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Barbell Shrugged

[Physique Transformation] How Hormones Help Build Muscle and Burn Fat w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, Coach Travis Mash and Dan Garner Barbell Shrugged #644

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this Episode of Barbell Shrugged:

 

  1. The relationship between testosterone and cortisol
  2. The relationship between calories, macronutrients, and micronutrients
  3. Why micronutrients matter for achieving a lean physique
  4. Optimal hormone ratios for physique transformation 
  5. How does menstrual cycle affect performance
  6. Understanding gut health and it's affects on physique
  7. Stabilizing hormones as a sign of health

 

Connect with our guests:

 

Anders Varner on Instagram

 

Doug Larson on Instagram

 

Coach Travis Mash on Instagram

 

Dan Garner on Instagram

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Shrouch family, this week on Barbell Shrug, we are talking about how hormones affect your physique transformation.

0:07.0

Everybody knows about testosterone, it's important.

0:10.0

We're going to talk about that one. We're going to talk about how you can focus on gut health, how you can focus on hormone health,

0:17.0

and really how all these pieces really get into losing the body fat that you'd like to lose, building the muscle you would like to gain,

0:24.0

and how those two worlds can play together with some nutrition and supplementation, tactics, and strategies that you can implement into your life.

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