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Iron Culture

Ep. 44 - The Science of Bodybuilding (ft. Dr. Bill Campbell)

Iron Culture

The MASS Crew

Sports & Recreation, Health & Fitness

4.8827 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2019

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Bill Campbell is a full professor at the University of South Florida where he runs the “Physique Lab”, a unique place in the world of sports science. At his lab, Dr. Campbell and his students and volunteers specifically conduct research on practical strategies to improve body composition that are both sustainable and evidence-based. Interestingly enough, he often consults with leading coaches in the bodybuilding community, specifically to ask them what questions they want answered, what approaches they use which haven’t been validated empirically, and what methods they employ that should be compared to one another. In this episode of Iron Culture, he joins us so we can learn the story behind the physique lab and what cutting edge methods are being studied.

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0:00.0

Eric, we got him. We did it. So for those that may have not seen the movie, I recommended,

0:05.8

The Insider, starring Al Pacino, directed by Michael Mann, that exposed the smoking industry,

0:11.0

the tobacco industry for its nefarious practices. We basically, I think, were onto something

0:17.5

that is potentially huge. And I'm going to break it down and just, Eric, as always, correct me, you're the science

0:22.9

officer here if I misspeak.

0:25.6

We found out that research is tainted by massive supplement companies that are using protein

0:34.6

powder as an incentive for researchers to include it in their research studies.

0:40.0

They're directly funding them and they have an entire slave labor force that they coin

0:45.0

volunteers to carry out said research.

0:48.6

So they're directly infecting the information that gets disseminated through the masses.

0:55.3

So big protein is responsible for obesity.

0:59.5

I don't want to speak out of turn, but I think I pretty much, if I was constructing a tin

1:03.9

foil hat of evidence, I think I got them.

1:07.9

Yeah, I mean, that last little connection, some would call it a leap, but I would call it obvious to where we go from step one.

1:17.4

Small supplement company with nefarious intents, donates massive amounts, thousands of single dollars to a research project. to fund research that while not specifically on their products is research

1:34.8

and it's funded and when you fund research as we know that research is now

1:41.4

funded and thereby tainted because funding.

1:46.5

And that's why we can no longer trust any research, nor these quote-unquote

1:50.3

volunteers who are actually getting a post-workout shake, which you know what I would do

1:55.8

for a post-workout shake, Omar?

1:57.6

Probably shouldn't say publicly, but you could go ahead.

2:02.3

Well, the beauty of it, it's an easier question to answer is what wouldn't I do? Yeah. So, I don't think you're off. As the

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