Iron Culture presented by MASS

This podcast falls into my favorite genre of “competent people talking shop with some semblance of structure”. Toes a great line of going beyond surface level but not throwing science words at the wall that only a phd would fully understand. Also does a great job of explaining what a person can actually do with the new information .

An S tier podcast with hard facts, important cultural significance, sarcastic banter, and one fatal flaw. Too many Eric’s. I mean, what’s next, a THIRD Eric? Will they start calling all their guest Eric to avoid further confusion? On rare occasions, there is a blissful podcast with just one Eric. We can only hope it’s with the “good” Eric. You know the one, has a PhD, bodybuilding pro card, dashing good looks, great hair/lack thereof, impressive beard/lack thereof, need I say more? If you’re into fitness (as in fittin-ness body into a tight t-shirt) this is the podcast for you. Highly entertaining, great guests that bring specific and expert insights to various aspects of exercise science, and experienced commentary with applicable advice to your training, nutrition, and life. The only downside is that the Drs Eric seem constantly distracted by trivial pursuits such as research, teaching students, running companies, attending conferences, and writing books, instead of what we know is really important - working themselves down to the bone to produce even more podcast content for us, the greedy and ungrateful listeners who don’t know the meaning of “thank you” but do know the importance of “why aren’t there two episodes per week instead of one” and “when does the next episode come out?”

This podcast could be great but they need to get to the point quick. Give me 30 mins, hour max

Listening to Iron Culture is like walking into a gym where everyone is arguing about the efficacy of vegan protein powder and creatine while flexing in the mirror and pretending they’re not flexing in the mirror. Every episode starts with 10+ minutes of elite-level banter that makes you wonder if there was actually a scheduled topic that day. Spoiler alert: there always is, but the hosts are too busy verbally bench-pressing each other to let any guests get a word in. They typically ponder things like recent lifting related events, lifting philosophy, and disagreements as to whether or not creatine would have made Socrates natty. Guests are hardly formally introduced but are rather mostly left to navigate the storm of hosts' cerebral sparring. It's a beautiful whirl where the line of demarcation between host and audience dissolves, and all are part of the Iron Culture clan.