Total Fitheads

Everyone's playing pickleball now. Cornhole has World Championships. Teqball is taking off. Max and his friends created full contact wiffle ball. The Fitheads discuss making up new sports. Should there be a new Total Fitheads sport?

Some people lack gym etiquette. We're not talking about bad lifting form. We're talking about mistakes people make in the gym when not being considerate of other people. Is filming at the gym ok? Should you put your weights back? Is wearing no shirt a gym blooper? Here's what makes Max mad and how Ali makes everyone else mad.

The Beer Mile World Classic 2023 just happened in Chicago. It's the Championships for the Beer Mile. Everyone was gunning for the world record. Corey Bellemore ended up running missing one shoe. Shelby Houlihan set the women's world record beating the previous from Allison Grace Morgan. This is our rundown and review of the event from watching the livestream. Next year we plan to go in person! Do you think we can get a slot in the celebrity run?

A Virginia native and Army veteran, Chase is a Virginia Commonwealth University alum, graduating from their Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science undergraduate program, holds a MS in Health Promotion from American University in Washington, DC and is an ACE Certified Health Coach. Living a life of wellness has always been a part of him - since growing up eating fresh food from his grandparents' garden, playing baseball throughout school and enjoying time in the mountains surrounding his family's southwest VA home. After six years of active duty, Chase was medically discharged from the military due a string of injuries that ultimately required him to have bilateral reconstructive hip surgeries. After learning how to walk again, twice, exercise as medicine and healthy lifestyle modifications became his passion. Wellness entrepreneur, conscious creative, and host of the top-ranked health & fitness podcast "Ever Forward Radio" with now more than 3 million downloads, Chase currently resides in Los Angeles, California. We talk about how much we hate LA, how being grateful is a game changer, how to grow as a content creator as a person and as a big brother, how to pick one thing to focus on, how to lean into what you're passionate about, coaching, how to surround yourself with the right people, how to find the right room, Dopamine metabolizing, how it's Not your fault who you are, how to be OUT standing, and how cool it is to have an SUV. https://chasechewning.com/podcasts

Gloves or calluses? Are gloves to work out cool? We talk about handwear from driving gloves to biking gloves to gymnastics grips. Should you protect your hands when lifting? Does fingerless gloves make them cooler? What do comic book characters think?

Tasha is an international elite powerlifter, ranking number 1 female in Washington State, among one of the top 20 female powerlifters in the world and holds world records in her respective age, gender, and weight class. She currently is the world record holder in the deadlift in the light weight strong(wo)man division and is an avid mountaineer in her off season. Academically Tasha studied at the University of Washington receiving degrees in Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, and Dance, as well as Exercise Science and Athletic Training at Central Washington University. Tasha holds advanced certificates, including Pain-Free Performance Specialists, Certified Conditioning Coach, Certified Mental Performance Coach; helping others not only physically reach their goals, but helping them enhance their mindset to reach their greatest potentials.

We discuss the mental fitness to deal with mean comments, bullying and online hate. Ali got mocked on Mike Judge's "Beavis and Butthead". How do we cultivate the emotional resilience to handle negativity? Maybe Max can... and maybe it's not possible for Ali. From unsolicited workout form advice to plain old threats, we've dealt with it all.

This week we tlak to Dr. Michael Mash, founder of Barbell Rehab. Dr. Mash is Doctor of Physical Therapy with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and an NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach (CSCS). We talk about PAIN and why you should listen sometimes, ignore other times, what it could mean, why you should strength train twice a week if you want to be stronger and happier and healthier and basically better all around, exercise as medicine, depression, fear of movement, why backpain is kindof like a common cold, quality of life, how to trian trainers, how to figure out programming volume vs content, kettlebells(!), why strength training is important as you get older, back pain, stress, hospitals, stabbing vs locking vs buckling vs raidating vs dirty pain, and what a pain scale should actually look like.

Max has some strong opinions on what constitutes a sport. I could be a team sport, it could be individual sports but he has some specific requirements about the psychology, strategy and subjectiveness. Can a sport have judges? Do you have to play defense? Does it have to happen with an opponent? Here's what competitions, races and difficult activities Max says are NOT SPORTS.

We were spectators at the 2023 CrossFit Semifinals West in Pasadena, California. And we took part in the Throwdown workout! We got press passes to check out Day 2, both the teams and individuals competition. This is what the experience is like from the vendors to convention floor and beyond.