EPISODE 133 - Robert Davis—aka “The Healthy Skeptic”—is an award-winning health journalist whose work has appeared on CNN, PBS, WebMD, and in The Wall Street Journal. The author of four books on health—including a newly updated version of his book Fitter Faster—he hosts the “Healthy Skeptic” video series in which he dissects the science behind popular health claims. Davis holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton University, a master’s degree in public health from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, and a PhD in health policy from Brandeis University, where he was Pew Foundation Fellow. In the episode, he shares how to avoid exercise off ramps, barrier-lowering workouts that anyone can do, which performance enhancing supplements are just hype and which actually work…and more!

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QUESTIONS I ASK ROBERT IN THE EPISODE:

What inspired you to update your book Fitter Faster? And why bring on a personal trainer as your co-author?

Why exercise? What are the "big six" benefits? (...and why isn't weight loss one of the six? What does research suggest we should focus on for that?)

What are some of the primary reasons people don't exercise? Can you relate to any of these yourself, either now or previously?

What are your tips for avoiding common "off ramps," as you describe them?

Can motivation to exercise be contagious?

You use the term "barrier-lowering workouts." Can you elaborate on this?

We talked about why exercise is important...but why, specifically, should we engage in some form of weight training?

Do you need a bunch of fancy equipment or a gym membership to do weight training?

Let's talk supplements...are most overrated? Which aren’t?

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