Episode 308: Dr. Amy West
Low Carb MD Podcast
Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Amy West is a specialist in sports medicine, physical medicine, and rehabilitation. Amy completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard-Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and her fellowship in Sports Medicine at Maine Medical Center. Dr. West is actively involved in the CrossFit community and CrossFit Games Medical Team.
In this conversation, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Dr. Amy talk about Amy's career path, the field of physiatry, the principles of Crossfit, starting Crossfit as an overweight person, what sets Crossfit apart from other gyms, the downside of workout machines, the connection between mental, physical, and metabolic health, muscular and skeletal health, big companies influencing nutrition and exercise guidelines, widely circulated lies about dietary protein, the importance of functional strength training, and the importance of improving balance and glute strength.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the low-carb MD podcast. No one is beyond help. No one is beyond hope. |
| 0:07.0 | As we have always said, we are bringing you medical information and cutting-edge science, |
| 0:12.0 | but none of this is medical advice. |
| 0:15.3 | Please seek out input from your own doctor. guys really happy I'm here with Dr Brian Lenskis and myself Dr. Trotcolaian we are here |
| 0:31.6 | today with Dr Amy, who I am absolutely ecstatic to have on. |
| 0:37.0 | Just earlier this week, we were having a couple phone conversations, and I said that I am the hugest Dr. Amy West fan. |
| 0:44.4 | Let me tell you a little bit about her. |
| 0:46.4 | She did her undergraduate medical education at Harvard. |
| 0:51.0 | She did her residency at Harvard. she did her sports medicine fellowship at Maine and she is a doctor, a medical doctor who practices physical medicine and |
| 1:03.1 | rehabilitation and she'll tell you about that. |
| 1:05.8 | On top of that, you need to follow her on social media |
| 1:08.9 | at Amy West MD. |
| 1:11.3 | She is one of the biggest proponents of Cross Fit and anti corporate influence in medicine that I have come across in this particular field. |
| 1:20.0 | I have been to AC c.s. M. and other athletic conferences and I've got the feeling |
| 1:27.5 | that there's corporate influence in these in these types of conferences and she's talked a lot about getting rid of the Coca-Cola |
| 1:35.6 | Gatorade influence on sports and sports health. She's lectured on glutes. |
| 1:42.0 | She's a published author, she's edited textbooks in her field. |
| 1:46.8 | She is a huge cross-fit ally, |
| 1:49.0 | and she can out squat me and Brian combined. |
| 1:52.2 | And so if you want to be put to shame. me and Brian combined. |
| 1:55.4 | And so if you want to be put to shame, follow her on social media. |
| 1:57.2 | Dr. Amy West, this is the second time we're doing this. |
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