The Paul Weber Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The main difference between intermediate and advanced trainees is: Time invested per week I’ve met so many intermediate trainees investing 5 hours a week in the gym. Advanced trainees are doing 8-15+ It’s a function of how important it is to you. If you’re that person - this is your main curiosity in life. How far can I go in this thing? You need a plan. Send me a DM @paulbweber

Send us Fan Mail There are 2 camps in health and fitness: -Naturopaths, holistic practitioners and clinicians. This is art. It is common sense, holistic, naturalist, born of personal experience and experience helping real people.   -Medical doctors and researchers. This is science. It is data-driven, research-backed, facts > feelings, outcomes > mechanisms. Born of a lab.  It is very similar...

Send us Fan Mail As of 2019, 0. 9 to 2. 9% of men in the United States are on TRT. As of 2017, testosterone prescriptions had increased 500% since 1993. Approximately 25% of men who receive TRT are not tested prior to treatment. Approximately 30% of men who get on it have no indication. They either are asymptomatic or they do not meet the clinical level of biomarker recommended by the American Uro...

Send us Fan Mail Circadian biology is the main mechanism by which fasting helps humans. We ain’t supposed to eat at night! Circadian rhythm is a 24 hour oscillation pattern in metabolic, physiological and behavioral functions of almost all species. It is an adaptation to the rotation of the Earth. Fasting protocols that disrupt this rhythm are unhelpful. Behaviors that keep people from eating at n...

Send us Fan Mail Saunas have become uber popular for fitness and therapeutic uses. In this episode, we answer the question, "What actually happens when you get in the sauna?" "Who is sauna really good for?" And provide context to the research findings that have made sauna so popular. 

Send us Fan Mail Functional movement may not be what you think. A few criteria: What can be done with no equipment?  What makes sense from an evolutionary biology perspective?  Can a two year old do it? 

Send us Fan Mail To perform at your absolute best in a physical endeavor (powerlifting, strongman, crossfit, running, swimming, cycling) it takes two things, competitiveness and curiosity. Who is going to take their biological organism to the absolute limit? If you don't do it, then one of your competitors will,  it takes being competitive.  But it also helps to have curiosity because that&ap...

Send us Fan Mail A fad diet is one that advocates for the elimination of entire real food sources, whether that's dairy, grains, nightshades, legumes, vegetables, meat, whatever it is.  The burden of proof is not on why you should eat from a real food source, the burden of proof is on why you shouldn't eat from a real food source.  When authorities defend these fads, there's often a...

Send us Fan Mail Cold water immersion is a stressor. In this episode we talk about the cardiovascular,  respiratory, endocrine, nervous system, and muscular responses to CWI. We also touch on why CWI may not be all it's cracked up to be (by cold plunge tank marketers).