#164: The Ultimate Longevity Test
Arnold's Pump Club
Arnold's Pump Club
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Traditionally, you might test your longevity by taking blood, looking at blood pressure and cholesterol, or measuring body mass index. However, the VO2 max test might be the best test of all. In this episode, Arnold talks about the importance of the challenging fitness test, general assessments of fitness, and a new breakthrough in testing that could alter the future of Alzheimer's.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of Arnold's Pump Club. |
| 0:03.7 | Today I want to start with a simple question. |
| 0:07.2 | What does it mean to you to be fit? |
| 0:10.0 | In today's episode, I'll discuss a test that might not just be the best test for overall fitness, |
| 0:16.2 | but it could be one of the most important health tests you take. |
| 0:19.6 | No matter how you do on that test, it's important to realize that your definition of |
| 0:23.7 | fitness is important and that's because there are so many different answers. |
| 0:28.3 | If it could be playing with your children or deadlifting 500 pounds. |
| 0:34.2 | Fit can be seeing your abs or having the energy to stay active in your favorite activities. |
| 0:39.7 | Fit is the ability to not hurt every day and it's also being Mr. Olympia. |
| 0:45.0 | Whatever your definition is make sure you define fit and then do something to make |
| 0:51.4 | sure you're achieving that goal. |
| 0:53.5 | Too often people don't define fit. |
| 0:56.0 | Measure fitness by some other standard, |
| 0:58.4 | and then they aren't motivated or inspired to exercise. |
| 1:01.8 | As you're about to see, exercise is so essential to your ability to live. |
| 1:08.0 | So don't live less of a life because you never took the time to define what fit means to you. |
| 1:14.0 | Think about that as you take in today's episode. |
| 1:17.0 | And now let's get to today's tips. |
| 1:20.0 | As I just mentioned, you might not realize it, |
| 1:22.0 | but your fitness level can help predict how long you live |
| 1:26.4 | research suggests that V.O2 max or how much oxygen your body uses during exercise might be one of the best predictors of |
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