The Stronger By Science Podcast

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Latest episodes

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SBS Podcast Final Q&A

TIME STAMPS 00:05:58 - Question 01 - Strength & Longevity 00:25:23 - Question 02 - Progressive Overload and Bodyweight 00:34:40 - Question 03 - Resistance Curve vs. Ra

Oct 30 2024
1 h 42 min

Everything you Need to Know About Basal Metabolic Rate

Email your questions to podcast@strongerbyscience.com! Note: The full list of sources and notes can be found on the episode page on strongerbyscience.com BMR article se

Oct 16 2024
1 h 31 min

Warming-Up to Build Muscle

In this episode, Pak and Milo break down the research around how to warm-up for maximum muscle growth and strength. What should your warm-up strategy be? Finally, they co

Oct 2 2024
1 h 11 min

Warm-Ups, Stretching, and Injuries

In this episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo cover the research on warming-up. Does warming-up reduce injury risk? Does stretching help you stay healthy? How solid is the evidenc

Sep 18 2024
2 h 00 min

Weak Muscle Growth Beliefs

TIME STAMPS Note: The full list of sources and notes can be found on the episode page on https://www.strongerbyscience.com/podcast-episode-140 00:10:26 - Forcing Advanc

Aug 21 2024
1 h 27 min

Battle Royale 2

In this episode, Pak, Greg, and Milo gear up for another round of Battle Royale debates. They cover aggressive fat loss, cheat reps vs strict reps, whether studies in beg

Aug 7 2024
2 h 09 min

Is Bulking Necessary for Muscle Gain?

In this episode, Greg, Pak & Milo go over the current literature on bulking and whether you actually need to bulk to maximize muscle growth. Note: The full list of sou

Jul 24 2024
1 h 50 min

Time-Efficient Training for Hypertrophy and Strength

In this episode, Pak and Milo discuss time-efficient training strategies for hypertrophy and strength, debunking the myth that you need to spend countless hours in the gy

Jul 10 2024
1 h 38 min

How to Powerbuild

In this episode, Pak and Milo break down some of the research surrounding how to powerbuild. Can you grow muscle and get stronger simultaneously? How can you best do both

Jun 26 2024
1 h 48 min

How To Train The Back

From back training anecdotes to practical recommendations, this episode has got your....back when it comes to back training (apologies for the pun). In this podcast episo

Jun 12 2024
3 h 04 min

SBS Battle Royale

In this podcast episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo enter the impromptu-debate arena for the first SBS Battle Royale. Mental gymnastics, science, drama, and the signature SBS ba

May 29 2024
2 h 43 min

Does Lifting Really Improve Mental Health?

Greg, Pak, and Milo review the literature on lifting for mental health. Does exercising improve your mood? How long does this last? What about lifting? Can we improve our

May 15 2024
2 h 26 min

Is Stretch-Mediated Hypertrophy Overhyped?

In this episode, Milo, Greg, and Pak sit down to discuss the concept of stretch-mediated hypertrophy, from the foundational animal studies, to human stretching studies, t

May 1 2024
3 h 24 min

All About Sleep (Part 2)

In this episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo delve into research on sleep's impact on lifting and sports performance, recount sleep-related anecdotes from their college days, and

Apr 17 2024
2 h 37 min

All About Sleep (Part 1)

In this episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo take a deep dive in the research around sleep and health, from sleep duration to the latest data on sleep regularity and shift work.

Apr 3 2024
2 h 36 min

Is Body Fat Spot Reduction Really a Myth?

In this episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo tackle the research around body fat spot reduction. First, they tackle the research on various ointments, creams, garments, and whole

Mar 20 2024
2 h 03 min

Extreme Volumes, Extreme Gains? (Part 2)

In the second and final part of the extreme volume for hypertrophy series, Greg, Pak, and Milo delve into the research on volume for hypertrophy. They review the remainde

Mar 6 2024
4 h 39 min

Extreme Volumes, Extreme Gains? (Part 1)

In this episode, the SBS team begins their deep dive into the data around really high training volumes and hypertrophy, going over the history of training volume practice

Feb 21 2024
2 h 29 min

Q&A: Insulin resistance and hypertrophy, stimulant metabolism, and BMR variability

In this Q&A episode of the podcast, Greg and Lyndsey answer questions about how to research a new subject, the effect of diabetes or insulin resistance on hypertrophy, ho

Feb 7 2024
2 h 21 min

Long Muscle Length Training with Dr. Milo Wolf

In this episode, Greg sits down with Dr. Milo Wolf to discuss long muscle length training. Long-length partials are a hot topic, and Dr. Wolf is one of the folks doing re

Jan 24 2024
3 h 19 min

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#57 ▼ 3 Fitness US

What listeners say

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The greatest and best (and first and only) fitness podcast. The only podcast of any genre I’ve listened to in entirety and then started over to listen to again. +100 Information, +100 Dry Humor and entertainment. PS: The new guys do a great job but there will never be a dynamic duo like Trexler and Nuckols.

Leumas521 · Oct 2024

The shows with Trex are truly 5-star (excellent content with engaging banter), but sadly the show declined steadily after the break up. I’m sorry to say this, but the new threesome have very little chemistry and I think the show should take a break to find its footing.

Stainless Taiwan · May 2024

Easily one of the best, if not the best, “Muscle” related podcasts out there on the Webs. But since it was the first ever fitness related podcasts ever put out, that’s to be expected I guess. Tons of great info put out by Eric Trexler and his temporary (?) guest host Greg Nuckols. You can clearly sense the tension b/t them during the podcasts, but it only seems to make each of them up their game to provide outstanding fitness information. Also, just to to be clear, they were promoting a MASS Black Friday sale. They were NOT promoting nor advertising to celebrate a Black Mass this Friday.

TexaSaint · Feb 2024

I love their sense of humor and intelligence! Due to financial constraints, I’m a wannabe lifter who makes do with 15lb dumbbells in her living room, but I hope to lift heavy in the future so I am gathering knowledge now. As a scientist, I appreciate their rigorous, evidence-based approach and like how they also address approaches that are effective IRL despite lacking CRTs. I can only imagine the time it takes to maintain that level of rigor for multiple seasons! The only small criticism I have is that Greg’s food/recipe segments are pretty unrealistic for a working parent of three kids (who insist on singing up for every extracurricular offered). Highly recommend to anyone into fitness.

heathjez · Jun 2023

This show is really frustrating! It has good information, but getting to it is a ridiculous slog. Many of the episodes are hours long, mostly a casual meander here & there with occasional bits of useful info. It’s painful. No one is going to sit glued to the screen that long; you have to let them blather in in the background while you do something else and try not to tune them out entirely, because you do want to hear when they come around to the topic, do you can take notes. At the end, you can read the notes at a reasonable speed & see what you spent so much of your day on. They give a couple references for each episode (although the page for the current episode, on power building, is 404), but clearly not everything. The few articles linked could be read aloud in the time the show takes! That would get them rejected from any journal; why treat your audience so badly, with such sloppy work? With a tight script and good editing—AV editing to get the shows down to a snappy half hour and someone treating the bibliographies professionally—this show could be amazing. I’ve followed it, listened when I can stand it, or looked up the references, for a couple of years now, hoping they’d get their act together. They clearly just don’t care.

saacnmama · Jun 2024

I used to look forward to each episode, but you completely lost me with a six-hour episode on aspartame. Seriously, who, other than a nutrition PhD, wants to listen to someone talk about aspartame for six hours? And then there was the one where you spent about 30 minutes talking about bear week. Yeah. I just can’t listen anymore—even at 1.5x speed. I’m still subscribed, hoping it will improve. But if the podcast is longer than two hours, I probably won’t bother listening.

IAmNotFinished · Dec 2023

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