Building Lifelong Athletes

Building Lifelong Athletes

Hosted by: Jordan Rennicke, MD

The Building Lifelong Athletes Podcast has one simple goal... to help keep you active and healthy for life. Whether you are a competitive athlete, fitness enthusiast, or just a weekend warrior, this podcast will help...

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BLA 072: Exercise To Improve Mortality

Episode #69

Death is coming. I'm not here to try and scare you, but so far death is undefeated. So, our goal should be to live as healthy of a life as possible, for as long as possible. But how do we do that? Well, exercise can...
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BLA 071: Exercise For Cancer Prevention and Treatment

Episode #68

Cancer. I bet even hearing that it strikes a feeling of uneasiness in you and I don’t blame you. However, we all know some one, or maybe you have been affected yourself by cancer, so there is unfortunately no hiding...
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BLA 070: Exercise For Bone Health and Osteoporosis

Episode #67

Nobody wants to have weak bones as they age. It can lead to an increased risk of fractures, and overall makes you more fragile. But what if we could either prevent or slow down osteoporosis with exercise? Well that’s...
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BLA 069: Exercise For Osteoarthritis

Episode #66

You may have heard someone say that you shouldn't run because it will give you arthritis. Or that you shouldn't workout with arthritis because it might make it worse. Well, today I'm going to share with you the data...
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BLA 068: Exercise For Weight Management

Episode #65

One of the most important things you can do for your health is to control your blood sugars, and one of the most powerful tools that we have to do just that is exercise. In this episode we are going to dive a little...
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BLA 067: Using Exercise To Treat Depression

Episode #64

With depression symptoms at an all time high, is there something better that we can offer our patients than just anti-depressants? Today we talk about how we can use exercise as medicine to help treat depression....
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BLA 066: Exercise For Sleep

Episode #63

Sleep. It seems like in our modern society we can never get enough sleep, and we know it is good for our health. However, most people tend to prioritize things like exercise instead of sleep, but is it possible that...
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BLA 065: Exercise For Blood Glucose Control

Episode #62

One of the most important things you can do for your health is to control your blood sugars, and one of the most powerful tools that we have to do just that is exercise. In this episode we are going to dive a little...
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BLA 064: Exercise for lowering cholesterol

Episode #61

There's a really good chance that either you or somebody you know has been told that they have high cholesterol. Now the specific saying "high cholesterol" is a whole podcast in and of itself, but most people in my...
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BLA 063: How Exercise Can Lower Your Blood Pressure

Episode #60

What if I told you that exercise could be just as effective at lowering your blood pressure than medicine can be? Does that seem a little far fetched? Well in today's podcast we are going to talk all about how...
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BLA 062: What Is Exercise As Medicine?

Episode #55

What if I told you that exercise could be as potent as some medications? Would you believe me? Well in today's podcast we are going to talk all about the concept of exercise as medicine, and how we can think about...
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BLA 061: When To Think About Starting A Medication

Episode #59

Most people, including myself, don't want to be on any medications. It's definitely not ideal, and can be fear inducing, but when should you seriously start considering taking a medication for a medical condition that...
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