MD Longevity Lab: Playing the Long Game with Drs. Vikas and Nisha Patel18 Kesä

32. The Muscle Playbook: Preservation, Building, and Progressive Overload

There is more conflicting advice about muscle out there than almost any other topic in fitness — what to eat, how much to lift, how often, how heavy, whether older adults should even be lifting at all. The noise is overwhelming.

This is a must-listen if you want to actually understand what works.

By the end of this episode you will know exactly how to preserve the muscle you already have, what's actually required to build new muscle, and — most importantly — what progressive overload really means, so you can start incorporating it into your training this week.

Drs. Vikas and Nisha Patel treat skeletal muscle the way Wall Street treats a stock — as an asset. They walk through the investment framework, the math of muscle loss after 30, the protein floor most people aren't hitting, the five movement patterns that cover the entire body, the over-50 reality check, and what doesn't work.

The big idea: Muscle maintenance after 35 is a win. Muscle growth after 35 is the jackpot. The best investment you'll ever make is in the body that has to carry you the rest of the way.

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⚕️ MD Longevity Lab — Play the Long Game

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33. Your Health Is Their Inheritance: What Happens to Your Kids When You Don't Take Care of Yourself

The longevity space has earned a reputation for being self-absorbed — biohacker bros optimizing their bloodwork while the rest of us live actual lives. In a word: selfish. This episode is the rebuttal...

2 Heinä 55min

31. The Evidence-Based Supplement Guide: Cutting Through the $60 Billion Noise

The supplement industry is a $60 billion business with almost no regulatory oversight. Three out of four American adults take at least one. Almost none of them know what's actually in the bottle.In th...

4 Kesä 56min

30. The Delay Game: How Health Insurance Abandoned Your Healthcare & Why The Long Game of Prevention Belongs to You

The American health insurance industry is no longer in the business of paying for your healthcare. It is in the business of delaying it — long enough that someone else has to pay. Usually Medicare. Wh...

21 Touko 49min

29. The Statin You Fear vs. The Peptide You Trust: The Credibility Crisis in American Healthcare

This episode is a follow-up and expansion of Vikas's recent piece in STAT News on the same topic.Mention statins at a dinner party and you'll get muscle pain, brain fog, and Big Pharma conspiracies. M...

7 Touko 49min

28. Can You Out-Run Your Cocktail? Exercise, Alcohol, and the Science of Damage Control

Episode Title: Can You Out-Run Your Cocktail? Exercise, Alcohol, and the Science of Damage ControlCan exercise protect you from the damage alcohol does to your body? Drs. Vikas and Nisha Patel break d...

23 Huhti 49min

27. GLP-1 Series, Part 2: Muscle Loss, Weight Regain, and the Protocol That Actually Works

The real conversation about GLP-1 medications doesn't end with the prescription. Part 2 is where we get into the uncomfortable truths — the data on muscle loss, the biology of weight regain, the patie...

9 Huhti 1h 2min

26. GLP-1 Series, Part 1: The Biology, the Drugs, and Why the Benefits Go Deeper Than the Scale

📝 Free Substack: mdlongevitylab.substack.com🌐 mdlongevitylab.com📸 @mdlongevitylab🎧 Subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share this episode with one person who needs to hear it.GLP-1 medications a...

26 Maalis 52min