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In this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, I had the pleasure of being joined by Dr. Stuart Phillips. Dr. Phillips is a senior lecturer at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. He is widely regarded as one of the preeminent researchers in the world on protein. While the topic of protein and how it affects our bodies can be very wide ranging, we tried to keep this episode down to the fundamentals. - What is protein? - Why do we need it? - How do we use it? - And finally can ...
On this week's episode, I'm delighted to be joined by world-renowned exercise science researcher, and one of the most prolific authors in the resistance training field, Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. Dr. Schoenfeld has been a previous guest on our podcast, discussing ways to maximize hypertrophy. You can find that episode HERE. In this week's episode, we had Dr. Schoenfeld on to discuss the importance of training to momentary muscular failure. While we are firm believers at Discover Strength that sin...
In this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with a world-renowned expert on the benefits of resistance training for metabolic health. Dr. Giessing is a professor of Sports Science at the University of Koblenz-Landau. He's also a coauthor on a number of research papers we've discussed on this podcast in the past. Dr. Giessing has worked closely with Dr. James Fisher and Dr. James Steele on a number of different projects. The paper we specificall...
In this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, we are thrilled to be joined by NYT Best Selling Author Christie Aschwanden. Christie is a prolific writer for a variety of different media outlets, including but not limited to the New York Times, the New York Post, Runner's World, Men's Journal, and more. She is also the host of the "Emerging Form" podcast, available wherever you listen to podcasts. Christie comes to us to share her experience and knowledge this week on the art, scie...
n this Episode of "The Discover Strength Podcast" Dr. Thomas Dreisinger and I discuss the importance of direct strengthening for the spinal muscles with technologies like the MedX Lumbar Extension Machine. Dr. Thomas Dreisinger has over 40 years of clinical and consulting experience on the treatment and management of back and neck pain. Dr. Dreisinger is an educator and researcher. He has written articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals, such as Orthopedics, Spine, and The Spine ...
In this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, I had the pleasure to sit down with Dr. Jose Antonio, Ph.D. to talk this week about creatine. Dr. Antonio is an Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University. He's also a founding member of the ISSN (the International Society of Sports Nutrition), along with the Editor in Chief of the Journal of the ISSN and a former Vice President of the NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association). Dr. Antonio is one of the leading re...
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In this week's episode of "The Discover Strength Podcast" we are thrilled to be joined by Dr. Martin Gibala, PhD. from McMaster University in Canada. Dr. Gibala is a Senior Professor of Kinesiology at McMaster, and one of the world's foremost experts on High Intensity Interval Training (H.I.I.T.). His research starting in the early 2000's has helped inspire and lead the way for numerous other authors to publish thousands of papers on the topic of Interval Training. In this episode Dr. Gibal...
In this week's episode of "The Discover Strength Podcast" I sat down with Exercise Physiologist Logan Morrison (Saint Louis Park) to discuss the truth about fat loss. More specifically, how to maximize fat loss through exercise, and what the research has to say about the best ways to do so. We discuss a massive study from 2015 in the Journal Obesity about the differences in fat loss over a 12 year period between traditional "cardio" exercise and resistance training. This longitudinal study i...
This week on the "Discover Strength Podcast" I had the privilege of sitting down with world renowned exercise scientist Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. Dr. Schoenfeld is widely regarded as the world's leading expert on strength and hypertrophy. He's published well over 300 papers and multiple best selling fitness books. His work has been cited over 1,000,000 times on Researchgate, and he's been a highly sought after keynote speaker at exercise conferences around the world. Dr. Schoenfeld joined me thi...
In this weeks episode of "The Discover Strength Podcast" we are thrilled to have Dr. Doug McGuff join us on the show. Dr. McGuff is widely regarded as one of the brightest minds in the field of evidence based exercise. His book "Body By Science" with Co-Author John Little, has served as an inspiration, and a manual of sorts for High Intensity enthusiasts and practitioners since it's publication in 2009. Dr. McGuff is an E.R. Physician in South Carolina, as well as owner/operator of Ultimate ...
On this week's episode of "The Discover Strength Podcast" I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Sara Oikawa from the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI). Dr. Oikawa earned her Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD. from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. At McMaster she had the distinction of studying under Dr. Stuart Phillips, widely regarded as the preeminent researcher on Protein Metabolism in the entire world. Dr. Oikawa and I spoke about a paper she published in 2019 "The Impa...
In this episode of "The Discover Strength Podcast" Dr. James Fisher and I discuss some of the most pervasive myths still prevalent in the Exercise & Fitness Industry. Dr. James Fisher is a senior lecturer and researcher at Solent University in the UK. He has extensive experience with elite athletes, including coaching at the London 2012 Olympic games. He also has published a comprehensive range of peer-reviewed research publications with both clinical, asymptomatic, and elite populations...
In this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, I had the chance to sit down with Ph.D. candidate Daniel Plotkin. Daniel received his Master's from the world-renowned exercise science lab at Lehman College in New York, under the instruction of Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. Daniel is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at one of the premier physiology labs in the world at Auburn University under Dr. Michael Roberts. We were lucky enough to have Daniel join us this week to discuss a paper he spearhea...
On this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, we are joined by Dr. James McKendry from McMaster University in Canada. Dr. McKendry is a researcher and Ph.D. fellow at McMaster University and part of former guest Dr. Stuart Phillip's world-renowned lab on protein metabolism. Dr. McKendry joined me this week to discuss a recent paper he was a part of from that lab looking at the benefits of resistance training beyond hypertrophy and strength. The paper is a review that investigates t...
In this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, I'm thrilled to be joined by a friend of the program and "Minimum Dose"™ expert Dr. PAK. Dr. Pak has been on the show multiple times before, discussing things like the minimum effective training dose for powerlifters, and if training to failure is really necessary. This week Dr. Pak joins us to discuss a new paper that was published just last year (HERE) with some of the leading strength and conditioning minds in the world. This paper ...
In this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with a young up-and-comer in the field of exercise science to discuss drop set training. Max Coleman is a Master's student at Lehman College in New York, under the tutelage of Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. He's already starting to make a name for himself in the strength and conditioning space and we were lucky to have him join us today. We discussed a recent meta-analysis that Max spearheaded comparing traditi...
In this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, we are excited to continue with our Exercise Myths and Misconceptions Mini-Series with Dr. James Fisher and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. We'll discuss another prevalent myth in the fitness industry: the idea that "more is better" when it comes to exercise and results. These two friends and colleagues were kind enough to sit down and discuss, in their own words, some of the most pervasive myths still running rampant in our indus...
In this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, we are excited to continue with our Exercise Myths and Misconceptions Mini-Series with Dr. James Fisher and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. We'll discuss another prevalent myth in the fitness industry: that exercise comes with inherent risks. We're excited to be talking about exercising safely, and what that means for you. These two friends and colleagues were kind enough to sit down and discuss, in their own words, some of the mo...
In this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, we take a short break from our Mini-Series to share some exciting news and potential opportunities for our listeners. Have you ever thought about what it would be like to own and operate your own Discover Strength Franchise? If so this is the episode for you. I sat down with Discover Strength CEO Luke Carlson for an in depth conversation on everything you would need to get started with owning a Discover Strength Franchise of your own...
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