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Physiology Friday: [Blood Sugar] The Most Optimal Way to Control Blood Sugar w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, Coach Travis Mash and Dan Garner

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Business, Training, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Paleo, Weightlifting, Nutrition, Crossfit

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this Episode of Barbell Shrugged:

  • What to look for in lab work about your glucose levels
  • What Doctors will not tell you about your glucose levels
  • How to know if you are pre-pre-diabetic
  • Why normal range for your glucose levels could be a bad thing
  • How to regulate blood glucose and why it is important

Connect with our guests:

Anders Varner on Instagram

Doug Larson on Instagram

Coach Travis Mash on Instagram

Dan Garner on Instagram

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Shrug Family this week on Barbell Shrug Physiology Friday's back. Today we're talking about blood sugar. It's like the thing that is at the very top of your blood analysis, your blood work, every single time you see it. And who knows what it actually means? Outside of there being some sugar in your blood, what are the downrange effects, how do you fix it? And a little bit of the knowledge that your doctor's not going to tell you in the seven minutes that he's allowed to talk to you. As always, friends, make sure you get over to Rapid HealthReport.com. That is where Dan Garner, Dr. Andy Galpenter, doing a free lab lifestyle and performance analysis, and you can access that free report over at Rapid Health Report.com. Friends, let's get into the show.

0:41.2

Welcome to Barbill Shrug. I'm Anders Varner, Doug Larson, Coach Travis Smash,

0:46.5

Dan Garner, back in the house. Dude, Dan Garner, I want to know, before we get into all things,

0:52.1

blood glucose, tell me about your marathon training. You're in the middle of, you're in the middle of running around the Arctic.

0:55.5

And, man, what are you doing out there?

0:57.9

Why are you running so far?

0:59.3

Hey, fun fact, by the way.

1:01.3

For the listeners, I am Canadian.

1:04.3

Yes, I'm not in the Arctic.

1:06.3

I am in Canada.

1:07.7

That's not true.

1:08.5

Anything, I'm going to Northern Minnesota, and more than once

1:13.1

my dad has called me and gone, get a driver. I'm like, Dad, I don't need a driver. They have

1:18.1

interstates. He goes, get a driver. If your car breaks down, you're going to be dead in 20 minutes.

1:22.7

You will literally freeze from the inside out. Anything above that is definitely the Arctic.

1:30.7

Yeah, we, I lived actually out west, just north of Calgary before. And it was, you know, very regular to see minus 40,

1:36.4

minus 45 weather out there. And you actually, like, it's, it's smart to keep warm weather in your

1:41.9

car, because if you stall out on a backcountry road and no one's around, you couldn't die.

1:49.5

It's that.

1:49.9

That's extremely cold.

1:52.1

That's why I don't know why you're running so far outside.

1:54.8

Now I live in London.

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