The health and fitness show for parents in the trenches.You care about your body. You care about your kids. You care about your career, your marriage, your faith, your friends — and there's not enough of you to go around.Stronger Weekly is for the ones tired of parenting advice that ignores their health, and fitness advice that ignores their life.Every Wednesday, in about 30 minutes:- Health headlines, translated into what to actually do- Workouts that survive a sick kid and a 7am meeting- Food for a family, not a bodybuilder- The stuff nobody says out loud — the drink, the burnout, the mental load- Experts who respect your timeHosted by Jesse Carrajat — USMC veteran, certified health and fitness coach, healthcare executive, and father of three. Not a guru. A parent doing the work alongside you.Life is short. Let's spend it wisely — so we're still here, and still strong, when it matters most.Strong parents. Strong kids. New episodes every Wednesday.
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What Is Functional Fitness — And Is It Right for You? (with Jon Little, REP Fitness)
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 • Duration 01:04:34
Everywhere you look, the fitness world is selling extremes — train harder, do more, chase the most intense program on the feed. But for a busy adult trying to stay strong and capable around work and family, that's a recipe for burnout, not results. So what actually works, and lasts? This episode makes the case for functional fitness: training that builds a body that's useful for real life, not just for the mirror.
Jesse sits down with Jon Little, President and COO of REP Fitness, to break down what functional fitness really means, how it's evolved, where it fits among all the options out there, and why the way you train and the way you fuel your body can't be separated. It's a practical, no-hype conversation about building strength you can sustain for life — and the role good nutrition, like the kind Purist is built around, plays in making it possible.
If you've ever felt lost in the noise of programs, classes, and trends, this one gives you a clear, honest framework for choosing how to train.
PLUS THIS WEEK'S HEALTH & FITNESS NEWS
- 63 longevity experts were asked what actually works for aging well — and the answer costs nothing
- New research on AI chatbots, teen loneliness, and the sense of "mattering"
- Why vaccine confusion is spilling over into newborn care, and what pediatricians want parents to know
- A University of Miami study maps alcohol's reach across a surprising range of cancers
- A single gene, male infertility, and the diet connection researchers didn't expect
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - The Weekly Health Brief
1:05 - What 63 Experts Say Actually Works for Aging
2:58 - AI Chatbots, Teens & the Loneliness Question
5:47 - Vaccine Confusion & the Spillover Effect
7:49 - Alcohol's Reach Across Cancer Types
9:31 - The Gene, the Diet & Male Infertility
11:56 - Meet Jon Little & REP Fitness
13:16 - What Is Functional Fitness?
16:05 - Why People Choose It Over Bodybuilding
19:35 - How Functional Fitness Evolved (and CrossFit's Role)
22:24 - CrossFit, Hyrox & Where the Styles Diverge
25:47 - Functional Fitness vs. Hypertrophy
29:00 - Layering In Accessory Work
32:12 - Do You Have to Go All-Out Every Session?
34:45 - Who Is Functional Fitness Actually For?
37:44 - What a Weekly Program Looks Like
42:08 - Starting at Home Without a Gym
47:29 - Transitioning From Traditional Strength Training
51:34 - How Training Ties Back to Nutrition
54:01 - Hydration: The Overlooked Variable
56:27 - Jon's Own Routine & the Mountain Test
1:00:24 - Where Fitness & Nutrition Are Heading
1:03:35 - Closing
WHAT WE COVER:
- What functional fitness really means (and what it doesn't)
- What it looks like in practice for everyday people
- How the approach has evolved from the 1960s through CrossFit to today
- Why functional fitness isn't the best tool for pure hypertrophy — and what to do about it
- How to layer accessory work onto a class-based program
- Where to start if you only have a garage and 45 minutes
- Why training and nutrition work as one system
- Protein timing, the anabolic window, and why hydration is the variable most people miss
ABOUT JON LITTLE:
President & COO of REP Fitness — one of the most respected names in strength and conditioning equipment.
The health and fitness show for parents in the trenches.
You care about your body. You care about your kids. You care about your career, your marriage, your faith, your friends — and there's not enough of you to go around.
Stronger Weekly is for the ones tired of parenting advice that ignores their health, and fitness advice that ignores their life.
Every Wednesday, in about 30 minutes:
- Health headlines, translated into what to actually do
- Workouts that survive a sick kid and a 7am meeting
- Food for a family, not a bodybuilder
- The stuff nobody says out loud — the drink, the burnout, the mental load
- Experts who respect your time
Hosted by Jesse Carrajat — USMC veteran, certified health and fitness coach, healthcare executive, and father of three. Not a guru. A parent doing the work alongside you.
Life is short. Let's spend it wisely — so we're still here, and still strong, when it matters most.
Strong parents. Strong kids. New episodes every Wednesday.
Intermittent Fasting, Lower Belly Fat & a $50 Supplement Stack (w/ Ben Barker)
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 • Duration 54:46
Strength training. Functional training. VO2 max. Zone 2. Sprints. Every podcast tells you something different is the one thing you can't skip — and if you've got four hours a week and a job and kids, that's not guidance, that's noise. This episode is about cutting through it.
Ben Barker is back to take your questions. What to actually do with four hours a week. Whether the lower belly pouch is a fat problem or just how you're built. How to get your spouse moving without ending up in the doghouse. What a supplement stack looks like on fifty bucks a month. The honest verdict on intermittent fasting now that everyone's talking about meal timing. And a question from a dad whose third-grade daughter came home crushed after getting made fun of at school. Two dads, no script, nothing to sell you.
PLUS THIS WEEK'S HEALTH & FITNESS NEWS
- Why September may be a better fresh start than January, according to behavioral science
- Medical groups issue their own flu, COVID and RSV guidance to cut through the confusion
- Two separate studies find your liver runs on meal timing, not just what you eat
- Box breathing: the Navy SEAL stress tool you can learn in ten seconds
- What the evidence actually says about sleep training your baby
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Cold Open & Intro
1:18 - The Weekly Health Brief: The September Reset Is Real
2:47 - What to Do About Shots This Fall
6:12 - Your Liver Is Listening for the Dinner Bell
7:35 - Box Breathing
9:27 - Sleep Training: What the Evidence Says
12:27 - Listener Questions w/ Ben Barker
14:24 - Q1: Too Many Things — What Do I Actually Do? (Carol, Little Rock)
18:31 - Q2: The Lower Belly Pouch
5 Productivity Tips for Busy Parents (& How to Never Miss a Workout)
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 • Duration 47:37
You didn't miss the morning workout because you're lazy. You might just need better systems — and a different mindset for this busy season of life.
This episode lays out five tried-and-true strategies to win the day, so you can find the time and the energy to invest yourself in the areas of your life that matter most: your relationships, your health, and your happiness. Stop negotiating with yourself at 5am. Stop saying yes to everything. Stop sitting down every time you catch up with a friend. And stop believing the problem is discipline — it isn't. You don't need more discipline. You need fewer decisions.
We'll focus on setting priorities (and healthy boundaries), organizing yourself, maximizing your training, and of course proper rest. Along the way: why your chronotype is mostly genetics, what the phone in your gym bag is quietly costing you in reps, and why you can pay back sleep debt but you always pay interest.
None of it requires a new fitness app or additional time in the day. It just requires prioritization and a commitment to your health.
PLUS THIS WEEK'S HEALTH & FITNESS NEWS
- Meta reaches an $18 billion settlement with 47 states over teen social media addiction — and agrees to time caps, school-hour notification bans, and limits on like counts
- UCSF builds the largest molecular map of autism ever created, and finds hundreds of genetic forms funnel into a small number of shared protein hubs
- A new clinical trial finds keto beat Mediterranean and low-fat diets on liver health and prediabetes remission — but all three produced the same weight loss
- Nearly 1 in 2 US adults now wears a fitness tracker — here are the only three metrics that actually matter
- After 30 hours without sleep, 20 minutes of cycling did the same thing for memory as a 90-minute nap
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Cold Open: It's Not Discipline
1:53 - The Weekly Health Brief
2:13 - Meta's $18 Billion Settlement Over Teen Social Media
Fitness for Busy Parents | Answering YOUR Questions | Connor Shehan
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 • Duration 01:15:54
Parents: working hard, sleeping little, stressed out, with mouths to feed and schedules to manage — all while trying to eat halfway decent and get a little exercise in. This one's for you. Jesse is joined in studio by Connor Shehan, fit dad and VP of Nutrition at Rep Fitness, to answer listener questions about fitness, nutrition, and raising strong kids.
They get into how much protein you actually need and whether too much can hurt you, what the real difference is between a $20 and a $50 version of the same supplement, what supplements are appropriate for kids and which ones aren't, whether you should take creatine at all if you don't lift, whether full-body workouts actually work, and what five exercises Connor would pick if he could only do five for the rest of his life. Plus the question that hit hardest: a dad wrote in feeling guilty because he doesn't want to work out with his kids — the gym is his only time to himself. Is he wrong?
Then a rapid-fire agree-or-disagree round and a parenting pop quiz that goes somewhat off the rails. You'll love it.
PLUS THIS WEEK'S HEALTH & FITNESS NEWS
- Children who lose a parent are twice as likely to develop a mental health disorder — new data from more than 6,300 households
- The cereal box toy is back, and the reason why says something about screens
- Meta goes on trial in federal court over child safety and social media addiction
- Why some kids are wired for sound sensitivity — 15,728 kids and what the brain scans show
- Does supplement timing actually matter? What the evidence says
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Cold Open & Intro
1:03 - The Weekly Health Brief
1:11 - Losing a Parent & Kids' Mental Health
2:58 - The Cereal Box Toy Is Back
5:52 - Meta Goes on Trial Over Child Safety
7:44 - Why Some Kids Are Wired for Sound Sensitivity
Testosterone & Hormone Optimization: Everything You Need to Know | Dr. Howard Aubert, MD (Part 1)
Season 4 · Episode 137
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 • Duration 01:00:31
Hormone optimization is suddenly everywhere. Every clinic advertises it, every podcast pushes it, and the federal government just spent eighteen months quietly loosening the rules around testosterone therapy — culminating in the military announcing it will screen every service member over 30. Meanwhile most men have no idea what any of it means, whether it applies to them, or who is actually worth listening to.
Jesse sits down with Dr. Howard Aubert, a board-certified urologist who treats low testosterone and hormone replacement every day, for a genuine 101 course. What testosterone actually does, what "low" really means and why total versus free matters, the symptoms that bring men into his office, why guys in their twenties and thirties are showing up too, how to get properly tested, what treatment involves, the real trade-offs including fertility, and how to spot a clinic more interested in selling than treating. Jesse even reads his own bloodwork on air and gets a live read. No sales pitch, no shame, just the information you need to have a real conversation with your own doctor.
PLUS THIS WEEK'S HEALTH & FITNESS NEWS
- Three minutes of sprinting changed more protective proteins than 90 minutes of moderate cardio
- Coffee drinkers had less body fat and more muscle at the same BMI in a 2,264-person study
- A court clears more than 3,000 social media addiction lawsuits against Meta, TikTok, Google and Snap
- The FDA loosens testosterone labels as the military begins screening troops over 30
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Cold Open & Intro
1:37 - The Weekly Health Brief
1:48 - Sprinting Beats 90 Minutes of Cardio
4:03 - Coffee, Body Fat & Testosterone
6:53 - 3,000 Social Media Addiction Lawsuits
Parental Burnout: Signs, Health Risks, and How To Fix It
Season 4 · Episode 136
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 • Duration 44:23
Nobody talks about parental burnout. Mortgages, careers, trying to be present for your kids — day after day after day. This episode breaks down what burnout actually is, the symptoms to look for, what happens if you ignore it, and five concrete moves to start pulling yourself out.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Cold Open & Intro
1:04 - The Weekly Health Brief
1:16 - Best & Worst States for Healthcare in 2026
3:32 - AI Designed 302 Viruses From Scratch
6:13 - Fermented Foods & The Oral-Gut Axis
8:25 - The VA's Largest Psilocybin Study Yet
10:12 - NFL Preseason Power Rankings
11:46 - FEATURE: The Burnout Nobody Talks About
18:19 - What the WHO Actually Says About Burnout
21:21 - Parental Burnout: 42 Countries, 17,409 Parents
25:44 - The Symptoms: Exhaustion, Cynicism & More
28:42 - Jesse's Own Story
32:22 - What Happens If You Ignore It
33:39 - Move 1: Balance Your Demands & Resources
35:02 - Move 2: Address the Fear Underneath
38:51 - Move 3: Share the Load
39:43 - Move 4: Say It Out Loud
40:43 - Move 5: Fortify Sleep, Nutrition & Exercise
42:44 - Top 3 Takeaways & Closing
WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS:
- The WHO added burnout to the ICD-11 in 2019 under code QD85, but classified it as an "occupational phenomenon" — explicitly not applicable to stress outside of work.
- Two Belgian researchers validated a separate syndrome, parental burnout: exhaustion in your parenting role, emotional distancing from your own children, and a sense that you're failing at it.
- The landmark study spanned 42 countries and 17,409 parents. The strongest predictor wasn't how many kids you have — it was cultural individualism. The cultures where people raise kids together are the ones where parents don't break.
- Roughly 3.5 million American parents are estimated to be in full-blown parental burnout right now. 41% of parents say they're so stressed most days they cannot function; 48% call their stress completely overwhelming, versus 26% of adults without kids.
- Researchers can measure it physically, using hair cortisol as a biomarker.
THE FRAMEWORK: Burnout isn't one giant stressor — it's demands on one side and a lack of resources on the other. When demands outrun resources long enough, you break. That means two levers: add resources, and subtract demands.
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Each week, we break down the health and fitness headlines that matter and translate them into clear, practical action. You'll also hear conversations with trusted experts in strength training, longevity, mental health, nutrition, stress management, and parenting.
Hosted by Jesse Carrajat — USMC veteran, fitness coach, healthcare executive, and father of three.
Give us 45 minutes a week, and we'll help you train smarter, eat better, manage stress, and build a stronger body and mind for the long haul.
Let's grow stronger, week by week.
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Overtraining, Training After 40 & Do You Really Have to Run? (AUA w/ Ben Barker)
Season 4 · Episode 135
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 • Duration 01:04:31
Ben Barker is back for another Ask Us Anything. How do you tell the difference between real overtraining and just being tired and needing to push through? If you genuinely hate running, do you have to do it at all to get the cardiovascular benefit? And should a 46-year-old be running the same program she ran at 30, or is "train differently as you age" an excuse people hide behind?
Jesse and Ben also get into how each of them structures a day to stay productive, and close it out with the worst fitness hype they ever bought into — plus a lightning round on the best movie physique of all time and their biggest gym pet peeves. Two dads, no script, just real answers.
PLUS THIS WEEK'S HEALTH & FITNESS NEWS
- Body fat percentage beats BMI as a predictor of men's reproductive health
- Oral semaglutide cut heavy drinking days in a new alcohol use disorder trial
- Limiting sugar before age two is linked to a 23% lower risk of dementia
- Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment over 100 times in a heated Senate hearing
- Oura ring data says Saturday — not Monday — is the most stressful day of the week
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Cold Open & Intro
0:57 - The Weekly Health Brief
1:17 - Body Fat % Beats BMI for Men's Health
2:18 - Oral Semaglutide & Heavy Drinking
3:56 - Sugar Before Age Two & Dementia Risk
7:18 - Fauci Takes the Fifth
9:22 - Saturday Is Your Most Stressful Day
11:47 - AUA w/ Ben Barker Begins
Why You're Always Tired (And How to Actually Fix Your Energy)
Season 4 · Episode 135
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 • Duration 28:09
You get seven hours and still wake up flat. Coffee gets you upright, 2 p.m. drops you off a cliff, and then you finally climb into bed exhausted and your brain switches on. Most people assume that's a sleep problem and try to sleep more. When that doesn't work, it's the tell: fatigue is almost never one problem. It's a stack of them, and they feed each other.
This episode breaks down five research-backed drivers of low energy and the specific fix for each — sleep debt and the irregularity that makes it worse, the blood sugar rollercoaster behind the afternoon crash, the cortisol loop that leaves you wired but tired, dehydration plus the caffeine mask, and dopamine overload from screens. A new study found adults sleeping just 78 fewer minutes a night for six weeks gained weight and became measurably more sedentary. The good news is you don't have to fix all five. Pull one thread and the whole knot loosens.
PLUS THIS WEEK'S HEALTH & FITNESS NEWS
- America's GLP-1 use has nearly quadrupled in just two years
- The FDA approves Lipfendra, the first oral cholesterol drug of its kind
- An oral ketamine drug for depression — without the dissociative trip
- Heavy TV watching is linked to smaller brain structures, but sitting at work isn't
- Heated yoga eases depression, and the benefit keeps climbing the more you go
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Cold Open & Intro
1:00 - The Weekly Health Brief
1:18 - America's GLP-1 Use Quadruples
2:44 - FDA Approves Lipfendra (First Oral PCSK9)
4:17 - Oral Ketamine for Depression
7:16 - Heavy TV Linked to Smaller Brain Structures
Your Fitness Report Card: 5 Tests and the Benchmarks for Your Age
Season 4 · Episode 134
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 • Duration 38:44
Most people have no idea how fit they actually are. They guess, they compare themselves to the guy at the squat rack, or they measure against who they were at 25 — and then coast for years assuming they're fine. This episode replaces the guessing with five real tests exercise physiologists use, plus the exact benchmark you should be hitting at your age.
You'll get your numbers on VO2 max, push-ups, grip strength, the plank, and the wall sit — what each one measures, the research behind why it matters, the target for your decade, and how to train it up. Most require no equipment and the whole battery runs in about twenty minutes at home. A study of 122,000 people found the least fit carried roughly five times the death risk of the fit, and men who could do 40 push-ups had a 96% lower risk of cardiovascular events than those who couldn't manage 10. Every one of these numbers is trainable at any age — but you have to know where you stand first.
PLUS THIS WEEK'S HEALTH & FITNESS NEWS
- A second death in Manhattan's Legionnaires' outbreak as cases reach 72
- A new body index aims to finally replace BMI — and it works on babies
- An Alzheimer's blood test may predict cognitive decline years before symptoms
- Night owls carry more belly fat and higher metabolic risk on identical calories
- Watching live sports together boosts oxytocin and synchronizes spectators' heartbeats
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Cold Open & Intro
1:07 - The Weekly Health Brief
1:24 - Legionnaires' Outbreak: Second Death
2:50 - The New Body Index Replacing BMI
5:52 - Alzheimer's Blood Test Predicts Decline
We Put 12 People on Creatine for 90 Days — Here's What Actually Happened (with Ashley Boyer)
Season 4 · Episode 133
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 • Duration 01:02:11
Creatine is one of the most researched supplements on earth — and also one of the most hyped, doubted, and misunderstood. So instead of arguing about it, REP Fitness ran the experiment: they took 12 people who had never touched creatine, held their training steady, and tracked everything for 90 days. This episode unpacks exactly what happened.
Jesse sits down with Ashley Boyer — Editor-in-Chief at REP Fitness, certified personal trainer, and the sports-performance researcher who designed and ran the study — to walk through the whole thing: how she built it, what she measured, and what the data actually showed on strength, body composition, recovery, and focus. You'll hear the standout results, the honest caveats and side effects, and the practical takeaways for anyone deciding whether creatine is worth it. No hype, no sales pitch — just the numbers and what they mean for you.
If you've ever wondered whether creatine actually lives up to the claims, this is the honest, evidence-based answer.
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23:43 - Q3: Getting Your Spouse Off the Couch (Rachel B., Spokane)
27:06 - Q4: The $50 Budget Stack (Tim)
31:34 - Q5: Intermittent Fasting (Sam, Flagstaff)
38:25 - Q6: The Bracelet
45:42 - Lightning Round
53:25 - Outro
THE QUESTIONS:
1. Strength, functional, VO2 max, Zone 2, sprints - I have four hours a week. What do I actually do?
2. I'm lean and abs show up top, but the lower belly pouch won't go. When do I accept that's how I'm built?
3. How do I get my husband working out without ending up in the doghouse?
4. I can't afford the full supplement stack. What does $50 a month look like?
5. Is there something real about fasting, or is it just a trick to eat fewer calories?
6. My third grader got made fun of for her bracelet. What would you have told her?
LIGHTNING ROUND:
Best athlete physique ever, most surprising physique, most overrated exercise, dumbest fitness gadget, the sport we hope our kids never play, and the best football movie of all time.
ABOUT BEN BARKER:
Founder of Ben Barker Fitness and a returning guest. One of the few voices in this space who'll give it to you straight - no sponsored spin, no course to sell.
The health and fitness show for parents in the trenches.
You care about your body. You care about your kids. You care about your career, your marriage, your faith, your friends — and there's not enough of you to go around.
Stronger Weekly is for the ones tired of parenting advice that ignores their health, and fitness advice that ignores their life.
Every Wednesday, in about 30 minutes:
- Health headlines, translated into what to actually do
- Workouts that survive a sick kid and a 7am meeting
- Food for a family, not a bodybuilder
- The stuff nobody says out loud — the drink, the burnout, the mental load
- Experts who respect your time
Hosted by Jesse Carrajat — USMC veteran, certified health and fitness coach, healthcare executive, and father of three. Not a guru. A parent doing the work alongside you.
Life is short. Let's spend it wisely — so we're still here, and still strong, when it matters most.
Strong parents. Strong kids. New episodes every Wednesday.
15:54 - Rule 1: Put First Things First (Covey & the Eisenhower Matrix)
23:58 - Rule 2: If It's Not on the Calendar, It Doesn't Exist
29:13 - Rule 3: Trade the Barstool for the Barbell
32:59 - Rule 4: Train Smart (Splits, Supersets, Put the Phone Down)
39:43 - Rule 5: Sleep — Pay the Debt, With Interest
45:22 - Recap & Closing: This Is a Season
THE 5 RULES:
1. PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST - Rank your priorities. Covey's Habit 3 and the Eisenhower Matrix. Your health lives permanently in "important but not urgent" — the box that never gets loud until it's a diagnosis.
2. IF IT'S NOT ON THE CALENDAR, IT DOESN'T EXIST - Block every priority, share the calendar with your spouse, use one task system, stop answering every ping. Implementation intentions are among the most replicated findings in behavior change.
3. TRADE THE BARSTOOL FOR THE BARBELL - Stop socializing sitting down. Walk-and-talks, calls on your feet, training with friends in the morning. The only tactic here that makes time instead of saving it.
4. TRAIN SMART - 45-60 minutes. Upper/lower or full body. Compounds. Superset to compress. Phone in the locker.
5. SLEEP - Chase your number, not the number. Chronotype is largely genetic. You can pay back sleep debt, but you pay interest.
The health and fitness show for parents in the trenches.
You care about your body. You care about your kids. You care about your career, your marriage, your faith, your friends — and there's not enough of you to go around.
Stronger Weekly is for the ones tired of parenting advice that ignores their health, and fitness advice that ignores their life.
Every Wednesday, in about 30 minutes:
- Health headlines, translated into what to actually do
- Workouts that survive a sick kid and a 7am meeting
- Food for a family, not a bodybuilder
- The stuff nobody says out loud — the drink, the burnout, the mental load
- Experts who respect your time
Hosted by Jesse Carrajat — USMC veteran, certified health and fitness coach, healthcare executive, and father of three. Not a guru. A parent doing the work alongside you.
Life is short. Let's spend it wisely — so we're still here, and still strong, when it matters most.
Strong parents. Strong kids. New episodes every Wednesday.
The health and fitness show for parents in the trenches.
You care about your body. You care about your kids. You care about your career, your marriage, your faith, your friends — and there's not enough of you to go around.
Stronger Weekly is for the ones tired of parenting advice that ignores their health, and fitness advice that ignores their life.
Every Wednesday, in about 30 minutes:
- Health headlines, translated into what to actually do
- Workouts that survive a sick kid and a 7am meeting
- Food for a family, not a bodybuilder
- The stuff nobody says out loud — the drink, the burnout, the mental load
- Experts who respect your time
Hosted by Jesse Carrajat — USMC veteran, certified health and fitness coach, healthcare executive, and father of three. Not a guru. A parent doing the work alongside you.
Life is short. Let's spend it wisely — so we're still here, and still strong, when it matters most.
Strong parents. Strong kids. New episodes every Wednesday.
25:32 - Why Testosterone Is Dropping Generation to Generation
29:47 - Depression, ADHD & Misdiagnosis
31:39 - Jesse Reads His Own Bloodwork
33:04 - Training to Raise Testosterone Naturally
36:47 - Can You Overtrain Your Hormones?
38:10 - Nutrition, Protein & Hydration
41:56 - Vitamin D and the Supplements That Matter
44:48 - How Often You Should Get Labs Drawn
46:57 - Getting a Full Lab Evaluation
48:05 - TRT: Injections, Topicals & The Real Side Effects
50:17 - HCG, Clomid & Enclomiphene Alternatives
51:49 - The New Oral Testosterone
52:31 - How He Decides Who Gets What
54:26 - Where to Find Dr. Aubert & Red Flags to Avoid
ABOUT DR. HOWARD AUBERT, MD:
Board-certified urologist in Brentwood, Tennessee. BS in Biology from Morehouse College; medical degree with High Honors from Meharry Medical College; general surgery internship and urology residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where he was chief resident. He specializes in low testosterone, bioidentical hormone replacement, male infertility, and prostate health, with an additional focus on improving wellness through diet, nutrition, and helping patients understand what they're actually taking.
Follow Dr. Aubert: @dr.howard.aubert on Instagram | @howardthedoc on X
The health and fitness show for parents in the trenches.
You care about your body. You care about your kids. You care about your career, your marriage, your faith, your friends — and there's not enough of you to go around.
Stronger Weekly is for the ones tired of parenting advice that ignores their health, and fitness advice that ignores their life.
Every Wednesday, in about 30 minutes:
- Health headlines, translated into what to actually do
- Workouts that survive a sick kid and a 7am meeting
- Food for a family, not a bodybuilder
- The stuff nobody says out loud — the drink, the burnout, the mental load
- Experts who respect your time
Hosted by Jesse Carrajat — USMC veteran, certified health and fitness coach, healthcare executive, and father of three. Not a guru. A parent doing the work alongside you.
Life is short. Let's spend it wisely — so we're still here, and still strong, when it matters most.
Strong parents. Strong kids. New episodes every Wednesday.
- Visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter: https://strongerweekly.com/
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The health and fitness show for everyday, hard-working people.
Each week, we break down the health and fitness headlines that matter and translate them into clear, practical action. You'll also hear conversations with trusted experts in strength training, longevity, mental health, nutrition, stress management, and parenting.
Hosted by Jesse Carrajat — USMC veteran, fitness coach, healthcare executive, and father of three.
Give us 45 minutes a week, and we'll help you train smarter, eat better, manage stress, and build a stronger body and mind for the long haul.
Let's grow stronger, week by week.
9:14 - Heated Yoga Eases Depression
11:23 - FEATURE: Why You're Always Tired
13:28 - Cause 1: Sleep Debt & Social Jet Lag
16:34 - Cause 2: The Blood Sugar Rollercoaster
18:19 - Cause 3: The Wired-But-Tired Cortisol Loop
20:27 - Cause 4: Dehydration & The Caffeine Mask
22:16 - Cause 5: Screens & The Dopamine Problem
25:27 - How They Interlock (Pull One Thread)
26:16 - Top 3 Takeaways
27:13 - Closing Quote & Sign-Off
SPONSORS
- Get nutritional supplements that work as hard as you do: https://www.puristnutrition.com/#strongerweekly
- Build a world-class home gym with Rep Fitness: https://www.repfitness.com/#strongerweekly
- Bulletproof your drinking with Clutch; medication-assisted treatment from Oar Health: https://bit.ly/OarStrength
- Visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter: https://strongerweekly.com/
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The health and fitness show for everyday, hard-working people.
Each week, we break down the health and fitness headlines that matter and translate them into clear, practical action. You'll also hear conversations with trusted experts in strength training, longevity, mental health, nutrition, stress management, and parenting.
Hosted by Jesse Carrajat — USMC veteran, fitness coach, healthcare executive, and father of three.
Give us 45 minutes a week, and we'll help you train smarter, eat better, manage stress, and build a stronger body and mind for the long haul.
Let's grow stronger, week by week.
7:30 - Night Owls, Belly Fat & Meal Timing
9:19 - Watching Live Sports Syncs Your Heartbeats
10:57 - FEATURE: Your Fitness Report Card
13:19 - Test 1: VO2 Max (Your Aerobic Engine)
19:29 - Test 2: Push-Ups (Relative Strength)
24:30 - Test 3: Grip Strength (Raw Strength)
29:43 - Test 4: The Plank (Core Endurance)
32:26 - Test 5: The Wall Sit (Lower Body)
36:06 - Top 3 Takeaways
37:19 - Closing Quote & Sign-Off
SPONSORS
- Get nutritional supplements that work as hard as you do: https://www.puristnutrition.com/#strongerweekly
- Build a world-class home gym with Rep Fitness: https://www.repfitness.com/#strongerweekly
- Bulletproof your drinking with Clutch; medication-assisted treatment from Oar Health: https://bit.ly/OarStrength
- Visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter: https://strongerweekly.com/
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The health and fitness show for everyday, hard-working people.
Each week, we break down the health and fitness headlines that matter and translate them into clear, practical action. You'll also hear conversations with trusted experts in strength training, longevity, mental health, nutrition, stress management, and parenting.
Hosted by Jesse Carrajat — USMC veteran, fitness coach, healthcare executive, and father of three.
Give us 45 minutes a week, and we'll help you train smarter, eat better, manage stress, and build a stronger body and mind for the long haul.
- Visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter: https://strongerweekly.com/
______
The health and fitness show for everyday, hard-working people.
Each week, we break down the health and fitness headlines that matter and translate them into clear, practical action. You'll also hear conversations with trusted experts in strength training, longevity, mental health, nutrition, stress management, and parenting.
Hosted by Jesse Carrajat — USMC veteran, fitness coach, healthcare executive, and father of three.
Give us 45 minutes a week, and we'll help you train smarter, eat better, manage stress, and build a stronger body and mind for the long haul.
Let's grow stronger, week by week.
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