Dr. Layne Norton - Want A Healthier Life? Take Action

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Connor Beaton

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Talking points: exercise, stress, science, testosterone, mindset I think this episode takes the cake for highest amount of information. Dr. Layne Norton is. on. fire. Seriously, dig into this if you’re looking for what REALLY works (hint: it’s probably not going to be the fun option). We cover everything on managing stress, testosterone, and the right mindset to bring it all home. (00:00:00) - What got Layne started, and how wildly effective exercise can be (00:07:59) - Layne on managing stress (00:14:42) - On finding and prioritizing real friendships, and your responsibility in managing stress (00:24:20) - What happens when you’re stressed, and why stress isn’t automatically bad (00:35:22) - Layne’s own experience of how important it is to process bad experiences, and the effect of stress on testosterone (00:43:37) - Taking responsibility, why it’s worth trusting the science, and owning what you CAN control (00:55:53) - Layne on TRT and what will actually boost testosterone (01:03:44) - Tactical practical things to boost your workouts (01:10:44) - What to do if you’re already pretty lean Dr. Layne Norton hold a Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences and a BS in Biochemistry. Both with honors. He provides science-backed, ethical coaching, and is the founder of BioLayne and co-founder of Carbon Diet Coach, Outwork Nutrition, and Physique Coaching Academy. He fuses evidence-based nutrition and training with what will practically work for you individually. He also hosts the Biolayne Podcast, interviewing experts and influencers on topics related to fitness and nutrition. As a competitive bodybuilder, Layne has won multiple titles in natural bodybuilding and powerlifting, including the IPF 93 kg world record for squat. Connect with Layne -Website: https://biolayne.com/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biolayne/ -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMBA83S0TnfTlTeE5j1mgQ -Carbon Diet Coach: https://www.joincarbon.com/ -Physique Coaching Academy: https://cleanhealth.edu.au/product/online-courses/physique-coaching-academy-certification/ -Outwork Nutrition: https://outworknutrition.com/ *** This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Easily match with a therapist who can help you through the tough times and empower your best self. Visit BetterHelp.com/mantalks today to get 10% off your first month. Say no to subscriptions—and yes to a razor that’ll last you a lifetime. Visit HENSONSHAVING.com/MANTALKS to pick the razor for you and use code MANTALKS. You’ll get two years worth of blades free with your razor—just make sure to add them to your cart. Pick up my book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance. Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, Dr. Lane Norton, welcome to the man talk show.
0:09.5	How you doing today?
0:10.5	I'm pretty good.
0:11.5	Thanks for having me all.
0:12.5	Connor, I've followed your stuff for a while and appreciate what you're doing in the men's
0:15.5	mental health space.
0:17.1	Thanks, man.
0:18.1	Likewise.
0:19.1	Likewise, I think you are supporting a lot of men's mental health inadvertently and indirectly, but I think we're going to start there. So let's talk about the effects of stress on a man's body and the effects of stress on disease, which I think, you know, you've talked about and one of the things that you touched on before. So let's just start there. Yeah. So my journey kind of like looking at this started with my experience with pain
0:44.2	management. So I compete in powerlifting. I've done really well. I've won a master's world title.
0:50.1	I've got silver medal in open worlds in 2015. I set a world spot record.
0:54.9	I've won five national titles in total.
0:57.0	But I went through about an eight-year period where I struggled with pretty chronic back and hip pain.
1:02.0	It also happened to coincide with the most stressful period of my life.
1:05.7	And as I dug into pain literature, one of the things that really consistently popped up was essentially,
1:12.6	I want to summarize like four decades of pain research, but essentially, if you are under a lot
1:17.6	of psychological stress, it drastically lowers your susceptibility to filling pain.
1:23.5	Pain is, we usually just think, oh, pain is proportionate to how much tissue damage there is.
1:28.7	And that is not how it works at all.
1:31.2	If you think about pain is a gate and you can open or close that gate in terms of your sensitivity to pain, one of the biggest levers is psychological stress.
1:39.5	And in fact, you see people with fibromyalgia who are diagnosed with fibromyalgia, one of the most
1:45.5	consistent aspects of that is they're much more likely to have high levels of psychological
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