76: Matt Bevilacqua - 3X Molokai 2 Oahu Paddleboard Champion & Professional Ironman

In this episode of The Physical Performance Show I have a fire-side chat with Matt Bevilacqua - Three time Molokai 2 Oahu paddleboard champion and professional Ironman. During the episode Matt shares around all things surf life saving ironman, breakthrough performances, hard training and fun sessions on the beach.

Listen in as we delve into the following:

• Matt's origins in surf life saving
• Growing up as a surf athlete in Tasmania
• Matt's Nutri-Grain Series journey
• Matt's Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Races
• The highs and lows of Matt's career so far

00:00 Start

01:00 Introduction

04:00 Matt Bevilacqua Introduction

05:40 One thing that scares Matt

08:12 Matt's genesis story

08:37 Matt's junior days

09:30 Where Matt's love for the sport started

11:37 Talking about Matt's parents

14:00 Matt's dreams before becoming a professional ironman

14:56 Being a surf athlete in Tasmania and the Tasmanian athlete bond

18:10 Training with Michael King

19:25 What Matt learnt from training with a high performance squad

20:25 Matt's first Nutri-Grain IronMan qualifying year and race

22:10 Finding himself on the Nutri-Grain IronMan Series podium

23:37 Matt's second year on the Nutri-Grain IronMan Series

24:42 Matt on the importance of confidence

25:45 Matt's first Nutri-Grain IronMan Series win – Newcastle 2015/16 Series

28:38 Matt's 2016/17 Nutri-Grain IronMan Series

31:20 Performance Round

43:04 Molokai 2 Oahu paddleboard

44:42 Matt's study – High school teaching

45:36 Matt's bucket list

46:54 Matt's training advice

48:00 Matt's Physical Challenge

49:36 Matt's dinner guest

50:40 Matt's sponsors and supporters

51:45 Matt as a comedian

52:55 Close

55:35 End

Matt Bevilacqua on social: Insta: @matt.bevilacqua Facebook: @mattbevy Twitter: @matt_bevilacqua Matt's first surf club - Clifton Beach SLSC Matt's current surf club - Kurrawa SLSC Matt's Sponsors: Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Kracka Surf Craft Engine Swim BOS Oceansport True Protein Previous show guests that are mentioned:

Episode #1: Ali Day

Episode #22: Shannon Eckstein

Episode #57: Matt Poole

Episode #72: Jamie Mitchell

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