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Dr. Andy Galpin: How to Assess & Improve All Aspects of Your Fitness | Huberman Lab Guest Series • Podcast Notes

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In this episode, Dr. Andy Galpin gives an overview of the 9 different types of exercise adaptations and low-cost tests to assess all aspects of physical fitness

Check out the Huberman Lab Episode Page & Show Notes Key Takeaways People generally have two major goals in mind: aesthetics and functionality Exercise can create physiological adaptations that can be bucketed into 9 areas: 1) Skill/technique 2) Speed 3) Power 4) Force/Strength 5) Muscle hypertrophy 6) Muscular endurance 7) Anaerobic capacity 8) Maximal aerobic capacity 9) Long-duration training Endurance exercises are very important for chronic disease management, but they are not sufficient for overall global health This is because they do almost nothing for leg strength or any other marker

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