Episodes
Muscle Fiber Types: How Much Does Your Mix Matter & Can You Change It? w/Dr. Andy Galpin
Feb. 20, 2019
We follow up the episode “Can You Teach Speed?” with a deeper dive into muscle fiber types that we touched on in that episode: What’s the difference between fast twitch and slow twitch fibers? Does the mix of fibers tend t…
Can You Teach Speed? w/Jacob Ross
Feb. 14, 2019
Our good friend, Jacob Ross returns as our expert to answer this question. Can you teach speed? Specifically, speed for sports? As we talked through the question, we of course came up with even more thoughts: Is it purely g…
Is Intermittent fasting/time-restricted eating some kind of magic? w/ Dr. Andy Galpin
Feb. 7, 2019
Or is it just skipping breakfast?
Is Olive Oil the Best Oil? w/Mike’s Mom Maria
Jan. 31, 2019
Mike’s mom, Maria Farr, is a certified olive oil judge and sensory panelist. With all the recent focus on fats in our diets, we decided to bring her on to help educate us – and you – on a particularly tasty fat. Our question…
Vertical Jump/Box Jump: Can you improve & should you try? w/Jacob Ross
Jan. 24, 2019
Vertical jump has become a test of athleticism, but is it something you can train? Box jumps have come around again in popularity, but are they an important training tool...or just a cool trick? What contributes to being goo…
Blood Flow Restriction Training: Is it all it’s pumped up to be? w/Layne Norton, PhD
Jan. 16, 2019
You can call it Blood Flow Restriction (BRF), occlusion, or Kaatsu, but the idea is all the same: Keep some extra blood in the muscles of your arm or leg and get a massive pump. But is this superior to working out the regula…
Is Sports-specific Training a Gimmick? w/Jacob Ross
Jan. 10, 2019
Can activities in the gym that are built around the requirements of a specific sport actually help athletes get better at that sport? Our good friend, Jacob Ross -- an athletic performance coach and consultant who currently…
Is All the Fake Sugar Hate Just Fake News? w/Layne Norton, PhD
Jan. 3, 2019
We get started by talking about what’s becoming a pretty uncommon experience for a lot of people: Actually leaving your house to watch a movie. Wrapping up a run of nutrition and diet-related episodes, we talk about a group …
What is (Dietary) Fat and Why Does It Make Everything Delicious? with Eric Helms, PhD
Dec. 26, 2018
Our fourth episode takes a look at the final macronutrient: fat. We spend a few minutes discussing the documentary “Transformer” about Janae Marie Kroczaleski…and our small part in it. We also discuss streaming services and …
What is the Glycemic Index (and should it make us eat some kinda way)? w/Layne Norton, PhD
Dec. 20, 2018
In our third episode, we take a side step from carbs into the glycemic index – the potential impact of differing amounts of carbs in foods. We kick things off with a quick discussion about the inherent strangeness of making …
What Are Carbohydrates (and Why Is Everybody So Mad at Them)? w/Eric Helms
Dec. 13, 2018
Our second episode is a look at a second macronutrient: carbohydrates. After a quick discussion about the fact that we’re probably both HSP (Highly Sensitive People), we talk about some of our goals for the show and ways tha…
What is (Dietary) Protein Anyway? (with Eric Helms, PhD)
Dec. 6, 2018
We’re kicking this new show off by asking seemingly basic questions about diet and nutrition. First up, “What is (dietary) protein anyway?" After a quick catch up session, we talk through the “facts” of what we think we know…
Introducing "50% Facts" | December 5, 2018
Nov. 29, 2018
Introducing 50% Facts! A brand new show from Mike Farr and Jim McDonald Premiering December 5, 2018 Most of us walk around knowing about HALF of what we think we know. On this show, we take a single, granular question on a p…