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The Stronger By Science Podcast

Fish Oil, Body-Fat Set Points, and Junk Volume

The Stronger By Science Podcast

Stronger By Science

Strength, Muscle, Eric Trexler, Supplements, Powerlifting, Comedy, Bodybuilding, Physique, Stronger By Science, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Strength Sports, Nutrition, Greg Nuckols, Evidence-based Fitness, Weightlifting

4.6950 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Eric presents a Research Review about the effects of fish oil on recovery and body composition, and answers a listener’s question about body-fat set points, settling points, and alternative models to explain weight regulation. In addition, Greg shares a brief research review about sports psychology, and answers listeners’ questions about training at long muscle lengths, micro-workouts, and junk volume. To close out the show, Eric revisits the topic of seed oil scaremongering.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Stronger by Science Podcast. My name is Eric Trexler. I'm the

0:07.2

host of the show, but every now and then I invite on someone to be my

0:11.8

temporary guest co-host and this week I invited Greg

0:15.1

knuckles he graciously accepted so I'd like to welcome Greg to the show

0:19.7

thanks for joining me. Thanks for having me on. It is absolutely an honor. How are you doing today?

0:25.5

Doing well, how are you? I'm doing great, but I want to dive right into the show.

0:30.5

We got called out on the internet and as much as I love to be defensive. the person calling us out had a

0:35.0

calling us out had a point. We made a very explicit

0:41.0

commitment to shorter episodes and last week we ended up at like an hour 30

0:46.7

just steadily creeping back to like two two and a half hours so we are going to do this

0:51.6

one in about an hour. That is my commitment. But before we get into the content

0:57.9

If you like the show and you feel inclined to support it, there are many ways to do it. You could like, rate, and

1:04.5

subscribe wherever you happen to get podcasts. You could go to bulk supplements

1:09.2

dot com and you could use our discount code. S POD that will get you a 5% discount off of your entire order at bulk supplements.

1:20.0

You could subscribe to the Mass Research Review.

1:22.6

That's a monthly research review.

1:24.8

Greg and I are both co-authors and we review the newest scientific papers

1:30.6

that come out related to exercise and nutrition. and we do it in a very practical way that tells you not just what the studies mean, but how to use them and how to apply them in your training or the training of your clients.

1:42.0

And finally, you could support the show by subscribing to Macro Factor.

1:46.1

That's the Diet app that Greg and I co-developed along with a very talented team of

1:51.2

developers, and we do have a free trial so you can try out the app

1:55.4

see if you love it we think you might and if you like it you can keep using it and

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