40+ Fitness Podcast: Every Episode and Show Notes

Turn down the volume on your pain with Dr. Rachel Zoffness

Summary Pain is built by the brain, and because the brain can change, pain can change. That is the core of what pain psychologist Dr. Rachel Zoffness lays out in this episode. Pain is never all in your head, but it is never only in the body part that hurts either. It is biopsychosocial: biology,… Continue reading Turn down the volume on your pain with Dr. Rachel Zoffness

The 4 Pillars of Building Muscle After 40 with Alain Gonzalez

Summary You can still build muscle after 40, and the research says you can build it at close to the same rate as a 25-year-old. What has to change is not how hard you train, it is how strategically you train, eat, and recover. Alain Gonzalez is a fitness coach, author, and the creator of… Continue reading The 4 Pillars of Building Muscle After 40 with Alain Gonzalez

Why Living Longer Isn’t the Goal

Summary Living longer is not the goal. Living better is, because the extra years most people are gaining are sick years, not good ones. In this solo episode, Coach Allan digs into the Global Burden of Disease study published in The Lancet Public Health, which found the gap between lifespan and healthspan grew from 8.8… Continue reading Why Living Longer Isn’t the Goal

Low-Impact Workouts Are Making You Fragile with Graham Tuttle

Relying only on low-impact exercise can leave you more fragile as you age, because your bones and connective tissue need impact to stay strong. Graham Tuttle, a coach, the author of Born to Sprint, and the self-styled Barefoot Sprinter, argues that sprinting, jumping, and throwing are the real markers of a healthy body at any… Continue reading Low-Impact Workouts Are Making You Fragile with Graham Tuttle

Move Better, Hurt Less with Dean Pohlman

Summary Mobility, your ability to move a joint through its range using your own strength, matters more for men over 40 than passive flexibility, and rebuilding it is what lets you keep squatting, lifting, and moving through daily life without pain. In this episode I talk with Dean Pohlman, founder of Man Flow Yoga and… Continue reading Move Better, Hurt Less with Dean Pohlman

The Fight No One Scheduled: GLP-1s vs. Peptides

Summary In this solo episode, Allan breaks down the fight playing out right now in Washington, DC between GLP-1 medications and peptides. The two keep getting mentioned in the same breath, but they sit on opposite sides of the evidence line. GLP-1s like semaglutide and tirzepatide are tested medications with known dosing and documented side… Continue reading The Fight No One Scheduled: GLP-1s vs. Peptides

Why Rest Won’t Fix Your Knee or Back Pain with Dr. Tom Walters

Summary Dr. Tom Walters, a board-certified orthopedic physical therapist and the founder of Rehab Science, returns to talk through two of the most common complaints after 40: knee pain and back pain. We get into why rest alone rarely fixes either one, how cartilage actually gets its nutrients through movement, and how to tell a… Continue reading Why Rest Won’t Fix Your Knee or Back Pain with Dr. Tom Walters

Your Metabolism Isn’t Broken After 40 – with Eric Bach

Summary On episode 756 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan sits down with Eric Bach, entrepreneur, coach, and author with over 16 years of experience helping thousands of former athletes and executives get lean, strong, and look great naked, without sacrificing all their time to the gym. Think your metabolism is “broken” after 40? Think again!… Continue reading Your Metabolism Isn’t Broken After 40 – with Eric Bach

Lose Fat, Keep Your Strength with Tyler Harnett

Summary On episode 755 of the 40+ Fitness podcast, we’re joined by Tyler Harnett, a former super heavyweight powerlifter, strongman, and rugby forward turned strength coach who specializes in helping people over 40 lose fat without sacrificing the strength they’ve worked hard to build. Tyler shares his personal journey from “Mr. Big Guy” to dropping… Continue reading Lose Fat, Keep Your Strength with Tyler Harnett

Unlearn your chronic pain with Dr. Howard Schubiner

Summary In this episode, Coach Allan speaks with Dr. Howard Schubiner, an internist, pediatrician, researcher, and educator who serves as a clinical professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and has played a major role in developing innovative treatments for chronic pain and associated conditions. Dr. Schubiner is the author of the… Continue reading Unlearn your chronic pain with Dr. Howard Schubiner