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[Cortisol] The Science and Function of the Stress Hormone w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, Coach Travis Mash and Dan Garner Barbell Shrugged #640

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Chronic High Cortisol Levels and Injury

There's a huge correlation between chronic you know chronically high cortisol levels and injury. Sometimes an adaptation in one area of the body is going to be a maladaptation in another part of the body so for example if you sit down at your desk all day every day because you're an online coach, you will get tight hips. The ultimate pursuit of anything is going to require maladaptations in other areas of your life. There's something known as allostatic load which is your body's adaptation and maladaptation response to survive  in the best way that it can"

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