# Strength Training Part One: Medical and Cultural Perspectives

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Published: 2025-03-29T07:15:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pebbleinthecosmicpond.com/episode/resistance-training-part-one-medical-and-cultural-perspectives
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## Resource

Let's talk about exercise, strength training, aging, and, yet again, the need for careful calibration. In today's conversation we explore the sweet range between taxing the body, enabling it to work harder, and building strength, on the one hand, and resting and honoring a more Yin approach to life, on the other. As the counterpoint to our dominant culture, which celebrates productivity, youth and physical prowess, and caffeine-fueled Yang-type accomplishments, many Chinese medicine practitioners tend to advocate for more of a Yin approach, in the tradition of the historical scholar-physicians' writings. But that is not all there is to Chinese medicine, past OR present! Listen in as Leo Lok and I discuss traditional Chinese perspectives on strength training and exercise... Additional Information Sun Simiao's Gifts — Happy Goat Productions Dr. Vonda Wright on the Mel Robbins podcast Subscribe to my newsletter! Imperial Tutor Mentorship by Dr. Wilms Happy Goat Productions (Dr. Wilms' website)

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