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Behavior Change Counseling

Could you share your thoughts and tips on some best practices for counseling patients on behavior change for exercise and/or nutrition? Perhaps even a mock patient scenario in place of a case study one episode in which Austin counsels Jordan playing a patient with obesity or DM2 for example.

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Is there any significant hypertrophy benefits to doing “Ass to Grass” squats

I’ve seen in the forums Jordan answer that there’s not really a performance benefit in terms of strength but I was wondering if there is any benefit to doing “Ass to grass” squats during a hypertrophy program

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Phenomenology in the Clinical Environment

How do you reconcile the tension between the scientific, evidence-based practice of medicine and the ethical dilemmas that arise from patient autonomy and personal values in clinical decision-making?

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Reliable resources outside of BBM?

Do you have any opinions on resources for sound evidenced based medicine? I work in medicine and would love a resource to stay up to date. I've been considering Examine, Alan Aragon's review, and Layne Norton's. Do any stand out?

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Ig Nobel Winner on Blue Zones

Feel free to comment on the Ig Nobel Winner as you like, as I don't have that concrete of a question. According to this research, most data on supercentenarians is at least deeply flawed. Should this influence my opinion on the "mediterranean diet"? Which for me means something like: include fish regularly, don't eat too much and also eat together or some kind of social aspect? Or is there other data that research or opinions are based on, that might be similarly flawed in your opinion? Article in the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/world/australia/ig-nobel-awards.html Thanks & all the best