• Matt Levy OAM Paralympic Gold Medal Swimmer (Australia)
    Aug 17 2024

    Matt Levy is guest speaker at the Sports Inclusion Networking Night taking place on 28 August 2024 from 6-8.30pm (AEST) in Sydney, Australia. The evening of food, drinks and camaraderie is co-presented by ArtSHINE and Go International Group Dotcom Pty Ltd hosted at the Community Bank Darling Square in Sydney's Haymarket. Register to attend: https://www.sportsfitnessfestival.com/rsvp.

    “No matter how hard the road seems, there is always light at the end of the tunnel.” In 1987, Matt Levy was born prematurely at 25 weeks. He has cerebral palsy, is legally blind, and has had 40-50 operations on his heart, lungs, ears, and even brain. Matt is also a swimmer. You might have seen him win gold for Australia. He has competed at five consecutive Paralympic Games, winning 3 gold 1 silver, and 5 bronze medals. He’s also swam at 5 World Swimming Championships - winning 20 international medals and holding 4 World Records. Matt has a degree in Business (Management), an Australian Institute of Company Directors qualification and MBA (Leadership), as well as an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to sport. Buy a book or connect with Matt via his website at: www.mattlevy.com.au. This is a live recording from the inaugural AFT International Port Macquarie Sports Fitness Fest - Keynote, Sports Inclusion held in Panthers Port Macquarie on 4 November 2023 at 10:00am. View it in video format here: https://sportsfitnessfestival.com/sports-talks/. Sports Fitness Festival was presented by Official City Host: @portmacquarietourism @pmhcouncil #iloveportmacquarie#sportsfitnessfestival#sportsequity #diversitybyinclusion#afitnesstoday#paralympian #cerebralpalsy #internationaldayofpersonswithdisabilities #swimming #goldmedalwinner -- CREDITS A GIG: GoInternationalGroup.com Production Produced by EQN Activation Studios Executive Producer - Nikki Yeo Writer, Director & Producer - Jasmine H. Low Camera / Audio - Rolando Oporto, Primo Creations Editor - Susheel Younas, MAS Productions Graphics - Tamara Yovita / Podcast Cover Graphics - Jasmine Low STAY TUNED, HIT SUBSCRIBE TO THE A FITNESS TODAY NEWS NETWORK Don't miss a beat! First start by subscribing to AFT: https://www.afitnesstoday.com/subscribe Connect with us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asiafitnesstoday.official FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/move8 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asiafitnesstoday Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/move8movement For ad-free content, subscribe to our newsletter: Substack: https://www.afitnesstoday.substack.com Listen to the Move8 podcast on: Website: https://move8.asiafitnesstoday.com/podcasts/ Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/move8 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/channel/aft-podcasts-apac-heroes/id6442749688 -- Mission 2030 -- A Fitness Today is on a mission to halve non-communicable diseases in the Asia Pacific region by 2030. It begins with a whisper, a drop in the ocean and slowly, change can happen. It begins with us. Knowledge is not only power. Knowledge is health. Read more: https://www.asiafitnesstoday.com/?p=8838 -- What's Move8.org? -- /////// Social enterprise Move8.org advocates sports and health equity and has created an 8-step method to health & wellness. /////// Asia Fitness Today acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands we live on. We pay our respects to all Elders, past and present, of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations.

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  • Ikigai: The Art to Living Life’s Purpose
    Apr 12 2022
    Have you heard about Ikigai? A Japanese concept that has captured the curiosity of scientists, musicians, life coach experts and even environmental activists! What is it about the Okinawa Blue Zone? We researched what Japanese people thought about the concept; including foreigners living in Japan. • Written & voiced by Jasmine H. Low. • Subscribe to receive this in your inbox: https://bit.ly/aftsubscribe • Read the article on our website: https://www.asiafitnesstoday.com/ikigai/. Thanks for listening!
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  • Ryan Hogan, CEO Les Mills Asia Pacific
    Feb 11 2022
    Welcome to Move8.org, a show presented by AFT Podcasts. Co-hosts Jasmine Low and her fitness coach Nikki Yeo created this show to showcase people who are Fit for Good - a tagline they coined for those who use their fitness and strength for the good of others. In this episode, we meet Ryan Hogan, CEO of Les Mills Asia Pacific who is pursuing a mission for a fitter, healthier planet! Originally from Canada, Ryan has been spearheading the fitness industry for the last two decades and one of his best known work is at FILEX - THE largest leading Fitness Education Event. He oversees Les Mills in over 14 countries from Canberra, Australia to Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Guam and Papua New Guinea. -- How it all began: An Olympian and Commonwealth Games athlete by the name of Les Mills set up a gym in Auckland, New Zealand 50 years ago in 1968. It took 30 years of gym building, an innovative pre-choreographed barbell workout known as BODYPUMP® and the vision of an entrepreneur named Bill Robertson from Canberra to revolutionise the fitness industry with BODYPUMP® making it the world’s most famous group exercise class. Then came Les Mills Asia Pacific and Les Mills International, and today, a business that licenses 20 different programs to over 21,000 clubs in over 110 countries with over 140,000 accredited Instructors delivering group workouts to over 7 million people each week. -- Thank you for joining us on another episode of the Move it, Move 8, Move AID Podcast. See you next time and remember, why just be fit when you can be fit for good. Is there someone you could journey with? Walk with? Take a drive with? Visit us at www.move8.org and join our community.
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  • The Move8 Wellness Method
    Jan 10 2022
    Introducing the Move8 Fitness Movement, created by two ordinary women who seek to make a change. Learning first hand from their own experiences caring for elders, witnessing close friends falling ill from lifestyle diseases and getting unwell themselves, Jasmine Low and Nikki Yeo created the 8-step wellness method as an OPEN SOURCE concept. Move8 advocates wellness education with actionable programs, making fitness accessible to all layers of society. Learn more about the eight step method here: https://move8.asiafitnesstoday.com/move-8/ The Move8 program can easily be replicated by associations, non-profit organisations and their communities and governments who wish to encourage the spirit of giving by inducting and training volunteers to be Fit for Good. Get fit while doing good. Move8.org is a profit-for-purpose social enterprise platform created and incubated by media group AsiaFitnessToday.com. Start your fitness journey at www.move8.org.
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  • Sally Sukkar, Fitness Trainer, Body Builder Competitor & Founder of the ME Movement
    Apr 7 2021

    Welcome to Move8.org, a show presented by AFT Podcasts. Co-hosts Nikki Yeo & Jasmine Low meet an amazing health advocate - Sally Sukkar from the Me-Movement. Sally helps people look and feel great in movement, mindset and health and who does she have as testament to her work? Her 85-year old mum, Yasmeen! Watch the duo go on Instagram @me.movement.

    Here's a list of Sally's credentials:

    ✔ Bachelor Of Exercise and Sport Science (Majoring in health promotion)
    ✔ Sports Nutrition Certificate
    ✔ 4x bodybuilding competitor
    ✔ Kettlebell, TRX, SPIN, Powerlifting, Olympic lifting qualifications (psst just to name a few)
    ✔ Rolling out a foundations of movement course
    ✔ Sally also loves her food and family
    ✔ Sally sings! No really, she does! Listen until the end of the podcast.

    Move8 Fitness Podcast Website: https://move8.asiafitnesstoday.com/podcasts/

    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/move8-fitness-movement/id1561966029

    Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81MTdjZDRhOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2eWDpRS7DmSl4KqEf6lcq6

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    38 mins
  • Move8 Fitness Movement | Meet people who are FIT for GOOD (Trailer)
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