Episode 21

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4th Aug 2025

Fuel & Focus: Anthony Minichiello on Health, MiniFit & Life After Footy

In this episode of TradesFormation Unlocked, host Adrian Fadini sits down with Australian rugby league legend Anthony Minichiello to unpack a journey that’s as much about resilience as it is about results.

From a childhood spent tearing around a chicken farm in South West Sydney to captaining the Roosters to a Grand Final win, Anthony reflects on how early exposure to risk and movement laid the groundwork for elite athleticism. But it’s what came after that truly reshaped him: a series of debilitating injuries, and the choice to reinvent himself through food, education, and leadership.

Now founder of MiniFit, Anthony is dedicated to helping kids grow up healthy and strong—while also educating business owners and teams on how nutrition, movement, and mindset impact performance. Whether you’re in the trades or on the training ground, this episode will inspire you to fuel better and focus smarter.

🧠 What You'll Learn

  • How childhood freedom builds risk management and resilience
  • Why Anthony believes all disease starts in the gut
  • What it means to fuel your body like a sports car
  • MiniFit’s mission to help kids thrive in a digital world
  • The real story behind Anthony’s spine injury and full recovery
  • How he balances hydration, fasting, and consistency for energy
  • Why mindset is the X factor in sport, business, and health

🔗 Links & Mentions

  • MiniFit: https://www.minifit.com.au
  • TradesFormation: https://www.tradesformation.com.au
  • Anthony Minichiello: https://www.instagram.com/minifit_training
  • Dr. Charlie Teo (mentioned)
  • Gut microbiome testing, methylation, and integrative medicine

📌 Episode Tags

Anthony Minichiello, MiniFit, Rugby League, NRL, Kids Fitness, Health and Wellness, Gut Health, Corporate Wellness, Nutrition, Hydration, Mindset, Performance, Adrian Fadini, TradesFormation

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About the Podcast

TradesFormation Unlocked
Sell. Scale. Systemise - The no BS podcast for Tradies
🔥 Description:
Welcome to TradesFormation Unlocked with Adrian Fadini — the no-BS podcast for tradies ready to break free from the tools and build real businesses. We dive deep into the sales, systems, and strategies that drive serious profit and sustainable growth. Whether you’re scaling your team, systemizing your ops, or just sick of doing it all yourself — this is your blueprint to sell smarter, scale faster, and systemize like a pro.

Raw insights. Real stories. Tactical gold.
Let’s get you off the tools and into control.

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Adrian Fadini

Adrian Fadini built Plumber To The Rescue from the ground up and turned it into one of Sydney’s most respected service trade businesses. He knows what it takes to build something that lasts—because he’s lived it.

After selling the business to his biggest competitor in 2012, he stayed on for two years, securing major commercial accounts—strata firms, pub groups, and businesses needing ongoing plumbing and electrical services.

Through it all, Adrian learned the power of training—not as a nice-to-have, but as a non-negotiable. It’s how he levelled up his team, created consistency, and built a business that could grow without him in the driver’s seat.

For over a decade, Adrian’s been coaching tradies across the service trades—plumbing, electrical, HVAC—you name it. He’s worked with clients at every stage, from solo operators trying to get off the tools to multi-million dollar businesses chasing serious scale.

Now, he brings all that experience to the table—real-world strategies, proven systems, and a genuine drive to help other tradies sell better, scale stronger, and systemize for long-term success.