Chris Masterjohn

So first of all, there's a lot of people in the longevity space

are taking most of their information about how they should train for longevity from people who specialize in cycling.

Really?

Well, yeah, I'm not going to name names, but there's, you know, a lot of people out there who are, you know, that's where it's coming from.

And I, you know, it makes a lot of sense that...

Cycling is, you know, it's good for cardiorespiratory fitness.

There's a lot of data that having good cardiorespiratory fitness is a key factor for longevity.

But when you look at a study where gymnasts and pole vaulters have six extra years on the cyclists and the cyclists only have two extra years on the general population, I'm like, huh?

It's not all about the cardiorespiratory fitness.

And so what I think about, it's an observational study.

You can't prove cause and effect, but it just does make you think.

And the way that I think about that is a few things.

So first of all, the commonalities between gymnasts and pole vaulters, it's definitely not height, because gymnasts tend to be short and pole vaulters are tall.

And so the height cancels out.

Definitely they're fit.

It is interesting that cyclists have a good lower body and gymnasts and pole vaulters have a good upper body.

So I do think that's interesting that it does make you wonder if you could skip leg day.

I don't advocate skipping leg day.

But to me, what I think is actually going on here is...

I think that functionality of movement throughout the whole body to facilitate