Physiology Friday: [Chronotype] The One Thing More Important than Getting 8 Hours of Sleep w/ Dr. Chris Perry, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Travis Mash
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Christopher A. Perry, an Assistant Professor at Eastern Kentucky University, began his fitness journey at Penn State University, where he developed a robust background in Strength & Conditioning leading to 17 years in the industry to date.
His academic path, leading through a PhD at Arizona State University, deepened his expertise in Exercise Science & Sports, Sleep & Circadian Rhythms, and Nutrition.
Chris's current research focuses on sleep, movement analysis, and CO2 tolerance, particularly in tactical populations and collegiate athletes.
His work aims to enhance performance, wellness, and longevity health outcomes, demonstrating his commitment to advancing the field of exercise and sports science.
Beyond his academic pursuits, Chris is an executive performance coach, weight loss consultant, fitness entrepreneurship mentor, podcast host, and enjoys engaging in coffee culture and movie discussions.
Work with RAPID Health Optimization
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| 0:00.0 | Shrug family this week on Barbell Strugged Physiology Fridays back. |
| 0:03.8 | We took a little break, team through the holidays. |
| 0:06.1 | This year for Physiology Friday, we're going to be highlighting not only all of the lab work from Mr. Dan Garner, |
| 0:12.3 | but all of the work that our coaches and team and nutritionists and physical therapists and behavioral health coaches inside rapid health optimization. |
| 0:22.1 | The work that they've been doing, we've got guest Dan Garner is a mad genius behind all things |
| 0:26.3 | lab work. But on top of that, we've got many PhDs, lots of people with continuing education |
| 0:32.9 | that are published authors in our space. And we're going to be highlighting them on the show, |
| 0:38.8 | getting them into the physiology Friday episodes, and really building a database, a library of work |
| 0:44.9 | that all of our, all of our people are doing. We've got a really special thing here at Rapid Health |
| 0:49.0 | Optimization. And like I said, many, I want to say inside, not just Dr. Galpin, Dan, but four or five PhDs in the exercise phys world nutrition supplementation. |
| 1:01.1 | We've got experts in behavioral health, physical therapy, and a whole team of complete savages. |
| 1:08.6 | And we're going to be getting those as well as getting many of the shows |
| 1:12.2 | from Dan Garner mixed in here as well on lab work. But we're excited to bring you today, Dr. Perry. |
| 1:18.1 | He has a PhD in Sleep. And that's why we have so many episodes with him about sleep. So we're |
| 1:24.3 | going to be, we're going to be digging into all of the rapid health optimization |
| 1:27.6 | team in 2025, getting everybody more comfortable with the, the voices, the brains inside |
| 1:33.9 | our company. And we're really excited about it because we built a team of complete badasses. |
| 1:39.5 | This is actually like the coolest company in that when we go to hire people, we are literally able to go |
| 1:46.3 | and look at the very top of the top when it comes to nutritionists, when it comes to BIA |
| 1:50.0 | from health, all of those, all of those subject matter experts, we're able to go find true |
| 1:54.9 | experts in their field and bring them in and it is an absolute pleasure to not only be on the same |
| 2:00.7 | team with them, |
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