Shredded Brainiac: Mind Your Body | Know Your Mind

Steven Bridges is a magician living in London. His YouTube channel has reached over 100,000 subscribers. We talked about how he found his passion for magic tricks, got into street performing as a "normal job" didn't appeal to him, and now he also performs magic tricks entertaining guests at special events, restaurants etc. We discussed how much of it is talent and how much is work ethic, Steven also talked about his exp...

Tim Han is a performance coach and the founder of "Success Insider" YouTube channel. He told about the complete transformation he has achieved in his life, overcoming addictions and instilling a success mindset. We talked about how to reinvent yourself and how to achieve your true potential. Fitness was the main catalyst for the positive changes in his life, alongside his biggest inspiration Steve Jobs. We also touched on h...

Mark Griffin is an actor and writer. He was very athletic from an early age and after competing in squash tournaments for a few years he developed a passion for bodybuilding in his late teens. A few years later he had an opportunity to be part of ITV's Saturday night show "Gladiators", so he became Trojan and dressed up in lycra and whacked people for 5 seasons. Once he was offered the chance to be Action Man, in a part...

Pavel Nikolov is an entrepreneur, speaker and Founder of Man with Purpose, a community of driven men, focused on helping each other find and do work that matters. We talked about how to find your purpose by discovering your passion and talents through self-awareness. Pav touched on his own journey in entrepreneurship and how to combat the fear of failure. He told about his experience doing the Elon Musk challenge, his morning routi...

Bryan Larkin is an actor born in Glasgow, Scotland. At a young age he started lifting weights and became a competitive junior Scottish bodybuilder, winning several championships in his late teens. After severe illness derailed his bodybuilding success, he was struggling to find his purpose until he got into acting. Today you can see him in movies such as "London Has Fallen" alongside Gerard Butler. He also enjoys making his...

Andrea Domenichini & Jon Waterlow are the hosts of Voices In The Dark podcast. It's a podcast about the human experience, exploring philosophy and psychology and trying to find the best ways to navigate life and improve your performance. It all started with analysing The 48 Laws of Power, a book by Robert Greene, and they are releasing one episode on each law. Andrea's journey of self-development actually started with N...

Alexander Dziri is a professional breakdancer born in Belgium but currently based in London. Recently he started training Brian Rose, the founder and host of London Real and also started working full time in a marketing role at this media company. We talked about his early days in breakdancing, fitness lifestyle, the high he gets from movement, and travelling the world while performing. Alexander also talks about the importance for...

Advait Deodhar is a racing driver at Porche Carrera Cup GB. He came to London from his native India, and shifted from racing formula cars to racing sports cars. The sensation of racing at high speed is incredible, when your heart rate can exceed 180bpm, you got 100% focus on the task at hand, and everything else in life comes to a standstill. Advait is all about living life close to the edge in an exciting manner, he has heaps of e...

Azim Nobeebaccus is a reiki practitioner and a spiritual healer. He started this journey as a quest for self-improvement, and reiki was the first spiritual practice he started exploring. Then he got into meditation, and also learned about plant medicines such ayahuasca and psilocybin, and how they can be useful to bypass years of cultural conditioning, and open up the person's heart. We talked about the dual nature of this worl...

Luke Courtier is a musical comedian, actor and writer. We talked about how he got into it through musical inspiration by Walking Blues, and gathering around the campfire and telling musical stories. In regards to fitness, Luke enjoys various types of exercise like running, lifting weights and Thai Boxing, and he strongly believes in the benefits it brings actors and performers when it comes to creativity. The brain just works so mu...

Jude Samuel is a Brazilian jiu jitsu coach at Urban Kings Gym and also the vice president of talent relations and combat operations for the MMA organisation BAMMA. We talked about how people get into fighting for various reasons, and how it often changes over the years as the passion for it is developed. Also, the sport itself always evolves, even though the core elements remain the same. It's amazing to see how the human spiri...

James Northcote is an actor and producer. You may have seen him in movies such as The Imitation Game. We talked about how he manages to fit in his workouts within a busy filming schedule, and to make sure his nutrition is on point. We talked about his inspiration from books and movies, the magic of acting, and how a good movie can cast a spell on you. We also touched on the sacrifices you have to make in this sort of career, and ho...

Gabriel Sey is an online coach and an athlete. We talked about how becoming a father made him more productive, and how to apply goal setting in business to fitness and vice versa. He told about his background in american football and the concussions he went through. Then we explored his physique and muscle model competition efforts with various federations. He also told us the story about how he met his future wife Nyisha, and how ...

Luke Davies is a performance chiropractor based in Central London. We talked about how he found his passion for learning about the human body while overcoming his own injuries. Luke explained his unique approach to chiropractic, taking into account stress physiology, mindset, nutrition and movement. We discussed the cutting edge bio-psycho-social model of managing pain and basic pain education that people are often misinformed abou...

Charlie Watts is a former MMA fighter and coach from London, UK. We talked about how he got into fighting by accident, and what he has learned after quitting the professional fight scene and focusing on his own gym and coaching business. We also discussed his training and nutrition, and also the huge difference in his life that he experienced after establishing the habit of expressing gratitude daily. The 14th episode of Shredded B...

Anthony Taylor Still is an osteomyologist and naturopath based in London and Southampton. We talked about the similarities between structural engineering and the way human body is built and how it functions. We explored his childhood inspirations of cartoon heroes and early athletic endeavours, such as being a British powerlifting champion. We also discussed his favourite books (you can find the links below), what he has learned th...

Nicholas Mazzei is an ex army captain and an aspiring politician representing Tory party in the UK. We talked about his experiences in the army, the lack of good role models for men in the mainstream media, mental health issues and the fact that suicide is the main cause of death for men under the age of 50, and what the government can do about it. The 12th episode of Shredded Brainiac podcast - finding balance between fitness and ...

Mariusz Slowinski is a Muay Thai and martial arts coach and personal trainer at Urban Kings Gym in London. We talked how he got inspired to get into martial arts after watching Bloodsport and other Van Damme movies. He followed his dream to become a coach and moved from his native Poland to London 10 years ago. He told about his experiences while training in Thailand, and we also discussed how important correct breathing is for wel...