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Changing Your Mind, Internet Arguments, Metabolic Adaptation, and Leigh Peele (Episode 16)

In this episode, Eric has some grievances to get off his chest, and Greg and Eric team up on “Feats of Strength” to highlight some impressive lifts and pay tribute to a legend. Eric has a Coach's Corner segment about some practical aspects of metabolic adaptation during weight loss, and a new “Question of the Day” segment challenges Eric and Greg to share some ideas they’ve changed their mind about throughout their careers. Finally, Greg shares some cooking tips for making macro-friendly (but flavorful) stews, and Eric and Greg share predictions for the forthcoming college football season. Greg and Eric also interview Leigh Peele, who tells us about the early days of the evidence-based fitness movement, weight loss, and metabolic adaptation.

Time Stamps

0:02:54 Airing of grievances

0:07:51 Feats of Strength

0:20:44 Coach’s Corner, part 1: metabolic adaptation

0:31:10 Coach’s Corner, part 2: don’t inject your urine

0:49:46 Question of the day: What are some big things that you’ve changed your mind about over the years?

1:23:51 Recipe time: stews

1:36:18 To play us out: college football predictions, and trademarking the word “THE”

1:41:14 Interview with Leigh Peele

1:42:04 Why is Leigh too busy to accept our dinner invitation, but free enough for a lengthy podcast appearance?

1:46:19 What is a “layman researcher?”

1:47:51 Early days on the evidence-based fitness forums

1:49:54 The transition from trainer to layman researcher and teacher

2:02:04 When ideas rapidly turn from “outrageous” to “obvious”

2:11:17 Metabolic adaptation and starvation mode

2:29:19 Transitioning after weight loss is achieved

2:50:10 Does Leigh believe in any specific training or nutrition strategies that lack supporting research, or that directly oppose the existing research findings?

3:00:06 Where can people find Leigh Peele online?

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  2. Jonathan Prudente says

    Do you guys prefer one over the other in low bar vs high bar squats? Is this something to consider when getting into bodybuilding/powerlifting?

    P.s. keep greg

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    • Greg Nuckols says

      I personally prefer high bar squats (they just feel better and more natural for me), but it’s probably worth learning low bar if you plan on getting into powerlifting, since most people squat a bit more low bar. There’s no reason you can’t just do both, though. For bodybuilding, high bar may be a slightly better option, since GENERALLY it lets you go a bit deeper and get a longer ROM for your quads.

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      • Stefan Kunze says

        What could be possible causes for being shaky when unracking the bar? Weak core / upper back, shoulder or too much weight?

        Shaky as in I can barely take two steps backwards and shiver during the unracking.

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