Physiology on the Joe Rogan Experience
3 fact-checked claims across 2 episodes
Each is a receipt: the exact quote, its timestamp, what published evidence says, and who benefits.
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- Dr. Andy Galpin (2)
- Dr. Andrew Weil (1)
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“So the average person's like at 40, 45, just to give you some context of that number. Anyone past about 60, if you continue to go up, it's not going to really …”
Galpin states the average person's VO2 max is around 40-45 ml/kg/min, and that pushing an MMA fighter's VO2 max past about 60 yields no further fight performance benefit.
“So the reason why we didn't think fiber type changed 20 years ago is because we didn't have the technology to actually have the fidelity to measure all the one…”
Galpin claims that muscle fiber type was previously believed to be fixed only because measurement technology lacked the fidelity to detect changes.
“you can amputate half of the liver, and it can regenerate within 36 hours”
Weil claims that after removing half the liver, it fully regenerates within 36 hours.