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The Unsexy Businessmen
Welcome to Unsexy Businessmen, the podcast that gives raw, practical advice to entrepreneurs who'd rather build something real than chase hype. Hosted by the minds behind the YouTube channel of the same name, each episode dives into the foundational — often "boring" but essential — building blocks of business: How to start an LLC, step by step Legal & structural frameworks that too many skip Real stories from business owners doing the work Tactical, no-fluff guidance you can act on today…
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Top 5 Worst Exercises Ever Invented By Mankind
Have you ever kept doing an exercise you hated because you thought you were supposed to? This week, we’re ranking our most overrated exercises and talking…
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Ep. 17 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 16: I'm Coming For Your Soul
When you’re finally seeing progress in the gym, should you change your workouts—or keep showing up and getting better at the same movements? In this Unsexy…
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What If You Just Haven’t Found Your Favorite Workout Yet? With Kristen Staker
Find Kristen @ Bliss Haven Collective - 98 W Main St. Lehi 84043 Current Schedule: REFIT® on Mondays at 7:00p.m. REV+FLOW Thursdays at 9:30a.m. REFIT® Where We…
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Ep. 16 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 15: Started From the Bottom. Took the Ski Lift.
Some weeks, progress looks like six workouts, mostly hitting your nutrition targets, and realizing the weights that used to intimidate you don’t feel so…
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Our Top 5 Energy Drinks Ranked: Monster, Ghost, and More
Your favorite energy drink can taste incredible, but if you can’t find it—or it costs too much to buy regularly—does it still deserve the top spot? This week…
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Ep. 15 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 14: DEXA Scan Down By The River
Ever put in months of work, see real progress, and still feel disappointed? That’s where Alex lands after his latest DEXA scan. He’s lifting heavier, showing…
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Hate Yoga? We Did Too. Then We Had This Conversation with Macie Wood
Macie Wood is a 500HR RYT, yoga teacher trainer, and meditation educator with 7 years of teaching experience. She leads 200HR Yoga Teacher Trainings at BeHot…
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Ep. 14 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 13: What Happens In Vegas Doesn't Stay In Vegas
Can you enjoy a trip to Vegas without feeling like you have to start your fitness routine over when you get home? This week, we’re back from a weekend of…
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Our Top 5 Grab-and-Go (Sort of) Protein Products For GAINS!
You’re short on protein, you don’t feel like cooking, and the snack in your pantry has “protein” printed across the front. Good enough? We’ve both bought…
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Ep. 13 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 12: More Like Guidelines Than Actual Rules
Everyone on the internet has a workout you should try, a step count you should hit, and an opinion about what you’re doing wrong. Fewer people stop to ask what…
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Running After a Torn Achilles: Getting Back to 13.1 Miles with Juan Guitron
Getting back to running after a torn Achilles comes with a question: can I still do what I used to do? Returning guest Juan joins us to talk about everything…
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Ep. 12 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 11: The Good, the Bad, and the Cheeseburgers
The Breathing At The End For Non-Video Listeners Is Exactly What You Think It Is: Six workouts in a week, visible progress, and somehow the cheeseburgers still…
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Are You Accidentally the Most Annoying Person at the Gym?
Most people at the gym are perfectly normal, considerate human beings. Then someone curls directly in front of the dumbbell rack, claims three machines during…
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Ep. 11 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 10: Life is Like a Plate of Creamy Potatoes
You’re showing up at the gym, getting stronger, and noticing changes in your photos. Then you step on the scale and see the same number. Do you change the plan…
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Why Working Harder Doesn’t Fix Health With Shalese King
Getting healthier isn’t always about working harder. Sometimes the stubborn belief that you should be able to outwork every problem becomes part of the…
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Ep. 10 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 9: No Country for Old Joints
What do you do when you’re following the plan, putting in the work, and your body still refuses to cooperate? In this fitness check-in, we talk honestly about…
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How to Build a Fitness Routine That Fits Your Real Life With Holly LaRose
Follow Holly On Instagram: @practiceofascent Getting healthier doesn’t always begin with a dramatic transformation. Sometimes it starts by rolling out of bed…
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Ep. 9 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 8: It's Been 84 Years
Consistency is easy to talk about when your gym, schedule, and body are all cooperating. This week, none of those things lined up perfectly. After ten days…
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How Lloyd Welch Built a Champion’s Body and Rebuilt His Life
Building an impressive physique is one thing. Rebuilding your life when everything falls apart is something else entirely. In this episode, we sit down with…
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Ep. 8 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 7: What Do I Know? I'm Just A Doctor
Fitness progress rarely announces itself with a dramatic transformation. Sometimes it looks like completing six workouts, following your macros most of the…
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Mrs. Idaho's Secret: Why Being Strong Beats Being Skinny with Melissa Rhodehouse
Ever wonder what it really takes to transform your body and compete at the national level? This week, Aaron and Alex sit down with Melissa Rhodehouse—certified…
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Ep. 7 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 6: It's All In Your Head
Fitness progress gets frustrating when you’re doing the work but can’t see enough change in the mirror. The scale stays the same, progress photos look…
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Heart Attack to 404 Pounds to Cut: Joshua Varozza's Health Rebuild
Joshua Varozza didn't become a success story overnight. At 404 pounds with a history of heart problems, he made the decision that would change everything—but…
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Ep. 6 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 5: Re-Rack Your Damn Weights
Alex and Aaron break down their unsexy approach to real fitness results during an honest gym check-in session. This week covers macro increases, the power of…
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Breaking Addictions and Building Better: A Nurse's Honest Journey with Ashlee Crofts
On this episode of Unsexy Businessmen, we sit down with Ashlee Crofts—a registered nurse, mindset coach, and real person who's built a life most people think…
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Ep. 5 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 4: Tired And Hungry
In this episode, Alex and Aaron dive into their weekly fitness check-in, getting real about the ups and downs of staying consistent at the gym. They break down…
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Burn the Ships: How Joshua Cooper Lost 27 Pounds Without Giving Up Pizza
In this episode, Aaron and Alex sit down with Joshua Cooper—a software engineer who lost 27 pounds by doing the most unsexy thing possible: actually tracking…
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Ep. 4 - Unsexy Coaching Check-in 3: Health Class Anatomy
In this week's check-in, Alex and Aaron break down what actual fitness progress looks like when you stop chasing Instagram aesthetics and start chasing real…
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Discipline Over Motivation: Stuart Hoffman on Fitness, Fasting, and Showing Up Anyway
Follow Stuart: stuart.hoffman.55 This week Alex and Aaron are joined by their old mission buddy Stuart Hoffman — and yeah, the guy looks jacked now, so…
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Ep. 3 - Unsexy Coaching: Alex's 2nd Coaching Check-in
Alex is two weeks into his fitness rebuild and the results are already showing—but not where you'd expect. In this raw coaching check-in, Aaron and Alex break…
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From Pre-Diabetic to 40 Pounds Down: Monty Skinner's 40-Pound Health Turnaround at 57
This week the oldest Skinner joins the party. Alex and Aaron sit down with their brother Monty a 57-year-old road warrior, first-time grandpa, and guy who used…
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Ep. 2 - Unsexy Coaching: Alex's First Coaching Check-In
Episode two of the Health Rebuild series is here, and it's Alex's very first coaching check-in with Aaron. They break down the exact macros Aaron built for…
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How to Sleep Better for Muscle Growth, Fat Loss, and Daily Performance
Alex and Aaron Skinner are calling out the hustle culture nonsense around sleep deprivation — and making the case for why getting quality rest might be the…
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Ep. 1 - Unsexy Coaching: Alex's First Session with Aaron
Follow the Journey on Instagram: @unsexyalex On this episode of the Unsexy Businessmen Podcast, Alex sits in the hot seat as Aaron runs him through a full…
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From Skinny Farm Kid to 60-Year-Old Bodybuilder: Dan Maddox's No-Excuse Fitness Journey
This week Alex and Aaron sit down with Dan Maddox — a northeastern Montana farm kid turned law enforcement officer, 22-year paramedic, gym manager…
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From Costco Hot Dogs to Cream of Wheat: Our Full Day of Eating
We heard you asking, so we're opening up the fridge and the pantry. In this episode, Alex and Aaron break down exactly what they eat on a daily basis —…
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Strong, Not Skinny: How Gordon Steele Built a Body (and a Routine) That Actually Lasts
This week Alex and Aaron sit down with their old mission buddy Gordon Steele — and yes, he looks exactly as jacked as you'd expect someone named "Steele" to…
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Ignore the Noise: How to Handle Negativity When You're Trying to Get Healthy
Let's be real — the hardest part of getting healthy sometimes isn't the workouts or the meal prep. It's the people around you. In this episode, Alex and Aaron…
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From Torn Achilles to the Pitch Again: Juan Guitron's Road Back
What do you do when you're in the best shape of your life and your body just... snaps? That's exactly what happened to Juan Guitron — Division I soccer player…
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Ego Lifts, Bad Form, and Blown Shoulders: What Not to Do at the Gym
Look, we've both been that guy — too much weight, bad form, too proud to drop it down. And we've both paid for it. Alex has wrecked his lower back and…
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Don't Come Back Soft: Staying Fit While Traveling
Nobody wants to be the guy who packed his gym shoes for every trip and never once used them. Alex and Aaron have been that guy — and they're not anymore. In…
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Getting Back to the Gym After Being Sick: How to Know When You're Actually Ready
Alex came back from the dead (strep throat style) and lived to tell the tale — and work out again. In this episode, Alex and Aaron break down something nobody…
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Why Alcohol Is Killing Your Gains (And Everything Else)
Look, we're not here to lecture you — but we are here to tell you the truth nobody's saying out loud: alcohol is doing way more damage to your health than you…
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GLP-1s, Ozempic Face, and Why You Still Have to Do the Work
Everyone's talking about Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro — but are people actually talking about what happens when you get off it? Alex and Aaron break down how…
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Is Health Insurance the Biggest Scam in America?
Let's be honest — health insurance might be the biggest scam running in America right now, and Alex and Aaron aren't holding back. In this episode, the…
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Your AI Health Coach: How to Use ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini to Build Workouts & Stop Guessing
Look, nobody's here to sell you a supplement or tell you to eat tilapia. Alex and Aaron are breaking down how they actually use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude…
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D1 Athlete to Desk Job to Jacked Again: Darin Tuttle's Real Weight Loss Journey
Darin Tuttle walked on at BYU as a D1 football player and then life happened. A desk job, long hours, energy drinks, and years of being a "weekend warrior" in…
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Why Hardworking Americans Always Get Screwed First
The TSA was created to keep us safe—but what happens when the system meant to protect people starts hurting them instead? In this episode of the Unsexy…
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Artemis II, World Peace, and Why We Should Hug Our Kids
Alex and Aaron kicked off this one thinking they were going to talk about the Artemis II launch and they did, kind of. What started as two guys with zero…
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We Owe Everything to Social Media (Seriously)
Most people think they understand how social media works… but they don’t. In this episode, we break down the real mechanics behind social media platforms how…
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Stop Starting Over: How to Build Sustainable Health Habits
In this episode of the Unsexy Businessmen podcast, Alex and Aaron break down the unsexy truth about getting healthy, losing weight, and building habits that…
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The Unsexy Side of Agency Growth with Ben Webber of Big Red Jelly
In this episode of the Unsexy Businessmen Podcast, Alex and Aaron sit down with Ben Webber of Big Red Jelly to talk about what it actually takes to build and…
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Why Everyone Loves Ticketmaster
In this episode of the Unsexy Businessmen podcast, Alex and Aaron take on one of the most hated companies in live entertainment: Ticketmaster. From absurd fees…
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Your Opinion on The Iran War Is Wrong
In this episode of the Unsexy Podcast, Alex and Aaron tackle something that seems to happen every time a major global event hits the news: suddenly everyone…
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Stop Avoiding Conflict: Fix the Client Problem Fast
Get The Course: https://www.unsexybusinessmen.com/offers/4VxHyQbf/checkout In service businesses, “bad clients” usually aren’t the real problem—bad…
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8 Books That Built Our Businesses And Broke Our Brains
Get The Course: https://www.unsexybusinessmen.com/offers/4VxHyQbf/checkout Alex and Aaron break down the books that genuinely shaped how they build…
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Ep. 21 - Layoffs Are Spiking Again. Here’s Why “Unsexy” Businesses Win in 2026
Get The Course: https://www.unsexybusinessmen.com/offers/4VxHyQbf/checkout January’s job report is ugly: layoffs jumped to the highest January level since…
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Ep. 20 - If You’re Not Growing, You’re Dying: The Complacency Trap in Small Business
Get The Course: https://www.unsexybusinessmen.com/offers/4VxHyQbf/checkout Comfort feels like winning—until it turns into complacency. In this episode of…
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Bad Bunny Ended The NFL
This was supposed to be football. Instead, it turned into another culture-war meltdown. In this emergency episode of the Unsexy Businessmen podcast, Alex and…
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Ep. 19 - Stop Overpaying Taxes: The CPA Playbook for Unsexy Business Owners With Brian Basinger
Aaron and Alex sit down with Aaron’s CPA and tax strategist, Brian Basinger, to break down the tax mistakes that quietly drain small business cash—especially…