Ben Greenfield
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throwing a football, riding a snowboard, swimming in the ocean, lifting weights as close as possible to whatever that day is.
If you look at how long a green-filled man my ancestry goes, typically somewhere between 70 and 80 years old, maybe by doing a lot of the really healthy stuff that I do, I might get 90.
So it's more important to me to maintain strength and vitality than to chase a number.
I'd be super stoked if it was 100.
But my goal is to just basically be
throwing a football, riding a snowboard, swimming in the ocean, lifting weights as close as possible to whatever that day is.
So it's more important to me to maintain strength and vitality than to chase a number.
Oh, I mean, we have studies that show this.
For example, when you take older individuals and putting them in an environment in which there was a lot of these nostalgic items of their youth, similar TV sets to when they were in their... I don't remember the exact age, but let's say like 20s and similar paintings and layout of the house and colors and music.
Oh, I mean, we have studies that show this.
For example, when you take older individuals and putting them in an environment in which there was a lot of these nostalgic items of their youth, similar TV sets to when they were in their... I don't remember the exact age, but let's say like 20s and similar paintings and layout of the house and colors and music.
And by...
almost tricking the mind into thinking that it was living in a younger environment.
They saw parameters related to aging favorably respond.
And I think that people who hang out with younger people, who hit the gym even when science says they're supposed to be getting weak and bone density is supposed to be decreasing, people who...
And by...
almost tricking the mind into thinking that it was living in a younger environment.
They saw parameters related to aging favorably respond.
go out on adventures and mini-retirements throughout their life, I think, on average, tend to have more vitality and vigor later into age.
And I think that people who hang out with younger people, who hit the gym even when science says they're supposed to be getting weak and bone density is supposed to be decreasing, people who...