{"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":"Start Here and Play Better Golf After 40","slug":"start-here-and-play-better-golf-after-40","published_at":"2026-05-15T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playing-for-life-golf-hormones-midlife-performance-7863877/start-here-and-play-better-golf-after-40","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playing-for-life-golf-hormones-midlife-performance-7863877","url":"https://amygarzamd.com/podcast","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/69b3516d-576c-4de4-8f6b-9ad3f30a8654.mp3","summary":"It’s not your swing. It’s your body. Welcome to Playing for Life: Golf, Hormones, & Midlife Performance, the podcast that connects what’s happening in your body to what’s happening on the course. Hosted by Amy Garza, MD -- physician, hormone specialist, former collegiate golfer, and aspiring competitive golfer in midlife -- this show brings real medicine into the golf conversation. If your distance is changing, your energy drops on the back nine, your focus feels harder to maintain, your confidence doesn’t recover after a bad hole, or you just don’t feel like yourself after 40, this podcast will help you understand what your body may be trying to tell you. Each episode explores the role of hormones, metabolism, sleep, recovery, nervous system regulation, sexual health, longevity, and midlife performance -- all through the lens of the game you love. Your pro can help with your swing. Your doctor can check your labs. This podcast connects the two. Follow Playing for Life so you don’t an episode!","meta_description":"It’s not your swing. It’s your body. Welcome to Playing for Life: Golf, Hormones, & Midlife Performance, the podcast that connects what’s happening in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":119,"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/start-here-and-play-better-golf-after-40/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/start-here-and-play-better-golf-after-40.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}