Gabrielle Lyon

Doctor

Birthday

July 4, 1983

Age

43 years old

Zodiac

♋︎ Cancer

Birthplace

United States

Gabrielle Lyon is a doctor and author known for founding the Muscle-Centric Medicine movement and writing Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well. She is also known for her work as a board-certified family physician, podcast host, and public educator on muscle health, nutrition, and longevity.

Medical training and Muscle-Centric Medicine

Lyon earned a bachelor's degree in human nutrition from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She later completed a research and clinical fellowship in nutritional science and geriatrics at Washington University in St. Louis.

As a board-certified family physician, Lyon focuses on skeletal muscle as a central factor in health, aging, and disease prevention. She founded the Muscle-Centric Medicine movement, which translates the role of muscle into strategies for longevity, metabolic health, strength, and resilience.

Forever Strong and public work

Lyon is the author of Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well, which became a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller. She also created The Forever Strong Playbook, a six-week program featuring recipes, workouts, and guidance on building muscle, nutrition, recovery, and mindset.

She hosts The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show podcast and has shared her approach through the TEDx stage, Diary of a CEO, and Huberman Lab. Her private practice, Strong Medical, provides concierge care, advanced diagnostics, and personalized health protocols, while her educational work includes collaboration with United States Special Operations Forces.

Quick facts

Gabrielle Lyon founded the Muscle-Centric Medicine movement, which focuses on the relationship between skeletal muscle and longevity.
She earned a bachelor's degree in human nutrition from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
She completed a research and clinical fellowship in nutritional science and geriatrics at Washington University in St. Louis.
Her book Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well became a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller.
She created The Forever Strong Playbook, a six-week program with recipes, workouts, and guidance on muscle building, nutrition, recovery, and mindset.
She hosts The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show podcast.
She gave her first TEDx Talk in May 2023 on the importance of muscle.
Her private practice, Strong Medical, offers concierge care, advanced diagnostics, and personalized protocols.
She works closely with United States Special Operations Forces.
Both of her parents were Jewish political refugees.