The Enterprise Fitness Podcast

Navigating the maze of supplements can feel like decoding an ancient script. From the allure of fat-loss pills to the promise of protein shakes and the intrigue of bio-hacking, it's a world filled with potential pitfalls.   But here's the thing – supplements aren't just for the gym-obsessed or those who live in their yoga pants. They're for anyone looking to bridge nutritional gaps, enhance recovery, or boost performance in a world that doesn't slow down.   Think of it this way: you don't necessarily need supplements, much like you don't need the latest iPhone. But, just as a smartphone can streamline your day, supplements can fast-track your health and fitness goals, making the journey a tad easier.   That's why, in this week's episode of The Enterprise Fitness Podcast, we're diving deep into the world of supplements. It's time to get the lowdown on what works, what doesn't, and how to make informed choices that align with your health objectives.   In this episode, here’s what you'll discover:   The Real Dea

How to Move Beyond Fat Loss - Create Lasting Change to Perform   I've been in the fat loss and muscle business for twenty years.   Over those twenty years, not much has changed. The average person still thinks fat loss training is walking on a treadmill.   And the average trainer still thinks it involves pushing a prowler and using battle ropes.   Both approaches leave people frustrated, wondering why they are hungrier than ever.   But it's no wonder.   A drastic increase in energy output triggers an increase in hunger. That's why we set nutrition for success in our first session at Enterprise Fitness.   So, how do you "train" for fat loss?   Well, first, it's important to understand that fat loss "training" is not an adaptation.   It's a byproduct.   There are only three things you can train for in the gym: muscle, strength, or endurance.   And in this week's episode of The Enterprise Fitness Podcast, I'm breaking down the real deal on training for fat loss, transformations, and conditioning.   This week, we

In this week's episode of the Enterprise Fitness Podcast, Master Coach Tyrone takes centre stage to reveal how you can transform your physique within a guaranteed timeline. Recorded from our Elite Results Bootcamp, Tyrone dives deep into the critical details that our coaches at Enterprise use to craft jaw-dropping transformations within set timelines. He outlines the essential steps for mapping out your transformation journey: 1. Define your goal. 2. Assess your starting point. 3. Reverse engineer your transformation timeline. Whether your aim is fat loss, weight loss, muscle gain, or competition prep, establishing a realistic timeline can significantly simplify your journey. It helps minimise, or sometimes even eliminate, the doubts about what should be happening next. Tyrone delves into tailored strategies, comparing the approach for someone starting at 70kg with a goal to lose 10kg versus another at 120kg aiming to shed 40kg. He highlights three critical phases in a transformation journey: - Fat Loss - Imp

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘bulk’?   For most, ‘bulk’ or ‘bulking’ means eating all the calories (doughnuts included) and ‘bulking up’ means losing any visible waistline you once had.   So, in today’s podcast, we turn it over to Enterprise Master Trainer Jaka, who presents:   How to Navigate a Bulk Without Getting Fat: How we take our clients through a calorie surplus phase.   You might be reading this thinking, “I don’t want to ‘bulk’; that’s for meatheads.”   As Jaka puts it, muscle mass and strength can happen at maintenance calories and even a slight calorie deficit.   However, it happens faster in a surplus!   Most just navigate a surplus poorly, hence missing out on the ability to turbocharge muscle and strength.   Jaka pulls from real client examples of how he used a surplus to increase Enterprise clients’ calories, improve body composition, and set them up for an elite dieting phase.   So, if you want to trim the fat and get all the benefits of being in a calorie surplus, listen to

The Internet is filled with pseudo-experts.They mask their shortcomings as coaches with Instagram filters, steroids, and thirst traps, all the while pretending to be experts. But who have they really trained?What have they really done? As it's hard enough for me to find and hire good personal trainers to join my team, it’s even more challenging for the general gym-goer, who lacks my 20 years of experience in distinguishing the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’.That’s why this year at Enterprise, we are doubling down on providing accessible high-level training and nutrition information to all. You see, over my twenty years (and counting) PT career, and having Enterprise Fitness operating for 11 of those years, we’ve trained thousands of people to head-turning transformations, drug-free. We’ve also coached hundreds of winners in bodybuilding, bikini and fitness comps. So, what I am about to share isn’t based on what some random influencer on the Internet said or what I think the textbook said. It’s from actual experience. 

This is one of the hardest clients we’ve ever taken on at Enterprise Fitness… Meet Lochlan. When Lochlan first joined us at the age of 25, weighing 124 kilos, his fitness journey was far from ordinary. He faced an array of physical challenges, including: A club foot A triple ankle fusion A twisted shin bone A full knee reconstruction A DD Fibromyalgia Sleep apnea Restless leg syndrome Despite these hurdles, Lochlan preserved. Today, Lochlan stands at 100 kilos, stronger, fitter and healthier than he has ever been. A Story of Triumph on The Enterprise Fitness Podcast In this week’s episode of The Enterprise Fitness Podcast, join Enterprise Senior Coach Ari as he takes you through Lochlan's transformative journey. Discover the strategies, the challenges, and the triumphs in a step-by-step recount of how Lochlan achieved these outstanding results. This episode isn’t just about the ‘facts’. It should inspire you with your own training! Tune in here YouTube - iTunes - Spotify Train hard, Mark Ottobre Owner, Founde

In this episode, Enterprise Fitness General Manager and Master Coach James Kelly teaches you How to Strength Train for Sports and Performance.  Welcome to a game-changing episode of the Enterprise Fitness Podcast! In this insightful session, General Manager and Master Coach James Kelly shares his wealth of knowledge on "How to Strength Train for Sports and Performance." This episode is a special feature taken from our Elite Results Bootcamp held in December 2023, a pivotal event that educated clients and trainers across the globe. Join us as James delves into the intricacies of strength training tailored for athletic performance. Whether you're an aspiring athlete, a seasoned sports enthusiast, or a fitness trainer aiming to elevate your clients' potential, this episode offers valuable insights and practical tips. James covers a range of crucial topics, including the principles of sports-specific strength training, designing effective workout programs, and the importance of balancing strength, agility, and en

To kick off the year right, in the coming weeks, we are releasing an in-depth podcast series on what it takes to achieve elite results in the gym to help you with your 2024 goals. We kick it off with Training for Super Strength, what you must know to stay injury-free, bust out of plateaus and lift like a superhero. Strength is one of the top biomarkers of longevity. Equally, a stronger athlete is always a better, less injured athlete. Strength makes anything easier. You might be confused about what exercises to choose and how many sets, reps, and loads to use. I've got you covered. I recently presented Training for Super Strength to a jam-packed room of trainers from all over the world. It was so good I wanted to do an encore (of sorts). I just uploaded the whole presentation to our podcast and my YouTube. In my no-frills, no-BS style, I cover: How to increase your lifting capacity almost immediately by increasing stability (and the three hubs to focus on) How to acquire the skill of strength and the big mis

I’m not going to sugarcoat it.   2023 has been a very challenging year.   We've had a lot of downs, from our Facebook accounts being hacked to seemingly endless delays in moving to our new studio.   But we’ve also had a lot of wins!   We released The Enterprise Diet, revamped our Podcast, refreshed our websites, and managed to grow and promote many of our trainers.   But often, we get too busy focusing on what didn’t happen rather on the gift of what did.   In short, we have a lot to be grateful for from the year 2023.   So, we wanted to introduce you to our process of how we set goals for the new year. We don't do resolutions; instead, we engage in a Year in Review process, which fellow fans of Tim Ferriss might also be familiar with.   Grab a blank piece of paper and divide it in two.   On one side, make a column, 'do more,' and on the other, 'avoid.   Then go through your diary, calendar or Google planner from the start of the year and look at all the appointments that brought you dread… put them in the av

Christmas is right around the corner! Hooray! Over the years, we’ve seen a consistent pattern where folks have mini freak outs over how to stay on track during the Christmas season. Maybe your not someone who panics, but like most, you might struggle to resist freshly baked plum pudding or that need to get your second (third or fourth) serving of dessert and wonder, How can I enjoy my plum pudding and still stay in shape?  Well, I don’t blame you and your not alone.  It’s Christmas. A time to be jolly.  One of the big reasons why many struggle with the Christmas period is the insidious all or none mentality. You eat all the calories over Christmas only to commit to eating none of them on January 1st.  It doesn’t work. It’s not a lifestyle.  The thing about all or done is, it seldomly gives you all, and usually gives you none.  I use to be guilty of this myself.  My offical review after years of trying to force to have it all;  1 star… please don’t make a sequel.   And that’s exactly why one of the best times

In this week's podcast episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ari to delve into one of my all-time favourite subjects: philosophy. Philosophy, as we discuss, plays a crucial role in helping us navigate the highs and lows of life.   One of my personal philosophies is embodied by the phrase "Amor Fati," a concept modernised by Nietzsche. It essentially means embracing and loving one's fate, without the desire for anything to be different, be it the past, present, or future. It's a powerful idea that keeps me anchored in my lows and grounded in my highs (I even had it tattooed on my chest as a constant reminder).   During our conversation, Ari and I covered a wide range of philosophical topics, including:   **Amor Fati:**  - The art of loving one's fate. **Memento Mori:** - The reminder of our mortality and the importance of living fully. **La Catrina:** - Exploring why Ari is considering this tattoo. **Living for Legacy vs. Being Present:** - Discussing the balance between hedonism and virtue. **Delay

On any given day, the atmosphere at Enterprise is so thick you could cut it with a knife. Our dumbbells are shiny, our team is smiling, and our clients are happy. And it’s not by accident. If you want to offer a premium service and get results where most fail, you have to pay attention to the details. For anyone running a business or trying to work at something (your career, relationships, health), you know it’s not always going to be easy. Life has no shortage of challenges, especially if you commit to excellence. So, in this week's episode of the Enterprise Fitness Podcast, Heming and Cristiano put me on the hot seat and get up close and personal as they ask me about the highs and lows of starting and running Enterprise Fitness. In this episode, we get into: - How I went from the fat kid at school to a personal trainer - My ‘forced’ start in business - Personal philosophies - Business challenges - Mistakes - Reflections - And so much more If you ever wanted to know the backstory or a behind-the-scenes look

There are three main ways to put together a diet:  Following a overarching set of principles or rules Following a meal plan or using a food system  Tracking and counting macros or calories And each has varying levels of success and failure.    You see, there isn’t “one” way.    It's the way that it makes sense to you so that you stick to it.     For me, I’m a big-picture type of guy.    I like to follow principles that I can scale up or down depending on what season I’m in. So long as I hit my protein goal each day, for the most part, I’m good. I don’t count calories or track my carbs. James was shocked when he found out how much good fat I eat daily (does anyone else eat butter like cheese, or is that just me?)   Then there’s owner trainers Amy, Tyrone, and Al.    Their spirit animal is Excel. They track, count and calculate. They flip food around and have fun making things fit their macros.    Our induction coach, Heming, on the other hand, just wants to be told what to do, when to do it, and how much to ea

Empathy and authority.   The two most powerful forces in coaching.   Empathy is about understanding and compassion.   Authority is about respect and earned trust.   Sadly, this isn’t taught in personal training school, and very few trainers ever get the memo.   A coach with empathy means they ‘get you’. They understand your situation, and you’re not just some schmuck with average goals. They know how to read you, when to push you and give you vinegar, and when to support you and give you honey.   A coach with authority has a why for everything they do. It’s built on them studying their craft and being a student. You respect and trust them because they actually know what they are doing and how to get you results (unlike many of these thirsty social media fit-pros who are more concerned with whether they took a good selfie than serving their client).   But that’s a topic for another day.   It's the dichotomy of empathy and authority that creates a great coaching relationship.   This is something that I teach to

In this week's episode of The Enterprise Fitness podcast, I tackle the debate: Why we get fat: calories or hormones?    The two prominent ways to assess and explain all mechanisms of diet and nutrition are calories and hormones.   On one side, a calorie is a calorie; weight loss or weight gain is merely a mathematical equation of calories in and calories out.    On the other, hormones and biochemistry send chemical messages to store calories in fat cells and overwrite appetite control.   Depending on perspective, and to the average person, both are accurate explanations for weight loss and weight gain. An army of experts, gurus, camps and zealots have emerged from these prominent perspectives.    In nutrition, there is no middle ground. You simply must pick a side, and if you don’t, you will be ostracised — a fate worse than death to a social media influencer. Today, nutrition is less about science and more about selecting ‘the science’ that matches your identity.    As a coach, I care less about why somethin

We’ve all been there, at least metaphorically.    You’re driving home from the end of a big day, going maybe just a little too fast to see the bed of nails.   ‘POP!”    One of your tyres goes out.    As you pull over to the side of the road to survey the damage, your sanity escapes you, expelling like the air from that punctured tyre. So you do what any once-rational person would do in that situation and slash the other three.    Hours later, once you have returned from the descent into madness, you finally decide to call the tow truck guy to replace not one but four flat tyres!   In coaching, this is called flat-tyre syndrome, commonly known as the ‘What-the-hell’ effect in psychology, and it’s a real killer of fitness and weight loss progress.   It’s not that hard to picture yourself being affected by this.    You’ve been sticking to your diet, weighing and timing everything perfectly. Then you decide to have ‘just one bite’ of a restricted food, which turns into two, which quickly becomes four and then the

In this week's episode of The Enterprise Fitness Podcast, we delve into the intriguing concept that "You Don't Need a Better Diet." Discover why long-term success in health and wellness isn't just about the diet you choose but a profound shift in your identity. We examine popular dieting approaches, explore the lessons from "The Biggest Loser," and introduce you to the transformative DILTS model. Join us as we unlock the secrets to sustainable change and lasting results. Available on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Don't miss this eye-opening episode!

Welcome to another captivating episode of The Enterprise Fitness Podcast! In today's edition, we're delving deep into the world of Olympic athletes – the true titans of dedication, resilience, and relentless pursuit of excellence. Join us as we unveil the incredible journey of two-time Olympic athlete and Enterprise Fitness team member, Heming! From the vibrant streets of Rio to the monumental stage of Tokyo, we're exploring the heart-pounding highs and soul-searching lows of his Olympic odyssey. But Heming's story didn't start with the Olympics; it began at age six, with a table tennis paddle in hand.

In my very first bodybuilding competition back in 2004, I came last. At the time, as a 20-year-old kid, it was the worst thing that ever happened to me. Nineteen years later, it’s been one of the biggest blessings in my life. In fact, if I hadn’t learned how to bounce back from setbacks in my twenties, I sincerely doubt there would be an Enterprise Fitness. The pain of coming last was my fuel to become an expert. It made me ask questions. It forced me to learn. It pushed me to ask for help. Long story short, my first comp experience was all kinds of bad. So bad, in fact, that I vowed to become an expert so no one else would have to go through what I did. This journey made me a highly sought-after coach, known for getting results, and ultimately turned Enterprise Fitness into what it is today - boasting 14 world-class coaches and being so in demand we have a waitlist of clients. I’ve gotten to know top performers in sport, fitness, and business intimately, from how they think to what makes them tick. I’ve cele

We recently reached out to our Instagram followers and asked them to send in their burning fitness questions! We tackle them head-on in this week’s episode of The Enterprise Fitness Podcast.  Joining me, Mark Ottobre, on the show with Enterprise senior trainers, Ari and Cristiano, as we dive into: Callisthenics: What’s our take on this popular bodyweight training regimen? Cardio and strength training: Should you combine cardio with strength training to maximise muscle growth? Peptides: Curious about their effectiveness in building muscle? We share our thoughts. Compound exercises: Are they absolutely essential for hypertrophy? Find out!  Body fat reduction: Need a strategy to go from 19% to 12% body fat while maintaining a normal weight? We’ve got you covered. Top 5 energy drinks: Discover our favourite energy-boosting beverages.  Ready to dive in?  Have a question for us or a topic you'd like us to cover? We'd love to answer it for you. Send your questions to mark@enterprisefitness.com.au.