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Iron Culture presented by MASS

Eric Helms & Eric Trexler

EN398 episodes
healthfitness

Iron Culture was started by Eric Helms and Omar Isuf as a means of exploring the world of physical culture and attempting to distill a unified philosophy of lifting and to help listeners find greater meaning from the iron. It's now hosted by Eric Helms and Eric Trexler, who repeatedly beg Omar to return as a guest.Iron Culture focuses on dispensing practical, useful information to the listener, bouncing from history, to philosophy, to contemporary lifting culture issues, to science. The format i...

Episodes (398)

Ep. 296 - An Evidence-Based Look at Body Image and Self-Worth

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Ep. 295 - Do Lifters Need Carbs? (with Dr. Cliff Harvey and Danny Lennon)

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Ep. 294 - All Around Lifting: The First Form of Competitive Lifting (with Drs. C...

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Sep 30, 20241:25:52pending

Ep. 293 - What Causes Hypertrophy?

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Sep 23, 202450:52pending

Ep. 292 - Cutting Edge Research on Volume, Protein & Cardio

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Sep 16, 20241:07:20pending

Ep. 291 - Who is the Male Natural Bodybuilding G.O.A.T?

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Sep 9, 20241:29:02pending

Ep. 290 - Is Caffeine an Overrated Supplement for Lifters?

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Ep. 289 - How Competitive is IPF Powerlifting? (with Panagiotis Tarinidis)

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Aug 26, 20241:08:47pending

Ep 288 - Is Exercise Variety Necessary?

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Aug 19, 20241:04:47pending

Ep. 287 - Do Advanced Lifters Need More Volume?

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Aug 12, 20241:16:37pending

Ep. 286 - Is Hypertrophy Training a Waste of Time for Powerlifting?

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Aug 5, 20241:09:45pending

Ep. 285 - Are Most Omega-3 Supplements Misformulated? (Feat Ryan Anthony)

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Jul 29, 20241:22:23pending

Ep. 284 - How to Keep Progressing in Powerlifting (feat. Walter Cariazo)

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Ep. 283 - Jared Maynard: Rebuilding Stronger

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Jul 15, 20241:21:09pending

Ep. 282 - Pain Don't Hurt Much

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Jul 8, 20241:43:32pending

Ep. 281 - Is Saturated Fat Inherently Fattening?

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Ep. 280 - What Makes a Good Coach?

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Jun 24, 20241:16:06pending

Ep. 279 - Does Drinking Water Help Weight Loss?

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Ep. 278 - Is Arched Bench Press Cheating?

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Jun 10, 20241:14:13pending

Ep. 277 - Menstrual Cycle Training Roundtable (w/Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple & Dr....

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Jun 3, 20241:27:41pending

Ep. 276 - Beyond Pain Science: When Injuries Don't Resolve

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May 27, 20241:26:14pending

Ep. 275 - Biomechanics for Bodybuilding (with Kassem Hanson)

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May 20, 20241:43:28pending

Ep. 274 - Do Hardgainers Need More Volume?

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May 13, 20241:12:02pending

Ep. 273 - Biomechanics for Powerlifting feat Dr. Wes Goodman

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May 6, 20241:34:23pending

Ep. 272 - Mike Tuchscherer: Peaking After 20 Years of Powerlifting

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Apr 29, 20241:30:25pending

Ep. 271 - Powerlifting, Natural Bodybuilding & Science (Eric Trexler's Journey)

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Apr 22, 20241:31:39pending

Ep. 270 - Scientific Retractions Aren't Working

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Apr 15, 20241:41:11pending

Ep. 269 - Are Social Media PhDs Ruining Fitness? (feat Dr. Milo Wolf, Max Colema...

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Apr 8, 20241:34:19pending

Ep. 268 - Science Communication, Gatekeeping & The Fitness Industry (feat Dr. Pa...

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Apr 1, 20241:55:05pending

Ep. 267 - Addressing Data Fraud in Nutrition Science

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Mar 25, 20241:34:40pending

Ep. 266 - Are Plant-based Proteins Actually Superior?

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Mar 18, 20241:26:06pending

Ep. 265 - Are Your Supplements Contaminated?

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Mar 11, 20241:33:07pending

Ep. 264 - Why the "52 Set Study" Doesn't Matter

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Mar 4, 20241:53:27pending

Ep. 263 - Is Protein Timing Debunked?

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Feb 26, 20241:26:39pending

Ep. 262 - Sheffield 2024 Recap

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Feb 19, 20241:25:05pending

Ep. 261 - A Unified Theory of Metabolic Adaptation?

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Feb 12, 20241:21:43pending

Ep. 260 - Does Powerlifting with a Rounded Back Cause Pain?

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Feb 5, 20241:03:23pending

Ep. 259 - MASScast 6: Response Variation, Individualizing Training, and Protein...

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Jan 29, 20241:46:23pending

Ep. 258 - The Rise of Lifting Antiscience

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Jan 22, 20241:56:06pending

Ep. 257 - WNBF Pro World & Pro Natural Olympia 2023 Champion Beccy Pateman

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Jan 15, 20241:19:09pending

Ep. 256 - The Challenge of Science Communication (feat Layne Norton)

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Jan 8, 20241:28:45pending

Ep. 255 - WNBF World, Yorton Cup & Ms. America 2023 Champion Natalie Hays

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Jan 1, 20241:53:16pending

Ep. 254 - Do Fat Burners Actually Work?

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Dec 25, 20231:07:57pending

Ep. 253 - 2023 Lightweight WNBF Pro World Champion Dirk Emmerich

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Dec 18, 20231:10:39pending

Ep. 252 - The First Bodybuilding Show (with Marcus Kment & Dr. Conor Heffernan)

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Dec 11, 20231:52:39pending

Ep. 251 - Making Gains as an Advanced Lifter

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Dec 4, 20231:28:47pending

Ep. 250 - WNBF Worlds, Pathological Bodybuilding, Muscle Loss

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Nov 27, 20231:59:44pending

Ep. 249 - The Spirit of Bodybuilding (with Dr. Mike Israetel)

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Nov 20, 20231:51:22pending

Ep. 248 - Does Leucine Actually Matter?

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Nov 13, 20231:03:38pending

Ep. 247 - A Tale of Two Bodybuilders

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