Iron Culture presented by MASS
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Iron Culture presented by MASS is a health podcast hosted by Eric Helms & Eric Trexler. It has 376 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
Iron Culture was started by Eric Helms and Omar Isuf as a means of exploring the world of physical culture and attempting to distill a unified philosophy of lifting and to help listeners find greater meaning from the iron. It's now hosted by Eric Helms and Eric Trexler, who repeatedly beg Omar to return as a guest.Iron Culture focuses on dispensing practical, useful information to the listener, bouncing from history, to philosophy, to contemporary lifting culture issues, to science. The format includes casual conversations between the two hosts on a variety of topics, discussions with a panel of experts and interviews with authoritative figures in the lifting community.Iron Culture is proudly presented by the MASS Research Review.
health ·en ·376 episodes
Stronger Culture - The Mental Side of Bodybuilding Nobody Talks About
Ep 371 - Popular Pseudoscience
Ep 370 - Calories: Labels vs Reality
Ep 369 - New Controversy in LDL Research
Iron Stronger - 1%er Habits The Best Do In Bodybuilding (with Eric Helms & Steve Hall)
Ep 368 - Sheffield 2025 Champ Kjell Bakkelund
Ep 367 - Q&A
Ep 366 - New Studies: Long Muscle Lengths & Muscle Swelling
Ep 365 - The Science Behind Toxic Online Fitness Culture
BONUS - Confidence, Self-Doubt & Thinking Clearly in the Fitness Industry - Eric Helms & Steve Hall
Ep 364 - The Evolution of Physical Culture (ft. Dr. Conor Heffernan)
Ep 363 - What Everyone's Getting Wrong About New Dietary Guidelines
Ep 362 - WNBF Champ Shreenath Ganesh
Ep 361 - Are N = 1 Anecdotes Meaningless?
Ep 360 - WNBF Champs Eddie Saldana and Max Melchard
Ep 359 - Tribalism in Evidence-Based Fitness
Ep 358 - WNBF Champs Christine Reinhart and Sarah Oase
Ep 357 - WNBF Champs Heitor Sousa and Adão Martins
Ep 356 - Pain-Free Training (ft. Dr. John Rusin)
Ep 355 - Mindset of a Bodybuilding Champion (ft. Oscar Moscat)
Ep 354 - All About "Central" or "Systemic" Fatigue
Ep 353 - How To Actually Embrace Long-Term Dietary Changes
Ep 352 - Q&A (Protein, Mini-Cuts, and More)
Ep 351 - New Research on Constrained Model and NSAIDs
Ep 350 - Eric Helms Returns
Ep 349 - Elite Weightlifting: An Inside Look (ft. Wil Fleming)
Ep 348 - What Does Your Favorite Fit Pro's PhD Actually Mean?
Ep 347 - New Retraction (and What It Means For "Evidence-Based" Fitness)
Ep 346 - Helms Updates + Q&A
Ep 345 - Hot Topics in Fitness (ft. Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple)
Ep 344 - Sports Science In Elite Athletics (ft. Dr. Marc Lewis)
Ep 343 - Q&A: Is Collagen Useful?
Ep 342 - New Data: Does Growth Really Drive Strength Gains?
Ep 341 - Unpacking Individual Responses to Training Volume
Ep 340 - Protein: Valuable, But Overvalued
Ep 339 - ECA Stack & Yohimbine
Ep 338 – The many eras of evidence-based fitness (ft. Dr. Jim Stoppani)
Ep 337 - Is There A Crisis In Exercise Science?
Ep 336 - The Science Of Being Cool & Attractive
Ep 335: Sticking Points, Exercise Selection, and Long Muscle Length Training (ft. Dr. Stian Larsen)
Ep 334 - Microplastics: Setting the Record Straight
Ep 333 - Are High-Protein Diets Really Harmless?
Ep 332 - The Most Extreme Metabolic Adaptation Ever Recorded
Ep 331 - Contest Prep and Weight Cutting Across Sports
Ep 330 - Female Health & Fitness Research + Q&A
Ep 329 - What To Do About Microplastics
Ep 328 - Bad Fundamentals Lead to Popular Pseudoscience
Ep 327 - Fat Loading, Sodium Limits, and More
Ep 326 - Daily 1RM Training: Crazy or Constructive? (ft. Dr. Nick Washmuth and Kaylee Chism)
Ep 325 - Plant-Based Bodybuilding With a World Champ (ft. Maddie McConnell)
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