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Kara Lazouskas is a former NCAA athlete, Speed and Explosion Director for Point Guard College and Muscle Research Coordinator at Cal State University Fullerton's Molecular Muscle Exercise Physiology Lab. She has coached athletes and clients from the elite professional to the stay-at-home mother. He current research involves muscle fiber type specific protein signaling in athletes during high intensity interval exercise. In this episode, Kara teaches us: 15:00 The different flavors of muscle fiber types and how it relates to activity selection 18:00 Fiber profile as an indicator of certain lifestyle inputs 22:40 Muscle fiber types that predict longevity and how to maintain them 28:00 How these fiber types protect against aging and longevity 31:00 Kara's protein and nutritional recommendations for muscle preservation 39:00 What is AMPK and why it needs to be turned on every now and then 46:40 The AMPK-MTOR seesaw effect and how Metformin works similarly. How to connect with Kara: https://www.instagram.com/kilerk0/ https://www.facebook.com/kara.lazauskas https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kara_Lazauskas http://news.fullerton.edu/2018wi/Weightlifting-Muscle-Study.aspx
