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🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 108 minutes
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0:00.0 | Death is inevitable, but the rate of decline is very much up to us. |
0:05.0 | But the drawback that young people have is they only begin to realize the inevitability of the decline when it besets them. |
0:12.0 | So your team that came in for testing that are in their 20s when I'm looking at these results, |
0:16.0 | there were issues that were uncovered that were a concern. |
0:18.0 | And ignoring it doesn't lead to a good outcome when you're 65. |
0:21.8 | But a lot of people have this issue, so it's okay to speak freely about this. |
0:24.9 | Yep. |
0:25.3 | The biggest concern is that Dr. Peter Attia is the go-to physician for high performers, celebrities, |
0:30.1 | and anyone serious about unlocking the science behind a longer, stronger, and healthier life. |
0:35.3 | I had a big epiphany at a funeral of a friend of mine, who I realized had declined so much |
0:40.3 | during their last decade that when they couldn't do those things that gave them pleasure |
0:44.3 | because of injuries, aches, and pains, they weren't enjoying life. |
0:48.3 | I call it the marginal decade. |
0:50.3 | Wow, the case of what are the most important parts of my health that I should be thinking about for longevity? |
0:54.8 | So there's muscle mass, muscle strength. But we don't have a single metric that we can measure that better predicts how long they will live than how high their VO2 is, which is the maximum amount of oxygen you can consume. |
1:05.6 | And if you compare somebody who is in the top 2% to someone who is in the bottom 25%. There is a 400% difference in their all-cause mortality over the coming year. |
1:15.9 | But how do I know if it's an issue about? |
1:17.4 | We'll go into much more detail around that, |
1:19.3 | but the way to avoid this is to train specifically for that marginal decade. |
1:23.7 | And there's so many things that we just do wrong. |
1:26.4 | So the sooner you start, the better. |
1:28.3 | So rule number one. |
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