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Today we have a special treat. We have back with us (after way too long of a break) one of our favorite guests Dr. Maximillian Zart from the Healthiest You Chiropractic Center and Crossfit Strongsville in Strongsville Ohio.

I wanted to get Dr. Max back on the show as there are huge things going on at the Healthiest You Chiropractic Center and Crossfit Strongsville. A few years ago Dr. Max decided to look at a different space to move into to help him expand his clinic and the gym. He bought a building to move into and started renovating it to meet their needs. The new building is 22,500 square feet with approximately 7,000 of that being space for the gym. This is a huge expansion from their previous spaces of 2,500 square feet for the clinic and 2,300 square feet for the gym. The Healthiest You Chiropractic Center is now the largest chiropractic clinic in northeast Ohio and was opened in April of 2022.

Dr. Max and his wife Chrissy have also purchased Crossfit Strongsville from the previous owners. When they moved into the new space they also merged with Strong Tower Fitness. The new space is setup very well and I'm personally excited to see where they go in the next couple of years.

Dr. Max attended Baldwin Wallace University where he graduated Suma Cum Laude with a degree in chemistry. Dr. Max furthered his studies at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Florida where he graduated valedictorian of his class with a Doctor of Chiropractic Degree.

You can make an appointment to see Dr. Max at his office located at 12608 Alameda Dr. Strongsville, Ohio 44149. Or call the office at 440-238-3338. Visit THYCHIRO.com to find out more about his practice. He is by far the best chiropractor I have been to. Everyone I send to him says the same thing. You won't regret it.

If you're interested in getting back into shape and are looking for a gym with a great atmosphere check out Crossfit Strongsville located at 12608 Alameda Dr. Strongsville, Ohio 44149. You can visit them online at CrossfitStrongsville.com for more information.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Today we have Preston Russ and Josh Wherley joining us from True Art Jiu Jitsu. Today I wanted to ask the boyos about stoicism. Stoicism is something that I've been looking into recently and it has been very interesting to me personally. Both Preston and Josh have looked into stoicism so I thought it would be fun to pick their brains on the show. Neither of them are experts on the subject, but that's not the point of the show. I wanted to just talk with them and learn more about their personal experiences with stoicism. I definitely enjoyed our conversation, hopefully you will as well.

Preston started Jiu Jitsu in January of 2018 with our coach Shannon White. Preston has competed at some big IBJJF tournaments. He has competed at the IBJJF Cincinnati Open and twice at the IBJJF Chicago Open which are very big regional tournaments. I'm sure he will be competing in many more to come as he has some big goals in Jiu Jitsu.

Josh grew up in Akron Ohio. He played a bunch of different sports growing up and enjoys playing musical instruments. He is currently playing the guitar, banjo and the mandolin. Josh's religion is a very important part of his life. He practices Orthodox Christianity. He got into Jiu Jitsu from his brother who started before him and talked him into getting started.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

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We have back with us one of our favorite guests, Dane Lee of Elite Recovery Sports Massage. Dane and I always have fun and interesting conversations. Dane and I have been talking and we want to sit down more often for podcasts. Today we talked about Dane finishing up his first year of his PHD program at Akron University. To say that it was a little overwhelming would be an understatement. At one point through the year I had to ask him if he was doing okay. Because he definitely did not look okay. He looked like he hadn't slept in over a week. We also talked about me missing competition. I miss competing and want to find something to compete in. But I also don't want it to consume my life like weightlifting did. I still want to do other activities and not just put in all my time and energy into one thing. Hopefully I can find something that will be enjoyable and fulfilling to compete in.

Dane Lee is the owner of Elite Recovery Sports Massage and he is what I would call a recovery specialist. Dane is a certified Exercise Physiologist through ACSM and a licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Ohio through Stark State College. Dane has a Bachelors of Science degree from Kent State University in Exercise Science with emphasis on exercise specialist. Dane has experience in massage and experience as a strength coach and as a gymnastic coach.

You can find Dane on Facebook at Elite Recovery Sports Massage, on Instagram @Elite_Recovery_LMT and online at https://www.eliterecoverymassage.com/. Or you can email him at [email protected].

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

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This is the second episode of a special segment that we call Belly Up to the Bar. The whole idea is just to get together, have a few drinks (or more), BS and have a good time. This episode will basically be an invitation to hang with us like we would at our local bar or at one of our house's on the back patio. So pour yourself a drink and hang with us during this episode.

On today's episode we were joined by my brother Andrew Hoffman, Jake Bible and Dennis Heil. We all had a few drinks, some of us a few too many. We had some great discussions about the Twitter buy out, politics, teaching and of course tons of side tracks during our discussion. I had a blast and I personally can't wait to do another episode like this one again. Hopefully you guys enjoy it as much as we did.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Today we have Preston Russ and Todd Neptune joining us from True Art Jiu Jitsu. I wanted to have Preston back on the show to talk about competing in Jiu Jitsu tournaments. We asked Todd Neptune to join us as Todd and Preston are friends and Todd has a background of competing in wrestling. I wanted to specifically talk about the fact that I'm personally afraid to compete in Jiu Jitsu. I've never competed one on one in any type of combat sport before and I find it very intimidating. I would have to assume that is a normal feeling for a first timer going into a grappling competition like Jiu Jitsu.

Preston started Jiu Jitsu in January of 2018 with our coach Shannon White. Preston has competed at some big IBJJF tournaments. He has competed at the IBJJF Cincinnati Open and twice at the IBJJF Chicago Open which are very big regional tournaments. I'm sure he will be competing in many more to come as he has some big goals in Jiu Jitsu.

Todd was a college wrestler and has competed at a high level in grappling for most of his young adult life. Todd is looking to compete in Jiu Jitsu tournaments once he achieves his blue belt. The IBJJF has a rule that if you were a college level wrestler you can't compete as a white belt in Jiu Jitsu. So he will have to wait a little bit until he is allowed to compete again. Todd got involved in Jiu Jitsu because he misses competition and is looking forward to getting back out on the mat.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Not too long ago we recorded episode 78 that we called Questioning our Existence with Andrew Hoffman, Todd Gienger and Dane Lee. It was an episode that Dane had been wanting to make about questioning everything in life as he had struggled to have that kind of conversation with his friends. I told him “I know a couple of guys that would be great for a conversation like that.” It quickly became one of our best episodes and people seemed to really enjoy that conversation. All four of us said after we finished recording that episode that we really enjoyed our conversation and that it went in a completely different direction than we all originally thought that it would.

At the end of that episode I mentioned that I wanted to talk on another episode about the energy inside of us. That's what we're here to do today. Some people might call our energy different things. A soul, our life force, the spirit, our conscience, spiritual being, etc. In my opinion it is what powers our human meat vehicle and gives us life on this plane of existence. I was very excited to talk to the guys about what they think of that energy. Unfortunately Andrew was unable to join us today. So it's just three of us. Please enjoy our babbling of things that we cannot explain.

I have known Todd for years and he is one of my closest friends. Any time I need to talk he is always there to listen and offer great advice. We have had many great talks over the years on a large range of topics. He is truly one of the most caring and compassionate people I've ever met.

Dane Lee is the owner of Elite Recovery Sports Massage and he is what I would call a recovery specialist. Dane is a certified Exercise Physiologist through ACSM and a licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Ohio through Stark State College. Dane has a Bachelors of Science degree from Kent State University in Exercise Science with emphasis on exercise specialist. Dane has experience in massage and experience as a strength coach and as a gymnastic coach.

You can find Dane on Facebook at Elite Recovery Sports Massage, on Instagram @Elite_Recovery_LMT and online at https://www.eliterecoverymassage.com/. Or you can email him at [email protected].

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Today I wanted to talk about my depression. I have dealt with a few different bouts of depression over the years and I wanted to share them in hopes that it will help someone else dealing with difficult times themselves. I asked my good friend Ethan Frontz to join me today on the show to help with this challenging topic.

This ended up being one of the longest, if not the longest, podcast's I've ever done. There was a lot to add in about my own dealings with depression, and we of course went down numerous rabbit holes and sidetracks like we always do.

I believe that sharing our struggles can help others who are dealing with, or have dealt with, depression in their lives. Please share this episode with anyone who may be struggling with depression so they will realize they are not alone in this journey. We all have dark times and sharing those times with friends and loved ones can help you get through them.

Jeff and Ethan run a company call the Instruments of Freedom Tactical Weapons Training Group IOFTWTG.COM. Head over and sign up for some training from some of the best firearms trainers in the area. You can visit their retail store at 426 E. Liberty St. Wooster, Ohio 44691. Then they are the one stop shop for everything firearms in Wayne county Ohio.

You can also visit them on Instagram @Instruments_of_Freedom or find them on Facebook at Instruments of Freedom.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Today we have Preston Russ joining us on the podcast. Preston is my teammate at True Art Jiu Jitsu, which is where we met. Preston was interested in coming on the show to talk about raising daughters. We both have been blessed with daughters and have a bond with our shared experience. Preston's daughters are younger than my daughter, but I think most of us can relate to the struggles of raising children in general. Either by raising them ourselves, or remembering how much grief we gave our parents when we were young.

Preston grew up in southern Ohio. He went to the Ohio State University to study Poly Science and Economics. One day after getting into some trouble on campus he decided to stop into the Marine recruiters office to see what they could offer him. Preston decided to join the Marines and that started him down a whole new path in life. During college, Preston met his wife and they committed to a long distance relationship. Through lots of hard work and dedication on both of their parts they made it all work and have been married for 10 years at this point.

Preston's first duty station with the Marine Corps was in Okinawa Japan. Preston and his wife were stationed in Okinawa for three and a half years. After that he was sent back to the states for the last three years of his military career. That's when he and his wife decided it was time to move onto new adventures in the private sector.

Preston started jiu jitsu in January of 2018 with our coach Shannon White. When Shannon opened his own gym, True Art Jiu Jitsu, he went there along with everyone training under Shannon at the time. Preston has competed at some big IBJJF tournaments. He has competed at the IBJJF Cincinnati Open and twice at the IBJJF Chicago Open which are very big regional tournaments. I'm sure he will be competing in many more to come as he has some big goals in jiu jitsu.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

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We have back with us today Ethan Frontz and Dennis Heil of Instruments of Freedom. On today's episode we wanted to cover an imperative take away from the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. The Kyle Rittenhouse trial was a huge topic last year in the news. I had people asking me if we were going to cover it on the podcast. But I was hesitant as I felt like I didn't have anything to add to the topic as it was covered by so many people last year. But when I was talking with Ethan about it he mentioned that they cover parts of that trial specifically in their concealed handgun license (CHL) classes. So we decided to cover that part of it on the show. We also talked a lot about the importance of firearms training even in these tough times with all the ammo shortages. Also in true uncensored humanity fashion we got off on tons of tangents.

Jeff and Ethan run a company call the Instruments of Freedom Tactical Weapons Training Group IOFTWTG.COM. Head over and sign up for some training from some of the best firearms trainers in the area. You can visit their retail store at 426 E. Liberty St. Wooster, Ohio 44691. Then they are the one stop shop for everything firearms in Wayne county Ohio.

You can also visit them on Instagram @Instruments_of_Freedom or find them on Facebook at Instruments of Freedom.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Today we have a special treat for you. My brother Andrew Hoffman wanted to come on the show and talk about the current state of our culture. We are going to call this segment Culture Clash: Searching for Truth in a Fractured Society. The whole premise will be to talk about things going on currently in our society. Whether it being on social media, the news, current events, etc.

On today's episode Andrew and I started off talking about how frustrated I am with all these current issues from the previous covid shutdowns. I'm personally struggling with the fact that we are almost two years removed from the start of the 2020 covid pandemic and things don't seem to be getting better. In fact they seem to be getting worse in my point of view. I feel like we should be rebuilding our society back to the original boom we were having before the shut downs. I understand it will still take years to recover from the damage caused by the responses that were administered. I just don't personally feel like we are making forward progress. We also got to talking politics and the future elections that will be upcoming this year as well as the next presidential election in a couple of years. We definitely did not have a shortness of opinions to talk about. We both had a great time. Hopefully you will enjoy it as well.

Andrew is a regular guest on the show and I can't tell you how excited I am to talk about these controversial topics with him. These are the types of conversations I look forward to having, both on and off the podcast. Society tells us today that we aren't allowed to talk about these types of topics. But these are the kinds of conversations that need to happen in a safe environment where people can be honest with how they feel about things without fear of ridicule from others. That is what we will do our best to do on this segment of the podcast.

Andrew is one of my closet friends. I consider him a brother from another mother. Andrew is always excited to record podcasts and he is one of the funniest people I know. He always has some great issues to bring up on the show that makes for great conversation. He has helped to make the show what it is today, both on and off air. He will definitely be on the show for a long time to come.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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