Episode Transcript
Speaker 0 00:00:00 Welcome to the, give yourself the chance podcast. I'm your host, Peter Lewis. And this is the show dedicated to unlocking human potential and living a life
Speaker 1 00:00:08 Performance. <inaudible>
Speaker 0 00:00:16 So, hello everyone. Welcome to another episode of give yourself a chat podcast. I'm here with Adam Bird today. It's still locked down. It's pandemic. It's also one of the hottest days of the year. So, um, Adam, how are you? How are you doing? I don't pay very well. Thank you. Good, lovely, and warm at the moment. It is, I guess that couldn't be any more different than the environment that you wish you'd be in, um, for the benefit, um, Adam, your, I mean, wow, you, you, you, you really are quite the accomplished sportsman, but you're, you're kind of sports of choice that you're, you're kind of choosing to Excel. That is Bob slate, which, you know, for, for a Brit, you wouldn't necessarily think that's that's, you know, the, the obvious choice you've been involved in powerlifting in the past. And I know you've been a British champion at that and record holder.
Speaker 0 00:01:07 You've got a passion for rugby. You're a passionate Yorkshireman. So what does, what, what does a Bob Slayer do in lockdown? Tell me about that. Um, well try and really, uh, obviously you can't obviously, um, but, uh, I, uh, I invested in a lot of gym equipment, so my whole garage at the moment is empty minus all the gym kit I bought, uh, made it like a squat rack out scaffold in spray, paid it all out, but partially got full functioning gym in my original fantastic knocked down. Have you just managed to do bigger things? Yeah, so I mean the military, regardless to like gyms and stuff is no different from civvy street. You know, we can't, we can't be seen to let people into the gym. So the clothes, the gyms she used to literally she's gotten a gym kit, you know, you've sort of been lucky there.
Speaker 0 00:01:57 So she got on to Facebook and go on the marketplace, Pilate, a gym kit done you because I know gym kit was at a premium. It was, it was amazing down that all of a sudden get tremendous value. You know, there's buying a webcam, you won't believe it. You know, it was people all of a sudden realize that they need for meetings like this. So we have a few things in common. Bob is not one of them, but we both served in the military. You're still serving in the military. Your, your in commando, um, Sergeant I think is your, your rank, you said, um, and currently based out of, uh, Portsmouth there, uh, headquarters. So you do have a day job, but I guess you've got a pretty understanding employer there, which I'm guessing has been some of the route into Bob sleigh. Tell us about that a little bit. Yes. So in 2017, I got pestered for the second year in a row, um, to come and give bobsledding. I finally crimped and said, yeah, okay, I'll give it a go, but to Norway Lillehammer, which
Speaker 2 00:03:00 Is one of the Olympic trucks, um, and absolutely loved it. Yeah. I didn't think crush touch word by got me, got my hips banged off a few corners, which, which did hurt my ass cheek was swollen, but, uh, yeah, his boss is such a good sport. So it's a Betterman maker to be fair.
Speaker 0 00:03:18 Well, what, what do you mean by that then? I can guess, but just explain, let's go a bit deep on that bit of a matchmaker. What does that mean?
Speaker 2 00:03:24 Um, well, you've gotta be pretty tough, resilient, you know, again, all the bottom. I mean, you're all smashed up. Um, bruised. If you crush your on your head, you know, you might have some ice burns, um, just lifting a shift in heavy kit all day long as well. So it's all the, uh, the NIF, nothing trivia it's not just sliding down a Bob sleigh truck is, um, there's a lot of stuff that goes on behind the scenes that you don't necessarily see and suddenly six kilos. Wow. Moving that around all the time is quite crowded.
Speaker 0 00:03:56 Yeah. So, I mean, there's a number of things we'll, we'll go into it and there's a technical nature. Clearly there's, there's exhilaration that we'll explore. And also, you know, I love to talk to you about your military experience and some of the, the things that you take from being a serving role Marine, that kind of really helps you as a, as a professional sportsmen. I mean, you've got, you've got eyes on, on the winter Olympics, you know, we've got 20, 22 in Beijing. Yeah. There's that conceivably, you can make that if all things aligned and, you know, um, and you've got Milan in 2026. So, I mean, these are, I mean, to be an Olympian, what, what mean, what would that mean to you to, to be an Olympian? Um, yeah, whatever sport, but for you personally, what would that mean?
Speaker 2 00:04:40 Um, I mean, it's definitely not something that's just a ticket. A box is, is, you know, you've got pull off time and effort into, but you know, to become an Olympian and I've been quite lucky. So I've had two coaches now who I've got both got bronze medals. Um, John Jackson, who's a current seven Roman Marine, how's the company. And then also Sean Alston is a paratrooper who helped me coach coaching last year, uh, on my Euro cup stuff. So I've been, I've been lucky to have two Olympians sort of feed information to me and then other, other guys, Lee Johnson as well. He's an Olympian he's done. I think he's done competed in two, two or three Olympics and he's been to five, you know, so, and he's another Marine. So, um, I mean, just like, I dunno, it's a massive self con accomplishment, isn't it getting to an Olympic games and competing and not many people can say they've done that. I mean, I only know sort of a handful of people and I'm sort of in a sport at the moment where you can
Speaker 0 00:05:38 Yeah, yeah. Unless people are watching this on YouTube. What they won't see is that you you've got some good ink there on your arms, your tattoos, but having, having the Olympic rings, uh, that's a thing too to have, isn't it? You know?
Speaker 2 00:05:53 Well, I mean, yeah, so like, you know, you'll have seen him, um, in your time, uh, working with load commander logistic regiment. Now the commander, Doug is not, you know, the Olympic games, the Olympic rings and no different from them that really a bit of show of force. Isn't it
Speaker 0 00:06:10 Force. And, and I guess it's, um, it's, it's a pretty select small group, isn't it?
Speaker 2 00:06:18 Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:06:19 That, that reads across really well, too, especially commodities and things like that. But we'll, we'll park that for a second. I want to, I mean, you clearly were cut out for obviously with the powerlifting past record holding of the site, there's the explosive speed and sprint of rugby and things like that. And clearly you've had to make some hard sporting choices because you want to be in prime health. So playing rugby is not necessarily conducive to being at your tip form. Tell us about what, what was it like first time? Well, you know, you've got these people badgering you in the gym, go and have a go and you get introduced to it, but talk us through what that first run must've been like when you were actually on ice. We're not talking artificial track stuff or whatever like that, but I just want to know.
Speaker 2 00:07:05 So my first run, I was, I was a, so my first two weeks of Bob statins and the first year I was a brakeman. So when you get, when you've hit the slate, you run with it and the drivers got it. And you then get in a few steps after it. And you saw honker down and hold on to the, uh, the chassis of the sled and your head solid between your knees and the G-Force that's generated is I think it's higher than an, a phone car. It's a lot of G-Force and your head basically, cause you're bent in harm your like ghost pretty much touches your toes down. Yeah. Yeah. It has to be forced down into the floor and some of the big pressure corners, like the Crisal, which is, which is the big loop, but creates the biggest of pressures. Um, you get out the bottom and you feel like you've been in a washing machine. Wow. It's yeah. It's mental. And like, if you've ever crashed, it's like been in a car crash as well. Um, it's pretty, uh, like it was, like I said earlier, it's like a moneymaker sport really pretty, pretty brutal on the body and yeah, it does. You've got, you have really got to look after yourself when you boxing cause your body just tightens up and like, you feel like you haven't done fairs, but when you wake up in the morning and your body tells you you off. Yeah. So you've gotta keep being mobility and stretching.
Speaker 0 00:08:22 Yeah. So you've gotta be in prime health there. So let's kind of for the, if we can, for the benefit of the listener, that's sort of where we're going. You're going down the run. There you are. So two men Bob. So you were driver, which means you're responsible for the steering and you get into, what do you call it? Do you call it a car? A what's the technical term for just the bulb? Isn't it? It's just, just slide this misled.
Speaker 2 00:08:48 I'm sure. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:08:51 You've got, you've got your break man behind you who is really giving it that last, you know, full beams and then jumps in and then it's really down to, you know, you, there's a lot of responsibility on you there. Um, and, and, and developing the awareness and the inputs. I mean, that's, that kind of strikes me as not like being a helicopter, pilot, whatever you've really got to, that, that sort of sensory input and feedback is really important. How do you develop that side of, of the,
Speaker 2 00:09:25 Uh, truthfully you just cuff it when you push honestly. Cause when you push, I mean you can do as many truck walks as you want and visualizations of the truck. But as soon as that slide's being pushed off the start line, you're getting to the bottom, whether it's in foreigners or it's upside down. Yeah. So, I mean, you can't stop it gravity. I mean, it's illegal to pull the brake on the, uh, on the, on the truck unless you want to finish straight. And I mean, I don't even know. I wouldn't even like to begin to think what would happen is she pulled the brake while you were going down? Not, they probably could, were able to. Um, but yeah, you just, I don't know. I think my first one is a driver. I had never, I'd never repaired myself before because I was like, I was quite nervous doing it cause it is a big toy and toss to try and get sled, like never even driven before the first time you've got to get it down to the bottom wheels up. Um, yeah. I mean, if I, if I saw fall about drive it at Bob sleigh, like a days, uh, we may exams at school, I probably our day starts.
Speaker 0 00:10:40 So a lot of it is, is practice and feeling it and trial and error. So what are some of the biggest errors that you've inputted that I've led? I mean, if you had a big wipe out your hair to tell the story, but I'm guessing you've got some pretty close calls.
Speaker 2 00:10:53 I have, no, I haven't had any big crushes. I've had three crushes which have literally just been, I've just not called corner, uh, correctly, either going in or going out. And I've just sort of rolled off and they've been nice crushes really. Um, but I have been there where people have been hospitalized badly. And so last year, the first race we went to you obviously it's a week long is each race, um, which has comprises of a couple of treadmills a day. And then the last day is the race day. Uh, the first runoffs, uh, one of the guys went down his team on the second last corner. He come off as a real brutal truck is the, um, so the last four corners in winter book. And if you get the luck, if you get the second to last quarter long, you, you are going off and you're London on top, which he did.
Speaker 2 00:11:41 And he landed upside down, really bubbly, crushed, both guys. And one guy, one guy punch it is long. Um, but didn't realize until sort of two minutes afterwards after pick the sled up and took it out the truck, and then you started obviously going down and then the other driver was white, really Bobby bruised, his, his body went into shock. He was in costume for a few days and the other leg was in ICU in Germany. And I say, I mean, it can, it can really go wrong. So you have to, you do have to really sort of apply yourself going on. It's not just a case of getting in and doing this, you know, you do after you do, after the apply yourself, otherwise everyone to do it.
Speaker 0 00:12:24 Yeah. And, and I don't think for a moment, even myself or any of the, our listeners think it sits a simple task at all. Um, but it is one of the most exciting scores to watch. And it's determined by fractions of fractions of seconds.
Speaker 2 00:12:38 Yeah. Yeah. That is the difference.
Speaker 0 00:12:43 Do you think, so when we're talking elite level of sport, we're talking that all the teams by and large, you know, that they're full of fit, um, you know, at the peak of their sort of fitness individuals, but what makes the difference then? I mean, who would you consider are
Speaker 2 00:12:59 In terms of, in terms of who
Speaker 0 00:13:03 And in terms of, you know, coming first or coming, you know, starting to,
Speaker 2 00:13:08 Yeah. So money is obviously the big one because if a country has money, they can then pay their athletes, which then produces good athletes wanting to come to the system. Right? So the best, the best teams in the world, hands down, all the Germans that way, I think they have something like 8 million quid a year. They get all the best athletes coming in. They've got like proper sprinters, but in the best Nick of the life, they've got all the coaches and stuff behind them, they get paid, which is the big thing. Uh, and then sort of the case, the big one, you know, you can be, you can be the best driver in the world. Like, like Brad hall, who's the GB one. He's one of the best drivers in the world. One of the best pushes in the world. But if your kid isn't good, you ain't driving fast. No. Which is what suddenly, what happens to them at the 2018 Olympics off the back of that. He's got his own funding now through sponsorship and he's bought himself world class sleds. And it's showing now, now he's not only, yeah, not only is he doing, you know, top freestyle arts, he came second in one of the world cup races, whereas before he was sort of probably 10th, you know, so we've got, we have got the athletes and we've got the drivers, we just need the care and the help basically. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:14:25 Great. Britain can be a force to be reckoned with massively. We can be up there. Definitely.
Speaker 0 00:14:30 Yeah. Yeah. So, so, so on that then, because, um, I don't really understand how these things work, but I guess you have to have had a certain policing to qualify for lottery funding or whatever. And I think in 2018 that didn't quite make, have to be finally funded. Yes.
Speaker 2 00:14:45 So yeah, 2018. So they had funding up to 2018. That was the last year, uh, and sports lottery, um, said you need to confess and the Olympic games and we'll carry on me funding. They can 17th 19th because of the literally because of the care, you know, I know the guys that were in those slides and that incredible oscillates and credible drivers as well. It just goes to show what the kit, if you haven't got the right care, you know, you might as well just not turn up basically, which is a sad thing that, yeah, that that's what happened. And then they just have to, they just have to beg, borrow, and steal and still get their own funding, which they've been very, the senior teams have been very lucky because they've got the Olympic background and you know, that they've been, they found their sponsors quite quick. Um, and then there's little old me in the development team. We sort of go, we please help me. I mean, hopefully I'll be one of those guys,
Speaker 0 00:15:39 One of those guys it's part of, you know, if it wasn't challenging enough, it's just that. Exactly. Yeah. And that's the way you have to view it. So I mean, a lot of it, yeah. You could sit here, be sorry for yourself and think what if we had the best kit and stuff like this, but you can only get it.
Speaker 2 00:15:54 What's the point, what's the point.
Speaker 0 00:15:56 You can only control what you can control. So I know that you're, you're busy just trying to raise sponsorships for anyone listening to this podcast. You know, we'll talk about how they can get in touch with you later on if they, if they feel connected and want to have a conversation with you about that. But there is this thing about only controlling what is within your control.
Speaker 2 00:16:14 It's funny, it's funny. You should say that because John Jackson, one of the favorite lines he says to me is you can't actually only control what you control. So, you know, the Germans have got the best care, so they don't have to worry about that. They've got one of the best start times and they just all have to do is drive. I have to push as fast as I can. And I've got to drive perfectly to catch them up because if you've got fast sled, you gotta to be fast. Like fact, you know, if you haven't got fast sled, you've got to be perfect everywhere and you will be fast, but you've got to be perfect and no, one's perfect. You know? So yeah. Line that. I like that. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:16:51 Well it is, but it's so true, isn't it? And you know, yeah, yeah. And I think that's the thing that keeps you grounded and it keeps you okay, well what, what next? What, what do I do? Because there was no point sort of moaning about it. So since we're kind of moving into that sort of mindset area, let let's talk about your day job Marine commander, Sergeant tell us about, I mean, you've been to Afghanistan, I think it was at 2010. You deployed
Speaker 2 00:17:21 Exactly. Yeah. 2010. Yeah. Yeah. Monday Charlie company. So what did you
Speaker 0 00:17:27 Do you bring across from your, your, you know, you're a Marine commander. What, what do you bring across that helps you become, you know, the Bob sleigh that you want to be, what would you say that really does help? Because you notice the people who talk about you, you've mentioned, you know, you want Marines, I've got a good presence in, in a sort of the boxing scene. You talk about paratrooper as well. So we're talking about those military forces that have something's different. What, what do you think it is that reads across so well from either Marines or
Speaker 2 00:17:55 Parents? I think, um, we've been a military man. I mean, there's, I think there's six or seven of us with powers Marines. And then one of the drivers is in the, uh, is in the guards. Um, I think, I mean, any military man or woman who comes into elite sport, they just have that mindset already, you know, you know, do the best you can be, you know, don't shoot, you know, you're going to struggle at some point, just dig deep. And you know, obviously I could, I could reel off the core values, but I think that's the wrong reason. And that's just part of my daily life now. Um, but yeah, I think times will just get hard with regards with whatever you do. You just gotta keep going. You know, uh, we've not been in the gym beam trying to get money together, how home life, whatever funding, um, nutrition, anything, you know, you just gotta keep going and we don't really get upset when things go wrong. We just deal with it anyway. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:19:01 Yeah. And it's interesting. I think that's a distinction that the military brings is that the people around you won't allow you to wallow in self pity. They won't allow you to either give up or take the easy off you you're held to account by the tribe. Aren't you you're held to account. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:19:18 I mean, in the military, if you're at war and you just give up that could potentially be your life or someone else's life. Not on. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's where the mindset does it full stop. Isn't it? So, yeah.
Speaker 0 00:19:31 Yeah. It's the ultimate manifestation of that and how that brings through you talk, you used a phrase there, you just kind of dig deep. And so, you know, this is the, give yourself the chat podcast. What does that mean mean for you and, and how do you go about doing it? Because, you know, I say it's not all plain sailing and I know that we can just basically easily say let's dig deep, but let's explore that a little bit for you about how you get yourself in the right mental head space. When, when actually you either under pressure, be it competitive pressure or just the pressure of fundraising, whatever it means, but how do you kind of manage all that Adam?
Speaker 2 00:20:08 Um, well, when I've been in the Corps since I was 17 years old, so I don't really know any different now, but I mean the classic example was today I went into the gym, did my, did my program. And I was lifting sort of thick kilograms less than what I would usually lift, but it was having that mindset of going well, at least I'm still here. At least I've actually got my ass off of the front door and gone into the gym. You have days where you just want to give up, but what's the point. And even he doesn't have to be the gym. It could be going from going for a run. It could be doing something extra at work or making the meal that you keep saying, you're going to do whatever it just get done once you've got it done. Or once you, once you've done it, actually, your brain says, it's actually not that bad.
Speaker 2 00:20:56 What, what was I even thinking here? Like, you know, I've had days where I've just gone. I am not going to go and train today because it's just not for me. And then I've either not done it. I'm done, done that session as well as my other session the next day, because I never missed a session if I, if I miss a session, cause I'm not very well or I'm injured or something and I will always, I will never just leave that session behind. We'll get pushed. Yeah. We'll get pushed. Right. Um, but I mean, classic example of other day, it was like I said earlier, just, just make yourself get in there. And when, when you get in, it's not that bad. It's like jumping in the, see, Oh, it's gonna be too cold. Just gain. Oh actually it's not cold. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:21:40 Yeah. Th the thinking or the thought process of how bad it's going to be is actually nine times out of 10, far worse than it ever.
Speaker 2 00:21:49 Absolutely psychology. Just rules everything these days. Doesn't it, it hasn't how's forever. Yeah. I mean, actually doing the job is not, not bad. It's making this make you do it, which is the battle sometimes
Speaker 0 00:22:04 Is psychology. I mean, do you have psychologists involved with the development team? Has it found?
Speaker 2 00:22:10 No, because there's no funding. Wow. Yeah. I'm sure. I'm sure if there was, uh, then yeah, of course there would be. Uh, but because the coaches are that they've, you know, the oppose they coach, isn't just a random, uh, strength, conditioning coach they've been involved in Bob slicer. They know the mindset that you need to do. The ice coaches were drivers, so they know what you're thinking and vice versa. Um, so I mean, psychology wise, just, I think when it goes to trial, you just got to get into like, mind cells, draw the track. Now you need to learn the truck, get it in the right head space, let the, let the brakeman do their job, set the sled up. Don't worry about that. You just focused on driving because you can push the study as fast as you want. If you don't get it down, we'll support him as a driver.
Speaker 2 00:23:05 As soon as I get to the truck, I always make sure the brakeman knows exactly what he's doing. You know, what nuts and bolts support on the sled, what runners, any support arm. And I just, as soon as I'm there, I just walk away. He knows exactly. He knows what his job is. I'd have to worry about him. Um, and then I can just focus on driving. Um, and the, the biggest, the biggest psychology psychology bit for Bob Slayer or a pilot is the drive in bed, you know, cause thighs plus where you're going to get your fast time, really getting down. Um, and to begin with when I, when I first started driving or new truck, um, is a bit, but you know, I think again, it's from the military, isn't it? You just do it there. Yeah. You just, don't just, don't let it phase you. That's the biggest, the biggest thing, isn't it?
Speaker 0 00:23:58 That is so much easier said than done. And I think for us, military folk, having lived a life of it, and if you've extreme, if you've experienced the extremes or operations of wartime, anything compared with that is like, well, where are you? What you're worrying about. But for the average person on the street is that that's not quite as easy to access, but I think your message is very loud and clear is that you get better by doing, you just pitch yourself into it and try to narrow whatever. But
Speaker 2 00:24:29 I suppose in another way, another way of thinking of it, you know, for a civil civilian, I'll give you an analogy. Uh, Bryn locked down. Now loads of people are furloughed only on 8% of the wage having to cook corners. People just need to realize, and remember, you're not alone. There is loads of other people, you know, in the same situation as you it's the same. When I gone come on courses and become Sergeant corporal, or even when the first week I was in training or training in general, you're not alone. Everyone else is doing the same as you. So you just got to remember that and that sort of ticks all the boxes and your head red. I think that starts the big one for some people is just realizing you aren't alone. You know, it's not the end of the world. Your legs are not going to fall off. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:25:19 But equally, whatever you're facing a bit of project or task, you're not alone. Somebody gone before you as well
Speaker 2 00:25:26 And thousands will go after you as well.
Speaker 0 00:25:29 And, and, and so you talk about the mentors, never, you've had those people that have been at Olympic games that are involved in the squad that kind of, um, is so valuable. It's something that really surprised me when we were chatting previously, when I asked you about, you know, so you've got the driver and you've got the brake man in my head. I had it that, you know, you two will be really sort of tight like brothers, you know, you you've been together for years, but that's not necessarily the case.
Speaker 2 00:25:57 No, not always. No. So, so team members float around flat around the third on teams. My first two races to GB a hard, my first guy with me, Taylor, who's not with the GB first team. Uh, and then my last one from the season last year, I had a paratrooper other than me. So they, they do swap around, um, Taylor will probably stay with the GB first team this year. Um, but once puff university opens again and it, the let all the new athletes turn up, we do trials. I might well find myself with two or three new blokes I've never even met before. You know, and then we bring it, build a team and you false around that, uh, get to know each other as well as we can, like in any sort of sport team or in military and a troop or a section. And we just go from them, do what we do basically.
Speaker 0 00:26:48 Does it make a difference though, when you've got continuity between you and you've been, you know, done X amount of tens, hundreds of runs together that does, can that make the difference between
Speaker 2 00:26:58 Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I mean, Tim cohesion is a massive thing, isn't it? I mean, if you've got that one, that one local girl, um, who's an idiot. It can make it to fall apart. They come there, especially at a high level. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:27:13 But in the actual sled as well, we do, you kind of get a physical sense of, of how you're driving it together. Cause you know, he's not just a passenger there, there's the, the weight transfer and everything I'm guessing, you know, correct me if I'm wrong. Does it make that much of a difference?
Speaker 2 00:27:29 The only difference you're going to make is if a brakeman is faster than the Miller light and then the other, and if you break lighter than one, then you've got to put a little bit more weight in you get the gravity, so naturally will go slower. Or if, if that smaller guy is a proper athlete, maybe he could move well, may push the sled as fast as the big guy. Yeah, no, I don't, I don't think they make much difference once they're in. Okay.
Speaker 0 00:27:56 Okay. That's interesting. You mentioned bath university. Is that where the development team would normally be working out?
Speaker 2 00:28:03 So, so buff uni is where the British have obviously, obviously, uh, sort of teammates with discolored and guardian guys as well. Yeah. We've got roam like bespoke made, push, struck the, uh, all the facilities, the, all the officers are there. Um, and that's where you do trials and off season pushing and fitness. Really the elite guys have got their all accommodated there. Um, so it was really good for them. Um, and then I'll just go down as much as I can basically. Cause I've got no accommodation down there at the moment. Um, but coveage really sort of put a spot in the works for be, I mean, it's just opened back up for elite athletes now. Yeah. So I'll be going back down there in a few weeks time, hopefully.
Speaker 0 00:28:46 Yeah, definitely. It's just going to say it's another thing we have in common is that not Bob say, but by the university is where my 18 year old daughter has applied to go to. And we went there for that, the university open days and I took it down there and I just fell in love with the sport.
Speaker 2 00:29:04 Right. Isn't it.
Speaker 0 00:29:05 The 50 meter pool and all that I thought I need, I want to kind of borrow at the university. It's okay.
Speaker 2 00:29:11 Yeah. Yeah. The STV. Great. Isn't it? No wonder they've got Olympians coming out of that. Oh, it's an awesome facility. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:29:22 Of all the Olympians that have been through there are know the flags and pennants and everything, but let's go back to 0.2 to be able to be at the best and to challenge the Germans or whoever it takes investment. It takes, uh, you know, centers of excellence like Barth university. So let's, let's kind of bring back to you, Adam, you're looking for sponsorship, you're looking to raise money and you will do it. And no doubt you will, you know, if people were wanting to kind of get in touch with you and have a discussion with you about this, how could they help you if, if you're listening to this, they feel inspired to do so.
Speaker 2 00:29:58 I mean, it was like how many new introduced, uh, going such of each of those? So I'm on LinkedIn on the other bed. Uh, I've also got my Facebook and my Instagram, which is again, is not a bad or badly 1000. Um, so yeah, I mean, that's the way you can get touch with me and then I'll send you my sponsorship pack. My sponsorship pack is actually on the LinkedIn page. Uh, we've been sold like a business of orientated thing. Um, but if you get in touch with me on my Instagram, on my Facebook, I'll just send the pack to you basically. And, uh, it's quite a good park really. So the guy who made that, um, I used to work with him in the call and he left the call. Um, really actually had quiet about time you, it was jobless for a little bit.
Speaker 2 00:30:41 It was on the Dole. And then he, he came up with a company called employable, which essentially give you work, give millage people, work, experience in a job. They may think they might like, and it's hit off really well. And he got to Churchill. He said, look, I want to help you out here. This is what I've started doing. And we had a zoom call. I know he made me the sponsorship pack. I couldn't believe it. He must have put hours into it. But yeah, so he's put all the different packages together for me and yeah, I'm really happy with it. And I've had loads of people commenting and giving me sort of feedback on it. So, which is really nice. So hopefully that's starts the ball rolling, to be honest.
Speaker 0 00:31:18 Yeah. Yeah. I mean, cause without that support, you know, you're going to make, I know you're gonna make it, but it becomes so much easier if you've got people there and you know, the benefits of not only helping somebody reach their Olympic goals, but also, you know, supporting people who are serving in the military. I think it's a really attractive proposition for, for those that might be corporate sponsors, whatever. So, um, I'll do my best to spread the word that's for sure, Adam, but it sounds very much. You're very welcome. You're very welcome. And this has been, this has been fascinating. I have to say, you know, listening back to this, I think, gosh, he takes everything in his stride. It's like, well you just get on and do it. But I know there's so much more in that, but, but I think if we brought it down to the essence of, you know, whatever goal or project, or are you involved in just pictures of get in the game, get in there and do it, you know, you get in that cold water because standing there thinking about how cold it is.
Speaker 2 00:32:10 Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Just got to go get that mindset, right. I mean, one of my best friends he's um, he unfortunately got diagnosed with terminal cancer and he's just gone. Well, what's the point of being miserable. I'm going to do everything I want to do and I'm going to be happy about it. You know, I might have a terminal cancer, but why be miserable? And he's, he's having a great time. He doesn't have day. He doesn't have bad days
Speaker 0 00:32:40 At all. Now it does what he wants. He's living the dream. That's the mindset while it's mindset. And it's also just appreciating how precious life is. And, and back to you know, that he can only control what he can control. And then you put his energy into that. Adam, it's been an absolute delight having you on. Um, I will be tracking your progress may even come into the Barth university one of these days as well. And I wish you well with your sponsorship. Thanks so much for coming on the show.
Speaker 1 00:33:13 Thank you very much. <inaudible>
Speaker 0 00:33:23 You have to love Adam's approach to life and just acceptance that all he can do is all he can do. I control the controllables. And whilst that might sound like a bit of a cliche because we hear so many people talking about that it's a fundamental truth. And, and if he's going to get himself to the Olympics and, and I, I really do believe he will. Then there's a lot of obstacles in the way and, and quite rightly so because to make it as an Olympian is, uh, an achievement in itself. And the route to Olympic glory is always paved with bumps in the road and obstacles to overcome. And if anyone can overcome them, I'm sure. Um, Adam can. So if you are able to perhaps have a conversation with Adam about corporate sponsorship and, and helping him raise the money to get the equipment that they need to capitalize on the clear talent that they have in the squad, then please do get in touch with him. In the meantime, though, the conversations happening over on LinkedIn as usual, please join in the, the chat suggest which guests you might like to see on the podcast. And indeed any subjects you'd like me to explore, but for the time being, look after yourself and we'll see you on the next one.
