#032: Dr. Kyle Gillett - How Running Affects Your Hormones
Oct 30, 2023
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Dr. Kyle Gillett discusses the effects of endurance training on hormones, optimizing hormone levels, and his 6 pillars of health. Topics include low FSH, low estradiol, TRT pros & cons, impact of body fat percentage on overtraining, blue zones, weightlifting, intermittent fasting, and growth hormones.
Endurance training affects hormones positively and negatively, emphasizing the need for optimization.
Understanding hormone levels and testing is crucial for fertility, body composition, and overall health.
Personalized approaches are essential for hormone optimization, considering factors like fatigue, training volume, and risks of interventions.
Deep dives
Impact of Endurance Training on Hormones
Endurance training, whether through running or strength workouts, impacts hormones in both positive and negative ways. The podcast discusses the effects of endurance training on hormone levels and optimization. It explores how to optimize hormones through lifestyle choices and supplementation. Dr. Kyle Gillette presents his six pillars of health as crucial for maintaining long-term well-being.
Optimizing Health and Fitness Journey
Dr. Kyle Gillette shares his personal health and fitness journey, including struggles and experiences as a runner transitioning towards crossfit. He discusses the importance of understanding hormone levels, especially in relation to fertility and body composition. The podcast delves into the significance of testing hormones to identify potential issues early on.
Considerations for Hormone Optimization
The episode highlights the importance of understanding hormones like testosterone and estradiol in the context of running and lifestyle choices. Dr. Kyle Gillette explains factors such as fatigue, body fat percentages, and training volume that can influence hormone levels. He emphasizes the need for personalized approaches to hormone optimization, considering individual goals and potential risks of interventions like testosterone replacement therapy.
Kyle's Six Pillars of Health
Kyle discusses his six pillars of health, emphasizing the importance of an optimal diet with whole foods and essential nutrients, regular exercise combining resistance and cardio training, adequate sleep quality and quantity, maintaining social connections, managing stress effectively, exposure to elements like sunlight, and fulfilling spiritual needs.
Incorporating Health Pillars into Daily Routine
Kyle shares how individuals can incorporate the six pillars of health into their daily routines. He suggests maintaining a consistent sleep schedule, engaging in exercise, focusing on nutrient-dense whole foods, and considering social interactions and stress management. Additionally, he touches upon bloodwork benefits, intermittent fasting, and strength training variations for overall health optimization.
Dr. Kyle Gillett, MD, is a dual board-certified physician in family medicine and obesity medicine and an expert in optimizing hormone levels to improve overall health and well-being in both men and women.
In this episode we talk about the positive & negative effects of endurance training on hormones, how to optimize your hormones through lifestyle & supplements, Dr. Gillett's 6 pillars of health, and much more.
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