Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 23 minutes ago
It’s Eric-ception folks. Today, we put to bed two controversies. Not only the controversy as to whether or not Eric Trexler is vat-grown, as he seems to have at least SOME pop-culture knowledge, but also the controversy of whether or not Eric Trexler and Eric Helms are actually the same person. The last two episodes renewed this conspiracy theory due to the occurrence of the “new” host Eric Trexler being on the last two episodes, while Eric Helms conveniently could not be on at the same time. Well folks, this episode, both Erics are here, and boy do they deliver.
Dr. Trexler does a deep dive on the topic of BMI, which has come under substantial fire in recent times due to its shortcomings as a useful clinical metric. But should we abandon it completely? What can BMI tell us? What can’t it tell us? And, how should it be used, if at all, moving forward? And, where do we find the middle ground between advocacy and scientific accuracy? Tune in to find out!
00:00 Introduction to the holy trifecta and Eric’s return
21:20 The background of BMI and metabolically healthy obesity
massresearchreview.com
Marcus 2023 Metabolically Healthy Obesity Is a Misnomer: Components of the Metabolic Syndrome Linearly Increase with BMI as a Function of Age and Gender pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37237531
40:00 The value of this research from a sociological lens
46:43 Limitations and criticisms of BMI
Xu 2018 Association of Obesity With Mortality Over 24 Years of Weight History: Findings From the Framingham Heart Study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30646366
Iron Culture Ep. 146- What The Fitness Industry Gets Wrong About The Obesity Epidemic youtube.com/watch?v=xfAbKeiAuII
1:04:55 Goal orientation: changing health behaviours vs reducing BMI
Oscarsson 2020 A large-scale experiment on New Year's resolutions: Approach-oriented goals are more successful than avoidance-oriented goals pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33296385
1:25:36 Closing out another monster episode
Omar @omarisuf instagram.com/omarisuf raskolapparel.com
Helms @helms3dmj instagram.com/helms3dmj 3dmusclejourney.com
Trexler @trexlerfitness instagram.com/trexlerfitness trexlerfitness.com
It’s Eric-ception folks. Today, we put to bed two controversies. Not only the controversy as to whether or not Eric Trexler is vat-grown, as he seems to have at least SOME pop-culture knowledge, but also the controversy of whether or not Eric Trexler and Eric Helms are actually the same person. The last two episodes renewed this conspiracy theory due to the occurrence of the “new” host Eric Trexler being on the last two episodes, while Eric Helms conveniently could not be on at the same time. Well folks, this episode, both Erics are here, and boy do they deliver.
Dr. Trexler does a deep dive on the topic of BMI, which has come under substantial fire in recent times due to its shortcomings as a useful clinical metric. But should we abandon it completely? What can BMI tell us? What can’t it tell us? And, how should it be used, if at all, moving forward? And, where do we find the middle ground between advocacy and scientific accuracy? Tune in to find out!
00:00 Introduction to the holy trifecta and Eric’s return
21:20 The background of BMI and metabolically healthy obesity
massresearchreview.com
Marcus 2023 Metabolically Healthy Obesity Is a Misnomer: Components of the Metabolic Syndrome Linearly Increase with BMI as a Function of Age and Gender pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37237531
40:00 The value of this research from a sociological lens
46:43 Limitations and criticisms of BMI
Xu 2018 Association of Obesity With Mortality Over 24 Years of Weight History: Findings From the Framingham Heart Study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30646366
Iron Culture Ep. 146- What The Fitness Industry Gets Wrong About The Obesity Epidemic youtube.com/watch?v=xfAbKeiAuII
1:04:55 Goal orientation: changing health behaviours vs reducing BMI
Oscarsson 2020 A large-scale experiment on New Year's resolutions: Approach-oriented goals are more successful than avoidance-oriented goals pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33296385
1:25:36 Closing out another monster episode
Omar @omarisuf instagram.com/omarisuf raskolapparel.com
Helms @helms3dmj instagram.com/helms3dmj 3dmusclejourney.com
Trexler @trexlerfitness instagram.com/trexlerfitness trexlerfitness.com
