Can we find that balance between a hectic work life and our fitness? Are there any shortcuts to the new you you wished you knew?

These are the deep thoughts we ponder with this week's guest who, though no fault of his own, turns out to be Michael Kroeger of Nickelback Fame. Mike virtually sits down with the Fittest Fat Kid to talk about focus, intensity, working through the pain and just how many Lat pulldowns you can get when your clown of a gym buddy won't stop trying to make you laugh. 

You can get your nickel back from Mike by hitting up his Instagram: @michael_kroeger555

Nickelback can be found at their homepage ,and just about anywhere else you look, they are Nickelback after all.

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The man, the myth, the personal trainer to the stars Eric Fleishman aka Eric the Trainer along with his buddy and Qigong master Chris Shelton find themselves trapped in a small room with the Fittest Fat Kid You Know. We talk about dealing with past trauma, physical & mental healing, and a myriad of other topics in this extended play version of the podcast. So, grab yourself a nice drink and be let talk about some of those old feelings.

Eric will pump you up on his Instagram: ErictheTrainer

The Eric the Trainer website: https://www.ericthetrainer.com/

Take a deep breath with Chris on his Instagram: chrissheltonqigong

He is waiting to help guide your spiritual health at this website: https://sheltonqigong.com/

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Have you ever felt that you needed a change so badly that your ability to assess risk just gets

tossed out the window? Have you made a decision that was supposed to help you but ended up being life altering? For one Tiyauna White, her lifetime struggle with her weight finally broke her and she needed something to take care of the problem, and she found it with the Bariatric Sleeve Surgery. The good news? The weight did indeed just melt off her. The bad news is that the cost of the weight loss was nearly her life.

Tiyauna joins the Fittest Fat Kid to talk about how she came to the decision to get the surgery, how medical conditions were ignored in order for her to have it and what it has been like living with the repercussions.

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As you are getting older, have you ever wondered if there were some effective steps you could take to help the process be less painful... Less horrible? Yeah, me too. Fortunately I know just the name. Meet Dr. Kien Vuu, a performance and longevity doctor who specializes in this very thing. Dr. Vuu shares his experiences dealing with his own health hurdles and how it inspired him to investigate better practices to not "treat the symptoms" but fix the underlying problems.

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The need for positive role models is an important part of childhood development. This week I speak to Certified Pediatric Ninja Specialist Tim Flynn, founder of Kato Karate about his program that is using martial arts combined with early childhood development programs to help kids grow into a well balanced mindset and help parents connect better to their children. Tim is effectively the poster child of a "good guy" and gives his insights into how you might better connect to your own kids. Tim also opens up about what it was like to grow up bullied and going on to find one's life's passion.

You can find Tim at his Kato Karate HQ

Tim is also at his socials at: Instagram / TikTok

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Failing short of one's goals is never a fun thing and this week I must

confront mistakes made and own up as to why I have not made the progress

I had hoped for. My buddy Jonny Bloozit stops by to be my confessor as I

make my confession. This week there are not great nuggets of wisdom nor

advice on what you might do to help yourself, this week is just about

holding myself accountable and setting the stage for getting back on

track. You are welcome to stop in to hear by slight tale of woe, which

is a rain delay, not the end of the game.

Jon's newest art book Creatures of the Dying World is now on sale in both Physical form & as a PDF 

More of Jonny's work can be seen here at: https://www.behance.net/bloozit 

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Imagine fighting your way back from being over 400 pounds only to find out that you have cancer in the form of leukemia. This week I am joined by Matt Getic from the "Happened in the 90s" podcast, who instead of talking about all things 20 to 30 years old, goes in depth about his health and fitness challenges and comes clean about eating more Mac & Cheese than most humans will see in their lifetime.

Listen in on Matthew talk about happier things on his own damn podcast at his website

Watch him on his Youtube page

Meet Matt at his Twitter or his Instagram

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