The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show

What does it actually mean to win at the highest level? In this powerful compilation, I’m with 2024 CrossFit Games champion James Sprague, 2023 CrossFit Games champion Laura Horvath, and legendary endurance coach Chris Hinshaw to unpack the mental game behind elite performance, the vulnerability that follows victory, and why champions are often more fragile in the moments just after they win. What does winning mean to you right now?

Connect with James Sprague
Website: https://games.crossfit.com/athlete/900251
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@spraguerrrr?si=zTrH9d5valcjlq-t
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spraguerrrr/

Connect with Laura Horvath
Website: https://games.crossfit.com/athlete/591912
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@kaduzs23?si=3j8mXAnf38H7uGvi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurahorvaht/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurhorvath/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@laurahorvaht
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Connect with Chris Hinshaw
Website: https://www.aerobiccapacity.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hinshaw363/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hinshaw363/

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro of Show
00:52 - The Rogue Invitational and qualifying
01:41 - Applying friction in elite training
02:27 - Why winners are vulnerable
02:47 - CrossFit and HYROX recovery demands
03:23 - Active versus passive rest
04:14 - Why records keep breaking
05:18 - Training by feel without wearables
06:16 - Mastering movement before intensity
07:21 - Reframing pain as growth
08:25 - How CrossFit events are structured
09:47 - Building structural integrity
10:38 - The three bases of the sport
11:34 - Getting comfortable being uncomfortable

‼️Disclaimer: The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Podcast and YouTube are for general information purposes only and do not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast, YouTube, or materials linked from this podcast or YouTube is at the user's own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professional for any such conditions.
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Most men think erectile dysfunction is a bedroom problem and low testosterone is just a fact of getting older. This roundtable makes the case that both are early warning lights for your heart, your metabolism, and your long-term health and that ignoring them can cost you a decade.

In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with urologists and men's health specialists Dr. Mohit Khera, Dr. Larry Lipshultz, and Dr. Tobias Köhler to discuss:
Why a 35-year-old with ED carries a ~15% risk of heart attack or stroke within 7 years, ~3.5x the risk of depression, and ~30% odds of diabetes or prediabetes and why a prescription alone misses all of it
Why "age-related" testosterone decline is largely a misnomer: a healthy man shouldn't drop significantly with age, so falling T usually signals something reversible underneath
How testosterone became the single best blood marker of a man's overall health, and the case for annual screening that almost no man gets
What the TRAVERSE trial changed when the FDA removed testosterone's cardiovascular warning in 2025, debunking the prostate-cancer and heart-attack fears
The 2-minute monthly self-exam every man should do to catch testicular cancer early, when it's ~99% curable

If you've been told your symptoms are "just aging" or you love a man who refuses to see a doctor. This conversation shows you how to read the signals your body gives long before a crisis hits.

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Find Dr. Larry Lipshultz at:
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Website: https://www.larrylipshultz.com/
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Find Dr. Tobias Kohler
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Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - What doctors got wrong about testosterone
05:05 - The prostate cancer myth, debunked
07:12 - The best marker of a man's health
11:51 - Is age-related decline actually real?
14:15 - How obesity crushes testosterone
18:11 - Testosterone and reversing diabetes
20:06 - GLP-1 versus testosterone
25:20 - What "low testosterone" really means
29:05 - Dosing, CAG repeats, and microdosing
42:34 - The TRAVERSE trial and FDA reversal
47:10 - The prostate saturation point
56:49 - Peptides, explained
01:03:00 - Why ED is a check engine light
01:08:26 - The desert of men's health care
01:11:06 - The case for annual screening
01:16:45 - Varicoceles and male fertility
01:20:03 - How to check for testicular cancer
01:26:44 - Final advice for men

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Your ego isn’t the enemy, but if you’re not actively controlling it, it is running your team, your home, and your most important relationships. Jamie Cochran, COO of Echelon Front, has spent 13 years helping leaders fix the root cause most of them never look for.

The Women’s Leadership Assembly live event runs January 5–7, 2027 in Palm Springs. A free monthly webinar series runs year-round. More details here: https://events.echelonfront.com/product/assembly-004/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=22652941380&utm_content=&utm_term=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=22652941380&utm_content=&utm_term=&gadid=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22662710098&gclid=CjwKCAjwxITRBhBYEiwA6mZm7VZs1jY-jUq1ugoigo8XEDkYsRsSEpOs2eblax5TQOW-9LT_K-hVhBoC1RkQAvD_BwE

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Find Jamie Cochran at:
Website: https://echelonfront.com/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@echelonfront?si=2x5aCudkXTvicfJO
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Chapters
00:00 ​Intro of Show
01:33 The Spartan Warrior Selection
02:25 Why Female Leadership Is Misunderstood
06:35 Are Leadership Tools Evolving or Constant?
07:12 What Is Extreme Ownership?
11:44 Owning It All vs. Doing It All
12:34 Female Leadership: Strength vs. Confidence vs. Aggression
17:57 Imposter Syndrome: Healthy or Dangerous?
23:37 Leadership Skills: Natural or Trainable?
31:00 Detachment from Emotion: On Making Better Decisions
32:32 Healthy Competition Against Women
36:20 Jamie’s Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Practicing Detachment
48:12 Avoidant Leaders and Default Aggressive Bias for Action
51:96 Top 3 Mistakes Leaders Make
52:43 The Leadership Capital Framework
57:54 The PIOS Framework: Problem, Impact, Ownership, Solution
1:00:10 When to End a Professional Relationship
1:04:29 The Women’s Leadership Assembly: Origin Story
1:07:05 Impact of Social Media on the Confidence of Young Girls
1:13:35 Compounding Habits that Improve Leadership over Time
1:14:55 Discipline as a Parenting Tool
1:22:07 Recognising when your Leadership Capacity is Failing
1:24:51 Women’s Assembly in January 2027: Palm Springs

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Most men think erectile dysfunction is a bedroom problem. It's actually one of the earliest warning signs of cardiovascular disease, capable of showing up three to five years before a heart attack.

In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with Dr. Amy Pearlman, a urologist trained in men's sexual health, to discuss:
Why ED is a symptom of vascular health, not a standalone disease and how the artery feeding the heart is roughly double the size of the one feeding the penis, so problems show up "down there" first
Why "normal" testosterone can be meaningless, and the questions to ask before accepting a lab result that didn't flag
How daily erections preserve penile tissue the way water keeps a sponge supple and why disuse can cost noticeable size over just a few months
That cardiovascular exercise can rival ED medication for improving erectile function, making your heart health the real fix
How to track erectile fitness before there's a problem, instead of waiting until something breaks

By the end, you'll understand the single signal your body uses to flag heart and metabolic risk early and the simple, mostly drug-free steps that protect both your cardiovascular health and your sexual function for life.

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Find Dr. Amy Pearlman at:
Website: https://www.primeinstitute.us/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@docamyurology?si=oJ2LZ_sxMPYTaK41
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amypearlmanmd/
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Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:25 - Erections predict cardiac events
01:41 - The pen and artery analogy
03:40 - No health milestones for men
07:52 - Normal structure and function
11:45 - The five S's of men's health
21:24 - Why "normal" testosterone misleads
25:00 - Testosterone and fertility risk
31:05 - Steroids versus FDA-approved agents
41:13 - The untreated 25-year-old
43:56 - Sperm health and home testing
52:02 - Peyronie's disease and injury
1:01:34 - Protein, nutrition, supplements
1:05:09 - Daily Cialis as a pre-workout
1:13:32 - The sponge analogy
1:15:31 - Erectile fitness tracking
1:23:05 - The penis pump, used right
1:27:24 - Restoring lost size
1:35:00 - Traction and girth enhancement
1:46:00 - Women's anatomy and pleasure

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The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Podcast and YouTube are for general information purposes only and do not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast, YouTube, or materials linked from this podcast or YouTube is at the user's own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professional for any such conditions.

Most people think the cholesterol number on their lab report tells them whether their heart is at risk. But former National Lipid Association President Dr. Kevin Maki explains that LDL is just one piece of a much bigger picture and focusing on it alone can mean missing the markers that matter most.

In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with Dr. Kevin Maki, former President of the National Lipid Association and co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology, to discuss:
Why ApoB and Lp(a) are better predictors of heart risk than LDL and why only about 2% of people ever get Lp(a) tested
What a beef-vs-chicken feeding study revealed about red meat and cholesterol (the LDL results came back identical at 112 mg/dL)
The evidence behind the seed oil debate, including why higher linoleic acid levels tracked with lower inflammation markers across a 2,000-person dataset
Why the balance of cholesterol-raising and cholesterol-lowering foods matters more than saturated fat alone
The simple "ABCs" framework: A1c, blood pressure, cholesterol - for actually lowering long-term cardiovascular risk

By the end, you'll know which numbers actually predict heart risk, which tests to ask your doctor for, and how to cut through the conflicting noise around fat so you can make evidence-based decisions for the long haul.

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Midwest Biomedical Research: https://www.mbclinicalresearch.com/
LinkedIn: / kevin-c-maki-phd-497ba34

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Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - Dr. Kevin Maki and the National Lipid Association
01:04 - New dietary guidelines and the LDL confusion
02:04 - What raises and lowers LDL cholesterol
03:51 - Cholesterol levels from birth through puberty
05:11 - The lipid panel kids should get before age 11
06:42 - Lp(a): the test only 2% of people get
08:18 - ApoB and the three risky particle types
11:35 - Do we have evidence for "lower is better"?
14:09 - The FLASH-GLICK risk factor framework
17:10 - The 10% saturated fat guideline explained
19:36 - Many dietary patterns can be healthy
24:50 - Beef vs. chicken: identical LDL results
27:10 - The balance of fatty acids that matters
29:24 - Olive oil vs. corn oil feeding study
31:00 - Lower for longer: 40-year risk reduction
34:15 - Genetic cholesterol disorders and risk
40:33 - The omega-3 index and why it matters
49:10 - Are seed oils really driving inflammation?
53:11 - How seed oils are processed and refined
1:07:48 - Inherited beliefs and outdated nutrition science
1:08:54 - Butter vs. cheese and high-fat dairy surprises
1:14:48 - Exercise effects on HDL and triglycerides
1:21:20 - The ABCs of reducing cardiovascular risk

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The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Podcast and YouTube are for general information purposes only and do not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast, YouTube, or materials linked from this podcast or YouTube is at the user's own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professional for any such conditions.