Total Fitheads

Murph is a popular CrossFit WOD that CrossFitters do on Memorial Day. One of the Fitheads challenged us to do Beer Murph: a Beer Mile, then 100 pull-ups, 200 pushups, 300 air squats, then ANOTHER Beer Mile. This is our discussion of how we felt throughout all of the workout... and the morning after.

Greg Hawthorne Jr. Founder of Thorne Training and Therapy and Director of General Performance and Wellness at One Step Away Athletics Greg is a Certified Athletic Trainer who spent nearly a decade working with elite level athletics with the Carolina Panthers, Florida State University, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Detroit Lions, the Rhein Fire in Dusseldorf, Germany, and both Michigan State University and The University of Michigan Athletics. He currently works with the Air Force and Community Athletes. He has implemented Human Performance programs with great success in a variety of populations, ranging from high caliber athletes to the geriatric population. We talk about which athletes are the hardest to train, the space in side our bodies and moving organs around, how important breathing and breath work is during exertion, static stretching, concentric vs eccentric contraction, core work and how to get a snatched waist no seriously.

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We discuss how to drink alcohol while still staying on your diet. What are the best low calorie alcoholic drinks to not get in the way of you losing weight. Everything from beer to liquor to hard seltzers, how do you make the best choices to stay fit, even when you're drinking?

Lee Dryburgh is the Chief Evangelist for SiPhox Inc. He approaches health and longevity by combining raw data analytics with a healthy holistic lifestyle. We talk about genetics, philosophy of living longer, supplements, longevity factors, epigenetics, lengthening telomeres, DNA, 23 and me, inflammation, baselines, red wine, snickers, lifting heavy, and why the best sleep of his life is with his dog at his feet.

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Fitness niches, famous gyms, types of workouts and sports all have cult-like followings. We talk about different gym cults and what it takes to have a tribe. Which was the first cult? Who does it best? Does keto count as a cult? Thanks for being a part of ours :)

This week we talk with Mitch Clark, President and CEO of Protochol: a spiked protein drink. We talk about starting a business during covid, why protein pairs well with alcohol, the trials and tribulations of finding a brewery that was, well, cool, Jimmy Fallon, and why Pennsylvania is the jewel of the northern eastern ish states!

These are our gym horror stories. Dealing with gym bros, hygiene problems, noise in the gym, rude people. Working out in public can be tricky. Is dropping weights ok? What about grunting? Don't set off the lunk alarm at Planet Fitness!

Natalie Allport is a former Canadian team & world tour snowboarder, competitive CrossFit athlete, and lifelong creator & entrepreneur. Natalie hosts the 'ALL IN with Natalie Allport' podcast, and is a passionate advocate for athlete mental health. We talk about her journey from excelling at one activity to the next, mental health, dealing with injuries and rehab, where to find the best bagels, and of course, COLD EXPOSURE!

AI may be programming your workouts very soon. And your schedule. And optimizing for your performance throughout the day. Max and Ali discuss giving AI biofeedback to get more optimization for their minds and bodies. What is fitness in the new artificial intelligence world? Will aesthetics of the human body matter? Do you have to earn your muscles in the metaverse?

Bret Kelly has spent time as a strength and conditioning coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis University, the Chicago White Sox, the U.S. Ski and Snowboarding team, and is currently in St. Louis at Exos coaching and working out with NO SHOES ON! His wealth oof knowledge is considerable, and we tlak abotu general strength vs sport specific, rehab vs surgery, kids vs adults, power vs volume, contrast training vs FRENCH contrast training, power phases, knees, flips, kids, half pipe, decks, and most importantly, Cold Showers!

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