293. Age Powerfully: The Secrets To Feeling Strong & Healthy In Your 40s, 50s, 60s & Beyond with JJ Virgin #FabulousFriends
Be Well by Kelly Leveque
Kelly Leveque
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🗓️ 5 April 2024
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Today I’m thrilled to talk to a woman I admire so much, a role model who has helped inspire my nutrition career. JJ Virgin is a triple board-certified nutrition expert and four-time New York Times bestselling author. She’s on a mission to change the narrative from aging gracefully to aging powerfully.
We explore what it means to age powerfully and how to do it. JJ tells us the “magic bullets” to stay healthy and strong in your 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond. Hint: It’s all about resistance training, protein, and building muscle mass. JJ explains how to train to get better at life, plus her go-to exercises – and the moves she never does.
JJ also shares her personal wellness routine, including her go-to meals, protein intake, and recovery practices. We also talk about menopause, hormone replacement therapy, and adrenal health. We wrap up with quick fire questions about her takes on caffeine, alcohol, and more.
JJ is an inspiration as a wellness leader, mom, and example of how to age powerfully, and I know you’ll learn as much from her as I have.
We also cover:
(00:02:34) JJ’s Journey in Nutrition
(00:08:37) The Power of Protein & Resistance Training
(00:21:34) Muscle Building for Healthy Aging
(00:27:54) Train To Get Better at Life
(00:36:51) JJ’s Personal Wellness Routine
(00:51:37) Overcoming Roadblocks to Age Powerfully
(00:58:15) Rethinking Hormone Replacement Therapy
(01:08:01) Where To Start Your Journey
(01:11:31) Rapid Fire Questions
Resources:
• Click here for full show notes
• Website: jjvirgin.com
• Protein First Challenge: jjvirgin.com/proteinfirst
• Podcast: Well Beyond 40 With JJ Virgin
• Instagram: @jj.virgin
• YouTube: @jjvirginvideos
Connect with Kelly:
• Instagram: @bewellbykelly
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly
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| 0:00.0 | We know you start losing muscle, you can starting at age 30. |
| 0:04.1 | And the thing is when you start to look at what you lose though, |
| 0:06.8 | and this is why I talk about powerful aging, |
| 0:09.4 | you lose like up to 1% of your muscle mass that's not really the problem. It's 2 to 4% of |
| 0:17.1 | strength 6 to 8% of power. So as we start to lose muscle mass we have we have two |
| 0:21.9 | types of muscle fibers and we have one in between |
| 0:24.6 | that can switch over. Fast twitch and slow twitch. Slow twitch is what we use to kind of walk around, |
| 0:30.5 | stay upright, etc. Fast switch is like we're going to run away from something, we're going to push something |
| 0:35.2 | heavy, we're going to move stuff. And then we have the ones that can switch over either way. So if you're spending your time |
| 0:41.6 | walking, doing Pilates or yoga, that's slow twitch type of movement, |
| 0:47.0 | unless you're doing the really hard yoga, but most of it's slow twitch or holding moves, etc. And if you do that you actually become slower and you |
| 0:56.4 | exacerbate the loss of those fast twitch fibers and as we age we need to be focusing |
| 1:02.4 | on keeping those fast twitch fibers and building more fast switch fibers. |
| 1:06.4 | And that is very specific type of training. |
| 1:09.4 | It's not going out for a walk, although movement, walking super, |
| 1:12.6 | super important. |
| 1:14.2 | You also got to be making sure you're putting in |
| 1:16.0 | the resistance training and the high intensity interval |
| 1:19.4 | style training, too. J.J. Virgin is a triple board certified nutrition expert, fitness Hall of Famer and and four-time New York Times best-selling |
| 1:34.7 | author. |
| 1:35.7 | She's a keynote speaker in media personality who was the nutrition expert for Dr. Phil's |
| 1:40.2 | weight loss challenges. |
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