About this episode

Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum discusses the misconceptions surrounding GLP-1 drugs and their effects on muscle loss and overall health.

Dr Jordan Feigenbaum is a medical doctor, strength coach, elite powerlifter, and founder of Barbell Medicine and joins me to break down the evidence about: Why the narrative about losing muscle mass while using GLP-1 agonist and similar weight loss drugs may be more misleading than you believe Why GLP-1 agonist drugs may be even better than diet alone for liver fat, even when equated for resistance training Is overtraining real What may really be going on instead of overtraining Why recognizing that overtraining is mostly presented as a boogeyman helps trainees The problem with moral narratives around weight loss drugs Where weight loss drug resistance comes from with fitness professionals Is there any evidence that weight loss drugs cause bone loss independent of calorie restriction What Jordan means with the statement: “The window for building bone density closes while most women are being told to do pilates” Is there a relationship between form and injury risk The problem with defining what “bad form” is And much more Instagram: @jordan_barbellmedicine CHAPTERS 00:58 Is Overtraining Real 04:56 Training Load Limits 07:11 Exercise Boogeymen 08:20 Protein Talk Backlash 10:24…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Coates

Guest: Dr Jordan Feigenbaum

Topics covered

• GLP-1 drugs
• muscle loss
• overtraining
• weight loss
• bone density
• fitness professionals

Keywords

• GLP-1 agonist
• muscle mass
• overtraining
• weight loss drugs
• bone density
• resistance training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Barbell Medicine

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