The Exercise Science Podcast Coming Spring 2026

In a special episode that concludes the first season of Exercise Science we invited on Gary LeBlanc, the COO and president of our title sponsor, EverMe, to discuss the future of wellness in our first-ever live taping in downtown Toronto. Gary LeBlanc has been studying wellness and personal optimization for decades. As a leader at EverMe, Gary and his team are creating an agentic AI that breaks down complex longevity research, trending topics and expert perspectives into evidence-backed guidance. It also tracks your wearable data and provides guidance on the best way to achieve your health goals. Together, Stu, Marty and Gary discuss: Orthometria, Stu’s term describing an obsession with correct measurement of the self

You’re a busy person. Career, family, social obligations and everything else. What SHOULD you be doing for your cardio if you have just five hours a week to devote to your training? What’s the proper mix of long, slow effort, interval sessions and tempo bouts? How many times a week should you be getting out? And what’s the ideal duration per workout? To work out the answer, Marty and Stu invite on to the show the science journalist Alex Hutchinson, who has a physics Ph.D. from Cambridge and was on the Canadian national running team. He writes the Sweat Science column, on the science of human performance, for Outside magazine. He’s also the author of the bestselling books Endure and The Explorer’s Gene. Together, the guys discuss: the challenge of cardio training when you’re not a professional athlete.

What’s the most efficient way to fuel human performance during endurance sports? Australian Louise Burke is one of the best-known sports nutritionists on the planet, known for her Supernova race-walking studies that showed that keto- and low carb, high fat diets don’t fuel endurance athletes as well as carbohydrate-burning approaches. She also practices what she researches, holding the women’s Australian marathon record in her age group—the age group, she jokes, of “never you mind.” In this episode Dr. Burke walks Stu and Marty through her research that found carb-based approaches to fueling yield about 5% more of the muscle cell’s energy currency, ATP, compared to fat-burning approaches, with carb-burning also yielding 7-8% better performance. She also: —discusses her own approach to fuelling endurance events —provides tips on carbohydrate periodization —answers a listener question about carb-loading —shows that carbs during a race are good for the brain

You have an older person in your life, or perhaps you are an older person yourself and you need that push to start strength training. This is the episode for you—because today we’re talking with Ashley Gluchowski, Ph.D., one of the most enthusiastic evangelists on strength training around and the University of Salford exercise scientist who helps older adults get stronger, improve balance and reduce risk of falls. In this episode we discuss: The surprising activities of daily living that require strength as we get older Why older adults should be doing strength training The association between strength and decreased dementia risk

It’s no longer just the longevity bros and fitness fiends obsessing over their protein intake. So what does the science actually say about protein consumption? How much do you need, and what’s the best way to get it? In today’s episode, Marty takes our own in-house world-renowned protein expert Stuart Phillips through the math behind the macros. In this episode Stu and Marty discuss: Stu says why the old guideline of 0.8 g/kg body weight wasn’t enough