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Building Lifelong Athletes
The Building Lifelong Athletes Podcast has one simple goal... to help keep you active and healthy for life. Whether you are a competitive athlete, fitness enthusiast, or just a weekend warrior, this podcast will help you be at your best by delivering practical and actionable information. From cholesterol management to exercise programming, this podcast covers every topic any lifelong athlete needs to know about. Jordan Rennicke, MD is a dual board certified physician in Family and Sports…
Episodes
- Building Lifelong Athletes
BLA 068: Exercise For Weight Management
One of the most important things you can do for your health is to control your blood sugars, and one of the most powerful tools that we have to do just that is…
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BLA 067: Using Exercise To Treat Depression
With depression symptoms at an all time high, is there something better that we can offer our patients than just anti-depressants? Today we talk about how we…
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BLA 066: Exercise For Sleep
Sleep. It seems like in our modern society we can never get enough sleep, and we know it is good for our health. However, most people tend to prioritize things…
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BLA 065: Exercise For Blood Glucose Control
One of the most important things you can do for your health is to control your blood sugars, and one of the most powerful tools that we have to do just that is…
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BLA 064: Exercise for lowering cholesterol
There's a really good chance that either you or somebody you know has been told that they have high cholesterol. Now the specific saying "high cholesterol" is…
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BLA 063: How Exercise Can Lower Your Blood Pressure
What if I told you that exercise could be just as effective at lowering your blood pressure than medicine can be? Does that seem a little far fetched? Well in…
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BLA 062: What Is Exercise As Medicine?
What if I told you that exercise could be as potent as some medications? Would you believe me? Well in today's podcast we are going to talk all about the…
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BLA 061: When To Think About Starting A Medication
Most people, including myself, don't want to be on any medications. It's definitely not ideal, and can be fear inducing, but when should you seriously start…
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BLA 060: Questions from the Internet (BLA Bonus Episode 11)
Today I answer a few questions from the internet including: 1. Whether it is better to work out 6x per week or 3x per week 2. What's the deal with stretching?…
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BLA 059: How To Spot A Fraud Online (BLA Bonus Episode 10)
Do you want to know the one secret that everybody is keeping from you about how to live your most healthy life? You won't find this on youtube or instagram…
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BLA 058: Fitness Trends for 2023 (BLA Bonus Episode 9)
What were the biggest trends for exercise in 2023? Was it home gyms like during the COVID lock down days? Or have we moved on from that? Well in this episode…
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BLA 057: How To Stay On Track During The Holidays (BLA Bonus Episode 8)
With the holidays in full swing, it's easy to get off track with your goals and habits. In fact, I think it's safe to say that we all have done it before, so…
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BLA 056: Tackling Social Media’s Thoughts About Testosterone
Testosterone is one of the most hotly talked about topics in health and fitness, so it's hard to know what to make of all the noise. In this video I break down…
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BLA 055: Testosterone Review
Maybe you don't have time to listen to all 13 previous episodes of this season's podcast but still want to learn about testosterone... well then you are in…
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BLA 054: How Does Sleep Affect Testosterone?
How bad can it really be for your testosterone if you don't get enough sleep each night? Is it really that big of a deal? Does sleep even effect testosterone…
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BLA 053: Does Testosterone Improve Depression?
Depression is a global pandemic, and the WHO has actually predicted it will be the leading cause of disability worldwide by 2030. We have some good options…
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BLA 052: Are Testosterone Levels Declining For Men?
Testosterone is a hot topic on social media these days, and you won't have a hard time finding lots so called experts telling you how to quickly fix your…
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BLA 051: How Diet Affects Your Testosterone
If you search the word testosterone into youtube you will get thousands of videos telling you how you can increase your testosterone through diet alone. There…
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BLA 050: How to exercise to optimize your testosterone
If you search the word testosterone into Youtube you will get thousands of videos telling you how you can increase your testosterone with various exercises…
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BLA 049: Does eating soy ruin your testosterone levels?
If you follow nutrition influencers on social media then you may have heard someone say that eating soy products can tank you testosterone levels. But is that…
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BLA 048: Is testosterone bad for your heart?
One of the biggest concerns people have with testosterone replacement therapy is that they have heard it can be bad for their heart. Well is that true? In this…
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BLA 047: Can your low testoterone be linked to obesity?
If you have gained some weight and don't feel like your normal self, it is very common for some people to blame your testosterone levels... and you may be…
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BLA 046: The problem with testosterone lab tests
Whether you realized it or not, getting and interpreting a testosterone test is not as easy as you think it would be. There are lots of nuances that you have…
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BLA 045: Endocrine Society Guidelines- Testosterone Treatment and Monitoring
In this three part series I will be going through the Endocrine Society Guidelines for managing patients with testosterone for hypogonadism. This is a pretty…
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BLA 044: Endocrine Society Guidelines- How to Diagnose Hypogonadism
In this three part series I will be going through the Endocrine Society Guidelines for managing patients with testosterone for hypogonadism. This is a pretty…
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BLA 043: Endocrine Society Guidelines- Physiology and Types of Hypogonadism
In this three part series I will be going through the Endocrine Society Guidelines for managing patients with testosterone for hypogonadism. This is a pretty…
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BLA 042: Testosterone Physiology
Welcome to episode 1 of the fourth season of the podcast! This season we will be talking about a super hot topic and that is...testosterone! In this first…
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BLA 041: Botulinum Toxin Injections for Musculoskeletal Use
Most people are probably familiar with botulinum toxin injections for cosmetic purposes, but did you know that it can also be used for sports medicine injuries…
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BLA 040: Hydrodissection Injections
In this episode we cover a lesser known injection type called hydrodissection, which involves the separation of a tissue layer by using an injectable solution…
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BLA 039: Stem Cell Injections
In this episode we cover a very popular topic that is super controversial in the Sports Medicine community, and that is stem cell injections. The potential for…
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BLA 038: Tenotomy and post tenotomy protocols
In this episode we cover a very popular topic that builds upon our two previous podcasts, and that is the concept of needle tenotomy, and the post injection…
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BLA 037: Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections
In this episode we cover a very popular topic in the sports medicine community, and that is Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections. PRP injections have a lot of…
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BLA 036: Prolotherapy Injections
In this episode I talk about a less popular injection called a prolotherapy injection. I explain what it actually is, how it works, and when we use it in the…
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BLA 035: Anti-inflammatory (NSAIDs) injections
NSAIDs are one of the most common over the counter medications, but what is their role when it comes to injections. In this podcast I talk about the basic…
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BLA 034: Steroid Injections...not what you think!
This week we will be talking all about steroid injections and when I think you should actually consider getting a steroid injection. Despite steroid injections…
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BLA 033: Hyaluronic Acid Injections
Hyaluronic acid injections are one of the various types of injections that can be given in a sports medicine clinic, but are much less commonly talked about…
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BLA 032: Are Injections Bad For Your Cartilage?
Are injections bad for your cartilage? Are you possibly doing more harm than good? These are a few of the topics I will be covering today in this week's…
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BLA 031: How injections work
In this episode I will walk you through the various proposed mechanisms for why injections work the way they do, and with that I hope you will have a better…
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BLA 030: Who Should Consider Getting an Injection?
Have you ever wondered if you should get an injection for your pain? Have you ever worried about the risk and benefits of injections? If you answered "yes" to…
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BLA 029: Cholesterol MYTHBUSTERS (Part 2)
This week I have another bonus episode for you that goes along with the previous season where we talked all about cholesterol. Today I answer a few of the most…
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BLA 028: Cholesterol MYTHBUSTERS (Part 1)
This week I have a bonus episode for you that goes along with the previous season where we talked all about cholesterol. Today I answer a few of the most…
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BLA 027: Cholesterol recap, summary, and take home points
Today we are wrapping up this season of the podcast with a summary of the previous 9 episodes. In this episode I give a summary of the most important points…
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BLA 026: All Things Statins
This week I wanted to talk about statins a little bit more in depth. From types of statins, dosing, side effects, and ways to manage those side effects, I…
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BLA 025: How To Interpret A Lipid Panel
Have you ever wondered what the tests on your lipid/cholesterol test actually mean? Well in this week's episode I will dive into what all those tests, what we…
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BLA 023: Cardiac Imaging...When Should I Get It Done?
In this week's episode we talk about cardiac imaging to help gauge cardiovascular risk. If you have ever heard about a CAC score, and when it might be useful…
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BLA 024: How to lower your cholesterol with diet and supplements
One of the biggest questions I get from patients is how to lower their cholesterol without taking medications. Well, today I talk all about that including…
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BLA 022: The Guidelines for Managing High Cholesterol (2018 ACC/AHA Guidelines)
In this week's episode I dive deep into the 2018 ACC/AHA guidelines for cholesterol management. Many people will tell you that their doctor automatically…
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BLA 021: The LDL Hypothesis... how we got to where we are
Do you ever wonder why we think that LDL plays such a big role in atherosclerosis, and why we try to lower it? Well in this episode we dive deep into the…
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BLA 020: Epidemiology 101: How We Study Heart Disease
In this episode we cover the basics of epidemiology, bias, and the types of studies that are used in the cardiology world. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 01:22…
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BLA 019: Atherosclerosis 101: The Basics of Heart Disease
In this episode we talk about the physiology and pathology of atherosclerosis, and what actually causes heart disease. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:05 -…
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BLA 018: Lipid Metabolism 101: Understanding the Basics of Cholesterol
This podcast is the foundation for this entire season and everything we talk about will be based off of this. We dive deep into cholesterol metabolism, lipid…
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BLA 017: Pediatric Obesity... what the guidelines actually say (BLA Bonus 07)
The recent AAP pediatric and adolescent obesity clinical practice guideline came out about a month ago and it caused quite a fuss online. This week I wanted to…
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BLA 016: RPE, 1RM, and how to deal with injuries
In this episode we are changing things up a bit and answering some common questions I see. Today we will discuss the topics of Rating of Perceived Exertion…
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BLA 015: Can Diet Reverse Heart Disease?
There are often claims that eating a Whole Food Plant Based Diet can reverse heart disease... but is that true? Today I review a few of the most commonly cited…
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BLA 014: What To Do When You Tweak Your Low Back
In this episode I talk all about what you should know about acute low back pain. I talk about the time frame for recovery, your mindset, the normal course for…
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BLA 013: Scientific research- What It Is and How It’s Used to Manipulate You
In this episode I talk all about scientific research and what it is, why it is important, and how it can be used to manipulate audiences and get clicks. I hope…
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BLA 012: Is Resistance Training Safe?
In this episode I talk all about resistance training and whether or not it is safe. We talk about bodybuilding, olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, and…
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BLA 011: An Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure
Now that we have officially finished our "necessary nine" in the last podcast, it's time to discuss something similar which is preventative medicine…
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BLA 010: Building Resiliant Mental Health
All too often we only focus on the physical things of health like diet and exercise, however there is a whole separate component that is just as critical…
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BLA 009: What Is Cholesterol, and Why It Matters To You
It seems like every day there is a new news story about cholesterol, and it's super confusing. Should we care? Should we not care? In this episode we will talk…