The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Gaining Weight | A Medical Mystery
A previously healthy 21-year-old shows up with seven months of headaches and 30-plus pounds of weight gain he can’t explain. He’s eating the same and training more, and the scale climbs anyway. We han...
31 Heinä 1h 10min
The Protein Scaries: What the Research Says About Your Kidneys, Cancer, Bones, and Body Fat
Every couple of years a new headline warns that the protein you eat is quietly hurting you. This year the target is your kidneys. Before that it was cancer, then your bones, then the claim that your b...
24 Heinä 32min
Is It Really Just Calories In, Calories Out? Metabolism, Insulin, Hormones and Why Counting Fails
Is weight loss really just Calories in, Calories out? The equation is true, but "just count your Calories" is bad advice for most people, and almost every objection to it is pointing at something real...
17 Heinä 31min
Is Obesity a Willpower Problem? The Biology of Weight, Diets, and GLP-1s
Obesity roughly tripled in about 60 years, and the genes didn't change in that time. So if body weight isn't a willpower problem, what is it? Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum and Dr. Austin Baraki walk through w...
10 Heinä 1h 42min
Direct Line (Free): GLP-1 Muscle Loss and Creatine, Bulking vs Cutting, One-Hour Training, & Detraining
Once a month we answer Barbell Medicine Plus subscribers’ questions on the Direct Line. This is a free look at June’s episode. We start with GLP-1 drugs and muscle: why DEXA overstates the loss, what ...
3 Heinä 49min
Menopause Part 4: Training, Protein, Cortisol, Hormone Therapy, & Bone Density
Is there really a “menopause-specific” way to train, eat, and supplement — or is most of it marketing? In the finale of our 4-part menopause series, Drs. Jordan Feigenbaum and Austin Baraki go straigh...
26 Kesä 1h 43min
Menopause Part 3: Body Composition, Bone, Brain, & the Fitness Changes (The Data vs the Influencers)
Most women in 2026 are told menopause affects everything, the weight, the belly fat, the bones, the heart, the brain, and that the fix is hormones, supplements, and a proprietary protocol. The data te...
12 Kesä 1h 43min
Menopause, Part 2: The 2,000-Year-Old Lie About Women and Exercise
The story goes that hard exercise is risky for women, and that the idea is ancient. Both halves fall apart on contact. In this solo episode, Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum follows the claim that physical effor...
5 Kesä 31min
