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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

Doug Larson

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

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 57 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

Visit https://rapidhealthoptimization.com

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 Barb Bell Shrug Physiology Friday is back.

0:03.5

And today, Dan Garner is talking about your immune system, how you can optimize your immune system.

0:08.0

And everybody loves to talk about not getting sick.

0:11.8

They have a weakened immune system.

0:13.8

Nobody knows what that means.

0:16.3

They don't even know what the positive effects are outside of just keeping you sick.

0:19.3

Maybe building muscle

0:20.8

is a result of your immune system protecting your body against the weights that you lift.

0:27.9

Think about that one. Let that brain teaser kick in for a little bit as Dan Garner waxes

0:32.7

physiology over you for the next hour. As always, friends, make sure you get it over to rapid health report.com. That's where Dan Garner, Dr. Andy Galpin, are doing a free lab lifestyle and performance analysis and you can access that report at rapidhealthreport.com. Friends, let's get into the show. Welcome to Barbell Strug. I'm I'm Anders Warner, Doug Lars, and Coach Travis Mash,

1:00.0

Dan Garner. Today on Barbell Shrug, we're digging into the immune system. And if there's anything that's like the hottest topic of all of the people around the world for the last two years,

1:07.9

it's your immune system. Like this cool new term that I'd never heard until two

1:12.6

years ago, immunocompromised, right? That's a real word now. That's a real word. Everybody knows.

1:18.8

Everybody has an opinion on it. Nobody knows what the hell they're talking about. You know who does?

1:23.1

Dan Garner. Dan Garner knows everything about the immune system. Dude, I'm super stoked on this because

1:28.3

when I got my total physiological health score and you gave me a 68 out of 100, it was hard.

1:37.3

Because then I knew for the first time in my life that I felt immunocompromised. I felt like before you gave me a 68 and I got a D plus on my

1:47.8

health score that someone could have coughed COVID right into my nose and I would have been like,

1:53.7

get at me. Come at me, COVID. Come at me right now. And I would have just brushed it off. No big deal.

1:58.6

Next thing I know, 60 and I'm wearing a mask all around town.

2:02.4

Like, freaking scared of everything.

2:06.2

What is the immune system?

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