Grinds My Gears (GMG) Podcast

Grinds My Gears Solo Series Episode 53 Strength Training for Athletes

In this episode we dive into sport specific training and if it is a real thing? Is strength training beneficial for an athlete or is skill work more important? Can you build skills in the weight room? Also we address what are the essential lifts all athletes must master and their variations for  enhanced sport performance.

Episode 52 Patrick Bropby

BJJ and all things BJJ. Join me as I sit down with second degree Brazilian jiujitsu black belt  the silver grappler Patrick Brophy. Patrick and I studied under the same professor and have been friends and training together for clsoe to 2 decades now. We talk about coaching, modern BJJ and pretty much everything BJJ.
this was a Fun episode and we will certainly do it again!

Grinds my gears solo series episode 51 Dealing with loss

In this episode we talk about how to deal with difficult time when it comes to loss. I specifically tie it in to what happened in Canada recently with its federal election. While most of the country was hoping for change it did not happen and we face a country falling into possibly the worse times in its history.

Grinds My Gears Solo Series Episode 50 Canada's 2025 election

As Canada gets set to vote in one  if not its most significant federal election I give my take on the key issues at hand and what Canadians should be thinking about and looking for when they head to the polls to vote for the next federal government.

Grinds My Gears Solo Series Episode 49 How I Started My First Gym

Its good to be back!
After taking some time off from podcasting to start my own gym I'm back into podcasting. 
Join me as i walk you through my entrepreneurial journey into opening my first and definitely wont be last Mixed Martial Arts gym.
The GMG Solo series will allow me to release episodes more frequently and share my expertise and spark controversy all at the same time. 
Glad to be back!

Grinds My Gears Episode 48 Shaun Zimmer

@ShaunZimmer Shaun Zimmer is a Canadian entrepreneur and social media speaker who has gained notoriety online through his pushback against government overreach and mandates durring the pandemic. He first burst onto the scene with memes that were created of him and his daughter. Later on when the world went crazy he was one of the only people to publicly push back against government mandates by holding fitness classes and workouts in his backyard for members of his community. Shaun is an entrepreneur and is involved in many business ventures but really focuses his time  now on helping people learn from mistakes he made and take ownership and control of their mental and physical well being.

Grinds My Gears Episode 47 NFL Season predictions

Grinds my gears episode 46 Kyle Nelson

Kyle Nelson is a Canadian UFC Fighter fighting out of Muskoka Ontario. Kyle is in final preparations for his next fight taking place on September 16th UFC fight night Shevchenko Vs. Grasso 2 in Vegas. Even though it was a shorter podcast as Kyle is busy training we were able to talk about his upcoming opponent Fernando Padilla, Kyles training regimen, his experience in the UFC, the recent fighter coalition suing the UFC, Canadian news media censorship as well as his ability to balance UFC fighter and business owner. A short but good one!

Grinds My Gears Episode 45 Chris Bonfoco

Join me as i talk to frequent guest Chris Bonfoco. After a bit of some time off from podcasting we dive right back into things. we cover the media backlash around the sound of freedom movie. Canadas political and overall decline, racism & Brazilian jiujitsu and mark zuckerberg

Episode 44 Calvin & Adrian NFL Offseason

After a layoff from podcasting from opening my gym I am back with a nice fun episode talking football and the offseason. Join myself, Calvin and Adrian as we talk Lamar Jackson, Philly's amazing draft class and much much more! Good to be back!