Total Fitheads

Chronic Foot pain is a real pain in the.... Foot. Plantar Fasciitis is inflammation of the thick band of tissue, or fascia, that runs along the bottom of your foot from the heel bone to your toes. Co-founders Rick McMullen and Luke Ferdinands are trying to solve this widespread foot ailment through a combination of new technology, stretching and exercises, and preventative care. We talk about what...

Gym etiquette! How do you avoid annoying people, being rude and getting in the way when you're at the gym? What are the rules when you go to a public gym? What are good manners even though they aren't rules? Is it different at a CrossFit box? From headphones to interruptions to cleaning up your weights to wiping down the equipment, the Total Fitheads cover it all. Even when they disagree.

Andy has a genuine passion for making a positive impact in the fitness industry through learning and sharing different unique methodologies.  Drawing on his master's degree in exercise science and influenced by his 10-year stay in the United States, Andy has a unique outlook on health and athletic performance. You'll find hints of traditional Chinese medicine integrated into his training philosoph...

Victor Sagalovsky is the cofounder and CEO of Litewater Scientific, a producer of super deuterium-depleted light water. We talk about Deuterium, why it's important, and how it's a miracle anti-aging version of water. We talk about how deuterium is a hydrogen isotope, why that matters, mitochondria, Siberia, the major implication for athletics, dry fasts, wet fasts, ice bergs, dilution, reverse osm...

Whether it's dynamic stretching, static stretching or generally warming up before workouts, the Fitheads suck at mobility. Max is working on touching his toes. Ali can't do a split like she used to. We know we need to do more flexibility training and you probably do, too. Mobility is the one thing everyone needs and the one thing everyone skips.

ess Evans started boxing and training in Muay Thai in 2012. In 2013, she moved to Australia, and joined Bulldog Gym. Jess won 3 state belts in her 52kg weight division. She's had nine amateur Muay Thai fights (7-2), 3 amateur boxing fights (2-1), and became a FightCamp Trainer in 2021. She is also USA Boxing Coach certified. We talk about her midwest roots, her incredible fighting journey, skincar...

Max has wrestled a ton. Ali has done Krav Maga and kickboxing. We both think WWE is rad and getting knocked out is terrifying. We talk through our journey doing combat sports, our love of spectating and our goals for the future. We discuss the HIIT physical workout and the exhausting mental workout you get when you go head to head with someone.

Beth co-founded Maui Athletics after spending over a decade of her life heavily immersed in the health and fitness industry. As a former two-sport collegiate athlete, Beth found physique competitions a fun and challenging way to satisfy her competitive nature. Coach Beth is a certified nutrition coach, a previous National Level NPC Figure competitor, Regionals Qualifying Crossfit athlete, and is a...

We have done a lot of detoxes. Everything from animal based food to sugar to fasting to water when Max was cutting weight! Theres are the things we've detoxed on, why we wanted to detox and how we did it. We also talk about other detoxes we want to do. Alcohol? Phone screen time? We cover it all.

Glutathione!   Gianco Torres is an award-winning entrepreneur and immune health expert on a mission to educate others on the power of glutathione, which might be the missing ingredient to super charge your immune system. We talk about a scary health period with his mother, during which conventional medicine failed help. However, she improved dramatically once she started consuming the product! We...

We tried the LIT Method Strength Machine. Low impact training with a reformer that includes strength bands, battle ropes, a water rower and more. What did we think of the bolt cult? How did we like their 40 minutes of cardio, total body at home remote workouts? How was it streaming the live online classes from their LIT app? One of us even got to go train at their LA studio in person with their fo...

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We love/hate fasting and always want to get into fat burning mode. The Fitheads are fascinated with metabolic flexibility so this time we do a ketone blood test to see if we're in ketosis. We compare the KetoMojo to ketone test strips. We talk about a low carb keto diet vs. fasting for ketosis. Will Max ever be able to be fueled by fat?

Ultrahuman Cyborg, a continuous Metabolic fitness tracker, helps optimize your lifestyle by using a sensor that tracks your glucose in real time. BUT WIAT THERES MORE! It also tracks your keynotes, blood alcohol, gives you nudges when you're crashing, and offers suggestions to maximize your diet and exercise. Mohit Kumar, Founder of UltraHuman joins us for an unbelievable talk about trackers, meta...

The Fitheads have made a lot of diet changes. Some things we thought were good for us turned out to be foods that make you gain weight or make you less healthy. Here are the foods we avoid that used to think were good! Turns out we had a lot of trial and error to find foods that are bad for you.

Michael Brandt is co-founder and CEO of H.V.M.N.(Health Via Modern Nutrition). He's an avid triathlete and marathoner (2:42 PR) and really loves almond joys. HVMN has created Ketone-IQ: a drinkable ketone designed to be taken daily to support mental clarity, athletic performance, and metabolic health. This drinkable ketone contains no caffeine, no sugar—just clean, natural energy to power your bra...

These are our tips and trips to look cool on Instagram. Want to look like a fitness model? Like an Instagram influencer? It's all about lighting, angles, posing and cool stunts. We walk you through our best techniques to convince people you're awesome and fit on IG. Plus, we talk about some of our favorite health and fitness creators.

SPIT! Ok ok, it's more than that but the mouth, and more specifically the oral microbiome is crazy important to your health and overall wellness. Danny Grannick, CEO and co-founder of Bristle Health, talks us through what we can learn from our mouth spit. Bristle Health is a biotech company based in San francisco, California which is developing a home saliva test to detect and analyse the oral mic...

Who doesn't want huge arms coming out of their cutoff sleeves? We walk through our arm workout at home and arm exercises with weights at the gym. We split things up into delts, biceps, triceps, forearms. Even front, lateral and rear delts! Curls, overhead press, tricep kickbacks... we cover it all that gives you bigger arms.

Nadia Kumentas is VP of Marketing at Muse: the brain sensing headband. Yes a brain sensing headband... YES A BRAIN SENSING HEADBAND that measures and gives you real-time feedback on your brain activity, heart rate, body movement, and breathing. Through biosignal feedback, the multi-sensor headband helps you create a strong foundation to support your meditation practice, whether you're a beginner o...

Glute workouts are very in now. We walk through our butt workout at home and glute exercises with weights at the gym. It starts with glute activation and ends with bigger butts for both men and women. Hip thrusts, squats, deadlifts, bands, cables... we cover it all that covers your rear.

Taylor Sittler, MD is Head of Research & Development at Levels. A physician and entrepreneur, his career has focused on personalizing medicine, starting companies in genetics and women's health, including co-founding Color Health where he was Chief Science Officer. He tells us about BIOLOGICAL RESILIENCE. It's a new framing of how we're talking about health, which focuses on being able to respond...

Ali thinks fasting is fantastic. Max thinks fasting is the worst. We discuss the joys and struggles of all types of fasting. Intermittent fasting, 24 hour fasts every two days, extended fasts. We touch on the hormonal response Ali has tracked on her Levels continuous glucose monitor (CGM), seeing her fasting glucose drop. Fasting can get you great results even if your goal isn't for weight loss. B...

Some may call him a mad scientist but don't let the lab coat fool you! Chris Burres is the owner of SES Research, the first company to deliver carbon nano materials, and MyVitalC, the world's first nano antioxidant. Chris has an extensive background in a diverse range of areas including Mechanical Engineering, Comedy Improv Artist, Oil and Gas Explosives and Competitive Soccer to name a few. He's...

Low calorie alcoholic drinks are all the rage now. Everyone's trying to drink on a diet. We give you our secrets to staying cut while still having liquor, beer, wine and whatever hard seltzers are. Yes, you can stay fit and still party. You don't have to cut out alcohol to lose weight.