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The Paul Weber Podcast — 152 episodes

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152 Exercise and the Autonomic Nervous System

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151 How Far Fitness Sport Has Come

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150 Offseason QnA

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149 Competitor's Guide to the Offseason

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148 Xenom

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147 Quarterfinals

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146 Gut Health for Athletes

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145 The HPA Axis and Exercise

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144 Optimizing Performance of the Elite Athlete

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143 The Competitor Lifecycle

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142 Consistency and Athletic Progress

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141 My 3 Year Bodybuilding Experiment

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140 The Open, Quarterfinals and AGOQ Movement Analysis

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139 Long Term Conditioning

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138 Long Term Gymnastics Development

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137 Long Term Strength Development

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136 Long Term Athletic Development for Fitness Competitors

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135 Hybrid vs. Mixed Training

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134 7 Common Conditioning Mistakes

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133 The Zone 2 Episode

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132 The Conditioning Biased Athlete

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131 Hyrox

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130 Answering your questions about conditioning

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129 The Limitations of Intensity

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128 Do more work.

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127 The Mystery of the Metcon

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126 The Fitness Competition

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125 Overtraining

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124 Conditioning Modalities - Monostructural

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123 Conditioning Modalities - Gymnastics

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122 Conditioning Modalities - Weightlifting

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121 Conditioning 101 - Intensity

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120 QnA - Breaks in training, stress, intra shakes and physique

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119 Strength from Beginner to Advanced

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118 Things I've learned the hard way

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117 Respecting the body, honoring standards

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116 Gymnastics Training Mistakes

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115 Mastering Gymnastics for Fitness Athletes

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114 Accessories for Gymnastics

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113 Mobility for Gymnastics

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112 Gymnastics in Major League Fitness

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111 Body Composition for the Fitness Athlete

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110 Injury Protocols for Gymnastics

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109 Gymnastics from Beginner to Rx

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108 Gymnastic Conditioning

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107 Gymnastic Strength and Movement Economy

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106 Gymnastics Volume, Intensity and Density

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105 Gymnastic Strength

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104 Building Advanced Strength for Fitness Athletes

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103 Non-Functional Hypertrophy

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102 Fitness Athlete Programming Mistakes

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101 Programming Strength for Fitness Athletes

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100 Some things I've changed my mind about

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099 The 2025 Fitness Season

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098 3 Things I Wish I Knew as an Athlete

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097 How I Built my Online Business

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096 The Pro Gym

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095 Revisiting MWG

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094 What Can We Learn from Elite Athletes?

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093 Should You Train to Failure? Evaluating Options for Strength Training

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092 Fitness Athlete Training Strategies from the Perspective of Concurrent Training

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091 Mental Fatigue and Physical Performance

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090 The Hierarchy of Evidence

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089 Researched Training Principles

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088 The Complete Athlete Process

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087 you're training too hard.

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086 What We Can Learn from the iF3

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085 How Did We Get Here?

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084 Response to the 2024 CrossFit Games

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083 Steroids in Professional Fitness Sport

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082 Differences between Tactical Training and Fitness Sport

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081 Profile of an Elite Fitness Athlete

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080 Training Camp Recap

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079 Answering More of your Questions about Training

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078 Should You Do Explosive Training?

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077 Build Your Squat

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076 Mechanisms of Muscle Growth

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075 Why We Stop

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074 Strength in Fitness Sport - 3 Key Principles

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073 Analyzing the Last Three Years of Games Programming

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072 Muscle Mass and Long Term Strength Development

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071 How to Improve your Conditioning

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070 Answering your Questions about Training

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069 How to Analyze Workouts

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068 Master these if you want to become an elite athlete

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067 Nutrition for Athletes

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066 Are Elite Athletes Getting Bigger?

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065 How Much Zone 2 Do You Actually Need?

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064 Why I Don't Program Odd Objects

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063 Considerations for Masters Athletes

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062 Why You Need an Offseason and How to Take One

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061 When to Train the Olympic Lifts

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060 Semifinals Breakdown

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059 How to Improve your Gymnastics

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058 How to Maximize your Offseason

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057 10 Essential Equipment Items for Advanced Athletes

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056 Quarterfinals Breakdown

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055 Tapering: How to Be at your Best without Losing Fitness

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054 How to Progress Faster without Injuries and Burnout

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053 Stimulus to Fatigue Ratio in Fitness Sport

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052 Why Strength Wins: The Influence of Strength and Power on Muscle Endurance

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051 The Red Line: Critical Power and the Limits of Severe Exercise Tolerance

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050 Low Load, High Rep Training Effective with Elite Weightlifters

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049 Current Trends in World Class Endurance Training

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048 The Minimum Effective Dose for Strength

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047 Concurrent Training Review

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046 Lessons from Elite Endurance Athletes

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045 Metabolism in Fitness Sport

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044 Carbs are King

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043 Quarterfinals Prep

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042 Anaerobic Power and Repeatability

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041 Intensity Distribution in Training for Fitness Athletes

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040 Base Training for Fitness Athletes

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039 Intervals, Endurance and Fatigue

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038 Strength First

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037 Play the Long Game

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036 How to Find Your Weaknesses as a Fitness Athlete

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035 The Demands of Fitness Sport

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034 The Conditioning Bias Blueprint

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033 The Strength Bias Blueprint

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032 Advanced to Elite

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031 Long Term Development of a Multidisciplinary Athlete

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030 From Shoulder Pain to Muscle Ups

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029 From Knee Pain to Squat PR

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028 Do you need more bodybuilding?

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027 How to last in fitness sport

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026 The 3 Rules of Conditioning

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025 The Importance of Training Priorities

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024 Does your sh*t hurt all the time?

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023 Imitating elite athletes is killing your progress

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022 The multidisciplinary athlete lifestyle

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021 Should you combine programs?

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020 Are You Training Too Much?

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019 Overcoming Injuries

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018 Nutrition for Multiple Disciplines

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017 How to get the most out of your training day

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016 It takes more than effort

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015 How to improve your sleep

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014 The Best Tactical Program

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013 The Mindful Athlete

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012 My Story

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011 INFO > INSPO

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010 The Ideal Day

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009 Intermediate vs. Advanced

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008 Research vs. Reality

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007 TRT in America

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006 Fasting and Circadian Biology

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005 Are Saunas Overrated?

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004 How to Get the Most Out of Your Body

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003 What Is Functional Movement (Really)?

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002 Why Fad Diets Are Hard to Defend

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001 The Thing about Cold Plunges