What is up, everyone? Welcome back to the fitness stuff for normal people podcast. I'm Mariana here with Tony. And, you know, it's no secret that the fitness industry sucks, period. Whether it's the corrupt multi-billion dollar supplement in weight loss industry or the endless supply of influencers promoting anything to drive page views. The bottom line is we're not trying to provide just another fitness podcast, but completely

change the fitness industry for the better by providing you with the knowledge and tools

to give you confidence in applying the best possible training and nutrition into your own

life.

Where today we are going to be talking about studies that blew our minds where we each

handpicked two studies that completely changed the way we previously thought about any aspect

of health. We really, really appreciate you guys getting us to over a thousand five-star

reviews on Spotify. We want to keep that momentum up in 2023. We have big goals. We want to

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and reach more voices, which is the goal at the end of the day. So we really appreciate

you if you've done that already. I double dog dare you. Go do it right now. Will I tell

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