Leveraging Science for Success

In this wide‑ranging conversation, TFS founder Pramu Rodrigo welcomes Dr Dilshan Anthony Fernando medical administrator, medtech innovator and co‑founder of Athlos Performance Lab to explore how data and science can elevate both athletic and professional performance. Dr Fernando explains his unconventional journey: he chose medicine to serve humanity and now builds healthcare systems, develops medical technologies and hosts a TV show. He and his partner created Athlos as Sri Lanka’s first state‑of‑the‑art performance testing centre where talent meets cutting‑edge sports science, empowering coaches to make data‑driven decisions .

Throughout the episode, Dr Fernando emphasises that “what you can’t measure, you can’t optimise.” He describes how Athlos uses tools such as cardiopulmonary exercise testing, force plates and biomechanics analysis to unlock the potential of elite athletes, recreational enthusiasts and anyone seeking preventive wellness. The lab runs education programs to close the knowledge gap and make science‑based training accessible to all. The discussion moves to periodization planning cycles of training and recovery. Dr Fernando notes that periodization evolved to help athletes manage stress and fatigue, reduce the risk of injury and burnout . It benefits general fitness enthusiasts too, since it decreases the risk of overtraining while maximising strength, speed and endurance .

The conversation also touches on business. Dr Fernando shares how he balances ethical patient care with entrepreneurship and why he uses bank loans strategically to scale ventures. Business loans are essential for expansion most organisations eventually need them, whether for equipment, new premises or acquisitions but he stresses the importance of careful feasibility planning and not over‑leveraging. Whether you’re an athlete, a business owner or simply curious about the intersection of health and finance, this episode offers fresh insights into optimising performance, managing risk and building success sustainably.

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without further ado let's dive in
welcome to another episode at TFS Weathcast
so this episode is a bit
interesting one
because today I have a guest all the way from Sri Lanka
uh Doctor Dilshan
he's joining me to this episode to uh
discuss few few
few areas that I always wanted to ask from him because we
certain areas that we we tend to think alike
and then do certain things in the similar manner
so let's welcome Doctor Dilshan
hi Pramu
thanks for having me um
hope we can uh
discuss something that's uh
worthwhile for all our audience that's uh
gathered around your platform
yes yes
let's hope so ha ha ha ha
so um
Doctor Dilshan let's start about
I want to know uh
tell me tell me about your
your uh
why you got onto medicine
let's start from there
well to be honest
there's no one clear answer to that from
I think from the childhood
I've always wanted to serve mankind in a certain way
and I felt medicine was one of the better ways that it can be done um
the the satisfaction that one gets from um
helping a patient uh
is unparalleled I would say
so I think that that was the main motivation
um
different people have different motivations in getting into medicine
but I I felt that
I would like to work with people and try to alleviate pain in
a certain sense
so when you
so when you get when you got on to the medical industry um
so
tell us a little bit about the medical background that you currently
in and what you're doing
yeah so um
I think um
most of my circle and most of
most of my professional and personal network know that
I kind of carve a little bit of a
unconventional path as a doctor
so um
mainly I'm a medical administrator Pramu
so I I create healthcare systems
I create uh business development within uh
healthcare networks um
and also um
I improve quality and sustainability
so that's that's uh if you call if you put it in very simple terms
that's my day job but yeah
uh along along with that um
we have created a little bit of adjacencies within um
the healthcare industry so I do medtech development
which we do uh mostly B to B for foreign markets
we've taken few of those products all the way up to FDA approval
um then I um
I founded co founded I would say a
a sports performance lab which is the first of its kind in the country
I'm a medical journalist as well as a TV show host
so yeah multiple hats that I wear in different times
but all related to the core aspect of healthcare
but different agencies
yeah yeah
of course I've
I've seen you uh
featuring in uh many of those uh
episodes and uh you're
you're very famous in social media as well
um to fair
fair to say that I wouldn't say very famous
but yeah somewhat there ha
ha ha
um
okay so in terms of uh uh uh
this this business that all the the the
the the company that you mentioned Athlos is
is that the is that the correct uh word
yup yeah
it's Athlos Performance Lab
um this is the first of its kind in Sri Lanka Pramu
so what we do there is we um
have the latest of technology and the expertise
in testing human physiology
so if I put it in very simple terms
we test the capabilities of the human body
hmm
okay so what sort of benefits now
so what type let's
let's before the before the benefits
let's let's go to uh
what types of individuals that uh
can access uh
this this lab in
in Sri Lanka um
and and what kind of benefits that these individuals will get
I'm assuming that uh
there are different types of uh people uh
who's coming for this source from sports uh
side of it to to entrepreneurs and and uh
high performing uh
professionals as well share some uh
insights about it sure
so uh
I'll I'll uh
before I get into your question
I'll uh set the context and uh
why we got into that because Sri Lanka while um
is a developing market is a developing economy
um had this lack of a proper guidance in a preventive wellness
I would I would call it preventive healthcare where um
we do have hospitals which uh
does cater to the sick and the um ailments of the people
but no one was really talking about preventive wellness
as well as if you look at the sporting arena
we have different categories
like the elite athletes and the recreational athletes
and
while they were being coached and mentored by the traditional sense
there was no proper mechanism of testing what they're capable of
because what you can't measure from
you can't optimize so
we wanted to bring in some objectivity to it
and create that ecosystem and community so
um in getting into your question so um
we do have the elite athletes coming in
we do have the a lot of recreational athletes
we partnered with a lot of professional federations
um like
um Sri Lanka Rugby to badminton to so many other um
sports federations as well
uh but having said that
it's a it's a learning curve for everyone
as I said it's the first of its kind in the country and um yeah
how to really leverage on this data
and how to really use it for optimization of sports performance
well being and overall um
health in general is something that we keep learning every day
how to contextually apply it here
because before we we brought it to Sri Lanka
myself and my business partner Thanura
we did a bit of study tour in UK in England and Scotland
we try to understand
what the gold standards of testing mechanisms are over there and um
see how best it can be adapted over here because two different uh
two different sets of uh population in in uh
in a genetical sense as well
as well as the the ecosystem
so we brought in best of tech
we got in the best of expertise in the country
and we are trying to contextualize it and uh
keep improving every day as we go along
that's amazing that's amazing
so so
so you you
you also having a bit of an education
educational program educational approach
uh to
to the Sri Lankan community to
to teach about this uh
technology and and this
this side of the business as well
is that is that what you guys are doing at the moment
so basically um
one of the main um
bottlenecks to getting people on board
for data driven performance enhancement and wellness
is the lack of knowledge
um most people don't understand what they don't know
um so one of the main aspects of um
I wouldn't say it's it's a
it's a really business driven
um program
but um
how to get everyone um
knowledgeable about how this testing can be done
and what these data points can really convert into in
terms of performance is what we are trying
so we do get uh
sports physicians community
the coaches the athletes
we do get them uh
in batches um
either we go and um visit them in their uh
place of sport or their their uh
associations or we do bring them over to our facility
and we do educate them on the types of tech that we have to
what type of athlete and what type of sport can um
benefit from that and how it can really um
convert into tangible results
so ultimately the
the objective is to enhance Sri Lankan sport and wellness overall
but in doing that everyone should understand how we do it
why we do it and what kind of advantage that different sports
different type of athletes can leverage from that
so education I believe is key because without understanding
no one is gonna jump onto that bandwagon and say look
I'm gonna be very data driven
I want to know my data points in my peak performance in my off season
whatever so why we get the data is objectivity
but how we can leverage it is what we are trying to educate
so like correctly said we are going on a educational drive as well
which is purely not commercial
so it's just a just to
enhance the level of understanding in the Sri Lankan community
yep now that's amazing
I mean many sports many industries when it comes to the sports
there's so many industries involved with the sport
sporting community and then and the athletes
so I've seen in Australia
you know the footy players
cricketers tennis players
you know this goes on and the amount of data that they use to
to enhance their performance um
it's amazing to see like even even the very recent um
ashes series there was an article I was reading up
and this is the amount of data that they have gathered from uh
from both both teams and how they came up with uh
the strategies to to uh
you know take certain types of wickets and in certain types of uh uh
services was was amazing
I mean back in the day when I was playing cricket
we didn't have not even a 1% of the data we just we
we played it as the ball comes with whatever the wicket there
we went and bowl so we it
it has changed a lot even at the uh
the top top end of the of the market
so it's amazing that Sri Lanka has that opportunity now uh
and and this will also help quite a lot of individuals
I I
I assume a lot of sportsmen and
and they have a better chance of performing at the highest level
is that fair to say uh
a statement like that uh
Doctor Dilshan of course um
while um let
let me just touch upon what you said about the ashes
I mean um
cricket or or sport in general
when we were kids um
or when we used to play or when we used to watch matches
it was not not at all data driven right
so it it was purely on um
raw talent and the
the physical capabilities which were not really optimized
if you see how the games have really evolved and how the
how the physical capabilities of the players have evolved
um it's
it's quite surprising because this
this evolution has happened over the last decade or two
because you really look at the human evolution
um it's been much slower and now it's gotten
the growth is exponential
purely because people understand how the human body works
um and most countries have gotten onto this data driven performance
so while understanding where um
certain players are in terms of physical capability
they can once they do understand the performance and they kind of uh
put a figure to it that becomes very objective
and from there um
it you can benchmark
you can understand where you are in certain terms of uh
within the sport
and it gives you a platform upon which you can build on and you can um
develop yourself so
which is exactly
what we are trying to do for sport here in Sri Lanka as well
I would say we are about 10 years behind um
most other countries but having said that
we've got to start somewhere and also to touch upon the fact that um
about individuals so while there are individual sportsmen
but also I would like to uh
touch upon the fact that we do have a select clientele who comes in
who are recreational athletes
who just um engage in sport for their well being for
for them to stay fit for the longevity um
so these type of uh
clientele as well really want to understand their metrics
their vitals not just the heart rates
the blood pressure the pressures
the sleep patterns but real um
data that we generate from our sports physiology lab
so if I give an example Pramu
we have 
piece of equipment that we call C pet
it stands for cardio pulmonary exercise testing so this uh
kind of
tracks how your heart and your lungs respond to physical exercise
so if you really compare the human body to a um
let's say a vehicle it's your heart and your lungs are your engine
if your engine is not running properly
definitely your vehicle's performance is gonna drop and at some point
it it it's due for repair
so yeah why not why not know this in advance
why why do you want to you know get stranded
on the middle of the road
if I may put it like that
so that is what we are trying to drive here
it's it's
it's not really about
it's not really about just a portioning a data point to a certain um
physical attribute
it's about understanding where you are in terms of human potential
and trying to elevate that to the next level
so from sport to general well being to um
overall longevity aspect
that's what we're trying to incorporate into the Sri Lankan ecosystem
interesting interesting
interesting time um
interesting uh
business growth as well for Athlos Performance Labs in
in in coming uh months
so I would say coming 
am I correct to say you know
coming months it has a better
you'll see the growth of it
the education you'll see many people coming into
into this organization to enhance themselves
so best of luck and all the best for you and Thanura
so speaking of Thanura 
as you know I
I used to uh uh
we used to go to the same school
same class good mate of mine
so folks I will have Thanura as well in
one of the episodes in this season as well
so stay tuned for that I'm gonna ask you Doctor Dilshan yeah
what synergies have you found by partnering with Thanura
and how do Tass fitness and athlos uh
compliment one another
um
interesting question Pramu
um which um
takes me back to my initial interaction with Thanura 
I think that's that's where kind of this whole idea started
so Thanura um
runs Tass
uh so uh
Tass is the strength and conditioning and uh
overall elite athlete performance enhancement facility that he runs
so I joined as a recreational athlete
I just wanted to get fit and I didn't know Thanura like you did um
I I know him from about 5 years back um
just as a member of his gym
so one day I was I was on
on on the cycle just getting warmed up for my workout
and Thanura knowing that I'm a medical doctor
was just engaging in a conversation saying
look DOC
we need to do something to bring in objectivity to sport in Sri Lanka
and uh
how do we really go about it
no one really sees the return on investment
uh from a commercial aspect
so we need to get some funding together
we need to get the expertise together and maybe go out on a limb and
uh start something
so there in we kind of uh
matched in our passion and uh
vision as well because I also um
reflected the same
same vision for Sri Lanka and I've tried to do that on
on my own earlier which had failed
and then when I heard Thanura speak about it so passionately
I thought okay look
Herein lies an opportunity
where a sports scientist and a medical doctor
having the same vision are coming together
so that's that's where the spark happened
um
in in another sense uh
Thanura and I both like to get things done yesterday we uh
we really push um
anything that we start so the that synergy is also there
if you look at the synergies between the two business units
so Athlos while we structured it as a subsidiary of Tass
Athlos measures and Tass executes
so what you can't measure
you can't optimise Pramu so that's
so without an objective assessment
or apportioning a data point to a certain metric
um will be groping in the dark in some sense right
so that synergy is what Athlos and Tass coming together
brings to the Sri lankan
sporting market
one facility
under which we have the diagnostic part and the execution part
athlete comes in we do the testing
we understand where they are
are within Athlos we um
seamlessly integrate them into Tass
if they have any injuries to the physio
or if they don't have injuries
it's about if it's just about the enhancement
we transfer them to Tass where their performance
strength and conditioning to nutrition to um
their overall fitness and performance is enhanced there
so that is the kind of synergy that um
this whole um
new venture I would say Athlos and Tass coming together has uh
brought into the Sri Lankan market
yeah it's amazing
it's amazing and I've I've I've seen um
Thanura starting Tass   um
from from from that uh small
small small scale of the business and
and how he has grown that that
that element along with athlos a new addition into
into the business is amazing
amazing story amazing journey um
so uh
stay tuned guys we'll ask some crazy questions from Thanura as well
but uh
for now I want to focus a bit more of you Doctor Dilshan now from
from medical industry you're coming into the business
lot of people ask this question even from me as well
you know I used to be a sportsman and now running businesses how
how and and how
how are you keeping your you know
focus in line and things like that
I want to ask the same question from you from
from medical uh
industry to the business industry because end of the day
this is business you're doing
so how are you keeping yourself
within that lines so
so I'm I'm sure
I'm pretty sure there are certain lines that you won't cross
when it comes to business and and medical decisions
so um
interesting question Pramu a bit of a difficult one at that
um yeah
so um
especially when it comes to healthcare and when you
when you're dealing with human lives and as well as um
the fitness industry as well um
certain decisions have to be made
purely on the best interest of
either the patient or the client that we are servicing so
um not all decisions make business sense
uh but if
if we make the decision based
with the best interest of the client that we have
or the patient that we serve
um
it always in the long run converts into a good reputational build up
uh word of mouth gets around about how ethical we are in um
in how we serve our clients
so while like you say it's business
ultimately money has to be generated for the system to run
um
all not all decisions are made with money in mind
so that's that's the ethos that we uh
inculcate within our business and uh
our daily lives as well because it's
it's not it's not commodities that we deal with
or it's not just a product that we sell
we sell a service and we we service the clients or the patients who
who we see as just that we don't see it as a business
but when we do that naturally
it converts into a good business as well
because the customer experience is enhanced
the outcomes are good
and they do understand when most of these clients who walk in
all the patients that come to us are very knowledgeable
they read up they know what exactly needs to be done
they've gotten so many opinions from different professionals
so
um no one can con the uh
the patient population or the athletes or anyone out there now
because information is just so vastly available
um it's about how you
how you um
approach them how you really um
connect with them empathize and then make the best decision for them
um with um
money not being a consideration
but ultimately that really converts into good business decisions
yeah yeah
I mean that's
that's exactly um
so so
when it comes to service business
it's all about what you output
and as you mentioned uh
you know it's
it's a word of mouth it's
it's very important to to grow the business as well
but at the end of the day there
there is a commercial side of it um
so so uh
that that
that that
that's amazing how how you guys doing this in
in in
in the in the medical uh
uh uh
industry and the fitness industry
so and the business together it's
it's it's amazing
so Doctor Dilshan now when it comes to business growth side of it
now this is a question I'm gonna ask you from
from from
from my industry as well
because I see quite a lot of medical practitioners
who wants to grow their uh uh
medical practice or get a
get a new medical practice in Australia
so they they obviously uh
leverage they
they go to the bank they get get
get a get a loan and off they go uh
uh
build build
build and grow the business
how does that work that
that element so leveraging or borrowing funds from
from finance finance companies or banks in Sri Lanka
how does that element come into play with
with with your business
well Pramu
um I'm no
I'm no expert in finance but um
I do I do um
get engaged in the business aspect of it
um in uh
certain private healthcare organizations as well as our own um
institution so it's
it's always important to borrow
um and uh
how that leveraging works
uh is
I mean I wouldn't be able to give you a very technical answer if
if if
if if you may understand my background
but um
by leveraging on by get get
um getting the banks to lend you
um it's easier to scale the business because it's not
it's not always from um
out of pocket which we
it doesn't happen that way
so when we're scaling a certain business
getting the funding from banks and uh
scaling the business is always important but um
we do have to understand the opportunities that are there
out there in the market and uh
the how we
um do the feasibility of it matters
I mean it's
it's all about how you understand the market
understand the potential and scale it in a sustainable way
your your borrowings should not
should not be done in a sense where you get into a bit of hot water
because your initial feasibility goes wrong
so we do it in a very sustainable way
we do it in a way that we first understand the market
we understand its potential and um
what kind of returns that we can get from uh
establishing a certain business unit
and it's very contextual to the locality as well
so with that understanding
we know for a fact that um
leveraging is the key for scalability without that we cannot it
the if if
if we are to wait for the business itself to generate that cash
for the scalability it's never gonna work it's never gonna level up
it's not gonna scale up
so that's how we understand this but having said that
I'm no expert in finance but I do understand this basic part of it
if that adds value to your question
yeah yes
I mean that that's that's basics that's basics uh
because you know as you mentioned uh
when you use other people's money
we call it other people's money when the banks gives you money right
it's bank's money when we use it to scale your business yes
you pay a a a certain percentage of an interest
but if you do your feasibility right and if you don't over leverage
there's a very
very good chance that your business can succeed and and scale so
so scalability equal growth more more revenue
which means you can you know uh
borrow more you can you can play that cycle quite a lot uh
so it is up to you how you want to scale it but as you mentioned
I gotta do the feasibility right from the day one exactly
so doctor listen
I'm gonna come to sports medicine and peak performances
so I want to ask you this question for non athletes
what lessons from elite training such as 
your your your so athlos
I'm I'm I'm coming to this athlos business because it's a very
very interesting business model for me
so non athletes how
what are the ways that they can enhance themselves and
and also prevent certain injuries that they could potentially
come up with so what kind of experience you
you guys have so far in in your in your business in this this segment
none athletes
so that's a very interesting question Pramu
and I think a very important one of that
so the clientele that we service or we see on a day to day basis
we do have the elite athletes and we do have the recreation
and we just have the um
general population who just wants well being
ultimately what we need to understand
it's the same human body and the function is the same
um just that preconditioning and a certain um
certain level of training that has gone to the elites
so the common key theme that runs across all segments
and this applies not just to sporting performance
it applies in general to life and to success as well
we call it periodization
basically Pramu you can't be turned on all the time
you can't be switched on you can't be in your A game all the time
so in elite athletes we plan their workload
their recovery their schedules
we plan it
you can't burnout is not I mean
some people do wear the burnout as a badge of honour
they say look I'm working 16 hours a day
I I work so hard everyday
good hard work is always good
but you're tend to burn out
and you're not going to reach your ultimate potential
it's about planning it it's about periodization
periodization is about planning your
planning when you need to reach your optimal performance
but also planning your recovery planning your rest
planning your mental well being
so from elite athletes to business success to anything in life
this is the key theme that we see
that rings right amongst all the population
plan it right
sustainable success is scheduled Pramu it's not improvised
it's not it's not just going hard at it being switched on all the time
so I think that's what we have gathered from being in this um
fitness industry
as well as healthcare and also running a business run
I would call it a startup still
so scaling it scaling this startup
I think this is the key theme that um
what you can learn from uh
elite athletes
how they plan their workload and their recovery because if not
you're injury prone
or you're planning for failure if you don't do that
yep yep absolutely
absolutely because as
as as folks as
as Doctor Dilshan explained
it's no point of work you work hard
do 16 20 hours a day
your productivity is low so you
you literally ended up burning hours of your life
uh you know you
you gotta have that
a peak level of performance at a certain time frame
I mean I
I practice this quite a lot in my day as well
there's a peak peak performance time a day that I have
that's the time I go really hard at it
and then there are certain times in the day I just
you know relax
uh
relaxation is important
and I'm pretty sure Doctor Dilshan will agree that uh
proper rest
it is a must
for for high performing uh
uh business owners as well
uh am I
am I am I correct
100% Pramu
you've got there
there always comes a time where you got to sit back and relax a little
get your mind decluttered
I mean everyone talks a lot about this work life balance
that is always a must I mean
these are not
uh uh
theories or paradigms that just cropped up without any basis
you've got to let your mind declutter and then come
come back again fresh and that's how you
how you achieve optimal performance even in athletes
even in business overall
generally in life because not even a machine can function 24
7 at the same rate you
got to yeah you got to do the maintenance
you got to do the oiling of the machine
you've got to have its downtime
you've got to plan it out if you don't plan it out
you won't achieve your maximum potential that is for sure
exactly that's why I come every march to to to Sri Lanka
looking forward to that by the way Pramu
it's gonna get a little bit crazy
yeah I know I know that's what I heard
so that is that is my switch off mode no no
you know I don't nothing to think about work
just just party with the boys and
and enjoy watching good cricket as well so uh
that is that is important that for me every year um
Doctor Dilshan for me my switch off three days this
those three days my switch off
so I have told all my colleagues uh
every single person know that not to bother me or or ring me uh
for anything it doesn't they they can wait 3 days without me
of course
of course because it's very important
you taking that three days really means
it converts into much higher efficiency
when you um
get back into work
you hit the ground running and you're you're at your optimal best
you've got to do that
you've got to take a step back sometimes without that absolutely
like I said like we all kept discussing
it's it's gonna crash and burn at some point if not exactly
okay so we're coming to the end of the podcast now
I want to ask a few questions from you or
or get some pointers as well as we go so
uh
what the the
the what I want to know from you now is have you seen
how have you seen improved physical health
translate into better decision making
uh as we discussed before
um about the productivity
increasing a productivity uh
among your clients what have you seen
yeah so
um
I've seen in terms of results
I'm so I'll I'll
I'll put it this way um
at our gym
um we see all the big CEOs
the big business owners
all of them are up at 5:00am doing a workout right
and you would wonder why right
I mean these are guys who have a lot of work
they have big businesses to run big decisions to make
so got me thinking both in business in life and in sport
patience is rewarded Pramu both punish shortcuts
there are no shortcuts to success and um
success in terms of sport or in terms of business
it compounds quietly
um you don't see results daily
you can't it doesn't happen like that
um you see them quarterly
you might see them annually
discipline risk management
and consistency across the board
in the gym or in the boardroom or in the playing field
that's what success is made there
that's where success is made
you don't get fit or rich overnight
you get there slowly you get there quietly
you get there through discipline
consistency and hard work
amazing um
amazing amazing advice for for uh
many of our listeners who if you're running a small business or
or even if you're in in the high high
high performing uh
uh a corporate environment or if you're an athlete as well
so that's that's that's brilliant advice
thank you doctor just just another thing
I mean now you mentioned about decision making as well
now decision making is I would say in
in my understanding
it's a combination of your experience as well as your um um
IQ as well as your well being at the moment
you're making the decision
because the human body is run on what we call the physiology
so your physiology improves with physical fitness
now for an example
if you're if you're leading a healthy life and if you're
you're active and you're working out regularly
your blood sugar regulates
your sleep is good your recovery is good
your emotional stability is good
your brain function is optimal
so while you do have your business experience
knowledge and all that you need to be in a stable state of mind
your brain has to function optimally
your bodily functions have to be regulated there in
only you take away the emotion out of the decision
otherwise it'll always have a component of emotion involved
thereby it doesn't really come out as the best decision
so managing your uh
overall health really does convert into better decision making
absolutely
absolutely
it it
it it works like you said
it works simultaneously isn't it
so it it
it happens a lot to me as well
um you
you're absolutely right
so you get to do the right decision when you're
when you're physically fit and you had a good night sleep as well
it it
it's crazy how you how you think
how you react how you make that decision
absolutely
so coming to
uh
your business uh
Athlos performance labs uh
labs and no way to talk about test as well as work together
uh what's your vision for Athlos and sports
and sports science in Sri Lanka over the next 5 years
so what you see
Pramu to put it this way
um
ideally our vision was for Sri Lankan sport as a whole
because at a certain point in time
we were doing extremely well in sports like cricket
Rugby was quite developing quite well and we were
we were developing quite consistently in certain sports but
as time goes on we see we are lagging behind in certain sports
purely based on the fact that there's a lack of objectivity
so we want to bring in objectivity to Sri Lankan sports
we want to bring in data driven performance enhancement
and we want more people to engage in this
we never uh
envision where we are
the only player in the market that gives this service
we want more players to come in
we want better technology to come in
thereby creating that competition
which will automatically level up all of those involved
otherwise complacency is a killer
uh if there's if
if there's a monopolistic market always um
it it doesn't level up to
in the scale of what it should be
so we want entire Sri Lankan sporting community
from elite athletes to recreational athletes
to bring in that objectivity
to level up to be competitive in the international arena
as well as the general population to understand that um
knowing their data points in terms of their performance
or their bodily function is always
always good because like I said earlier
what you can't measure you can't optimize
by doing that we will build a competitive sporting uh
community as well as uh
quite a healthy balanced
um
high functioning uh
Sri Lankan community for the better
betterment of the country as well
so that that is our vision
that's what we want to do through Athlos
of course uh
we will have certain uh
business goals as well when it comes to uh
monetary wise
but those are actually secondary when you look at the bigger picture
for listeners just starting their health journey um
what is one action you recommend they take now
to build a solid foundation
you're putting me on the spot
really really it
it it doesn't really uh
work with one but if I may put it into um
if you really want me to condense it consistency um
like I said consistency always beats intensity
if you do a high intensity workout once a week
or you do consistent small workouts every day of the week
consistency always beats intensity right
so you gotta be consistent
you got to stick to your basics
get your sleep right get your hydration right
eat clean we always go by the 80 20 rule Pramu
so where that means 80% of the time if you're doing the right thing
you're disciplined you
you can cut loose 20% of the time
because we don't want to rob people of all the joy in their life
I mean you got
you got to party sometimes
you got to be balanced you got to enjoy a little bit of uh
you know junk food here and there
but to do that you got to eat clean or you got to uh
put in that 80% of work
but what happens is we only focus on that 20 most of the time
so consistency always um
comes out on top so be consistent
stick to your basics 7 hours of sleep 8 if you can um
get your hydration right and I think rest of it will fall in place
yeah that
that's that's a great advice guys
you know um
if you
if you have your mindset set up to do the right thing 80% of the time
always you will end up achieving that goal in a
in a sustainable manner
but if you start doing the wrong thing at a 80% time
you will end up with the wrong thing pretty much
that's a recipe for disaster
that's planning for failure right
planning for failure so uh
we we
we teach the same thing here
uh for
for first home buyers and investors as well
Doctor Dilshan you know we
we teach them uh
you know the I
I I give them a
a rule of a 50 30
20 50% of your uh
net income you should uh
you know your normal lifestyle living your your
you know pay your mortgage or your rent or you know
your living has to be there and 30% is for your fun life uh
you know
whatever you want to travel or drinks or do whatever 20% must go to
must must must
must go to savings you
you cannot absolutely uh deviate out of it
so if you apply Doctor Dilshan's rule into that rule 80
20 if you start doing 80% of this
you will end up uh uh
at a uh
at a successful place you won't even know how
how quickly you will go as well if you be consistent about uh
how how to build wealth
so thank you so much for that
pointer
I'm definitely gonna steal it from you
and I'm gonna use it for a few of my customers
as a  80 20 rule
because see
what you've come to realize is when you put in that system
it the system run on its own because what you see
I mean if you go
go to a gym on the first of January
you see it's choc a block full of people all motivated New Year
new you that kind of thing
that's motivation motivation fades off
systems don't
if you have a proper system in place and you're consistent
it will run on its own it becomes a habit
yeah yeah absolutely
my final question final thing
um Doctor Dilshan
I want to ask you from any teasers about what you and Thanura plan to
do in the business uh
anything new coming up uh
in in
in in
in the two two brands
anything you wanna share now or you
you wanna keep keep it secret
ha ha well
I won't diverge everything will
we'll leave some as a surprise
ha ha but yeah
definitely scaling up Pramu
um looking at um
bigger better locations to scale up as well
I'm looking at newer tech for sport as well as wellness
maybe touching upon medical part of it as well
big things in the pipeline
um so Thanura and I always in our business
the ethos is no rock left unturned
turning everything over see what comes out
um so while certain things might convert
certain things might not so if we engage in 10 new initiatives
one might succeed so
but nothing gets left unturned um every
every opportunity that comes up we
we do explore so like I said
looking for bigger and better um
opportunities in terms of location
in terms of um
service portfolio enhancement to um
enhancement of tech that we bring to our clients um
so yeah I think quite a lot of things in the pipeline um
which of it converts and makes it big uh
we'll leave it yeah
it'll be a surprise for us as well
so but we
we always push so I think that's
that's the ethos that we uh
work with that's the attitude that we have
we want uh
we won't we don't want anything
um unexplored
so multiple things are happening
so looking forward to that
amazing amazing I
I wish you and Thanura uh
best of everything and I'm
I'm very very certain that you guys will
will will do some wonders so
um folks
if you want to know uh
about uh
Doctor Dilshans and and Thanura's business
uh you can visit uh
the website Athloslab.com
uh you get a bit of information about what they do
if you're if you're based in Sri Lanka
uh uh
contact them uh
make an appointment and and
you know uh
start uh
start making that move to become the best version of yourself
um uh
if you want to you know uh
uh uh
contact uh
then then obviously Tass uh website uh
which is Tass.lk uh
you can you can visit there as well
so so these guys are
are are the best as you as you can see uh uh
so next episode or one of the episode Thanura will be featuring
he will he will tell why he started the business
what's his passion and then you
you all can see how these two uh individuals got together and
and why is it there are so many benefits that you guys can get you
you can get if you're if you're in Sri Lanka
and I'm sure these guys are
exploring opportunities to come to different countries
so fingers crossed for Australia as well
so let's see
so I'll probably have a chat with these two when I'm in March
when I'm in Sri Lanka in March
and let's see when when when the Australian branch is going to open
so uh
Doctor Dilshan thank you so much for coming to this uh episode
um and I wish you all the best and I'll see you in March
thanks Pramu it's been an absolute pleasure
um and I do wish you also every success
I can see that you're doing a lot of great work down under
and like you said
maybe one of our one of our branches can open there and uh yes
looking forward to seeing you in March
um switching off for three
days and going absolutely crazy
just just to achieve that balance in life
isn't it just to achieve that balance in life absolutely
looking forward to this one ha ha
thank you thank you Doctor Dilshan
I will catch up with you later
so so thank you for having me brilliant brilliant
take care Machan take care Pramu 
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