{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#101: EXPERT: Optimizing Training, Health, and Performance with Functional Medicine","description":"Many enthusiastic climbers work hard to level up their performance year over year, and some of us invest great time, effort, and resources into pursuing our climbing goals. One powerful tool for gaining a performance edge is the use of a functional medicine approach to blood testing\u2026which is the focus of this episode of the T4C podcast. My expert guest joining us for this episode\u2026.is Thomas Cunningham, a Louisville Kentucky-based doctor, who also happens to be a 5.14 climber! Dr. Cunningham is a board-certified physician, researcher, and functional medicine specialist who believes in combining evidence-based medicine, nutrition, and training to improve your health, wellness, and human performance. The specific focus of this podcast is the use of regular blood testing, and how you can potentially use blood test results to adjust your nutrition and training in ways that amplify your efforts, accelerate recovery, boost performance, and enhance your overall health and well-being. RUNDOWN 00:15 \u2013 T4C podcast mission statement 00:45 \u2013 The things we do to level up our performance 1:10 \u2013 Intro of podcast topic: Blood testing to optimize health and performance 1:35 \u2013 Introducing our expert, Dr. Thomas Cunningham (Instagram: @thomascunninghammd.com) 2:30 \u2013 Use of blood test biomarkers 3:45 \u2013 Value for older athletes 4:10 \u2013 Podcast Sponsor: PhysiVantage Nutrition -- used by 2024 Olympians Natalia Grossman, Alex Megos, and Yannick Flohe'. Get your PhysiVantage at 15% off (code: PODCAST15) at PhysiVantage.com 5:00 \u2013 Interview with Dr. Thomas Cunningham 5:30 \u2013 What is functional medicine: \u201cMedicine 3.0\u201d 9:30 \u2013 Preventative health care through your primary physician \u2013 The "Big 4 Killers" 11:20 \u2013 Pursuit of \u201coptimal\u201d rather than \u201caverage\u201d 14:00 - What testing is appropriate for 20-somethings vs. 50-somethings, etc. 16:40 \u2013 \u201cTreat the patient, don\u2019t treat the numbers!\u201d 19:15 \u2013 Basic blood panels: Metabolic, Lipid, Complete blood count 22:25 \u2013 Self-order\/self-pay bloodwork at Quest.com or UltaLabs.com 23:30 \u2013 More nuanced blood work to consider: Vitamin D, Hormone Panel, Thyroid Panel, HbA1c, ApoB 31:45 \u2013 Vitamin supplements to support Testosterone \u2013 vitamin D3, zinc, selenium, boron. (PhysiVantage Nutrition VITALIUM is a single-source supplement containing these micronutrients.) 35:00 \u2013 The role of genetics, stress, training, nutrition, and sleep. 37:10 \u2013 Considerations for vegan athletes. Supplements to consider: B-6, B-12, Iron, D3 + k2, iodine 40:00 \u2013 The journey toward optimization. 47:02 \u2013 Considerations for female athletes \u2013 abnormalities to watch for and treat. 49:50 \u2013 Thyroid function and blood panels 53:00 \u2013 Hormone changes in women 55:00 \u2013 A brief mention of peptides 57:00 \u2013 Get the low-hanging fruit\u2026by getting your sleep and nutrition on point\u2026and do some strength training every week. 1:01:00 \u2013 Final thoughts Support the TFC podcast sponsor, PhysiVantage Nutrition. Get 15% off full-priced nutrition with checkout code: PODCAST15 (North America only). In Europe and elsewhere visit EPIC-TV Shop or BananaFingers.com to get your PhysiVantage! Music by Misty Murphy SAVE on  La Sportiva shoes here >> Thank you! La Sportiva, Maxim Ropes, DMM Climbing, Friction Labs Follow Eric on Twitter @Train4Climbing Check out Eric\u2019s YouTube channel. Follow Eric on Facebook! And on Instagram at: Training4Climbing Copyright 2024 Eric H\u00f6rst | Horst Training, LLC. ","author_name":"Eric H\u00f6rst's Training For Climbing Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.trainingforclimbing.com","html":"