#2 - Functional Exercise, Gut Health, Progression & More

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Podcast breakdown:
00:03 🎙️ Introduction of the Podcast
03:37 🏋️ Andrew's Fitness Journey and Questions
09:18 🔄 Challenges and Learning Curve
13:27 🤔 Exploring Gut Health
19:51 🩹 Minimizing Insult to Injury
21:02 🍽️ Elimination Diet and Gut Health
23:20 🌱 Benefits and Progress of Gut Health
24:45 🧠 Awareness and Subjectivity in Gut Health
26:23 🏋️‍♂️ Functional Movement Misconceptions
32:21 🔄 Understanding Muscular Function and Skills
38:37 🏋️‍♂️ Skill Improvement vs. Muscle Contraction
41:29 💪 General Population Functional Fitness
47:57 🏋️‍♂️ Progressive Overload Misconceptions
59:20 🔄 Intensity Boosters and Progressive Stress
01:04:42 🏋️‍♂️ Progressive Overload Concept
01:07:19 🏋️‍♂️ Intensity Techniques & Stress Accumulation
01:10:28 🦴 Biomechanics and Injury Prevention
01:20:54 💪 Specificity in Bodybuilding and Stress Differentiation
01:23:40 ⚖️ Overtraining and Managing Stimulus to Fatigue
01:26:23 💪 Muscle Length and Joint Stresses
01:28:02 🏋️‍♂️ Overtraining: Concept and Prevention
01:45:04 ⚖️ Muscle Imbalance: Understanding the Concept
01:49:09 🏋️‍♂️ Understanding Muscle Architecture and Function
01:51:04 📏 Challenges in Measuring Muscle Balance
01:52:11 🤔 Dealing with Asymmetry in Unilateral Exercises
01:55:09 🏋️‍♂️ Closing Thoughts on Muscle Balance