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How Performance Bloodwork Reveals What's Really Blocking Your Fat Loss (Constraint Theory) | Ep 378

How Performance Bloodwork Reveals What's Really Blocking Your Fat Loss (Constraint Theory) | Ep 378

Update: 2025-09-24
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Stop guessing what's holding back your metabolism, fat loss, or muscle gains.

Learn how to use performance bloodwork analysis to identify your body's biggest constraint and fix it using the engineering principle of Constraint Theory.

Main Takeaways:

  • Your body is an engineering system limited by its weakest link
  • Performance bloodwork uses optimal ranges (not just "normal" disease-prevention ranges) to identify constraints
  • Pattern recognition reveals hidden issues that standard bloodwork misses (like being both inflamed and dehydrated)
  • Max impact interventions can improve 5-7 biomarkers at once instead of chasing individual symptoms
  • The most efficient improvement comes from using a feedback loop to identify your constraints

Episode Resources:

Timestamps:

0:00 - The hidden constraint blocking your progress
2:08 - Introduction to Performance Bloodwork Analysis
2:55 - Your body as an engineering system (Constraint Theory)
7:25 - Performance vs. "normal" lab ranges
11:06 - Pattern recognition and hidden constraints missed by standard bloodwork
13:25 - How Performance Bloodwork Analysis works
16:53 - Max impact interventions and the engineering feedback loop
20:31 - Real-world application examples (fat loss, muscle growth, recovery)
29:06 - Why most people chase symptoms in circles
31:42 - Your body is a system to be optimized, not a mystery


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How Performance Bloodwork Reveals What's Really Blocking Your Fat Loss (Constraint Theory) | Ep 378

How Performance Bloodwork Reveals What's Really Blocking Your Fat Loss (Constraint Theory) | Ep 378

Philip Pape, Evidence-Based Nutrition Coach & Fat Loss Expert