Episode #360: The Rundown #3 (Bionic knees, Raycin beats the boys, feats of strength, and more!)
Barbell Medicine Podcast
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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Barbell Medicine Podcast, Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum and Dr. Austin Baraki discuss a variety of topics including advancements in prosthetic technology with the introduction of a bionic knee, a historic motocross win by a Raycin Kyler, impressive feats of strength in powerlifting and CrossFit, the NFL's ban on smelling salts, and the controversy surrounding RFK Jr.'s comments on mRNA vaccines and funding cuts. The conversation highlights the intersection of health, fitness, and current events, providing insights into the latest developments in these fields.
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Papers and Links:
- Transcript: Rundown 3 Transcript.pdf
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv3223
- https://mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/07/10/a-bionic-knee-integrated-into-tissue-can-restore-natural-movement/
- https://racerxonline.com/2025/08/01/history-made-raycin-kyler-becomes-first-female-to-win-open-championship-at-loretta-lynns-ranch
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMlxH1DA7dt/
- https://barbend.com/how-this-years-one-rep-max-back-squats-stack-up-to-past-crossfit-games/
- https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/nfl-bans-smelling-salts-what-are-they-and-why-were-they-banned-now-153407985.html
- https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-warns-consumers-not-purchase-or-use-unapproved-inhalant-products-marketed-alertness-and-energy
- https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5493544/rfk-defunding-mrna-vaccine-research
Timestamps:
3:04 Bionic Knee
9:41 Raycin Beats the Boys
21:00 Impressive Feats of Strength
48:33 NFL Bans Smelling Salts
57:30 RFK Jr. and mRNA
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| 0:58.9 | Welcome back to the Barbilla Medicine podcast where we bring modern medicine to strength conditioning and strength conditioning to modern medicine. |
| 1:01.2 | I'm your host, Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum, and this is the third edition of The Rundown, |
| 1:05.7 | where we catch you up on the latest news and health and fitness, also science, technology, sports, and politics. On the other |
| 1:12.0 | end of the line is the second most handsome doctor in North America, Dr. Austin Baraki. What's |
| 1:16.0 | going on, man? Hey, doing well. Continuing to settle into the new place. Got some productive |
| 1:21.9 | training in this week. Things are feeling good. So I assume you're feeling poorly, but I'll take it. Yeah. Yeah, look, it's time. It's the balance of power. Now, I feel fine. Yeah, so far, knock on wood. I'm not, I'm not superstitious. I'm just a little stitious. I'm just a little stitious. I'm excited for this episode. Got a lot of cool stuff. Some new bionic knee parts. We've got some politics to do with RFK Jr. |
| 1:46.7 | We've got some impressive feats of strength that we'll probably trigger some folks, hopefully. |
| 1:53.0 | Let's do it. |
| 1:53.7 | Yeah. |
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