Shiraz Arif Disabled Bodybuilder (the real disability bodybuilding)

Steve Shoesmith and Me (Shiraz Arif) Episode 20 - Mental Health 00:00 - 4:30 Abit of Catching up wit Steve and the difference between PTSD and depression 4:38 - 5:45 Steve back story with the military (which he talks about how he experienced it and how other people experiences it everyone is different) 5:47 -10:57 How Steve and probably other people would see me and other disabled people individually as and talking (this all about not judging other people just accept that who they are not what they for example Steve explains how he sees me who I am with what I do regardless with my disabilities) 11:02 - 15:32 Reaching out to people for mental health throughout this year from Lockdown 1 and now Lockdown 2 and Covid 19 and government and livelihood 17:36 - 20:14 Steve origin’s story with his mental health 20:15 - 30:15 Steve Thoughts on Disability is like mental health but it’s not but it’s all about the barriers for example like with mine he will explain why and also explains the way he sees depression and anxiety 30:26 -37:28 A little bit of my own mental health backstory and my disabilities and how it efforts me personally 37:45 - 44:07 The difference between having mental health affects from Lockdown and Covid etc vs having them to years and years bad experiences and Steve telling us his weight loss journey his depression and more his backstory and how we all cope during the first lockdown individuals etc 44:47 - 49:17 A little rant here 😆 How the government done the national full lockdown but certain places are still open no logic here 🤷🏽‍♂️🙈 49:20 - 58:35 We talked about How mentally it efforts us and how it made us stronger through the first lockdown and dealing with certain people who are negative and show their true colours and how other judge me for being Disabled and being Disabled since birth and dealing with mental health etc 58:49 - to the end of the podcast Q&As with Steve 😆 and giving out some advice to people who needs reaching out 🙏🏾❤️

So here it is guys finally I got this done Episode 19 is now posted I managed to get one of the senior Bodybuilders on the podcast Dan McNab he is who done a lot of shows and etc in bodybuilding for 10 years so this episode is about Dan his experience and etc so you can learn from this there’s a lot of banter and genuine from this episode here is the time stamp for it Time Stamp You can’t outwork Work Ethic! 02:08 - 06:31 Dan’s backstory and motivation rant 06:32 - 27:51 Understanding the consistency of dedication for training hard and getting ready and showing up on the day of the show and the difference between bodybuilding and fitness 27:53 - 30:33 Continuing Dan’s back story 30:57 - 42:35 How did me and Dan came across first time and Dan basically telling me how Disabled people or people with injuries and I work hard in bodybuilding and actually does it despite adversity and against the odds 💪🏾 42:36 - 50:22 50:23 - 56:03 Dan’s next step in his bodybuilding journey and going back and forward with each other questions 💪🏾 Fun Q&As from people for Dan and more fun talk 😆😂 56:05 - 1:29:38 (to the end of podcast)

So this episode is a special one I had a special guest coming on Guy Cisternino he is a IFBB Professional Bodybuilder in the 212 Class and I got him on to share abit of his story and what’s he all about in this episode me and Him were having an genuine chat so this is our first time and if you can tell throughout I was genuinely nervous and excited about this one 😅🙏🏾🙂 and sorry for the static in this episode I will get on it soon as possible 😆🙈 Time Stamp for Episode 18 with Guy Cisternino 212 IFBB PRO 01:06 - 03:47 The reason why I started my own Podcast 04:02 - 08:30 Mentally and work ethic 08:33 - 11:55 Telling Guy my Background stories about my first show 12:00 -16:45 Different points views on how most people see as Bodybuilders with Guy 16:46 - 21:01 Explaining Guy what’s my Disabilities are and how I deal with them 21:03 -28:55 Guy’s experience as Pro Bodybuilder and the difference between pro shows back then and now and why is it the way it is now? 28:58 - 43:04 What’s Guy was like growing up and what is he like as a person? And telling him my experience as a kid too and more good and funny shit 43:16 -1:13:22 Who was your top 5 bodybuilders of all times from the start? And we talked about how past experience efforts you and the things that we do as kids individually 1:13:25 - 1:32:52 Would you rather and Q&As questions and shout outs for Guy towards the end of podcast

Sorry for this episode guys I had a technicality issue on my side so me and Conor did a 3 parts of this episode Episode 17 social media with Conor Time stamp 04:11 - 21:21 How to deal social media from negativity to positivity - Cons of Social Media Pros and Cons me and Conor until I lost my connection with my mic 😂🤦🏽‍♂️ 21:24 Part 2 of this episode 21:25 - 47:03 Catching up up talking about past experiences and being more confident and letting who’s there man and who the Batman and Robin on the podcast and etc 😂😂 29:05 - 34:00 Our background sports and training Part 3? 34:11 - 53:02 - 1:01:15 Conor’s and mine backstage stories and experiences on Male model class and my disability class on stage too 😆🤙🏾💪🏾 1:01:32 - Our mindset through this lockdown and what junk food we used to eat as fat kids lol and finishing off the podcast too

Episode 16 with Conor Time stamp 00 - 1:16 One of the funny questions from Q&As from one of my friends 😆 1:17 - 5:44 Me and Conor being twats and catching up 😂😂🤙🏾 5:45 -24:41 Our opinions about the gyms not opening July, we talked about focusing on what you can do in the meantime not on what we can’t do and the pros and cons on attracting people after shows or during competing and our experiences with sponsorships 🤙🏾 24:44 -1:09:43 Q&As time Q1 was a funny fucked up question Q2 where would you seek motivation if you have none? Q3 best back stage and tanning stories? 🤣😂 1:09:45 - 1:11:55 Conor- Social media and spending too much on that can cause too much distractions (we will touch on this more on the next podcast episode) 1:13:56 - 1:20:22 Why we both single individual and our thoughts (it has to be done right?)😂😂😂🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

So me and Conor Hickinbottom are back on it again and this time we are gonna talk about relationships with family and friends and being relationships or dating on how it efforts us individual so in a nut shell we are gonna talk about how our relationship with our own family friends and love life efforts us differently and how important it was. Time stamp 2:00 - 13:23 what Conor and I been doing recently and mindset of training during the lockdown 13:35 - 28:25 Conor’s Back story with his past relationships while doing bodybuilding/fitness 28:27 - 36:21 my past experience while doing bodybuilding and prepping for a show 47:00 - 49:40 what’s it like to be on prep while socialising with family and friends 49:40 - 59:25 Me and Conor off Season experiences with our family and friends 59:26 till the end of episode on what we both experienced through our own prep Enjoy guys!!

So guys this is episode 14 and I’m talking about overcoming barriers with adversity and hardships and having that mindset to be a champion to become something more then you are now with Conor Hickinbottom and Alisha Lee hope you guys enjoy this

Me and Conor decided to do an episode about Mental Health as its really important especially with what’s going on this goes out people who isn’t just do bodybuilding but in life too 💪🏾🙏🏾

This episode is a special one it’s a tribute for Luke Sandoe top guy he was and talked about mental health, supplements, training, and general shit and banter 🙏🏾💪🏾

My next guest on my episode 11 today Steve Shoesmith he owns Native Strength and Iron Supplement brand he’s competed in bodybuilding and hes a good friend of Rich Piana R.I.P to Rich 🙏🏾 this episode is amazing and really good to listen guys hope you enjoy it!! 💪🏾💪🏾

So guys this is episode 10 I have my next guest during this lockdown and it’s my brother in bodybuilding Conor Hickinbottom from his story where he came from to the deep stuff we been talking to the banter shit we have a laugh at towards the end enjoy guys!! 😁

So today guys I had a new guest Daniel Churchill this guy is something else he came on my podcast to share his story he owns a supplement brand he’s a boxer and does bodybuilding/fitness and is a PT and many at 21 years old is a big step up for that age big up for him 🙌🏾🙏🏾💪🏾

So guys I took a break for a while I been focusing on other things apart from this podcast a lot of shit has happened one of the main reasons was this Corona Virus so I hope you lot are staying safe with your families hope your smashing it with your routine if not now is the time kick start that shit up again 😜💪🏾

Yes people I’m still around and kicking ass in the gym training hard sleeping like a baby and eating like a champion this episode and next episode will basically explain to you where the fuck have I been haha what I been up to etc enjoy guys!! 💪🏾🙏🏾

Here’s another episode of what I’m about to share with you guys the difference between off season vs prep this is all the mindset doing 2 different on season or off season if you will hope you enjoy it guys☺️🙏🏾💪🏾

Today subject for my podcast 1. What has 2019 been like for me? What did i learn from it What did I have to do in 2019 What could i do any different beginning of the year if i have the knowledge that i learned so far What is 2020 gonna be like for me?

Today I have a special guest with me the boss and the main man behind the camera of Pumped Media Kris Clarke. Kris is gonna share his story how he got involved with bodybuilding through media and etc hope you guys enjoy this 😁🙌🏾💪🏾

Tonight I have a special guest with Jordan Dodd who is a Disabled Bodybuilder Athlete been doing this bodybuilding for 4 years and now gets a chance to share his story with me enjoy guys!! 💪🏾🙌🏾

This tonight episode is about why train heavy and hard at the gym and what should be your focus be like before training at the gym or even set foot in the gym it’s all about the mindset behind it really and tomorrow I will be on with a special guest to share their story and etc stay tuned!!

This is me telling you guys my story before I started bodybuilding and why