Total Fitheads

Brittany Marsicek, AKA Bmarsz, is a professional dancer in LA. She gives us insights on her insanely challenging and athletic training and auditions. She also has a mukbang channel and gives us some some insights on her diet ideology. We also talk about her cross training and her recent repetitive use injury.

Clif Harski is director of Education for Pain Free Performance and one of the original Animal Flow instructors. He was also director of training at Fitwall. He's a Master Trainer with KB Athletics; and a Master Trainer for MovNat and ran a boutique fitness studio called Bootycamp. We talk with him about true functional fitness, programming, movement, recovery, strength, endurance, how to get fit without getting hurt and so much more.

Josh Holland is a celebrity trainer in NYC by way of LA by way of Oklahoma. He's tried almost every workout and diet imaginable and gives us the scoop on what works and what works for us. We talk about his 4 pillars of fitness, plant science and meditation, how he SPUR OF THE MOMENT ran a marathon, how he cured his own thinning hair, and his experiences with ozone. Amazing episode

Nicole Burke is gunning for the CrossFit Games and Matt Burke, her trainer and husband, is helping her get there. We talk about her transition from ballerina to regionals athlete and beyond. Matt give insights on his training strategy: short workouts, medium workouts, long workouts and how he programs them to prepare Nicole for anything. Nicole talks about her two-a-days, nutrition tracking and recovery. This one is a fascinating dive into the lifestyle it takes to be elite.

Kelvin Gary is the founder and Owner of Body Space Fitness (NYC), which focuses on full-body, functional training using anything from kettlebells, TRXs, sleds, and battling ropes to full body Rubber Bands (technical term). We talk about sport specific individual training, the weak link in your posterior chain, moving through space faster and easier, how to sufficiently warmup to activate the areas and muscles you want to target, and why everybody keeps rupturing their achilles tendons.

Chris and Eric Martinez are the Dynamic Duo of Fitness. We got to talk with the business coaches that help personal trainers, fitness professionals, and health enthusiasts grow their online fitness businesses. They've written two books: "The New Era of Fitness" and "Rise of the Fit Pros". We discuss social media, hybrid training online and in person, making time to relax and scaling a business. Also cowboy hats in Texas.

Dr. Nathan Luczynski is a Chiropractor and Crossfit Level 2 coach, DC, CSCS, CCSP, FMT, DNS, FCS, FMF, CSS, USA Weightlifting L-1... it's easier to just call him a spine whisperer.  We talk a lot about what goes into training vs recovery, the importance of flexibility and joint stability, how to take care of your fascia, and what exactly the best sleep position is for your spine.  Speaking of joints, we also talk about spine health and why you CAN crack your knuckles but SHOULD NOT crack your back or neck.  This episode could save your life! 

Manek Mathur is ranked #1 in the world on the Professional Squash Doubles Association (SDA). He's a 4 time national champion with Trinity College in Hartford, CT. He's currently is the Head Squash Professional at the Racquet & Tennis Club in NYC. We talk with him about his recovery awakening coming back from an achilles injury including all his fitness gadgets, from Whoop to the chiliPAD. We even touch on his diet and style of training focusing on unilateral movements.

STANIMAL De Longeaux is a Pro bodybuilder, Classic Physique Top 10 Olympian, 2x IFBB Pro Champion, and mind-muscle connection wizard. He moved to Venice specifically for Golds Gym, the Mecca of Bodybuilding. We talk about eating 10,000 calories a day, bodybuilding strategies, how he got his start on body space, instagram, mens physique vs classic physique vs bodybuilding, speedos, burgers, bike riding, and how he cuts weight for competitions. He schools us on Muscle Pre-Exhaustion, his opposite diet, and mindfully muscling the rep.

Bryan Boorstein is the coach that created Evolved Training Systems and Paragon Training. He's a CrossFit regional athlete, L2 trainer and has coached over 75 athletes to the CrossFit Games. He's evolved from functional fitness to physique and offers hybrid programs that includes strength, Olympic lifting, bodybuilding, gymnastics and more. We talk with him about everything from hormones to metabolite training to macros to reverse pyramid training and more. Also, he did Fran drunk.