The Code: A Guide to Health and Human Performance

May 14 2024
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Welcome to The Code, where we give you the guide to living the ultimate human life. Join host Dr. Andrew Fix as he deep dives into the key areas that drive our health and wellness. You’ll learn about topics such as sleep hygiene, stress management, nutrition, movement, relationships, and more. Listen in as he interviews fitness professionals, athletes, coaches, doctors and other industry experts to hear how they implement these strategies into their own and clients’ lives. If you are ready to crack the code on health and human performance, this show is for you.

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120. Live to Play Another Day

May 14 2024 12 mins  
Unstructured play isn’t, and shouldn’t be, just for kids. “We need you, I want you, you need you to go play,” implores host Dr. Andrew Fix on today’s episode of The Code. When we’re little, he explains, we play freely, on a daily basis and, for the most part, without injury. As we get older, and start to play less, we begin to feel more stiff, more achy and less mobile

119. Run Like a Mother - How to Get Moving and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity

May 07 2024 59 mins  
“Just keep going forward,” says Dimity Davis who, as co-founder of community platform Another Mother Runner and co-author of “Run Like a Mother,” helps women maintain their passion and commitment to running while balancing work and family life. On today’s episode of The Code she’ll talk to host Dr. Andrew Fix about how to carve time out for yourself even when you’re b

118: What to Do When You're Hurt

Apr 30 2024 22 mins  
“You don’t want to take a chance with your health,” says Dr. Andrew Fix about the importance of getting pain checked out. Of course, the type of pain you are experiencing should determine what kind of care you seek out. On today’s episode of The Code, Dr. Fix will break down two types of pain: acute and insidious and explain where you should go, whom you should see, and how

117. The Pulse Cure - Managing HRV to Optimize Your Stress | Dr. Torkil Færø

Apr 23 2024 66 mins  
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) plays a role in nine out of the ten deadliest diseases in the United States. “They make it so much easier to become the CEO of your own health,” says Dr. Torkil Færø MD, of wearables such as WHOOP, Garmin and Apple Watch which measure this vital health metric . HRV is the variation in time between heartbeats, and its measure lets us know how much

116. Knowledge is NOT Power

Apr 16 2024 8 mins  
“Knowledge is power”—or is it? It’s a phrase we hear often, but never really question. On today’s episode of The Code, host Dr. Andrew Fix suggests that knowledge is not power, at least not unto itself. Knowledge becomes powerful only when we put it into action. Dr. Fix cites his own experience using a tracking device to illustrate. He collected so much body data— heart

115. Breathing Easy - Navigating Environmental Allergies with Allermi | Dr. Shuba Iyengar

Apr 09 2024 43 mins  
It all starts in the nose. Today’s guest, allergist Dr. Shuba Iyengar, explains that by the time we exhibit common allergy symptoms such as headache, itchy eyes and post-nasal drip, we’ve already been silently suffering. On today’s episode of The Code, Dr. Iyengar will explain the myriad reasons why over-the-counter allergy medications fail to work, and how her company Allerm

114. The Medical System is Failing You

Apr 02 2024 19 mins  
“Our medical system, here in the United States, is failing you, and failing me and failing us.” says Dr. Andrew Fix. Doctors’ appointments last less than ten minutes and patients leave feeling neglected and unheard. If specialists are able to offer any solutions to patients’ problems, they are often impractical and do not address root causes. Insurance companies do everythi

113. Stay Salty | Robb Wolf (Episode 23 Rebroadcast)

Mar 26 2024 67 mins  
Discover how a simple mineral transformed Robb Wolf's health, performance, and career. Host Dr. Andrew Fix sits down with Robb, the co-founder of Drink LMNT. A former research biochemist and a leading expert in Paleolithic nutrition, Robb shares his personal health journey, highlighting his long-standing interest in health and human performance. Now, he dedicates his work to assist

112. Defeat Your Cravings and Gain Control of Your Life | Dr. Glenn Livingston

Mar 19 2024 61 mins  
If overeating were simply an emotional issue, Dr. Glenn Livingston, a veteran psychologist, would have been best prepared to access those emotions to overcome his own overeating. Yet, despite making great strides to address his own issues, he still found himself binging. As a consultant for “Big Food”, he also understood that food manufacturers create and advertise their produc

111. Change Your Priorities and Lead by Example

Mar 12 2024 15 mins  
“No feeling compares to what it feels like to see your child being born.” Dr. Andrew Fix joins us on this solo episode of The Code to talk about priorities, as his have just made a tectonic shift: he and his wife just welcomed their first child, a baby boy. Instantly, he and his wife recognized how all-consuming the love—and responsibility—of having a child is, to the exclu