In a new interview with Bill Bailey of Today's Boondoggle Podcast, BIOHAZARD vocalist/bassist Evan Seinfeld spoke about his recently launched fitness app Full Metal Fitness. Members of Full Metal Fitness receive a state-of-the-art app including a workout program custom-tailored to your goals; an easy-to-follow meal plan to help you achieve your optimal results, not only for fitness but for longevity; a weekly Full Metal accountability video call led by Evan with all of the members who are training together virtually; and a one-on-one video coaching with Evan in the platinum and diamond memberships.

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Regarding how the idea for Full Metal Fitness came about, Seinfeld, who previously founded Mantorship, a men's support platform designed to help others "connect with their truth and purpose", said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I've been coaching guys for some years, and I don't market myself as a coach. A lot of guys come to me when they see my content: 'Do you coach men?' 'Do you coach women?' I really don't, but I've coached quite a few men over the last — I don't know — five years or so. And I love fitness, man. It's like the truth. It is exactly you get out what you put in. It's fucking honest. You can't cheat it. It doesn't lie. You take a shortcut, you pay for it later. It's something that raises your vibration, your endorphins. It changes your body chemistry. And when I'm fresh out of the gym, I'm my kindest, humblest self. I'm the happiest I'm gonna be all day. There's no chemical or drug that I'm gonna feel more than that. It's borderline orgasmic, but it has staying power. And when I'm working on myself and I know I'm the best version of myself right the fuck now at this age, think about what that does for my confidence and my self-belief in that I have the ability to come up with a plan, execute on the plan, put in the work, and get the results and learn to love the process.

"Full Metal Fitness started off — well, I just started running a beach workout for the men in Mantorship, and then it became co-ed and then it became really big," he explained. "And I started teaching yoga. And I've always been helping other guys in the gym, just getting their workouts together, getting their diets together, stressing the importance of a big-picture plan for your eating habits, not just to be on a diet.

"I had a guy that I was working out with in Tulum. His name was Javi. He was a bodyguard, and he came to a mentorship. We became friends, and he introduced me to the people from MacroActive who build fitness apps for the top, top fitness influencers in the world. And I got to do a conversation with them, and it was a long time of courting and figuring out if this was something I really wanted to do. I wanted to be, like, a hardcore/heavy metal Jack LaLanne [American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker]. Because I love to say, 'All right, everybody. We're here, 50 people on the beach. Let's go fucking run a mile each way real fast. Let's go.' I fucking love to do that. I love to feel the people running alongside of me be part of something, a community. It feels like you're in '300' or something."

Evan continued: "There's something about artists. They feel so much, and it's no coincidence so many lead singers of the '90s, or of any time, lost it or commit suicide. All the Chris Cornells, Chester Benningtons, Kurt Cobains, Scott Weilands — it goes on and on and on. These are people who've experienced the highest, highest highs, and life could fucking ... You could become really jaded and skewed. Life could turn into black and white. And anything you experience at a super high wow is suddenly your big dopamine rush. And there's oxytocin, there's all the other chemicals that we feel. So, when I started running these workouts, I realized it was like giving me a vibe like I was going to play with BIOHAZARD, like it's a gig. And I got really excited about it. And I started coming up with the idea to put together a workout, kind of a la P90X or Insanity, where… We're in the final edit. It's gonna be up on YouTube. It's probably gonna be free if I can work it out with the music. But it's, like, okay, you give me 60 minutes. All you need is a pair of five- or 10-pound dumbbells, and turn up the music and follow along, and it's a full-body, like a HIIT training workout, functional fitness. There's pushups, there's curls, some presses, some squats, some jump rope, and it's a tough workout, and it's set to IRON MAIDEN and BLACK SABBATH and JUDAS PRIEST and SLAYER. It's badass. And the CRO-MAGS and MADBALL and a little BIOHAZARD in there, and SICK OF IT ALL and DEEP PURPLE and MOTÖRHEAD and DIO. It's fucking really cool. And I started building a community of people dedicated to training with me. So I built an app that helps you to achieve your goals, period. So there's very specific workout plans. I filmed over 150 demonstration videos of every exercise and the angle and the best way I think to do it. And you get a diet with macros, with a meal plan, with a shopping list, with recipes, with a shopping list for the week. And there's accountability calls. Once a week we get on, and everybody has to say, 'How many days did you train this week, Bill?' 'How was your diet this week, Bill?' You gotta be honest 'cause you're gonna get the results or not. Me, I'm looking for all the people in my app to gain muscle, lose fat, improve their body composition, improve their mood, their confidence, and learn to love the process of training. 'Cause when you fall in love with the work, then you get the fucking results. But when you see it as something that you don't wanna do, you gotta learn to change your mind. So we talk a lot about that as well. And I pair guys up to keep each other accountable, and there are different levels and tiers of coaching. There are guys who have a gold or a platinum or even a diamond membership, where they have access to me, because they're ballers and they're out in some expensive restaurant and they don't know what to order and they need advice, or they're not at their home. They can't make it to a gym and they need a body weight workout or they need some advice. And some people, just having somebody there to reach out to helps keep them accountable. And oddly, the whole thing is all people from the scene. All the guys in Full Metal are hardcore and metal guys who are in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and everybody's leveling up."