olympics - Felicity Lemke

April 23, 2020 04:00 - 23 minutes - 54.9 MB

In this episode you will hear about the life journey of a two times Olympic gold medalist and three times former World Record holder swimmer, Felicity Lemke (formerly Galvez). Whilst she says it feels like a lifetime ago, Felicity shared some behind the scenes details of what it takes to perform at the pinnacle of her sport. Now a mother of two beautiful girls, wife to husband Adrian, Felicity is transforming her slice of the Canberra functional fitness world having started her business Gal...

Staying focussed during C-19 - Alethea Boon

April 15, 2020 21:16 - 15 minutes - 35.2 MB

In this episode, you will hear how the multiple Commonwealth and CrossFit Games athlete, Alethea Boon is navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. As always, Alethea’s pure soul shines through as she offers some pearls of wisdom that we can all adopt, not only during these trying times but for life in general. Mat and Alethea talk about her installing daily routines and how she is working even more hours in her ‘8-6’ job from her new ‘home office’ alongside her husband, Lima. That and maintaining h...

2019 Grand Slam: A Winners Journey - Leanne Watson

April 02, 2020 03:00 - 20 minutes - 47.6 MB

In this episode, you will hear the backstory of the Advanced (Rx) Grand Slam 2019 female international winner, Leanne Watson who had her dream to fly from the USA to visit Australia come true. In fact, during this chat, Leanne said: “I’m still kind of mind blown that all of it happened.” Who would have thought that a CrossFit box owner opening a simple email would have such a massive impact on one of his members... And, when the team from The Bay Games launched their inaugural online func...

Programming for the Grand Slam 2020 - Will Henke, Head of Bay Games Programming

March 17, 2020 20:19 - 20 minutes - 46.8 MB

There are two critically important aspects of any functional fitness competition… Programming and Judging. In this episode of the Everyday Athletes podcast Mat deep dives with Will Henke, The Bay Games Head of Programming to understand how they ensure that the athletic capacity of each athlete is being adequately tested. As they zoom in on the Grand Slam, The Bay Games’ online global pairs competition, it also becomes clear that testing each pair as a team as well as individually is an ad...

Welcome Athletes!

March 12, 2020 08:40 - 1 minute - 4.15 MB

Join Mat Lock in these unscripted and intimate conversations that provide a ‘behind the scenes’ look into programming, training, mindset, nutrition and work-life balance for the everyday athletes around the world. These episodes shine a spotlight on the tips, tricks, and techniques that help transform everyday athletes into extraordinary humans.

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