Bulletproof Your Joints: Nutrition & Training Strategies for Stronger Joints w Dr. Keith Baar, PhD

[@CpjzAlerts]

Hey man any link on the collagen + vitamin C supplements??

[@DrMarcBubbs]

Lots of good brands - Klean, Vital Proteins, Thorne, etc. They'll all do the trick.

[@CpjzAlerts]

@@DrMarcBubbsThank you Doc!

[@andreanunn_exercise]

Great topic! The sex/hormone differences and the effect on our cardiovascular health was especially interesting to me. Thanks for the introduction to Dr. Baar's work. I will continue to follow him.

[@DrMarcBubbs]

Thanks for sharing Andrea... It is fascinating, on both the performance side and the health implications (as you say). Thank you for watching!

[@Zephyr1968]

What is considered heavy? For example, for the leg press for increased mobility. Above X% 1RM or is it an overcoming eccentric load say 110-125% 1RM? Great stuff here, I wish I knew about all these supplementary tendon exercises when I coached a 14yr old girls JO volleyball team, very high risk group for ACL and other injuries with puberty/estrogen levels as well. We were careful to have non-high impact days each week, no major injuries luckily. 17 year old son was on a high performance regional all-star team VB team, but had limited JO experience so not a lot of reps or strength training. Been going through patella tendon rehab for last 3 months after not being able to play for the 3 months prior to that. could have been prevented due to no traumatic event.

[@DrMarcBubbs]

Thanks for note. If the athlete is unfamiliar, start with lighter warm-up loads to get used to the movement and sequence. Then, progressing up to 110-125% is sound (if they tolerate the build-up well). Many young athletes (and even older) don't have the best form, so revisiting that would be helpful.

[@rokask4596]

Thanks! Good info. So basically, having a supplement containing 15-20g of collagen + Vit C daily and executing 2-3 10min workouts of isometric training should help prevent and/or heal minor injuries in tendons and ligaments? I train at least 4 times/wk, BJJ and calistenics with lots of isometrics. Would you know if it would still be beneficial to do these short tendon workouts during the ON days? Or should I leave these for OFF days only? My elbow tendons feel wrecked on training days already lol

[@DrMarcBubbs]

You got it. Start with 'off' days and as you build up you can layer on the 'on' days well. Happy training!

[@rokask4596]

@@DrMarcBubbs Thanks 🤜🤛

[@jamcrabaudiobooks3101]

Very interesting podcast. I would be interested in what Dr. Baar's thoughts are on why pain occurs in tendinopathy. When he talks about stress shielding and the tension in the tendon bypassing the degenerative reasons and increasing in the healthy regions, it makes me think that pain occurs because there's an abnormal amount of tension in the healthy parts of the tendon, thus pulling extra hard on bone or cells or whatever activates pain.

[@DrMarcBubbs]

Tension would seem to be unequally distributed, based on your description above, so seems very reasonable. Thanks for sharing!

[@neuromancer27]

I am totally unflexible but I have low tension ...