S2 E15 - Special Guest Kirk Miller

Seeing as it is my 35th Birthday I thought I'd reflect and share with you 35 lessons I've accumulated over the years. I hope you can learn from them and they can help you as much as they have helped me.

In this week's episode of The Hirst Locker I discuss the All or Nothing mentality. How we develop it, why we adopt it, and what we can do to ensure it doesn't negatively impact our lives.

What is it like living with my boyfriend now that he's moved in? How do we make our January habits stick and make sure old habits don't creep back in? And what do we do when New Year motivation starts to run out?

In this episode, I invite fitness cover model, and founder of the Built To Last program, Kirk Miller. We discuss what it takes to build an incredible body and mindset and how to maintain it, as well as insights into some of things that helped shape us as coaches.

I am joined this week by Todd Masterson who is a writer, actor and social media genius. He has worked with and alongside Ru Paul and Joan Rivers. We are going to dismantle the unrealistic body standards and talk through it together. 

Expectations are ruining your life and we often set unrealistic ones for ourselves. Lets discuss where an expectation comes from and how we form them. This does not mean lower your standards. Things all come at a cost but making sure we manage our expectations is more important than ever.

How often have you started something only to stop because friends and family have gotten into your head and put you off? Or you've been making progress and then been ridiculed for it? Our social circle has a HUGE impact on whether or not we actually achieve AND maintain our goals. Whether that's with our health and physique, career and relationships. In this episode I'm going to discuss the signs of both a supportive and supportive social network to help you grow and progress and achieve your goals

Recently a Rugby League Pride jersey caused controversy in Australia because 7 players boycotted wearing it citing cultural and religious beliefs. I spoke out about it and was met with very different takes on it. Some people saw it as the sanctity of religion, I saw it as thinly veiled homophobia. In this episode, I discuss some of the tweets and responses to my views.

Shame is a huge part of the human experience but especially so for gay men. Growing up in a society where we are conditioned to not feel 'enough.' In this episode, I chat with PTIQ Psychotherapist, Jon Bell, about how he helps people overcome shame and be able to be vulnerable enough to live with authenticity in every area of their life.

We look forward to holidays for weeks, months and for some, after the pandemic, years at a time. We work so hard to enjoy ourselves on our holiday and fell comfortable for us to then come back looking and feeling like crap and having to start the cycle all over again. But what if you could come back looking as good as you did when you left and feeling well rested and ready to continue to improve your physique?