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Peter Etia interviews Lane Goodwin in this podcast, discussing his background and qualifications to speak on various subjects. Lane grew up in Southern Indiana, playing baseball and running cross country in high school. He began lifting weights to get people to stop picking on him and get dates but found a passion for it instead. As a teenager, he found mentors in powerlifting at a university gym and learned from books he checked out from the library. He discovered that weightlifting was a fair sport and that he could measure his progress easily.
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In this episode of The Peter Attia Drive, host Peter Attia interviews Layne Norton, a professional bodybuilder, and powerlifter with a Ph.D. in nutritional sciences. Layne provides insights into developing healthy habits and the keys to preserving muscle. They discuss Layne’s childhood and how he became interested in weightlifting and fitness, overcoming ADHD, kicking Adderall, the power of persistence and resilience in the face of setbacks, battling injuries, managing back pain, and setting lifting records. They also review the science of body composition, the importance of maintaining muscle mass while losing fat, the role of nutrition and supplements, and misunderstood hormones important to muscle protein synthesis.
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Layne Norton: A Physique Coach, Professional Bodybuilder, and Powerlifter with a Ph.D.
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Layne Norton is a unique individual who has achieved great success in both the professional and academic worlds. He is a physique coach, a natural professional bodybuilder, a powerlifter, and a Ph.D. in nutritional sciences. In this episode of The Peter Attia Drive, Layne talks about how he became interested in weightlifting and fitness. He provides insights into preventing and managing injuries while using consistency and determination to boost his professional success in bodybuilding and powerlifting.
Layne’s Childhood and Fitness Interests
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Layne’s interest in fitness began at a young age when he was already lifting weights and running track. He talks about how he overcame his ADHD and kicked Adderall, which allowed him to focus more on his academic pursuits. Despite his academic success, he never lost sight of his passion for fitness and bodybuilding. He eventually transitioned into a career in health and wellness, and he credits his success to his resilience and persistence in the face of setbacks.
Bodybuilding and Powerlifting
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Layne and Peter discuss the differences between bodybuilding and powerlifting and how to approach both disciplines. Layne also advises how to cut weight without losing muscle mass and maintain muscle mass while losing fat. He emphasizes the importance of nutrition, supplements, and hormones in muscle protein synthesis and muscle growth. Layne also shares his insights on the importance of inflammation from exercise and how to develop healthy habits.
Conclusion
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Layne Norton is an inspiring example of someone who has achieved success in both the professional and academic worlds. He stresses the importance of consistency, resilience, and developing healthy habits to achieve success. Layne provides invaluable insights into bodybuilding and powerlifting, nutrition, supplements, hormones, and more in this episode of The Peter Attia Drive.
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Layne Norton is a physique coach, a natural professional bodybuilder, a powerlifter, and a Ph.D. in nutritional sciences. In this episode, Layne explains how he became interested in professional and academic weightlifting and fitness. He provides insights into preventing and managing injuries while using consistency and determination to boost his professional success in bodybuilding and powerlifting. Peter and Layne also review the science of body composition and what’s driving muscle growth, including the role of nutrition, supplements, and several important and misunderstood hormones important to muscle protein synthesis. Furthermore, Layne stresses the importance of maintaining muscle mass even while losing fat for improving metabolic health and longevity and provides the keys to developing healthy habits.
We discuss:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:09 – Layne’s childhood and why he gravitated towards weightlifting and bodybuilding
00:10:25 – Layne’s academic path, overcoming ADHD, and kicking Adderall
00:21:35 – Paradoxical observations about expertise and Layne’s career transition to health and fitness
00:33:05 – The power of persistence and resilience in the face of setbacks
00:45:00 – Battling injuries, managing back pain, and setting lifting records
01:01:20 – Bodybuilding vs. powerlifting: comparing and contrasting the training approaches
01:10:45 – Cutting weight without losing muscle mass: exercise and dietary protocols, fasting, and a look at the literature
01:31:35 – Muscle protein synthesis and the importance of leucine
01:44:12 – Nitrogen balance and muscle protein synthesis and the regulatory role of hormones for fat flux and muscle growth
01:54:13 – What’s driving muscle growth: intrinsic vs. systemic factors, IGF, and hormone signaling
02:03:45 – The role of protein, carbohydrates, and insulin on muscle growth and preservation and the importance of context when interpreting study results
02:16:53 – Clarifying the role of cortisol—a misunderstood hormone
02:24:30 – The problem with studies trying to isolate one nutrient
02:29:05 – The important part of inflammation from exercise
02:33:47 – Keys to preserving muscle, and the value of habits, consistency, and resilience
Show notes page: https://peterattiamd.com/laynenorton/
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About:
The Peter Attia Drive is a weekly, ultra-deep-dive podcast focusing on maximizing health, longevity, critical thinking…and a few other things. With over 30 million episodes downloaded, it features topics including fasting, ketosis, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, mental health, and much more.
Peter is a physician focusing on the applied science of longevity. His practice extensively deals with nutritional interventions, exercise physiology, sleep physiology, emotional and mental health, and pharmacology to increase lifespan (delay the onset of chronic disease) while improving healthspan (quality of life).
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