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Physiology Friday: [Immune System] Why Optimal Nutrition Starts with the Immune System w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, Coach Travis Mash and Dan Garner Barbell Shrugged

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

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

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this Episode of Barbell Shrugged:

  • What is the immune system
  • Why the immune system is responsible for building muscle
  • How gut health impacts the immune system
  • Understanding recovery and its impact on the immune system
  • How to optimize your immune system for performance

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. We're back. It's Physiology Friday. Today, Dan Garner,

0:05.5

our homie, the main homie, the physiology homie. He's going to be diving into the immune system,

0:11.2

really focusing on a couple big things. When we think about the immune system, what is it? A lot of people

0:15.8

want to think all about getting sick and having a weak one. It's not all the way true.

0:21.6

The way that we really want to understand your immune system breaks into two main factors.

0:26.6

These are kind of the two things that we think about with the immune system.

0:29.6

Resilience, your body's ability to train harder without breaking down.

0:33.6

And then number two, adaptability.

0:35.6

How do we build a more robust immune system

0:38.0

so that we're able to train harder

0:39.6

and get all of the benefits of that training?

0:43.2

So the better our immune system,

0:44.6

the more resilient we are

0:45.9

and the more adaptable our physiology is.

0:48.5

So we are playing defense and offense

0:51.0

all at the same time,

0:52.2

which gets you the performance goals that you are looking for.

0:55.4

As always, friends, make sure you get over to rapid health report.com.

0:59.2

That is where you can find out about all the lab lifestyle and performance testing that we do here at rapid health optimization.

1:05.6

And if you want to come and hang out with us, come and do it.

1:08.6

You can hang out with me, set up a call. We'll make it happen.

1:11.3

Get you feeling and performing better than you ever have in your entire life.

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