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The Human Potential Project

Basis London

29 episodes

5 months ago

In episode #25 Tom McAdam speaks with team Jamaica weightlifter, coach and spoken-word artist Chloe Whylie. What does it take to compete at the highest level in olympic weightlifting? Having transitioned from coaching and powerlifting to competing at the World Championships in weightlifting in just 4 years, Chloe is the perfect person to provide an answer. Having overcome enormous challenges along the way, Chloe's story provides lessons for anyone seeking elite-level performance in any fiel...

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In episode #25 Tom McAdam speaks with team Jamaica weightlifter, coach and spoken-word artist Chloe Whylie. What does it take to compete at the highest level in olympic weightlifting? Having transitioned from coaching and powerlifting to competing at the World Championships in weightlifting in just 4 years, Chloe is the perfect person to provide an answer. Having overcome enormous challenges along the way, Chloe's story provides lessons for anyone seeking elite-level performance in any fiel...

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Episodes (20/29)

The Human Potential Project

#25 - Chloe Whylie: Elite level weightlifting and the athlete's mindset

In episode #25 Tom McAdam speaks with team Jamaica weightlifter, coach and spoken-word artist Chloe Whylie. What does it take to compete at the highest level in olympic weightlifting? Having transitioned from coaching and powerlifting to competing at the World Championships in weightlifting in just 4 years, Chloe is the perfect person to provide an answer. Having overcome enormous challenges along the way, Chloe's story provides lessons for anyone seeking elite-level performance in any fiel...

3 years ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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#24 - Tom McAdam: From finance to fitness and beyond

In episode #24 BJ Rule speaks with Basis London co-founder and coach Tom McAdam. What is health? What is performance? What is well-being? What are we really trying to work towards in training and in life and how can we get there? These are the questions that come up as Tom and BJ chat. Through a discussion of Tom's personal story and interests within the world of training, health and well-being we touch on a wide range of fascinating topics: * How Tom went from working in investment ...

3 years ago

51 minutes

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#23 - BJ Rule: The basics work

In episode #23 Tom McAdam speaks with Basis London co-founder, coach and trainer BJ Rule. After 22 episodes, it felt like the right time to introduce the coaches behind Basis: BJ Rule and Tom McAdam. We begin with BJ's story and how he got to where he is now, covering some 25+ years of experience coaching people and athletes and teaching group classes. We discuss lessons learned and mistakes made over that period. Then we open up a conversation about the topics and themes in he...

3 years ago

51 minutes

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#22 - Geeta Vara: A beginner's guide to Ayurveda

In episode #22 Basis London founder Tom McAdam speaks with Ayurvedic medicine practitioner Geeta Vara. In the context of allopathic medicine and evidence-based fitness and nutrition, we can forget or dismiss the wisdom of ancient Eastern disciplines like Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Western medicine has its place and should rightly be celebrated for its many life-saving and life-improving innovations. Equally, evidence-based fitness and nutrition is at the core of a lot of wha...

4 years ago

1 hour 11 minutes

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#21 - Anastasis Tzanis: Exploring the power of the breath

In Episode #21 Basis London founder Tom McAdam speaks with yoga & breathwork teacher Anastasis Tzanis. Breathing practices have been a part of human culture for thousands of years as the master key to physical, mental and spiritual potential. Science is beginning to catch up and provide explanations for the transformative power of controlling the breath. In this conversation, Anastasis and Tom explore the power of the breath through the lens of yoga / pranayama, Wim Hof and the Oxygen A...

4 years ago

1 hour 34 minutes

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Practice #4 - Deep Relaxation Meditation with Per Norrgren

Join Oxford Mindfulness Centre meditation teacher Per Norrgren for a 10-minute deep relaxation meditation based on his own daily practice. See Episode #20 for our full conversation with Per in which we discuss all the various ways meditation practice can transform your mind and your life. We hope you enjoy the practice!

4 years ago

9 minutes

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#20 - Per Norrgren: How meditation can transform your mind and your life

In Episode #20 Basis London founder Tom McAdam speaks with meditation and mindfulness teacher Per Norrgren. Meditation and mindfulness practice are powerful antidotes to the stresses and challenges of the modern world. In this conversation, Tom and Per explore the many ways in which these practices can improve the state of your mind and transform the quality of your life. Per also shares practical tips on how to meditate, how to get started and how to bring mindfulness practice into your ev...

4 years ago

1 hour 14 minutes

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#19 - Toral Shah: Integrative nutrition and lifestyle approaches for cancer

In Episode #19 Basis London founder Tom McAdam speaks with nutritional scientist, functional medicine practitioner and breast cancer thriver Toral Shah. This is a very special episode about a topic that will affect 1 in 2 of us during our lifetimes. This conversation is about cancer; cancer in general and breast cancer in particular. There is no shortage of opinions about optimal nutrition and lifestyle strategies for cancer prevention and for improving the efficacy of treatment. But which...

4 years ago

1 hour 28 minutes

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Practice #3 - Empty Mind Breath with Anastasis Tzanis

Join Anastasis for a breathwork practice designed to still your mind through ascending inhale breath holds.

4 years ago

8 minutes

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#18 - Patrick McKeown: The real science of breathing for health, performance and wellbeing

In Episode #18 Basis London founder Tom McAdam speaks with internationally recognised breathing expert Patrick McKeown. Much of what we've been taught about breathing is wrong. We learn that carbon dioxide is just a waste gas; that we should take "deep breaths" to calm down; that breathing more is the best way to improve body oxygenation during exercise. In this episode, Patrick introduces us to the real science of breathing... Having discovered the power of breath in resolving his own cha...

4 years ago

1 hour 12 minutes

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Practice #2 - Walking Meditation with Tom McAdam

In Practice #2 join Basis London coach Tom McAdam for a beginner-friendly 15 minute walking meditation. Use this simple and easy mindfulness practice wherever you are walking, whether on your commute, round your local streets or in the park.

4 years ago

15 minutes

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#17 - Shahroo Izadi: Changing your habits for good through the power of kindness

In Episode #17 Basis London founder Tom McAdam speaks with behaviour change specialist and bestselling author of The Kindness Method, Shahroo Izadi. Shahroo began her career in addition treatment in the NHS. Through her experience, she became convinced that the general population could benefit from variations on the same tools and approaches that she was seeing transform people's lives in addiction recovery. Shahroo began to combine and adapt all of the most effective, compassion-base...

4 years ago

58 minutes

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#16 - George Edwards: how to improve endurance and running performance

In Episode #16 Basis London founder Tom McAdam speaks with George Edwards, running coach and personal trainer based at GYMBOX Farringdon in London. Having spent his early years pursuing a career in professional football, George has been coaching for well over a decade and has spent time working with everybody from youth footballers to general population. George's passion for running and endurance emerged from his interest in obstacle course racing in which he currently competes. We speak ab...

4 years ago

1 hour 7 minutes

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Practice #1 - Calming Breath with Artur Paulins

Welcome to the brand new Practice series at The Human Potential Project. In Practice 01, join podcast guest and breathwork teacher Artur Paulins for a 10 minute guided breath practice. This simple and beginner-friendly exercise will leave you feeling calm and restored and ready for whatever is next in your day. See episode #15 for the full conversation with Artur.

4 years ago

10 minutes

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#15 - Artur Paulins on transformational breathwork and meditation practice

In Episode #15 of The Health Club, Tom McAdam speaks with Artur Paulins, a breathwork teacher and mindfulness coach. Creator of Breathwork Academy and the explorer of human equanimity, Artur is working internationally to transform our access to daily calm through breathwork. In his early years, Artur became one of the first instructors trained directly by Wim Hof. This was his first training in breath mastery, which now spans a variety of breath-based approaches to wellbeing, resilience and...

4 years ago

59 minutes

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#14 - Darryl Edwards on the importance of play and how to move more and better

In Episode #14 of The Health Club, BJ Rule speaks with Darryl Edwards, a former investment banking technologist turned movement coach and author. He is the founder of the Primal Play Method and a physical activity, health and play researcher. Darryl wants to inspire humans regardless of age, ability or disability to transform their health by making physical activity fun and engaging. His work has featured on documentaries, TV, radio, podcasts and international press. Darryl is aut...

4 years ago

1 hour 23 minutes

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#13 - Karl Steadman on a decade teaching CrossFit seminars, coaching and judging at the CrossFit Games and how to be a better coach

In Episode #13 of The Health Club, BJ Rule speaks with CrossFit HQ Seminar Staff member and Level 4 Coach Karl Steadman. Karl is a legend in the UK's CrossFit community, having opened one of the country's very first affiliates in 2006 and going on to join the Seminar Staff in 2009. We discuss: The early days of CrossFit in the UK, the mid 2000sKarl's experience being one of the first box owners in the countryWorking as a “Red Shirt” on CrossFit HQ's Seminar Staff and travelling the wo...

4 years ago

57 minutes

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#12 - Liam Holmes on the fundamentals of good nutrition, plant-based diets and sleep

In Episode #12 of The Health Club, Tom McAdam speaks with pH Nutrition founder Liam Homes, a nutritionist with over a decade of experience working with Premier League football teams, CrossFit athletes and everyday people. We speak about: What Liam learned as nutritionist at 2 Premier League football clubs (Fulham, Tottenham)How nutrition works in elite sportsWhat ‘training meals’ and ‘anytime meals’ areThe fundamentals of good nutritionWhat food quality is and why it’s criticalWhy protein d...

4 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes

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#11 - Rob Stubbs on the value of strength, strength training and how to create healthy habits

In Episode #11 of The Health Club, Tom McAdam speaks with Strength Coach, CrossFit Coach and personal trainer Rob Stubbs. We speak about: Rob’s journey from training friends to personal training at Virgin Active to coaching CrossFitThe differences between coaching CrossFit and PTingRob’s philosophy on strength and why he thinks strength training should be universalRob’s Strength Method and how it compares to and was inspired by Wendler’s 5-3-1The 5% rule for strength trainingWhether it’s ok...

4 years ago

1 hour 17 minutes

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#10 - Tissie Chan on authentic yoga practice, yoga philosophy and breathwork

In Episode #10 of The Health Club, Tom McAdam speaks with yoga therapist and acupuncturist Tissie Chan. We talk about: Tissie's journey from literature student to yoga therapist⁠The fascinating philosophical foundations of yoga and how it initially drew Tissie to the practice⁠What a yoga therapist is and how it differs from being a yoga teacher⁠Proper breathing in yoga⁠How to approach breathwork practice for beginners and more advanced practitioners⁠What is missing in typical commercial yog...

4 years ago

1 hour 11 minutes