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Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser

Redefining Disabilities with James Roberts

Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser

Dr. Ron Kaiser

Rejuvenate, Age, Aging, Fitness & Nutrition, Mental, Self-help, Gym, Doctor, Health, Fitness, Emotional Health

5.0 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Few people have the mindset it takes to become an elite athlete. Many find it hard to commit to the hours of training, strict diets, prioritizing sleep, let alone doing it all with a physical disability at the same time. 


My guest today, James Roberts, refuses to let his physical disability put limits on what he believes he is capable of. James is a paralympic athlete, entrepreneur, podcast host, and international speaker with 15 years of experience in exercise, diet, and mindset as a coach.

James and I talk about his disability, his incredible mindset, his business, and his upcoming recipe book, just to name a few of the amazing topics. 


Tune in to Episode 63 to learn how to stop setting limits on yourself, what James recommends for keeping up with fitness during the pandemic, and his inspiring journey to where he is today. 


Some Questions I Ask

  • Can you give us a bit of a rundown on your background and what you’ve overcome? (3:37)
  • What are some of the things you’ve accomplished athletically? (9:51)
  • What went into your decision to pursue athletics? (11:41)
  • What do you do on a daily basis? (15:25)
  • Can you give a few guidelines for people concerned with their fitness right now? (20:49)


In This Episode You Will Learn

  • What James disability is and his inspiring mindset (6:46)
  • What sports James has been involved in and found success in (10:53)
  • The types of clients that James works with (18:09)
  • What James recommends for people who are concerned about COVID-19 impacting their fitness (21:22)
  • About James recipe book (24:27)


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0:00.0

Welcome to Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser. This is a podcast designed to help you

0:25.0

live your life enthusiastically today, tomorrow, and every other day. I am your host, Ron Kaiser. I'm a

0:32.6

positive health psychologist and also author of the award-winning and best-selling book Rejuvenaging,

0:38.2

the Art and Science of Growing Older with Enthesiasm. My website is the Mental Health Gym. It's your

0:45.3

source of all kinds of information about positive psychology, goal achieving psychology, which is my

0:51.4

spend on positive psychology, Rejuvenaging, and all kinds of wellness oriented information. Always

0:59.7

happy to have you visit the website and to even suggest guests for this podcast. As long time

1:08.7

podcasts, listeners know our podcast is devoted to wellness and bringing you interesting and

1:16.6

informative guests who lead their lives enthusiastically and have information to provide to us as

1:23.4

to how we can be the best version of ourselves by positive orientation, enthusiasm, and more than

1:31.8

that, building in certain kinds of wellness habits that enable us to grow and flourish throughout

1:38.3

the lifespan. If you were one of the really early listeners to the podcast, you may recall listening to

1:47.3

James Owen Roberts, who was an early guest, one who was really well received and brought a particular

1:55.9

orientation that's really unique. Also has a bit of a unique accent. You'll notice that James comes

2:04.5

from across the pond and is one of our few international guests so far. So anyway, in introducing him,

2:14.6

let me tell you that James is an entrepreneur, podcast host, and international speaker with over 15

2:23.8

years of experience in exercise, diet, and mindset as both a coach, two-time parolimpic athlete,

2:34.1

and a lump of both Swansea University and the University of Chester. In addition to running James

2:42.4

Owen Roberts coaching, he also serves as consultant for wheelchair rugby league of Ireland.

2:51.0

So James, it's a pleasure to see you and welcome you back to Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser.

2:57.7

It's so nice to have you back. It's my pleasure and thanks again for asking me to come back on.

3:02.7

It's a very impressive resume that I introduced you with, but it's kind of interesting when you

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