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Oct 2022
55m 32s

Max Casa - The Benefits of Floating

Stuart Cooke
About this episode

This week, I'm excited to welcome Max Casa to the podcast. Max is the founder of Max Vitality, a company centered around the practice of sensory deprivation or float therapy. Floating is designed to optimize recovery after exercise and can be beneficial for anyone interested in bringing their physical, mental, and spiritual health to the next level. In this episode, we discussed the principles behind floating, what to expect from your first session, and also the importance of minerals.

Some questions asked during this episode:

  • What is sensory deprivation and how can it be of benefit to our health?
  • What should we expect from our first float session?
  • How important is the solution (magnesium) when floating?
https://180nutrition.com.au/180-tv/

Stu

(00:41)

Okay, back to the show. This week I'm excited to welcome Maxto the podcast. Max is the founder of Max Vitality, a company centered around the practice of sensory deprivation or float therapy. Floating is designed to optimize recovery after exercise and can be beneficial for anyone interested in bringing their physical, mental, and spiritual health to the next level. In this episode, we discussed the principles behind floating, what to expect from your first session, and also the importance of minerals during the experience, over to Max. Hey guys, this is Stu from 180 Nutrition and I am delighted to welcome Max Casa, to the podcast. Max, how are you mate?

Max

(01:25)

Doing well, brother. Pleasure to be here.

Stu

(01:27)

Fantastic. No, look, thanks for your time. Much appreciate it, I know you're probably, a busy guy. But first up, for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you or your work, I'd love it if you could just tell us a little bit about yourself, please.

Max

(01:41)

Sure. Yeah. So I'm a lifelong martial artist. I guess, a good place to start. My parents actually got me involved in the martial arts when I was just four years old, which was the biggest blessing for me. They're originally getting me involved in martial arts with the hope to help the neuromuscular disease, I was born with called Charcot-Marie-Tooth or CMT, for short. And they're trying different therapies and stumbled upon the martial arts, pretty early on. And thankfully, it was the martial arts and thankfully I stuck with it because it's become a huge part of my life, man, these past 20 plus years now. Yeah. And just as I got older and started teaching and competing in the martial arts more, I was just constantly looking for ways to optimize my mind and body. So try just about every therapy in the book from high quality western technology to South American bruise and eastern medicine and everything in between.

Max

(02:38)

But one day, about probably eight, nine years back now, I stumbled upon float therapy and my life totally changed, man. And I remember, so I went out... I was living in Massachusetts at the time and ended up going to a float center in Massachusetts, getting into tank and coming out of the tanks to... And I was literally, just buzzing with this sensation of relaxation and inner peace that I had never experienced before in my entire life. So ultimately, I ended up floating more the evidence into the research deeper and deeper and ultimately, became so inspired that I ended up starting my company Max Vitality, where we manufacture, customize, and install flow therapy chambers, all over the globe.

For full interview and transcript:
https://180nutrition.com.au/180-tv/max-casa-interview/



 

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