Drs. Feigenbaum and Baraki present well-researched, evidence-based reviews on a variety of fitness related topics. They know way more than I ever knew about general medicine (I’m an orthopedic surgeon) and present it in a concise, if rapid-fire, discussion. They seem to remain free of bias when it comes to the literature, but will throw in their opinions when called for. But I still wonder who is the “most handsome doctor in North America”….. haha.

Love the podcast. I wish it had a wider audience but I enjoy the production and willingness of the Docs to say, “I don’t know” or “I changed my stance”. Definitely love the shorter bites that have been added to the downloads.

Been listening to and enjoying the show for about a year on and off, but I’m writing this review to say that, specifically, the short episode format (like the recent episode on the vegan/omnivore twin study) is great. As a pretty busy person, I appreciate how direct and focused these episodes are. They are also a solid differentiator in the lifting and fitness podcast space, wherein many shows provide solid information but almost exclusively over very long, often meandering episodes. Thanks for making great, digestible content & trying new things.

There is so much “info” out there about fitness, it can be hard to know what to trust. Listen to this podcast once and you will see these docs do their homework. A lot of times what they advise makes common sense, but they go through all the data and provide the references to back it up. As a 65 year old lifter and triathlete, I count on this podcast for up-to-date and accurate information. Thank you!

I have long noted that if you ask a self appointed expert a question, the answer is almost always sure and definitive. On the other hand, if you ask am actual expert, the answer almost always starts with, “It’s complicated,” and the rest of the answer is nuanced - and includes sone kind of bounded uncertainty. I started lifting with Starting Strength, and Mark Rippetoe was entertaining because he was always 100% sure about everything - from the best number of reps in a set to precisely how to avoid injury in one left or another. Drs. Feigenbaum and Baracki embrace complication and uncertainty - their certainty never seems to outrun the clinical data. That’s pretty refreshing.

Finally health and fitness brought to you by medical doctors that use science and evidence to guide you in health and fitness. In a space that is full of misinformation and, oftentimes, harmful advice, it is refreshing to get evidence backed information. I worked out for years getting information from magazines and fitness “gurus” and made more progress in months by listening to Barbell Medicine. I went from exercising to training. I can’t recommend this podcast enough!

The most evidence-based and nuanced health and fitness podcast out there. Refreshing to find in a space often filled with reactionary contrarianism and misinformation everywhere you turn. Thank you!

Corporate shills for big fitness and the nuance industrial complex

Tons of useful info from knowledgeable experts

A breath of fresh air in a world full of misinformation. Great evidence-based material and an enjoyable presentation.

Thank you for your hernia episode! This is the only place on earth I could find anything on lifting and hernias, and from qualified doctors it was beyond helpful.

Excellent range of topics with research and experiential based comments. While athletically focused on powerlifting I still find the information provided useful to weightlifting performance and health.

Great great info, well done! Easy enough for me to understand ( lay person lol)…. And be able to wrap my brain around the facts & information. Practical information and things that are applicable to your life and training 👌🏽🫶🏻💪♥️. Great job guys! 👏

Terrific Episode #228. Maybe in the future explain a bit more about HSA, Orosomucoid, & CBG & affinity. As noted by DrBaraki, seemingly, the Androgen Receptor Site Sensitivity factor is The issue for all. Also how to Up-Regulate the number of Receptor sites would be a great discussion topic. Thank You again.

Barbell medicine has great content almost stem to stern full of nuance, training and medical advice, practical tips, latest research, and cutting through nocebo. Guys need to stay in their area of expertise, the mental training episode was obviously outside their expertise.

Jordan and Austin (and others) present valuable information not just on “what do” but “why do”. More importantly they help prioritize topic value to long term health and dispel commonly held misbeliefs and half-truths. They are doing work that will be valued long after we all are dust.

The most accurate and reliable information in the strength and conditioning atmosphere. 10/10 would recommend.

Been listening to these guys for 6 months now. Appreciate the honest and real (science based) tips and tricks. Added a ton (pun intended) of value to my daily lifts. Keep the great work, Dr. F and Dr. B!

Finally! A source of exercise information that both can be trusted and consists of a team of folks who have the knowledge, education, and looks to back it up. I appreciate all that you do. Really.

I have been intending to write a review for some time now. Over the past couple of years as I have listened to Jordan’s intro or outro on the podcast encouraging listeners to leave a review, I have told myself “I’ll do it sometime” and then never seem to make it happen. Today is that day. There have been too many positive effects in my life from Barbell Medicine to ignore. I first encountered Jordan and Austin in one of Alan Thrall’s YouTube videos in 2017, midway into what was becoming a 9-month version of starting strength for me, ever chasing 5 more lbs and beginning to hit a wall. I immediately saw the value in their content and began following them. Paying attention to their cues on lifts, programming advice and more. Sometime in 2018, I began using their then-newly-released free “Bridge” program with its accompanying text. I later bought my first template from them and had been actually implementing more and more of their advice related to auto-regulation and programming to a greater extent. Fast forward to today–I’ve listened to every single podcast they have released, some multiple times over. I’ve purchased multiple templates, t-shirts, and most recently their Peri-Rx without caffeine (btw–AMAZING). The quality of Barbell Medicine across the board is excellent. And I mean that as it relates to all the dimensions. Jordan, Austin and the entire team are genuinely interested in promoting evidence-based physical health and training performance. Their content has matured–they admit mistakes or acknowledge shortcomings, and then update their priors. They put out quality items. The templates are well-thought out and really do strike the balance of training-specific and general health adaptations. The accompanying resources with many of the templates help fill in the gaps, and the usability with the recent app also makes it easier that ever to make good use of their training. What I have learned relating to pain management and adjusting my own training is invaluable. I have peers, many of whom are younger who catastrophize so much of their pain, complain about their backs or knees or ankles, joke about being “old” in their mid-thirties and I feel free from all of the worry and self-limiting ideas that they live with. Even among a few friends who exercise/train, they obsessively worry about their form and this or that, whereas I have this strong sense of self-efficacy. I feel able to address any challenges in my training or relating to my health by focusing on meeting or exceeding the physical activity guidelines for Americans, eating a health-promoting dietary pattern with adequate calories and protein, fruits and vegetables, appropriate fiber and minimizing saturated fat, and engaging in meaningful social interactions and more. I feel like I’ve stumbled on the greatest secret. None of this is to say that BBM is infallible–but they are real, high quality, and have made a meaningful impact for my quality of life, self-efficacy and the confidence I have facing the remainder of my days. Their t-shirts are some of the best fitting shirts I’ve ever worn and I love the simplicity and presence of the block logo. Peri-Rx is fantastic. I train later at night most nights due to my schedule, and so I avoid caffeine for those sessions, but most off-the-shelf pre-workouts have caffeine and frankly taste pretty bad and haven’t really been worth the effects or the price. So when I finally decided to give Peri-Rx a try, my expectations were low. I couldn’t have been more wrong. As BBM crew have said, you don’t necessarily NEED to take a supplement, but if you are going to, you might as well use those which have the best evidence and are dosed appropriately. I cannot recommend this highly enough. First, it mixes really well and fully dissolves. Other pre-workout supplements I have tried never fully dissolved and always had a bitter aftertaste or some off putting flavor. Peri-Rx is slightly salty–I wasn’t expecting that–but somehow it actually made it smooth and as I said before, it fully dissolved. Second, the effects–I took a scoop about 30 minutes before my session and when I began warming up with the bar, all the effects starting kicking in. It was surprisingly potent, considering I had taken no caffeine with it nor had any caffeine since well earlier in the day. I had a great deal of focus throughout the session and everything just worked well. And prior to taking a scoop that night, my energy was flagging, and I almost wasn’t going to do the session. I didn’t feel particularly hyped, or enthusiastic (just juggling life stress and demands) but the real impacts carried me over that and I had a fantastic session. When I compared the key ingredient amounts in Peri-Rx to the other stuff I still had on hand, I saw that that product had ⅓ of the amount of the beta-alanine, citrulline-malate and betaine anhydrous. Peri-Rx is like the rest of BBM–no fluff, has the essential heavy hitters, in a quality and smooth product, for real benefits. If you are in it for the long haul, approach BBM with the same perspective–they keep giving good content, good information, good products and good vibes. You’ll glean more insights as you spend more time with the content, and they offer so much for free, it really is a gem in this space. They are not the only good content source, but they are my first content source and have made a meaningful difference for me.

He asks thoughtful questions and doesn’t interrupt his guests, and he has a good sense of humor without making lame jokes or trying to hard for the sake of trying to make it entertaining like some podcast hosts do.

The knowledge shared in this podcast is second to none. One would be hard-pressed to find more qualified power lifting advisors than Drs. Feigenbaum and Baraki; two medical degrees and 700+ deadlifts...what more could you want?

Keep doing this work! I’ve been lifting four years and have had my fair share of aches and pains on this lifting journey. Your content has helped me understand that sometimes the pain is part of the process and there are ways I can adapt my training to get healthy and move past it, with time. I have a posterior tibial tendinopathy that I’ve been dealing with and the “Barbell Medicine Guide to Tendinopathy” has really helped me contextualize my recovery process. Y’all are great!

Not sure how Dr. F finds the time to be so good at so many things, but he’s also really good at podcasting. What makes this unique is how well it stays relevant without being “hip” or a marketing gimmick. Maybe objectivity isn’t dead in our culture after all…

Evidence based medicine combined with factual data. This podcast isn’t trying to sell you any products, they’re engaging thoughtful conversation for a healthful life.

Barbell medicine’s podcasts seek to bring truth to the world of health, fitness, and modern medicine, a goal that is hard to come by in todays social media world. Their views on exercise, pain science, and medicine have changed my views on these topics for the better. A must listen!

In a world of sketchy influencers and social media “gurus”, Barbell Medicine offers an oasis of solid science and guidance for living a better life through strength. Jordan, Austin, and the rest of the team are doing critical work to fight misinformation and call out silly bull#%it.

Loved the recent podcast on osteoporosis! Jordan & Austin do a great job making medical topics/info easily digestible. Great content as always!

I experience minimal levels of exertion while listening to these very nuanced podcasts🙂

I really wish there were ads on this podcast so I could in some small way reward the Barbell Medicine team. I feel so guilty it’s free I might have to buy a template or merch just to try and repay them. I’m a microbiologist, so this podcast has little professional impact on me, but it has helped me managing my personal strength and health goals as well as informing the advice I give my older mother in her strength training and injury rehab. This podcast is also often entertaining in addition to being informative.

They are trying to reinvent the wheel after everyone kicked them off their bandwagon.

Jordan and Austin (and the rest of the BM crew) do incredibly well to cover a variety of topics in depth while still maintaining a level of discussion that many can understand. The perfect balance of medicine and lifting with a touch of bro-humor

I’ve listened to a number of different forums, recommendations, internet articles, YouTube videos etc and finally landed on this podcast! As a pediatrician, I really appreciate the evidence-based approach and the willingness to change their mind on things and improve, compared to some of the “add weight and grind” or “do this for gains” approaches. From an evidence-based and medical perspective, these guys are top notch.

It often feels like there are so many scammers or politically motivated perspectives, people, and “facts” about strength & conditioning and general health. This podcast is actual science, presented in a fair handed way by the hosts and their very qualified guests. They are truly determined to give the best perspective on what science and medicine say about training - and how to best navigate that nuance and the unknowns.

The folks at Barbell Medicine are one of a kind when it comes to talking about health and fitness, because they always speak based on the scientific research that is currently available as well as their extensive experiences as strength coaches. Jordan Feigenbaum and Austin Baracki - medical doctors and elite powerlifters... what more could we ask for! Look no where else if you are interested in the health benefits of resistance based exercise. Certainly has helped with my masters degree 💪

I don’t even really remember how I stumbled across Jordan and Barbell Medicine. I think I heard him on another podcast some years ago. In any case, he and the whole BBM squad take potentially confusing and complicated topics and break them down for general consumption. The focus on following the data, science, and nuances is always a welcome relief in today’s era of seemingly increasing science illiteracy. Plus the guests are always interesting!

All of the professionals involved in this podcast/organization make complex topics accessible, and encourage people to engage in physical activity and lifting with confidence.

Really good information, easy to listen to, and very knowledgeable guests as well as hosts. As a healthcare worker and barbell enthusiast, the things I’ve learned from this podcast throughout the years have made many positive impacts across several aspects in my life. I am grateful I came across these guys back in about 2016-17.

All these podcasts are very motivating for the gen pop. Great job BBM👏🏼

Really incredible resource for nuanced, data driven approaches to healthy lifestyle: exercise, diet and pain management. Great for clinicians and lay people alike

As a PT, can’t recommend this enough for everyone ...and especially young clinicians like myself.

Listened to every episode and waiting for more!

To say that Barbell Medicine has been a positive influence in my life would be an understatement. The information they provide is so critical in how we all can be “social change agents” and get ourselves and the people we interact with daily to closer meeting the exercise and activity guidelines. I personally have found their views on training critical to staying adherent to training consistently, despite having significant lifestyle changes since being introduced to BBM (two children, relocation, job change). Other groups in this same space hold a very dogmatic view of “if you can’t do program X to a T then you aren’t doing the program” is a very narrow way of thinking about WHY we are actually training to begin with. Building my own personal knowledge and efficacy around my training has helped me take ownership of my own health outcomes and it’s felt empowering. I’ve attended a BBM seminar and that furthered my knowledge and confidence. Personally, I’ve been able to reduce my waist circumference from 40+ inches to 36” (and slowly improving that), no longer consume alcohol, have added hundreds pounds to my total and actively rehab low back pain I experienced after a small tweak during training. 42 year old BBM fan boy over here. Love you guys. Keep fighting the good fight and be excellent to each other (yes, I just quoted Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure).

Very clear presentation of injury and disease and how lifestyle can impact it.

Very useful advice given about fitness, weightlifting, and health with an emphasis on what is validated through research.

Gosh I hope that wasn’t offensive lol, but seriously Dr. Feigenbaum and Dr. Baraki are great hosts. They use their knowledge for good to affect positive change in the world and to help me with my gainz. I’ve enjoyed every episode I’ve listened to and I’m blown away by their medical knowledge and how they apply it to powerlifting and the incorporation of healthy nutrition practices. I was also very impressed by episode #123 about the COVID-19 vaccine. These guys can break down a scientific study so that even my 8 year old could understand it. I appreciate the good work these guys are doing. Keep it up.

This is a great podcast . Sometimes the info is a little bit to much to understand . But still good stuff

Great to listen to Voice quality also calming from both docs

Best lifting podcast there is right now

Excellent. Some of the most evidence-cognizant strength coaches and physicians. Their information is thorough, constantly updated, and nuanced. Their info has allowed me to get stronger, better self-manage, and guided me in my own journey toward becoming a physician. Their rehab team is unmatched.