Dr. Phil Maffetone is back for an instant classic on how you can maximize your fitness gains and longterm health simultaneously:

MAF Method refresher:

Study: Physically active white men at high risk for plaque buildup in arteries

Phil’s new study on the overfat population (click link for full text!), and what they found:

What is a healthy body fat range to be in according to research and Phil?

On this episode of Ask the Coaches:

Anna Vocino is an actress, standup comedian and co-host on America’s Angriest Trainer Podcast with Vinnie Tortorich. She has a fabulous cookbook called Eat Happy, with gluten-free, grain-free and low-carb recipes, which was largely inspired by the diet changes she made after being diagnosed with Celiac Disease.

On this show we discuss:

On this episode of Ask The Coaches:

We’ve recently had many general questions on what to do in offseason; here are links to shows where we’re talked about offseason structure, please start there. If you have a more specific offseason question that we didn’t address yet, then send it to us!

In the meantime, today, Tawnee and Lucho share their top offseason strength training goals and exercises that we’re assigning to you for this year’s offseason… your homework:

Tawnee’s:

Lucho’s:

Questions:

Dr. Tommy Wood is back on the show for another edition of Ask the Doctor, Tommy’s sixth time as our resident doc. You can find Tommy over at NourishBalanceThrive, and be sure to check out their Elite Performance Analysis quiz. On this show, we catch up with Tommy and he tackles the following listener questions:

Tommy’s published Letter to the Editor in the Strength & Conditioning Journal, written in response to a point-counterpoint article:

Questions:

Ironman athlete, 50-year-old female, with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) – LDL’s been high since 20s, on medications (Lipitor, Crestor), being advised a low-fat diet, training for Kona, having adverse effects from meds – what to do!??

Husband needs advice for wife: References and guidance on how a natural eating lifestyle can help cure low serotonin and depression, and pros and cons of SSRIs like Prozac.

Athletes in 50s experiencing twitchy legs in bed (restless leg syndrome). Struggling to relax muscles and can twitch violently every couple of minutes for what seems like forever. What’s the research say on drinking pickle juice before bed? The Swiss brand, Sponsor, is now selling shots of vinegar, pickle juice, magnesium & quinine to relax muscles – is there any science behind this tonic?

A 37-year-old female runner with Ulcerative Colitis in need of advice. Took prednisone (steroid) for last flare, never lost the weight gained, a lot of bloating issues and cortisol belly, considering digestive enzymes, fermented foods. Not following a specific diet, still eating gluten and dairy.

More references (mentioned on show):

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