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Here's the deal with drinking raw eggs, the candy that'll kill you, what running a mile will do for your metabolism, the power of steroids (even when you're sedentary), and more! Main-Round Questions 1. The Killer Candy: Article 2. Protein Absorption in Raw vs. Cooked Eggs: Study 3. Metabolic Rate After Running 1 Mile: Study 4. Steroids, Squat Strength, and Muscle Mass: Study 5. Body Image and Communal Nudity: Study The Lightening Round • Interrupting a high-fat, high-calorie diet with regular __________ cycles helps mice live longer, healthier life: Article • Army replaces decades-old _________ with more rigorous test: Article • Italian dentist presents ___________ for vaccine to get Covid pass: Article • Scientists developing ____________ that could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission: Article Got feedback? Leave your rating and review right here: Health And Fitness Quiz Show 

The best squat depth for building glutes, how new female lifters can build muscle, calorie cycling versus conventional dieting, and more. Main Round 1. Conventional Dieting vs. Non-Linear Dieting: Study Chris's article about this topic: Article on T-Nation 2. Most Popular Sex Fantasy Song: Article 3. Rep Ranges and Muscle Growth In Women: Study 4. Weight Loss Among Female Physique Competitors: This info comes from Bill Campbell, PHD: Info Here 5. Squat Depth – 90 versus 140 Degrees: Study Lightening Round 1. A second person has been naturally cured of _____ without medical intervention: Article 2. ________ trumps drugs for anti-aging and good metabolic health: Article  3. Anxiety effectively treated with ________: Article 4. No place is sacred: Addicted Americans use _____ at weddings, funerals, on the toilet: Article Want us to use one of YOUR questions? Shoot us a message! Dani's on Instagram and Chris is most active on Twitter. Got feedback? Leave us a review over at HealthandFitnessQuizShow.com!

The easy (and free) way to increase libido, the amino acid that improves work capacity, and the foods to eat if you want to feel full on a diet. Main Round 1. Sunlight and Libido: Study More on boosting the female libido: Article 2. Beta-alanine and Exercise Performance: Study The energy drink that contains beta alanine: Spike Energy 3. The Mechanical Drop Set Method: Article 4. & 5. The Satiety Index: Source Here's why you should eat potatoes if you want to get or stay lean: Article Lightning Round 1. Newborns who get better sleep have lower chance of being _________, study finds: Headline 2. Cow methane emissions halved by adding _______ to diet: Headline 3. Quitting smoking leads to eating more ________, weight gain study finds: Headline, Study 4. FDA enacts stronger safety warnings for ___________: Headline Want us to use one of YOUR questions? Shoot us a message! Dani's on Instagram and Chris is most active on Twitter. Got feedback? Leave us a review over at HealthandFitnessQuizShow.com!

1. Most Googles Fitness Questions: Article 2. Metabolism May Not Decline With Age As We Once Thought: Article, Study 3. Crushes in Committed Relationships: Study 4. Junk Food Causes Mental Decline, DHA Reverses It:  Study 5.  Resistance Training Volume Enhances Muscle Hypertrophy but Not Strength in Trained Men: Study Lightening-ish Round • U.S. surgeons successfully test pig kidney in human patient: Article • Dog owners face jail or fines for putting their dog on veggie diet: Article • Keep your brain sharp by finding your sleep sweet spot, study suggests: Article • Great apes at the San Diego Zoo received a Covid vaccine for animals: Article  Got quiz questions you want us to cover? Find Chris on Twitter and Dani on Instagram. Or visit us at healthandfitnessquizshow.com!

1. People are Lodging Nicotine Pouches in Their Buttholes for a Buzz: Article 2. The Best Way to Build Muscle: Article 3. The Biggest Fish Oil Mistake: Article 4. Sequential Diets and Weight Loss: Study 5. Orgasms are a Natural Nasal Decongestant: Study Lightening-ish Round • F.D.A. Issues Voluntary Guidelines to Reduce Salt Intake: Headline • Take a look at the (more up-to-date) info on salt in this article and this study. • Faster Than a PCR test: Dogs Detect Covid in Under a Second: Headline • Synthetic Chemical in Consumer Products Linked to Early Death, Study Finds: Headline • Phthalate discussion on JRE podcast • States Spent at Least $89 Million on COVID-19 Vaccine Lotteries. None of Them Worked, New Research Suggests: Headline • Advice Shifting on Aspirin Use for Preventing Heart Attacks: Headline Got a good quiz question you'd like us to use? Find us on social! Chris is on Twitter and Dani is on Instagram.

Is it time to take off the Fit Pants?  The whole show is going in a new direction and expanding on everyone's favorite segment. So be on the lookout for more episodes and more fun... but without the pants.

A nutrient to prevent yo-yo dieting, an ingredient that causes impulsivity, the trick for becoming more attractive, and when to shift your goal away (!!) from muscle growth. On Our Minds The theme of an upcoming T-Nation.com article is a fill-in-the-blank with this sentence: "We're not supposed to say this but...." And all the editors have contributed to it. But Chris's answer was particularly provocative for anyone who lifts. His take? At some point, stop trying to build more muscle. Sounds cringey at first. But for some, his explanation will be liberating. Quiz 1. HFCS and aggression/impulsivity: Fructose and uric acid as drivers of a hyperactive foraging response: A clue to behavioral disorders associated with impulsivity or mania? 2. Swagger and Attractiveness: This Way of Walking Makes You Look Twice as Attractive 3. Mercury and fish: How to Cancel Mercury in Fish 4. The Exercise For Maximal and Explosive Strength: Kettlebell Swing Training Improves Maximal and Explosive Strength Quiz Notes To recreate the kettlebell swing study, here's the weight you'd use: • Men with a body mass over 70 kg (154 pounds) used a 16-kg (35 pound) kettlebell. • Men with a body mass under 70 kg (154 pounds) used a 12-kg (26 pound) kettlebell. The researchers didn't study women, but if you're a weight-training woman, chances are, you can use the same weight kettlebells as the male subjects from this study... if not more. Newsflash One of the biggest problems with dieting is the amount of weight most people regain afterward. It's often over and above what the person weighed to begin with. However, according to one study, the use of curcumin may be able to prevent that "yo-yo" effect. Here's a closer look at the study: Curcumin limits weight gain, adipose tissue growth, and glucose intolerance following the cessation of exercise and caloric restriction in rats And if here's a breakdown of it from T-Nation.com editor TC Luoma: Take This To Stay Lean After Dieting Shugart Cart • Ultimate Abs: The Definitive Guide To Building a Chiseled Six Pack, by Gareth Sapstead • ON Running: Cloud Flyer (Dani's Shoes), Cloud X (Chris's Shoes)

How to get revved up for any workout, the unexpected trap-building exercise, a study on the perception of females with muscle, new science on how muscle burns fat, and why creatine deficiency is on the rise. On Our Minds There's a trick to get yourself excited for any workout: do your favorite thing first. My favorite thing (Dani here) accidentally grew my traps seemingly in a matter of days. And if you’re also a fan of my favorite lift, here’s a similar chain to help you load it up like I did. Then we get into a study that looks at the way people perceive different levels of muscularity on women. Without being able to see the pictures subjects actually looked at, it's kind of disturbing how childishly stereotypical that perception is. BUT we don't know the extent of the muscularity the subjects saw. We also discuss this new trend of bashing muscular women in an effort to shame them into becoming helpless and stereotypically girly. I’m all for femininity, but these “trad wife” edicts are just vapid and arbitrary. Quiz Take the quiz and see if you can beat my score! Chris tests our knowledge on these things: 1. The "vesicles" in muscle cells and what they can do: Study 2. The least sexy muscle on men according to women: Article 3. What changes the attractiveness of the female voice: Study 4. The favorite junk food, state by state: USA Map Newsflash If this doesn't scare you out of veganism, nothing else will. Creatine is now considered a "conditionally essential" nutrient, and you get it from meat and animal byproducts. Even though you can eat it naturally in your diet, many aren't getting the bare minimum. Check out how much our intake has been dropping over time and what it's causing: Study here. Now, the easy solution is to get enough meat/dairy. But if for some reason you can't, supplementation is a smart idea. I wish the general public would stop thinking of creatine as "just a bodybuilding supplement", and stop getting it confused with creatinine. (Those are two totally different things.) Shugart Cart Here's the plant company I recommend: Bros With Hoes Plant Co Here's Chris's recipe for Moscow Mule: • 1/2 Lime • 2 Ounces of Ketal One Vodka • 6 Ounces of any diet ginger beer

How to win money through weight loss, the drug that reduces body fat, the number one cause of death, government overreach, PDA, pick-up artists, and the exercise that lowers testosterone. On Our Minds Is gambling with your health EVER a good idea? One company says you can make money by wagering on the amount of weight you can lose. So we discuss it. Quiz 1. Performative kissing: Why people make out in public. 2. Once a cheater, always a cheater? Here's the science.  3. Endurance athletes and testosterone: The vitamin you need. 4. Best athleticism test: Find out if you're athletic. Newsflash Here's some promising research about the drug that lowers the most dangerous types of body fat (visceral, ectopic): "Common weight-loss drug successfully targets fat that can endanger heart health." I'm very hopeful about this new drug. But it raises a couple questions: Should prescriptions and medical devices be used for weight loss as a last resort? Or should people just do it all without any medical intervention? Are the side effects of these interventions worse than the risks posed by obesity? According to the CDC, the number one cause of death is heart disease.  If the CDC's stats are correct, you're far more likely to die from it than the virus we've all been told to panic over. Here are some shocking things you should know about it: CDC Heart Disease Facts So if heart disease kills more people than anything else, why is the government not telling us to get to a healthy weight? This will greatly reduce our risks. Incidentally, getting to a healthy weight would also prevent  – you know what – from sending lots of people to the hospital. But maybe a healthy population is not as profitable as an obese one. So let's just keep injecting everyone with something that requires boosters every year, doesn't prevent infection, doesn't even prevent you from spreading infection, can't stop variants, and hasn't been studied long term. If the tyrants have their way, that's what we'll be forced to do. Shugart Cart Dani's cart: Urban Decay Makeup Setting Spray Chris's cart: Concept 2 Rower

Train only half your body and still make gains, the banned performance-enhancing drug you can buy at Target, and how to lose fat without changing your diet. On Our Minds Ever have an injury that forced you to stop training a huge portion of muscle groups? We get into the benefits of only training upper body. Obviously you don't want to do this on purpose, but if you must, there are some perks. We also discuss the Muscle Migration Theory that Coach Christian Thibaudeau presented in an article on T-Nation.com.   Quiz Here are the topics we covered if you want to check out the science for yourself: • The Main Cause Of Running Injuries  • Keto and Tumors • Multi-Orgasmic Women • A Clue To The Status of Your Marriage • Vinegar and Fat Loss Newsflash A CrossFit team was disqualified from The Games recently because of a positive drug test. You can read about the athlete HERE. Any guesses what kind of "drug" she was on? It's called DHEA: a totally legal, anti-aging supplement we've recommended before on this very podcast. This stuff has quite a few health benefits for women, and based upon the current research, we still recommend it. Read more about it in this article: A Wonder Drug for Women. Don't you think these drug tests are a little silly? We do. Why? Because there are plenty of pro athletes – not just in CrossFit but in lots of sports – who've hired drug coaches to help them beat their drug tests. Don't believe it? Read this article: Beating The CrossFit Drug Test We're not condoning steroid use. We're just saying that lots of athletes get away with using far more effective performance enhancing "products" than the DHEA this poor woman was taking for mood and stress.  Why can't some common sense be applied here? We also talk about how CrossFit goes by the same rules set by the international Olympic Committee (IOC). And the IOC is currently allowing biological males to compete against women.  See the irony here? You can't use a supplement from Target, but you can have a lifetime of male hormones and other biological advantages. I wrote about this debacle here: The Death of Women's Sports. If you're a misogynistic male athlete and you're sick of losing, just become a woman! Shugart Cart The Pupprotector Waterproof Throw Blanket True Classic Tees PS – Here are the recipe videos Chris mentioned: YouTube Protein Recipes And here's where you can go to get in touch with us: Fitpantspodcast.com

Why working out every other day has massive advantages, the problem with virtue signaling, how to choose your trade-offs for a fit – but not restrictive – life, and what your social media says about your relationship commitment. ON OUR MINDS A quote from Dr. Laura, "life is a trade-off," hit home for me. If we start thinking about our current level of fitness as a choice we've made (or a trade-off for something else) instead of just the result of bad luck or an aging body, then we'll have way more control over our circumstances. The truth is, when we're not as strong, lean, or muscular as we'd like to be, it's usually because we've chosen to prioritize something else. Even if we *think* we haven't. So is there a way to put the emphasis back on the goal? And is the goal even worth it given the trade-offs or sacrifices? QUIZ 1. How young will a face lift make you look? STUDY 2. What surprising food blood pressure? STUDY 3. Why do video games lead to life success? STUDY 4. What behavior indicates you're in a committed relationship? ARTICLE 5. What habit is a good indication of a bad personality? STUDY NEWSFLASH A new T-Nation.com article is making waves because it suggests that lifters over 40 ought not train consecutive days in a row. What are your thoughts? This perspective is a hard pill to swallow at first but in practice the advice has worked out well for both of us. Here are the five other rules that Coach Thibaudeau suggests in the article: 6 Rules for Over-40 Lifters CART Beat bloating and stomach upset with Atrantil: HERE Pass the army fitness test and try Chris's new favorite exercise, the leg tuck: HERE

How to get and stay fit without making it your entire life (because that's kind of sad), the food that'll slow the aging process, the best personality trait for job success, and the nearly-instant fix for depression. On Our Minds Does dropping unhealthy habits and getting fit require a level of obsessiveness? We discuss this idea because changing your lifestyle can feel like a hurdle; one that requires constant diligence. Chris shares his solution to fitness without long-term fixation. But we're open to hearing other ideas for making fitness sustainable without making it cult-like and obsessive. Quiz 1. DHA and Tumors: STUDY 2. Depression and Laughing Gas: STUDY 3. Hidden Kinks: ARTICLE 4. Best Character Traits: ARTICLE 5. First Sign of Burn-Out: ARTICLE Bonus Note: We take a product called Flameout, which contains DHA, the essential fatty acid we discussed in the first question. Disclaimer: The company we work for makes it, but we don't make a commission by telling you about it. Get it here. Newsflash If telomere length and health affects the rate at which we age, wouldn't it be a good idea to make sure those are well maintained? You already know about the lifestyle habits that'll help you do so (adequate exercise, avoiding drug and alcohol addictions, getting sleep, tamping down inflammation) and luckily there are foods that'll help keep those telomeres healthy too. Here's a study on the one we talked about: STUDY Shugart Cart Hoarders on Netflix Spices from Fire & Smoke Society: LINK