Nathalia is a fitness professional with over 15 years of experience, and no stranger to challenges as a former bikini Olympia champion, which is the biggest bodybuilding competition in the world. Her work and knowledge has allowed her to be featured in several national and international magazines covers and articles like: Muscle & Fitness Hers , Oxygen, Shape , Cosmopolitan, The Daily Mail, and Muscular Development to name a few. In this episode we discuss: Addressing body dysmor...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep 78•Transcript available on Metacast An American conservationist, writer, actor, producer, motivational speaker, and former Force Reconnaissance Marine. He is best known for portraying himself in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. He can also be seen in Apocalypse Man, UK channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins, and the Fox series Special Forces: World's Toughest Test. He has also contributed to the multiple BAFTA nominated documentary series once upon a time in Iraq and as the character ”Reyes" in the video game call of duty: modern warf...
Dec 05, 2023•2 hr 46 min•Ep 77•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Carr is a Professor of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Neurology at Washington University at St. Louis. Dr. Carr is a clinician in the Memory Diagnostic Center and Geriatric Assessment Clinic at WU where he maintains an outpatient consulting practice in dementia and geriatric care. He is involved in Alzheimer’s Disease drug trials and was the site PI in the GRADUATE trial and the Green Memory Trial in the WU Alzheimer’s Treatment Unit. He has been and/or currently is a p...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep 76•Transcript available on Metacast In the high-stakes world of Navy SEALs, Ray "Cash" Care carved out a storied career, completing multiple combat zone tours and mastering high and low-profile security protection for various government agencies. Following his departure from the SEAL Teams and CIA, Ray channeled his battle-hardened wisdom into self-improvement, team building, and organizational transformation. Today, he is a respected expert and speaker on topics ranging from fitness to building high-performance teams. In this epi...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep 75•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Chris McGlory is an Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, Canada having completed Postdoctoral Fellowships at McMaster University, Canada under the supervision of Dr. Stuart Phillips. Chris specializes in the use of stable isotopic tracers to track skeletal muscle protein turnover during periods of fasting, feeding, training, and immobilization. Currently, his lab is focused on exploring how omega-3 fatty acid and essential amino acid intake protect against muscle disuse atrophy. Chris ...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep 74•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Donald Layman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Layman served on the faculty at the University of Illinois from 1977 – 2012. Dr. Layman has been a leader in research about protein, nutrition for athletic performance, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular health. Dr. Layman has over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He has received numerous awards for his research from the American Society for Nutr...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep 73•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Alexis Cowan is a Princeton-trained PhD in molecular biology who operates at the interface of physiology, metabolism, and nutrition. Here, she specializes in the design and implementation of targeted dietary and lifestyle protocols in areas including gut health, fat loss, metabolic flexibility, and cognition. Dr. Cowan works with medical professionals and coaches looking to expand their repertoire of evidence-informed approaches, as well as high-performing individuals seeking to optimize the...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep 72•Transcript available on Metacast Gunnar Peterson is a Nashville based personal trainer whose clients include celebrities, professional athletes, and everyday people. Gunnar is the former Los Angeles Lakers’ Director of Strength and Endurance. He is widely recognized for his expertise in functional training and his commitment to developing and implementing innovative fitness techniques. With over 31 years in the fitness industry, Gunnar emphasizes strength training modalities that can be transferred from the gy...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast This special episode is a solocast for me to personally introduce to you my new book, Forever Strong: A New Science Based Strategy for Aging . I'm so excited to share it with you. It took two years and 20 years of experience to bring you the information in these pages. You cannot correct a problem if the foundation and framework for thinking of that problem is wrong. That is where muscle centric medicine was born, from a desire and need to move the needle for you to be able to take charge of you...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast Shawn Stevenson is a bestselling author and the creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each year. A graduate of The University of Missouri—St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and nutritional science and went on to be the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide. Shawn has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Muscle &a...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Emily Lantz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Metabolism and Rehabilitation Science in the School of Health Professions at the University of Texas Medical Branch. She has a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Biochemistry from Iowa State University, a PhD in Nutrition Science from Purdue University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in skeletal muscle metabolism from the Division of Rehabilitation Science University of Texas Medical Branch. In this epi...
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast In this special solo episode, I want to personally set you up for success. So I am going to give you my top strategies for meal plan success. If you are keto, carnivore, vegan, or vegetarian, it doesn’t matter, this will be helpful for you. Short and to the point, this is an episode packed with information that you can execute on immediately. Let me know if you like the solo format and if I should do more like this! In this episode I discuss: Strategies for successful meal planning. How to calcu...
Sep 26, 2023•36 min•Ep 67•Transcript available on Metacast Peter Ballerstedt earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Georgia and his doctorate at the University of Kentucky. He was the forage extension specialist at Oregon State University from 1986 to 1992. He worked in the forage seed industry from 2011 until 2023. He is a member of several national and international scientific societies, participates in related global initiatives, and is the current President of the American Forage and Grassland Council. Peter is an advocate f...
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast Lisa Jaster is an American soldier, combat engineer, and one of the first three women to graduate the elite United States Army Ranger program in 2015. She graduated at age 37, while the average trainee age is 23. Prior to receiving her esteemed Ranger tab, Lisa worked as an engineer with Shell Oil in Houston and an Army Reserve individual mobilization augmentee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Lisa is the recipient of numerous military accolades including two Bronze Star Medals and the Mer...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast Satchidananda (Satchin) Panda, PhD is a Professor at the Salk Institute in California, where his research focuses on the circadian regulation of behavior, physiology and metabolism in model organisms and in humans. Dr. Panda discovered a blue-light sensing cell type in the retina entrains our master circadian clock, affects mood, and regulates the production of the sleep hormone melatonin. Recently, he discovered that maintaining a daily feeding-fasting cycle – popularly known as time-restricted...
Sep 05, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast Clint Davis is an Army Veteran with a bachelor's in psychology and master's in Marriage and Family Therapy. He is an ordained minister and an LPC, trained in trauma and certified in sexual addiction recovery. Clint is trained in Natural Lifemanship, which is a trauma responsive equine therapy, where horses and humans connect and heal. He has worked, for over a decade, in ministry to help those out of human trafficking and poverty. Clint owns Clint Davis Counseling and Integrative Wellness. He ha...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast Casey Means , MD is a Stanford-trained physician and Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of metabolic health company Levels. Her mission is to maximize human potential and reverse the epidemic of preventable chronic disease by empowering individuals with tech-enabled tools that can inform smart, personalized, and sustainable dietary and lifestyle choices. Dr. Means’s perspective has been recently featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The New Yorker, Men's Health, Women's Health, ...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Rob Kominiarek D.O., FACOFP is a board-certified Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and a Fellows Crest Award Winner with advanced training in Age Management Medicine and Hormone Optimization. He is president of ReNue Health®. Dr. Rob is a graduate of Nova-Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He completed his residency training at Ohio University, Grandview Hospital and Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio and is an Assi...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Parsley began his journey into the realm of peak human performance when he became a Navy SEAL at the ripe age of 19 years and went on to serve during the Gulf War. After a brief hiatus from the SEAL community to complete his undergraduate studies, medical school, his internship and residency, Dr. Parsley then went full-circle and became the physician for the West Coast SEAL teams. His incredible success with the SEALs lead to him becoming the go-to medical human performance expert for not on...
Aug 08, 2023•2 hr 50 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt is a Swedish medical doctor specialized in family medicine. He is the founder and CEO of Diet Doctor, which has been the world’s most popular low-carb website for a decade. In the past few years, Dr. Eenfeldt has moved his company into higher-protein diets and an innovative higher-satiety approach. Recently they launched a new brand and website, Hava.co . They believe that the future of eating for metabolic health and body composition is satiety. At Hava, they aim to make sa...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast Scott M. Smith leads the Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center. This group is charged with keeping crews healthy with respect to nutrition, including using nutrition to optimize astronaut health and safety. This work includes ground-based and spaceflight research to understand how nutrition can mitigate the risks of spaceflight. Smith has ongoing research projects on the International Space Station. Smith has also led several ground-based research projects to better un...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Wolfe couples scientific expertise with broad experience as a competitive athlete, having been both a professional basketball player and competitive marathon runner who has set national age-group records. Dr. Wolfe served as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, and the focus of Dr. Wolfe’s 40 years of medical research has been primarily on aging, metabolism, and muscle performance. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed research articles, three books, and holds many active paten...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Martin Gibala is a professor and the Faculty of Science Research Chair in Integrative Exercise Physiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. His research examines the mechanistic basis of exercise responses and the impacts on health and performance. Dr. Gibala’s laboratory is internationally recognized for studies on interval training. This work has attracted immense scientific attention and worldwide media coverage. Dr. Gibala’s science communication efforts include a bestselling b...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast Amy Shah, MD, is a double-board-certified medical doctor and nutrition expert with training from Cornell, Columbia, and Harvard Universities. Drawing from her background in internal medicine and allergy/immunology, as well as her own wellness journey, she has dedicated her practice to helping her patients feel better and live healthier through her integrative and holistic approach to wellness. She was named one of mindbodygreen’s Top 100 Women in Wellness to Watch in 2015 and appears regularly o...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast Prior to Matt becoming a successful entrepreneur, he spent 5 years in Special Operations on SWAT and was a TFO on the United States Marshal’s Office Fugitive Team. After his time in law enforcement, he founded his first company in 2013 and after scaling and selling the company in 2019, he was brought on board with a national brand as an executive director, which led to his serial entrepreneurship. In addition to being the founder and CEO of Memento Mori Capital, Matt is the Executive Vice-Presid...
Jun 27, 2023•2 hr 35 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Donald Layman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Layman served on the faculty at the University of Illinois from 1977 – 2012. Dr. Layman has been a leader in research about protein, nutrition for athletic performance, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular health. Dr. Layman has over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He has received numerous awards for his research from the American Society for Nutr...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast Victoria Felkar is a doctoral candidate conducting interdisciplinary research on women’s health, reproductive function, and pharmaceutical steroid hormones. Her work offers a novel and critical perspective into the use of drugs for health and performance purposes within the female athlete population. Victoria’s research has achieved international awards and accolades within the academic field. Beyond academia, Victoria is an internationally respected educator and consultant within the fitness, b...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast Kelsi is the CEO of Brass & Unity and author of “Brass and Unity, one woman’s journey through the hell of Afghanistan”. She is a Canadian veteran who served as an Artillery Gunner & CST in Afghanistan in 2009 with the Canadian, American and British military. After deploying to Afghanistan at 19, Kelsi was diagnosed with PTSD & TBI and sent home only to begin a new war—the war with herself. Kelsi is also a coach within the psychedelic integration space and specialized in motivation, l...
Jun 06, 2023•2 hr 43 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast William J. Evans , PhD is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Duke University Medical Center and Human Nutrition in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Evans is the author or co-author of more than 300 publications in scientific journals, has more than 75,000 citations and was the first to describe sarcopenia . He is the co-inventor of a non-invasive and accurate measurement of muscle mass which is strongly related to health outcome...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast Nick Barringer is an expert on nutrition and performance for the tactical athlete. Nick Barringer currently serves as the Program Director for the Army-Baylor University Master’s Program in Nutrition. Barringer has a Doctorate degree in Kinesiology from Texas A&M University and received his undergraduate degree in dietetics from the University of Georgia. Barringer previously served as an assistant professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point and as the Regimental Nutritioni...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast