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🗓️ 12 March 2018
⏱️ 61 minutes
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This week on the Brute Strength Podcast I’m speaking with Julie Foucher. Not only is she a multiple-time Games athlete who finished 2nd in 2012, but she’s also a medical doctor in residency. In this episode we cover everything from her competitive career and what it was like balancing Games training and medical school, to functional medicine and the top 4 supplements you should be taking. Enjoy the show.
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Topics of discussion:
04:13 - Retiring from CrossFit
10:26 - Balancing training and Medical School
14:10 - A look inside the Healthcare System
18:03 - Functional Medicine
33:30 - Nutrition, Macros, and Quantity vs. Quality
41:41 - Inclusion vs Exclusion in your diet
49:30 - Supplements
Links:
juliefoucher.com
trainwithjuliefoucher.com
Books:
The Language of God - Collins
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Kondo
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the Root Strength Podcast, bringing you worldwide experts from all areas of health and fitness. |
0:08.0 | We cover training, nutrition, coaching, and mindset. |
0:12.0 | Welcome your host, Strength and Conditioning Coach, |
0:15.0 | 2012 and 2013 Cross-Tic Games Champ, |
0:18.0 | Michael Kaju. |
0:19.0 | Mind, Body, Brute. body brute. |
0:29.0 | My name is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the brute strength podcast. This week's guest is Julie Fushe. |
0:31.0 | She's a multiple time cross-fit games athlete and a medical doctor in residency. |
0:37.2 | Julie has a super interesting story because in 2013 she placed third at the Cross-Vig games and then in 2014 decided to retire in |
0:45.2 | pursuit of becoming a doctor. We talk about her life's work and her vision of |
0:51.4 | bridging the gap between the health care system as it stands now with |
0:55.6 | strength and conditioning and proper nutrition. |
0:58.8 | We talk about functional medicine, what that means and why she chooses to practice medicine in that way. |
1:04.8 | We talk about the concept and nutrition of inclusion versus exclusion in your diet. |
1:11.6 | We talk about the top supplements to take as well as the one belief she holds that if you |
1:16.4 | adopt it will have the biggest effect on your life. |
1:19.4 | Julie is an absolute rock star and she takes a really strong stance for your health in general. |
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1:52.0 | Let me know what you think. Enjoy the show. |
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