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Oct 8
1h 42m

Optimize Your Strength Training: Prevent...

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Did you know there's a 2,000-year-old war against muscle that might be destroying your health? It’s time to learn how strength training is the real key to preventing dementia, diabetes, and reversing the effects of aging.


On this episode of Mark Bell’s Power Project Podcast, hosts Mark Bell and Nsima Inyang talk with author Michael Gross about the forgotten history of strength. They reveal why much of modern medicine has been wrong about muscle and how the right kind of lifting can fix today's biggest health problems.


Discover why the advice you’ve heard about aging is wrong, how to protect yourself from muscle loss if you are on weight loss drugs, and how to build a stronger body for a long and healthy life. This conversation will change how you think about fitness forever.


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Chapters:

0:00 - The Ancient War on Muscle 

3:55 - Lifting Reverses Aging & Depression 

6:54 - Why We Still Demonize Muscle 

9:54 - Today's Biggest Health Problems 

13:31 - The Truth About Ozempic & Muscle Loss 

17:32 - How To Get Kids to Start Lifting 

24:23 - What is The "Watermelon Effect"? 

30:35 - How Modern Life Destroys Your Body 

33:32 - The 2-Move Desk Job Workout 

37:37 - The Problem with Chasing Aesthetics 

47:18 - You're Not Over-Fat, You're Under-Muscled 

49:31 - Adopting The Athlete Identity 

53:23 - Ancient Greek Secrets of Strength 

58:20 - Why So Many Athletes Let Themselves Go 

1:03:00 - How a Teenager Changed Modern Medicine 

1:14:53 - The Medical Discovery Lost for 100 Years 

1:21:12 - The Exercise That Fights Alzheimer's 

1:26:00 - Why People Fail to Stick with Exercise 

1:29:02 - How to Make Fitness Feel Like Play 

1:35:42 - The Correct Way to Train for Longevity

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