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What’s the deal with MLMs? How are weight loss drugs reshaping body standards? Can we actually trust what supplement companies are selling us Why do we eat the way we do - and who’s influencing it? Veteran coaches Michael Ulloa and Kate Lyman are here to pull back the curtain on the wellness industry. How To: Fitness is a myth-busting, BS-free podcast that dives into the messy, nuanced, and often confusing world of fitness and nutrition. With evidence-based insight, candid takes, and digging into the darker corners of the wellness space, we help you make sense of what actually matters for your health—and what’s just noise.

Recent Episodes

Do We Need to Rethink Our Relationship With Alcohol? | Best of Season 1

Send us Fan Mail In one of our favorite episodes from Season 1, we're revisiting one of our earliest conversations about alcohol and its effects on our nutrition, fitness, and overall health. We talked about how alcohol is processed by the body, its effects on appetite, calorie intake, sleep, and recovery, and what the research actually tells us about its supposed health benefits. We're not here to tell you to change you’re drinking habits; our goal is to help you look at the evidence, weigh ...

35 MIN

Red Light Therapy, Hormone Testing, and What Counts as Lifting: Season 4 Revisited

Send us Fan Mail In this Best of Season 4 episode, we’re bringing together some of our favorite conversations on recovery, menopause and the wellness industry, electrolytes, do food intolerance tests actually tell us anything and what actually counts as strength training. We revisit the questions, evidence, and nuance behind these topics and hopefully leave you with a few things to think about the next time you see an (overly)confident health claim online. 🎗️ Timestamps: 00:00 Best of Season ...

46 MIN

80 | The History of Wellness Grifting

Send us Fan Mail What if today’s wellness grifters aren’t as original as they think they are? We’re taking a trip down wellness history in today's episode as we talk about snake oil salesmen, questionable miracle cures, Clark Stanley, Sylvester Graham, John Harvey Kellogg, and John Brinkley (yes, the goat testicles guy!) And honestly, some of these stories are so wild, you might start seeing modern wellness trends a little differently. 🎗️ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 03:17 Wellness Gr...

62 MIN

79 | The “Myth” of the Mediterranean Diet

Send us Fan Mail The Mediterranean Diet is constantly touted the “best” diet for everyone. And there are a lot of reasons why! In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at why the Mediterranean diet became known as one of the “best diets” in the world, what the eating pattern actually gets right and how its history shaped the way we understand it today. We’re not here to dismiss the Mediterranean diet but we’re here to add some much-needed context and help us think about healthy eating beyo...

54 MIN

78 | The Fibre Crisis: Why 9 in 10 of Us Aren’t Eating Enough

Send us Fan Mail What if one of the most overlooked parts of our diet is also one of the simplest? In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at fiber and why it’s so easy to overlook. We’re not here to tell you to completely change the way you eat but we’re here to help you understand where fiber fits into the bigger picture and find practical ways to include more of it. 🎗️ Timestamps: 00:00 Are We in a Fiber Crisis? 05:03 Have We Completely Forgotten About Fiber? 09:06 Why Is Fiber So Hard...

52 MIN