The Impact of Exercise on Longevity & Brain Function

This episode's guest is Jordan Feigenbaum, the founder of Barbell Medicine. Jordan Feigenbaum is a physician, strength coach, and competitive powerlifter. He started Barbell Medicine in an effort to combine the best of modern medicine and strength and conditioning. Jordan is passionate about a variety of issues related to public health, education, and sport. In this episode, Jordan and I discuss: Physical activity guideline Difference between Physical activity and daily activity What is VO2 Max? What is Cardiac remodeling? Why Women still are scared of lifting weights? Importance of Aerobic and Resistance training Impact of resistance training on our health 0:00 Coming up… 0:33 Introduction 1:18 Understanding the word “barbell medicine” 7:18 My current thesis 10:26 Discussing the Physical activity guideline 13:19 What Physical activity actually is? 15:54 VO2 max for cardiorespiratory fitness 22:08 Correlations between exercise and plaque 24:53 Understanding Aerobic and Resistance training 27:34 What is cardiac remodeling? 32:56 Women still are scared of lifting weights 35:21 What resistance training is doing for health specifically? 43:52 Thoughts on Scientific education 47:08 Benefit is of communicating health related information on social media 53:38 Ending Links and Resources: Jordan’s website: www.barbellmedicine.com Follow Jordan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordan_barbellmedicine Unlock the knowledge of trusted creators at: https://dexa.ai/ Research report - Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) protects hippocampal cells from oxidative stress-induced damage *** The Neuro Athletics Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3ewI5P0 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louisanicola_/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/louisanicola_ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices