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Cardio is much more of a factor to focus on than strength building. I do believe that humans should have a radical different approach to exercise regimen assessments compared to the animals.
Strongest people I met were people that grew up doing farm work without any workout. I'd say they have the perfect balance of endurance and strength. We lost what our body is made to be doing and we have to replace it with exercise.Through my study into the emerging field of longevity science, strength training is vital. For one, if you keep strong you can carry your own shopping and are much less likely to fall over. Strength training also has significant benefits for cognitive function and cardiovascular health.
Cardio is also very important. My ideal ratio per week is around 50-60% strength, 30-40% low intensity cardio like brisk dog walks and 10% high intensity VO2 max type training.
I bet @Amata has a greater VO2 max than you! (a 76 yr old who rollerskates for miles).Through my study into the emerging field of longevity science, strength training is vital. For one, if you keep strong you can carry your own shopping and are much less likely to fall over. Strength training also has significant benefits for cognitive function and cardiovascular health.
Cardio is also very important. My ideal ratio per week is around 50-60% strength, 30-40% low intensity cardio like brisk dog walks and 10% high intensity VO2 max type training.
What was natural now feels like another task... modernity has its flaws.Strongest people I met were people that grew up doing farm work without any workout. I'd say they have the perfect balance of endurance and strength. We lost what our body is made to be doing and we have to replace it with exercise.
I bet @Amata has a greater VO2 max than you! (a 76 yr old who rollerskates for miles).
That's great! Being mindful is the only way to be healthy nowadays.That’s awesome.
I need to do more high intensity cardio. I’ve been neglecting it as I’ve got a few projects on at the moment.
The bodybuilding training I do gives me the best mental health boost, so I tend to focus on this. I train old school with high volume workouts done mindfully, always to failure and meditate with mind body connection and breath work while training.
Today I included my shopping bag carrying exercise. 5 sets of 15 reps doing shrugs with 120lb dumbbells.
Oh, yes, I read it somewhere. Interesting info.More random info. Studies have shown grip strength is directly related to mortality and life expectancy.
except for walking i no longer exercise at all and am definitely getting weaker, i can feel it.Through my study into the emerging field of longevity science, strength training is vital. For one, if you keep strong you can carry your own shopping and are much less likely to fall over. Strength training also has significant benefits for cognitive function and cardiovascular health.
Cardio is also very important. My ideal ratio per week is around 50-60% strength, 30-40% low intensity cardio like brisk dog walks and 10% high intensity VO2 max type training.
except for walking i no longer exercise at all and am definitely getting weaker, i can feel it.
i also have a premonition that i'll die of throat cancer like George Harrison. I can feel something in the middle of my throat that never really goes away, but maybe it's normal, although i don't remember that throat feeling when younger.
Sometimes my right knee will unexpectantly give way so i'm becoming wary of climbing ladders now, although i still do i'm just more careful.
thanks Doc, i appreciate the info and will check out that book.It’s never too late to start back with strength or cardio training. You’d benefit on all points you mentioned. Kick yourself up the arse and do it 😂.
Upping your protein intake and supplementing with a heaped tsp of creatine monohydrate daily would help too, even without the exercise.
There’s increasing evidence creatine helps preserve and boost brain function too.
Outlive by Peter Attia is a very good book. How Not to Age by Michael Greger is amazing. Worth studying if you want to rewind your genetic clock, which is actually possible (increasing telomere length which protect the ends of DNA strands).
It is? Isn't that quite difficult (almost impossible) through diet alone? Don't you require some kind of genetic engineering?Worth studying if you want to rewind your genetic clock, which is actually possible (increasing telomere length which protect the ends of DNA strands).
He was a gymnast before he went insane.Dude looks like he would get a hernia doing a push up.
If Amata at 76 can rollerskate for miles, you can definitely climb a ladder too!except for walking i no longer exercise at all and am definitely getting weaker, i can feel it.
i also have a premonition that i'll die of throat cancer like George Harrison. I can feel something in the middle of my throat that never really goes away, but maybe it's normal, although i don't remember that throat feeling when younger.
Sometimes my right knee will unexpectantly give way so i'm becoming wary of climbing ladders now, although i still do i'm just more careful.
It is? Isn't that quite difficult (almost impossible) through diet alone? Don't you require some kind of genetic engineering?
Thanks, I'll look into it. I want to know if it really works at that molecular level. That'd be crazy.Focus on a mostly whole food plant-based diet, high in fibre and rich in polyphenols. Add exercise and mindful practice/ meditation to reduce stress and tests have shown increases in telomere length in just a few weeks.
Removing DNA damaging factors like smoking and alcohol significantly helps.
The books I mentioned above touch on this. There is also The Telomere Effect by Elizabeth Blackburn as another resource.