Episode Highlights With Andy Galpin
- How he got into working with high level athletes all over the world and teaching at a graduate level about these topics
- Why strength and performance is about much more than aesthetics or fat loss and why it should be a focus for all of us
- Why on average, the people who die fastest are the weakest and have the least muscle mass
- The reason strength outweighs even cardiovascular fitness, smoking, and other risk factors for predicting life span
- Reasons it is important to build strength right now
- How glucose regulation is controlled partially by muscle
- Metrics for knowing if your skeletal muscle is in a good range as you age
- How grip strength is correlated to strength and longevity
- What a DEXA scan is and what the data means
- FFMI calculations and what they can tell us
- Why muscle matters potentially more than fat for health
- Actual differences between men and women when it comes to training
- Why women tend to recover better and handle more volume
- What the 3-5 protocol is and how to use it for building strength most effectively
- Protocol for strength, hypertrophy, and fat loss
- What actually works for fat loss
- Water is the only macronutrient that every single living being needs to consume
- Hydration tests you can do on yourself to know if your hydration is good
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