Ep. 4 - Staying Teachable and the Humility to Ask for Help with Nick Hexum
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Release Date: 03/17/2021
Ep. 21 - How to Say the Hard Things with John Romaniello and Amanda Bucci
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Save 15% on Strong Coffee Company with checkout code UPANDADAM at Up and Adam is an production. For your podcast needs email us at This show is filmed at studios in Austin, TX. John Romaniello is a NYT best-selling author, writing mentor and business coach that helps entrepreneurs build and scale businesses through writing and branding. His partner, Amanda Bucci, is an online business and conscious leadership coach that helps entrepreneurs start, grow and scale their business rooted in alignment and authenticity. Follow John Follow Amanda
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Ep. 20 - What Makes a Great Fitness Coach with Ryan Thomson
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Save 15% on Strong Coffee Company with checkout code UPANDADAM at Up and Adam is an production. For your podcast needs email us at This show is filmed at studios in Austin, TX. “It’s hard to be depressed or be sad or be worried about shit when I’m helping someone change their life.” ~Ryan Thomson Ryan Thomson is a Milwaukee-based fitness coach who specializes in boxing, strength, bodybuilding, fat loss, endurance, and HIIT training. He is the owner of multiple 9Round franchises and the General Manager at social performance club KOLLECTIVE. A college dropout, Ryan...
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Ep. 19 - Thriving as a Family Man and Entrepreneur with Nicholas Noel
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Save 15% on Strong Coffee Company with checkout code UPANDADAM at Up and Adam is an production. For your podcast needs email us at This show is filmed at studios in Austin, TX. Being an entrepreneur can be challenging, moreso if you’re a family man. Nicholas Noel just so happens to be both. He is the CEO of Meal Proz, a healthy meal prep service with three retail locations around Austin that offers low sodium, no added fat or sugar, prepackaged meals. Adam speaks with Nicholas on the ins-and-outs of running a meal prep business and how the company has evolved since its...
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Ep. 18 - Finding Your Tribe in a Post-COVID World with Joe DiStefano
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Save 15% on Strong Coffee Company with checkout code UPANDADAM at Up and Adam is an production. For your podcast needs email us at This show is filmed at studios in Austin, TX. “In some way, even if our circle or our audience or our whatever is being reduced, it’s possible that our impact is actually becoming greater. [...] Starting anew, right now, is the best thing we can do.” ~Joe DiStefano Joe DiStefano is a coach, educator, the Founder of RUNGA, and host of the STACKED podcast. Joe joins Adam once again on this episode of Up and Adam to look back on the past 19...
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Ep. 17 - Navigating a High-Stress Society with Joe DiStefano
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Save 15% on Strong Coffee Company with checkout code UPANDADAM at Up and Adam is an production. For your podcast needs email us at This show is filmed at studios in Austin, TX. Joe DiStefano is a coach, educator, the Founder of RUNGA, and host of the STACKED podcast. Joe joins Adam on this episode of Up and Adam to do a deep dive into the science of stress, how the modern world has cornered us into a neverending state of survival mode, and how to break out of that vicious cycle. Joe kicks things off talking about his transition out of the corporate side of the wellness...
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Ep. 16 - Finding “Flow” in Life and Business with Geno Mattioda
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Save 15% on Strong Coffee Company with checkout code UPANDADAM at Up and Adam is an production. For your podcast needs email us at This show is filmed at studios in Austin, TX. “How do you get into that ‘state of flow’ within your business? It’s all about finding that intersection between what challenges you and what you can truly be the best at.” ~Geno Mattioda Geno Mattioda is the founder of the Austin-based wellness hub known as theDEN. Geno joins Adam on this episode of Up and Adam to discuss his long and turbulent journey leading up to theDEN’s founding....
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Ep. 15 - Better Sex and Holistic Healing Through Integrative Medicine and Psychedelics with Chancellor Aven and Kristin Elise
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Save 15% on Strong Coffee Company with checkout code UPANDADAM at Up and Adam is an production. For your podcast needs email us at This show is filmed at studios in Austin, TX. Do you devour life? This week’s guests certainly do… Chancellor Aven is an entrepreneur and creative. Kristin is a model, entrepreneur, and pleasure coach. Together, they create content on OnlyFans. Listen in as Chance and Christina join Adam on this episode of Up and Adam to talk about overcoming chronic illnesses while pursuing entrepreneurship. After a business partnership blew up, causing...
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Ep. 14 - Sacred Hunting and the Keys to Integrated Manhood with Mansal Denton
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Save 15% on Strong Coffee Company with checkout code UPANDADAM at Up and Adam is an production. For your podcast needs email us at This show is filmed at studios in Austin, TX. “That’s what I’m trying to do with Sacred Hunting: Get people into a place where they can feel things that they’ve never felt before, that they may already know intellectually. You know that animals have to die for food to get to your plate. You don’t know in your body what it feels like to look that animal in the eye and put a knife in its heart and realize, with its eyes looking back at...
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Ep. 13 - Understanding Our Place in the Universe as Conscious Spirits with Jesse Elder
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Save 15% on Strong Coffee Company with checkout code UPANDADAM at Up and Adam is an production. For your podcast needs email us at This show is filmed at studios in Austin, TX. “The only thing that I can do is live authentically if I actually care about serving other people, because the words that I’m saying are irrelevant.” ~Jesse Elder Jesse is a speaker, mentor, entrepreneur, podcaster, action philosopher, and all-around lover of life. He’s devoted his life to sharing his principles of self-mastery with people all around the world. Through his popular Mind Vitamin...
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Ep. 12 - The Evolution of Pain Science with David Skolnik, DPT
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"My mission is to close that gap between healthcare and fitness and raise the level of both." – David Skolnik David Skolnik is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, entrepreneur, and strength and conditioning coach. He is the founder and owner of Stronger in Motion, which offers personalized training and nutrition programs as well as one-on-one coaching with David and his team. David is also the Co-Host of The Essential Strength Podcast. In this episode, Adam speaks with David Skolnik on his unique purpose in the health and fitness world. He also gives his take on why many in the PT field tend to...
info_outline“I think our minds close as we become older, and we have to make them open with having that sort of quest for new knowledge because people become more and more set in their ways.” - Nick Hexum
In today’s episode, Adam speaks with Nick Hexum, American singer, songwriter, and rapper. Nick is currently the vocalist and guitarist for the multi-platinum alternative rock band 311 and The Nick Hexum Quintet. His band has always been focused on spreading positivity and bringing together people through the power of music. Their songs are majorly about human values of tolerance, unity, inclusion, and diversity, science, and spirituality.
Did you know that singers practice stretching of their vocal folds? Regular workout sessions could positively affect your vocals too. Listen in as Nick shares how music and fitness are intertwined for him and how he manages both of the two with an astounding level of enthusiasm and dedication. He also shares how remaining to be “teachable” and “having the humility to ask for help” have helped him level up as a singer at all times.
Key Highlights
- Nick shares why he calls himself an athlete as well as a musician. He talks about his physical workouts before a live performance and why it is essential to help him do his best on stage!
- Ron Anderson’s vocal classes have benefitted Nick during his time training to be a singer. Ron taught him how to navigate the break and blend his singing voice with the speaking voice. This helped expand his vocal levels.
- Nick talks about the never-ending journey of learning and why it is essential to ask for help when it is needed. This has always helped him grow as a singer.
- We discuss why relationships are important to any individual. Nick shares that people want to relate to others, and it is paramount to our living.
- Do aliens exist? Nick shares why he believes they do!
- We learn about Nick’s family and how he got to become a musician. Nick also shares the struggles he had to face early on in his career.
- Learn about the importance of having a good connection with your family. We also discuss general parenting philosophies.
- Know how 311 started off initially and what their plans are for the future!
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