{"podcast":{"title":"Playing for Life: Golf, Hormones, & Midlife Performance","slug":"playing-for-life-golf-hormones-midlife-performance-7863877","podcast_index_feed_id":7863877,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/playing-for-life/","website_url":"https://amygarzamd.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/0535aedc-c8f4-44db-9735-e7a92a5a5d40/PFL-FINAL-COVER.jpg","author":"Amy Garza, MD | Midlife Hormone Expert, Golfer","episode_count":6,"summary":"Your game changed and you don’t know why. You didn’t change your swing. You didn’t stop practicing. But somewhere after 40, the distance started going. Your focus disappears on the back nine. You’re tired walking the 15th when you used to finish strong at 18. Your confidence drops after a couple of bad holes and doesn’t come back. Here’s what nobody in golf is telling you: the problem isn’t your swing. It’s your body. Hosted by Dr. Amy Garza, MD, a board-certified physician, hormone specialist, and former collegiate golfer now competing again in midlife, this podcast connects what’s happening in your body to what’s happening on the course. With over a decade of clinical experience optimizing hormones, metabolism, and performance, Dr. Garza brings real medicine into a space that has been dominated by swing tips and guesswork. Each episode starts with what you’re experiencing in your game -- loss of distance, back nine fatigue, inconsistency, mental collapse -- and breaks down what’s actually driving it. Hormones, metabolism, nervous system regulation, sleep, and recovery all show up on the course long before they show up in a lab. You’ll learn why golfers in their 40s, 50s, and bey…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playing-for-life-golf-hormones-midlife-performance-7863877"},"episode":{"title":"4. The Truth About “Normal” Lab Ranges","slug":"4-the-truth-about-normal-lab-ranges","published_at":"2026-05-26T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playing-for-life-golf-hormones-midlife-performance-7863877/4-the-truth-about-normal-lab-ranges","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playing-for-life-golf-hormones-midlife-performance-7863877","url":"https://amygarzamd.com/post/normal-lab-ranges","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f34e0f22-9b33-46c4-8f11-7bf8da2c5ba0.mp3","summary":"Labs are one piece of the story, but your personal history is the real signal. Just like tracking swing speed over time, your hormone levels are meaningful only when compared to your own baseline, not a broad population. I’ll show you why looking at trends and patterns matters more than a single snapshot. Get full show notes and transcript here: https://amygarzamd.com/4 Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/710LxqhBMPQ Join me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amygarza.md/ Every follow, rating, review, comment, and share helps more people find us. Thank you for supporting the show!","meta_description":"Labs are one piece of the story, but your personal history is the real signal. Just like tracking swing speed over time, your hormone levels are meaningfu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":843,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/playing-for-life-golf-hormones-midlife-performance-7863877/episodes/4-the-truth-about-normal-lab-ranges/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playing-for-life-golf-hormones-midlife-performance-7863877/4-the-truth-about-normal-lab-ranges.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}