Barbell Medicine Podcast

Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum and Dr. Austin Baraki are both practicing physicians who also happen to be serious competitive lifters. Feigenbaum holds one of the top 20 all-time powerlifting totals, and Baraki serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine. That combination of medical training and strength sport credentials gives the Barbell Medicine Podcast an authority that's hard to find elsewhere. The show has over 419 episodes and releases new content regularly. Episodes typically run 60 to 90 minutes and cover a range where clinical medicine overlaps with strength training. Recent topics have included GLP-1 receptor agonists and their effects on muscle mass, grip strength as a longevity predictor, sarcopenia prevention, updated blood pressure guidelines, and nutrition policy analysis. They also run a "Great Debates" series and occasionally present mystery medical cases, walking listeners through diagnostic reasoning the way a clinical teaching conference would. The hosts are rigorous about citing research and pointing out where the evidence is strong versus where claims outrun the data. When a popular supplement or training method gains traction online, they'll pull up the actual studies and explain what was measured, how many subjects were involved, and whether the effect sizes are meaningful. The show holds a 4.8-star rating from about 1,200 Apple reviews, with listeners consistently praising the hosts' willingness to say "we don't know yet" when the research is incomplete. If you want your fitness information filtered through actual medical training rather than social media credentials, Barbell Medicine delivers.