The Science of Strength Training: Learn How Lifting Weights (Even Light Ones) Helps You Lose Weight, Feel Better, and Live Longer

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Are you missing the one thing that would make all the difference in your effort to be healthier? I was. And the thing I was missing was weight training. In this episode, you will learn from Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, a medical doctor who is fellowship-trained in nutritional sciences and geriatrics. Dr. Lyon is a renowned researcher, pioneer, and founder of the Institute for Muscle Centric Medicine. She is the New York Times best-selling author of Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well and has decades of experience to share with you. In this conversation, Dr. Lyon discusses topics like: What the heck muscle-centric medicine is. How your muscles are the largest organ in your body and why that matters. The way muscles improve your brain and body health. The connection between your waistline measurement and brain output. The power of protein and what it does for your muscles. What type of protein counts and what doesn’t. How to get the right amount of protein if you are vegan or vegetarian. The amount of protein you need for better hormone balance. Dr. Lyon’s protein recommendations for every meal. The surprising cause of disease and obesity, according to research. How disease may begin in the skeletal muscle. Why building muscle helps you sleep better. The minimum amount of weight resistance that will still give you results. How to begin strength training if the gym intimidates you. Why yoga might not be making your muscles stronger. What leucine is and why you need it to build muscle. Why myokines are so important for muscles, energy, and immune function. You can purchase Dr. Lyon’s book, ‘Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well’, here: https://a.co/d/3zgEDLB Follow Dr. Lyon: Instagram: instagram.com/drgabriellelyon Webpage: drgabriellelyon.com Watch the episodes on YouTube: https://bit.ly/45OWCNr Check out my book, The High 5 Habit: https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt Follow me: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QfG8bb The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram: https://bit.ly/49bg4GP LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/46Mh0QB TikTok: https://bit.ly/46Kpw2v Sign up for my newsletter: https://bit.ly/46PVnPs Want more resources? Go to my podcast page at melrobbins.com/podcast. Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:07.6	So I've decided that you and I have been at this podcast thing for long enough that we can
0:14.5	cover a topic that everybody talks about, everybody wants advice on, but for some reason,
0:21.6	we're not supposed to talk about it. I don't know why this is so controversial, but it is,
0:26.8	and today we're going to go there. What's the topic? Weight loss. We're talking about weight loss,
0:33.2	and the reason why I want to talk about this is because we've all been there. We've all been at
0:39.4	that point in our lives where we're frustrated with how our clothes feel, where we feel like shit,
0:43.9	where everything we're trying is not actually working, or the things that we've been doing forever,
0:48.9	in my case, this is me, are no longer working and having the same impact, and you start to feel like
0:54.9	your weight, your waistline, your attitude, everything's out of control, and I want to talk about
0:59.7	it today. If you're like me, it probably means that you've spent most of your life trying to either
1:05.3	lose weight or trying to stay in shape. This goes all the way back to when I was a little kid. I mean,
1:10.4	I can remember my mom on the living room floor, and Jane Fonda was on the television. She had
1:15.3	those leg warmers on, and my mom was doing all the stuff, and then the next thing I remember,
1:19.5	the thigh master, where you're supposed to like squeeze it in and out, and then as I got older,
1:24.2	I've tried everything. Step class, spin class, jazz or size, which I think we now call Zumba.
1:29.9	I've gone to classes in person, online. I've done Pilates on a Met, on a Reformer. I've tried
1:35.5	everything, and don't even get me started with the number of diets. Anybody remember the cabbage soup
1:41.8	diet? Why on earth was that a thing? Eat for your blood type. I've done that, low fat, high fat,
1:48.2	no carbs, complex cards. No wonder we are all yo-yo dieting. I mean, simply listing all of this
1:54.0	off makes me start to feel like a human yo-yo. And as I've been thinking about this topic and
2:00.2	researching it, it occurred to me. If this is such an enormous problem for almost all of us,
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