#155 // Fixing "Skinny-Fat", Creatine & Depression, Sugar Addiction, & Lead in Protein Powders?
Fitness Stuff (for normal people)
Tony and Marianna
4.9 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
It’s Micro-Dose Monday—a crowd favorite series on Fitness Stuff for Normal People! Your hosts, Marianna and Tony, are pumped to bring you four hot topics, bouncing from one to the next: new research on creatine’s surprising role in depression, the science behind “sugar addiction,” how to fix the dreaded “skinny-fat” look, and the latest findings on lead lurking in protein powders. No deep dives here—just straight facts, no fluff, and everything you need to stay informed without the BS. Whether you’re sipping your morning coffee or hitting the gym, this rapid-fire episode is the perfect way to start your week.
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Timestamps:
(3:34) Creatine + Depression
(12:19) Sugar Addiction
(32:34) How to Fix "Skinny-Fat"
(44:06) Lead in Protein Powders?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What is up, everyone? Welcome back to The Fitness Stuff for Normal People podcast and happy |
| 0:05.8 | microdose Monday. It's been a while since we've done one of these and I'm excited for the |
| 0:10.8 | topics we have today. These are episodes where instead of honing in on just one topic for the |
| 0:15.2 | entire length of the episode, we bounce from one to another to another to another. And today |
| 0:20.6 | we're breaking down four topics in particular. |
| 0:22.9 | New research on creatine's role in depression, the science of sugar addiction, how to fix |
| 0:28.6 | the skinny fat look, and digging into the latest report, finding lead in almost all protein |
| 0:34.8 | powders. |
| 0:35.6 | And if you want more after each episode, like getting access to |
| 0:39.2 | every single one of our complete 12-week training programs that are programmed out in Google |
| 0:43.2 | sheets so you can track to guarantee you are making progress, like our ultimate push-pull legs, |
| 0:47.8 | our newest power builder program, or even one of our specialized programs like our |
| 0:51.6 | glute focus 12-week program, you can get access to all of that |
| 0:56.1 | and more on fs premium we also do ask me anything episodes every single friday and this is just |
| 1:01.4 | five dollars a month so you really can't lose and before we take our micro dose i double dare you |
| 1:08.8 | real quick to go follow us not on social media media, but on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, wherever you are listening to us on right now. So every single Monday, when we drop a fresh new research packed episode, it pops right up and you don't miss a thing. Look at that. Forward thinking. And not to be dramatic. That's not the type of person I am. |
| 1:28.5 | You know that. But legions from creatine capsules, they've actually changed my life. The birds |
| 1:33.9 | sing sweeter. The air seems to smell fresher. I feel like I've ascended to a higher plane of existence |
| 1:39.7 | since I started taking them. For real. No. I legit would forget taking my creatine like |
| 1:44.1 | two to three |
| 1:44.6 | times per week when it was a powder or a gummy. Because when it's a freaking powder, one, I take it with my pre-workout. So if I'm not working out that day, I just miss it. And the gummy stays bombed. But if I'm on a deficit, I'd rather not have that extra 50 or 100 calories in there. The capsules solve both of those problems. |
| 2:00.6 | So shout out to our PICs, our partner in crime, |
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