""The strength was already there. I just took away the handbrake.""

Most men do not realise they are training themselves into the body they will later regret. They chase strength, size and performance while quietly accepting stiff backs, aching knees and shoulders that "just do that now." Tom Morrison has lived the other side of that story: pain, diagnosis, fear, rebuilding and a completely different understanding of what strength really means. This is not a stretching episode. It is a conversation about building a body you can still trust decades from now. The real question is simple: are you training for now, or for the man you still need to be later?

Tom Morrison is a mobility specialist and creator of The Simplistic Mobility Method, helping people understand pain, rebuild movement and get back to doing what they love. For the Next Level Guy listener, his work matters because it reframes strength as something deeper than numbers in the gym — it is the ability to keep living fully.

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This episode is for you

• If you want to Build a body that still says yes to life thirty years from now.
• If your body keeps sending warning signs and you keep pretending they are normal.
• If you train hard but feel less capable than you used to.
• If you want to still move, play, lift and live properly in thirty years.

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The Adopted Kid Who Built His Own Tribe | Chris Burns

"It's less about what goal can I conquer and it's more about what makes me feel right in being alive."

This conversation starts with jiu-jitsu but quickly moves into much bigger territory. Chris and I talk about adoption, belonging, depression, fatherhood, purpose, service, and what it means to build a life that feels meaningful rather than merely successful. If you've ever felt like an outsider or wondered what actually makes life worth living, there's a lot here to think about.

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Chris 'Bones' Burns is a Rickson Gracie black belt, educator and founder of Academy Jiu-Jitsu in Sydney. Known for his obsession with fundamentals and his refreshingly honest take on life, Chris helps people think more deeply about self-defence, purpose, belonging and becoming more fully themselves.

Most people will look at Chris Burns and see a jiu-jitsu black belt. What they might miss is the deeper question that has driven much of his life: what actually makes being alive feel worthwhile? In a world obsessed with status, followers, achievement and constant optimisation, Chris offers a different perspective. One built around belonging, service, presence, family and finding the things that make you feel right in yourself. This conversation explores what happens when you stop chasing what looks impressive and start paying attention to what feels meaningful. The answer may be simpler than most of us expect.

• This episode is for you if you've achieved things in life but still feel like something important is missing.

• This episode is for you if you're tired of chasing what looks impressive and want to figure out what actually matters to you.

• This episode is for you if you've ever struggled to feel like you belong, even when you're surrounded by other people.

#chrisburns #bjj #adoption #findyourself #belonging #depression #fatherhood #purpose #service #grappling #ricksongracie #academyjiujitsu #betruetoyourself

"You can't outrun yourself, but you can choose a different direction."

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What if the habits ruining your life aren't the real problem?

For years, Tom Jenkins blamed the drinking, gambling, porn, failed relationships and reckless behaviour.

But underneath it all was something far deeper:

A man who didn't believe he was enough.

The uncomfortable truth?

Tom knew something wasn't right for years.

He knew he wasn't happy.
He knew the behaviours weren't helping.
He knew he wanted more from life.

But awareness alone wasn't enough to change.

🎙️ Meet Tom Jenkins — author of The Drunk Gambler with Erectile Dysfunction, entrepreneur, traveller, conservationist, and a man who spent years searching for meaning in all the wrong places.

After decades of alcohol, gambling, pornography, failed relationships, self-sabotage and chasing the next escape, Tom eventually discovered that the thing he was really searching for wasn't out there — it was within himself.

In this brutally honest conversation, Tom shares the mistakes, regrets, lessons and turning points that helped him stop running from himself and finally build a life worth living.

We explore self-worth, loneliness, addiction, intimacy, masculinity, purpose, and why so many men spend years searching for answers everywhere except within themselves.

This isn't a story about addiction.

It's a story about self-worth.

It's a story about facing yourself.

And it's a story about discovering that no amount of success, pleasure, travel, or distraction can fix a problem you refuse to confront.

#TheNextLevelGuyShow #MensMentalHealth #SelfWorth #PersonalGrowth #MensWork #MentalHealthAwareness #SelfImprovement #PurposeDrivenLife #Masculinity #Confidence #MindsetShift #OvercomingAddiction #GrowthMindset
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