The Aethix Approach

In this episode, I speak with Hannah Vertal, a plant based bodybuilder based out of Cleveland, Ohio, who recently did her first bikini competition on a fully plant based diet. Hannah and I discuss how this contest prep differed compared to previous preps in terms of diet in particular, her training, what got her into bodybuilding, her reasons for going vegan, her experience with transitioning diet...

In today’s episode, I speak with Dylan Ramone, a competitive MMA fighter, grappler and fitness enthusiast who’s been vegan for over ten years now. Dylan is also a high school teacher, an entrepreneur, a lifelong musician, an activist, and an advocate for mental health. Dylan and I speak about his experience training and fighting competitively through his MMA career, his new shift in mindset toward...

In this episode, I speak with Adrian Lozano, a California based vegan life coach and yogi, who helps others transform their life through mindfulness practices. Adrian himself has struggled with anxiety and depression in the past which caused him to seek his own journey of self improvement. Through exercise, yoga, diet, meditation, positive thinking and therapy, Adrian was able to completely transf...

So Miley Cyrus just came out and said that she quit veganism last year on the good ol' Joe Rogan Podcast. Miley was vegan for around 6 years when she quit but do her reasons make any sense? Fellow vegan lifter Julien Desroches and I watch and react to the news! Hope you all enjoy the episode and please subscribe, like, comment and/or share if you did enjoy it! If you'd rather listen on a different...

Marco Galindo Jr. is a highly competitive 181 LB vegan powerlifter and entrepreneur who owns several supplement stores and his own line of all vegan supplements and products. In this episode, Marco and I talk about his recent 755 LB deadlift attempt at 180 LBS bodyweight, the state of powerlifting today and aiming for a world record pull in the future, programming for powerlifting, good and bad co...

Spicy discussion between me, Cade from PlantBasedPumps and Julien from PlantsFormed about supplements, what works and what doesn't, steroids, fake natty's, vegan influencers, the Athlean-X fake weight fiasco, ex-vegans/carnivore diet, Jon Venus qutting the plant based diet and way more! This is a long one so get comfy ;) TIMESTAMPS: 00:35 - What supplements do we take currently? 03:45 - Do we noti...

Rose from @ThePlantLifeChoseUs is a New Jersey Based, NASM and group training certified vegan trainer who I had the pleasure of chatting with last week! Rose brings some very interesting perspective to how whole food, plant based diets can improve health from first-hand experience, the importance of strength training for women, how fitness can improve your life and much more! Thanks for taking the...

Cade Jones (PlantBasedPumps on Instagram) is a Rhode Island based vegan lifter who focuses on more of a Power-building style training system while juggling training with working 65-70 hour weeks! Cade noticed a much greater gain in strength and muscle from becoming more knowledgeable about constructing his training programs and focusing more on strength. He also got much stronger and bigger after...

J.D. and Mariia Goldschmidt (tofu_fit_guy and tofu_fit_girl on IG, Tofu Fitness on YouTube) and their daughter Mia are a fit and healthy vegan family of three living in New York City. We sat down and chatted about how and why they went vegan, what it's been like raising their daughter vegan and how they've done it, what their diet is like, favorite restaurants in the city, how to be healthy and fi...

Julien DesRoches aka @plantsformed is a vegan athlete from Long Island, New York. He was previously a very successful sprinter who went to nationals and has since then gotten into bodybuilding and strength training. We talk about how he became vegan, what got him into fitness, his fitness journey, supplements and future goals and how others can get great results building muscle as a vegan! Timesta...