The Step By Step Longevity Protocol this 72 Year Old Followed to Reverse Her Osteopenia, Build Muscle and Become the Oldest American Ninja Warrior

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

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We’ve heard the experts tell us the importance of maintaining muscle mass and strength training as we age. But, for some of us, it may feel like this advice came too late in life. Today's guest is here to share that it’s never too late to focus on building and maintaining muscle and becoming active.

Today, on the Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with competitive athlete Virginia (“Ginny”) MacColl to discuss the biggest myths about fitness as we age. Ginny shares her strength training journey, reversing her osteopenia and ultimately becoming the oldest person to complete an American Ninja Warrior obstacle at 71.

Virginia MacColl, also known as Ginny, is a dancer and competitive athlete. Ginny began strength training, inspired by her daughter, Jessie Graff, who has gone farther than any female on American Ninja Warrior. At 63 years old, Ginny did her first pull-up and competed in American Ninja Warrior, making history at age 71 as the oldest person to complete an obstacle. She was named the oldest competitive female ninja athlete in the 2024 Guinness World Record Book.

In this episode, Dhru and Ginny dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

The biggest myths about fitness (1:44 / 1:44)
Ginny’s story (9:33 / 7:13 )
Strength training as a method of getting diet in check (18:00 / 15:45)
How Ginny’s life has changed and how it has increased her confidence (24:11 / 22:03)
Moving parts don’t rust, and the power of “yet” (30:35 / 28:53)
The importance of social connections in Ginny’s life (34:55 / 31:39)
Finding your why and Ginny’s why (43:20 / 39:06)
How Ginny meets her daily protein goals (53:20 / 48:18)
Target levels of activity for Ginny, including walking (1:05:23 / 1:01:44)
How to get started as a beginner (1:10:15 / 1:05:57)

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0:00.0	Jenny welcome to the podcast you have a wild story in your late 50s you were diagnosed with
0:06.4	osteopina and for those that don't know it's the first step on the way to osteoporosis
0:11.6	which is something we don't want, and doctors told you the time
0:15.3	that this was a normal part of the aging process, and you believe them and continue to move forward
0:22.1	with your life.
0:23.0	But then, only a few years later, you saw your daughter, Jesse, compete in America Ninja Warrior,
0:30.5	which is a fitness competition, and you got serious and inspired about getting strong and focusing on resistance training and in only two years you reversed your osteopina which is a huge deal right that doesn't
0:47.7	happen that often and you radically became stronger. Today at age 72, you are fitter in my opinion from what I've seen,
0:59.3	the most 30 year olds, maybe even a lot of 20 year olds that are out there, and last year in September
1:06.2	it was announced that you were officially inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records
1:11.2	as the oldest competitive female Ninja athlete which is a huge accolade and very inspirational.
1:18.2	You know I've invited you on the podcast today to talk about your story but to also talk about the top myths that are
1:24.4	holding people back especially those that are in their 50s 60s 70s and beyond
1:28.8	the myths that hold them from aging gracefully and getting stronger and most importantly stepping into their true
1:36.7	potential. What do you feel is one of the biggest myths that are out there that are holding those individuals back.
1:44.4	The biggest thing that I would say going forward is that you're too old to get fit.
1:49.2	I don't think I ever thought that you could do other than just maintain your muscles as you got older.
1:56.5	But I'm living proof that you can get stronger because I had no upper body strength when I started and I got stronger and I'm still
2:07.0	getting stronger so I'm gonna see how long I can keep this going but I think that's a lot of people's problems. They see the age 50 coming
2:16.1	around the corner and they're going, oh my gosh, I'm downhill from here. But your body doesn't
2:21.8	break down just because you age.
2:25.0	They say it's not the years in your life, but the life in your years.
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