2187: Why Building Muscle Is More Important Than Losing Fat With Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak to Dr. Gabrielle Lyon about the role muscle plays in overall health and longevity.

We are not overfat but under-muscled. (1:57)
What makes muscle so protective as an organ? (4:51)
Why are doctors so slow to change their paradigm of thinking around building muscle? (7:49)
How insulin resistance affects the body. (11:47)
The disconnect with measuring strength vs. muscle mass. (17:33)
If you want to have a healthy brain, MOVE! (22:47)
How do we move the needle to get people to lift weights? (27:28)
The effect muscle has on hormones. (38:33)
Why are nutrition conversations steeped in politics? (46:22)
How does building muscle help with organ health? (1:05:45)
Why we must stop talking about protein as a generic term. (1:09:19)
Creatine is an anti-aging/longevity supplement. (1:14:36)
Having concerns over the anti-animal narrative. (1:18:12)
The myths surrounding kids and exercise/tech. (1:22:12)
How dietary cholesterol can positively affect muscle strength. (1:26:11)
Feeling the responsibility to help people and change lives. (1:27:37)
How actions will ALWAYS trump words. (1:31:23)
Making the case for the benefits of strength training. (1:33:58)
You move your body; you move your mind. (1:39:25)
A PSA for EVERY trainer out there. (1:40:11)

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Featured Guest/People Mentioned

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon (@drgabriellelyon) Instagram
Dr. Rand McClain (@dr.randmcclain) Instagram
Layne Norton, Ph.D. (@biolayne) Instagram
Peter Ballerstedt, PhD (@grassbased) Instagram
Bedros Keuilian (@bedroskeuilian) Instagram
Ed Mylett (@edmylett) Instagram

Transcript

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0:00.0	If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.
0:06.0	Mind, pop, mind, pop with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	You just found the most downloaded fitness health entertainment podcast in history.
0:17.0	This is Mind Pump.
0:18.0	Today's episode, we have the pioneer of muscle science, Dr. Gabriel Lyon.
0:26.0	She's the one that essentially coined the phrase, we are not overfat.
0:31.0	We are under muscle.
0:32.0	She studies, understands, and explains how muscle mass, muscle itself, is a healthy organ.
0:41.0	Having too little muscle is probably the cause of most of our chronic health issues.
0:46.0	Not that we have too much body fat, but rather that body fat, or too much body fat,
0:50.0	is a result of having too little muscle.
0:54.0	She gets much deeper.
0:56.0	It's phenomenal.
0:57.0	I learn a lot from listening to Dr. Gabriel Lyon.
1:00.0	She actually helps me back up.
1:02.0	A lot of things I observed as a trainer over the last two decades.
1:06.0	She has a new book, in fact, about this.
1:08.0	It's called Forever Strong, a new science-based strategy for aging well.
1:11.0	And remember, she is a doctor.
1:13.0	She knows what she's talking about.
1:15.0	Check her out.
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