This week on the 20 Minute Fitness podcast, we have Andrew Herr, Founder & CEO of Fount. Before building his company, Andrew was running human performance & biotech strategy for the US military for 7 years, which is where the idea for Fount came from. Andrew's goal is to make the programs he used with Navy Seals to optimize their performance available to everyone through Fount. Listen to the episode to find out how Fount learns about your body, what type of experiments they run during their  4-month coaching program and how they will help to achieve your goals!Special thanks to this week's sponsor: Magic Minds, the world's first productivity shot!If you’re looking for a great productivity booster that will also reduce stress and anxiety, I’d highly recommend trying Magic Minds! Go check them out at www.magicmind.co/fitness and use my discount code FITNESS20 to get 40% off your first subscription or 20% off your first one time purchase. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry while it lasts!That’s www.magicmind.co/fitness & code FITNESS20 for 40% off your first subscription or 20% off your first one-time purchase!

We're finally back on the pod with a brand-new episode! We had the pleasure to sit down with Rob Sebastian, Founder of Forward, and discuss everything healthcare. Rob and his co-founder started Forward 6 years ago with the massive goal of rebuilding healthcare for the entire world.In today's show, you can learn about why Rob believes that beneath the broken healthcare system stands a product issue, how he thinks it could be fixed, what Forward has achieved to date, and what their vision is for the future!Special thanks to this week's sponsor: Magic Minds, the world's first productivity shot! If you’re looking for a great productivity booster that will also reduce stress and anxiety, I’d highly recommend trying Magic Minds! Go check them out at www.magicmind.co/fitness and use my discount code FITNESS20 to get 40% off your first subscription or 20% off your first one time purchase. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry while it lasts!That’s www.magicmind.co/fitness & code FITNESS20 for 40% off your first subscription or 20% off your first one-time purchase!

This week on the 20 Minute Fitness podcast we are bringing back a conversation with Shane Heath, the Founder of MUD/WTR, a company that aims to change your usual morning ritual. Probably most of us drink one or two (or more) cups of coffee in the morning. However, coffee addiction and the hundreds of milligrams of caffeine consumed every day can really have a negative impact on your health and well-being. This is what Shane experienced as well as what led him to create a healthier alternative to coffee.Press play to learn about the negative health impact coffee can have, how MUD/WTR is different from coffee, and some great tips on improving productivity and energy!

This week on the 20 Minute Fitness podcast we go back to a conversation we had with the Co-Founders of a microbiome company that uncovers some very interesting but largely overlooked facts about the organisms in your gut. Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum and Afif Ghannoum, father and son, have built BIOHM together in the hope of educating people about the role that bacteria and fungi play in our microbiome, testing their microbiome health, and providing actionable recommendations.Listen to this week's episode to learn about the organisms that make up your microbiome and some great tips dietary and lifestyle tips for better gut health!

Are you having trouble sleeping? Do you feel tired and low on energy during the day? Well, you came to the right place then, because this week on the 20 Minute Fitness podcast we are bringing back our conversation with Jeff Kahn, the Co-Founder & CEO of RISE.RISE is an app that creates useful insights for people to improve their sleep to become the best version of themselves. Jeff studied engineering at Northwestern University, but as he and his Co-Founder became intrigued by sleep, they got into their school's sleep science department as apprentices. Their goal from there on was to figure out how they could take all the consumer sleep science data and turn it into useful insights for people, which is what led to the building of RISE.Press play to learn about sleep debt and the circadian rhythm or the two laws of sleep and how Rise builds upon these two factors to help people become more focused and perform better during the day!

This week on the 20 Minute Fitness podcast we are revisiting a very special episode from 2020: a discussion with the Founder & CEO of WHOOP, Will Ahmed.If you’re interested in the fitness world, chances are that you have heard of WHOOP before. The company’s mission is to unlock human performance and to reach this mission their products are designed to measure the human body continuously. While WHOOP is mainly centered around providing its users with sleep, recovery, and strain data, recently they have also made some pretty awesome discoveries in detecting COVID-19.Listen to the episode to hear about the founding story of WHOOP, the features and benefits of the device, and how they might be able to tell if a user has COVID-19!

The question is why shouldn't you exercise, it is one of the greatest forms of self-improvement!  Doing physical activity has so many positive effects on both your mental and physical health and should be included in your weekly routine.On top of all this, exercise also plays a big part in your weight loss journey.  So listen to our pro tips on how you should get started and what exercises you should be focusing on!

This week on the podcast, delivered part 2 of our Ins and Out of Nutrition for weight loss. Check out Part 1 if you haven’t already, in which we went over the basics (calculating TDEE, planning your diet, and macronutrients).Part 2 is all about applying the knowledge we shared in Part 1, and can be split into 4 key parts:Food shoppingMeal PlanningCookingEatingYes, we will be sharing advice on how to eat - can be more complicated than you think!

This week on the podcast we began our next 2 part series, this time surrounding the Ins & Outs of Nutrition From the Context of Weight Loss. In Part 1 we cover the very basics such as; what actually is weight loss, how to plan your diet for weight loss, and a few tips and tricks to make the ride easier.With that being said, there are no quick fixes but instead advice on healthy nutrition that, if implemented, will lead to not only to sustainable weight loss but permanent lifestyle changes. This is key as what we must avoid is falling back into old habits and undoing (often times worsening) any progress made.

As promised, today we're back with part 2 of our episode on circumference measurements. For anyone who has yet to listen to part 1, I would definitely recommend going back and doing so. For a quick recap this is what we covered in part 1:The very basics of circumference measurementsWhy you should actually track your measurementsThe Do’s and Donts of tracking circumference measurementsSome key measurements and ratio’s for health & longevityHow you can track your circumference measurements with ShapeScaleNow that we’ve tackled circumference measurements from a high level, in today’s episode we’re going to look at some more specific applications for circumference measurements such as key ratios for body fat loss, muscle building & performance. Stay tuned!