Coach Alex (Alex Van Houten) is a genome-sequenced exercise scientist who studied chemical engineering and psychology at Vanderbilt, has trained CIA operatives, and has spent 20 years coaching people back to strength. He also lives with Ehlers-Danlos, a genetic connective-tissue disorder doctors told him would put him on pain pills and the sofa. He did the exact opposite.

In this episode we get into the hard science most health advice ignores: the "hope molecule" your muscles release that no antidepressant can replicate, why the "healthy" label on your food might be wrong for your specific genes (1 in 8 people can't even process the folic acid added to cereal), why a cold shower after lifting could be quietly deleting your gains, and why a doctor telling you "don't lift" is often lazy medicine.

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