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Direct Line (Free): GLP-1 Muscle Loss and Creatine, Bulking vs Cutting, One-Hour Training, & Detraining
Episode 404
Once a month we answer Barbell Medicine Plus subscribers’ questions on the Direct Line. This is a free look at June’s episode. We start with GLP-1 dr…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Menopause Part 4: Training, Protein, Cortisol, Hormone Therapy, & Bone Density
Episode 403
Is there really a “menopause-specific” way to train, eat, and supplement — or is most of it marketing? In the finale of our 4-part menopause series, …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Menopause Part 3: Body Composition, Bone, Brain, & the Fitness Changes (The Data vs the Influencers)
Most women in 2026 are told menopause affects everything, the weight, the belly fat, the bones, the heart, the brain, and that the fix is hormones, s…
3 months ago
Menopause, Part 2: The 2,000-Year-Old Lie About Women and Exercise
Episode 401
The story goes that hard exercise is risky for women, and that the idea is ancient. Both halves fall apart on contact. In this solo episode, Dr. Jord…
3 months, 1 week ago
Menopause, Part 1: What It Actually Is and the 24-Year WHI Correction
Episode 400
In 1889 a French physiologist injected himself with guinea pig and dog testicle extract and published a claim of self-rejuvenation in The Lancet. Tha…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Creatine Causing Your Shin Pain? + Splitting Training, Endometriosis for Lifters | Direct Line · May 2026
Episode 399
This is the free preview of the May 2026 Direct Line, our monthly AMA for Barbell Medicine Plus subscribers. Three reader questions answered in full.…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
What’s Actually Driving Your Testosterone Down? | Signal Ep 3
Most cases of low testosterone in modern men are not a problem with the testes. The number is downstream of body composition, sleep, and energy avail…
4 months ago
Progressive Loading Part 3: Why the Novice / Intermediate / Advanced Framework Doesn't Work, and What to Do Instead
Episode 397
Three weeks of stalled squats. The conventional answer is to switch programs because you've crossed into intermediate territory. The data says someth…
4 months, 1 week ago
Is Your Testosterone Actually Low? Why Higher Testosterone Doesn't Do What You Think | Signal Ep 2
Out of 32 symptoms commonly attributed to low testosterone, only 3 actually correlate with it. All three are sexual. The other 29 — fatigue, brain fo…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Direct Line April 2026: Stopping Ozempic and Lifting With Osteopenia
Episode 395
Stop a GLP-1 and about two thirds of the weight loss comes back within a year. Three randomized withdrawal trials (SURMOUNT-4, STEP 1 extension, STEP…
4 months, 4 weeks ago