Dr. Peter Attia

And the footballer has a totally different goal. Yes, he has to be able to run fast for short distances, but just being able to run fast would not produce superior results. And then the basketball player would be different. And then the skier would have a totally different set of skills. So I said, well, who's the most well-rounded athlete out there? It's the decathlete.

And the footballer has a totally different goal. Yes, he has to be able to run fast for short distances, but just being able to run fast would not produce superior results. And then the basketball player would be different. And then the skier would have a totally different set of skills. So I said, well, who's the most well-rounded athlete out there? It's the decathlete.

Because that guy's got to do 10 different things really well. Now, he or she doesn't have to be the best in the world at those 10. In fact, they never are. but overall they're considered the best athlete because of the diversity and breadth of what they can do. And so I said, that is our model.

Because that guy's got to do 10 different things really well. Now, he or she doesn't have to be the best in the world at those 10. In fact, they never are. but overall they're considered the best athlete because of the diversity and breadth of what they can do. And so I said, that is our model.

So what is the centenary in decathlon then is I say to you, Steven, one day you are gonna be in your marginal decade What do you want to be able to do physically, athletically in that last decade?

So what is the centenary in decathlon then is I say to you, Steven, one day you are gonna be in your marginal decade What do you want to be able to do physically, athletically in that last decade?

And by the way, it's a different reason. I'm going to point this out and I want to come back to your story. Walking down is not about endurance. Walking down is about eccentric strength in the quads to be able to decelerate the body as it's moving down. Very important. Coming up is about concentric strength in the quads and glutes and endurance. Okay. All right, but continue.

And by the way, it's a different reason. I'm going to point this out and I want to come back to your story. Walking down is not about endurance. Walking down is about eccentric strength in the quads to be able to decelerate the body as it's moving down. Very important. Coming up is about concentric strength in the quads and glutes and endurance. Okay. All right, but continue.

Think about the scapular stability that's required. Think about the upper body strength you need to lift yourself back into a boat if you fall. I mean, the list goes on and on and on.

Think about the scapular stability that's required. Think about the upper body strength you need to lift yourself back into a boat if you fall. I mean, the list goes on and on and on.

That's exactly the exercise we do, right? We take people through... give us the 10 most important things you want to be able to do. So like if you start with, I want to be able to go back to Bali and I want to be able to go down those hundred stairs, get in the raft, go down the river, come back up the stairs, that gets broken down into very specific movement patterns.

That's exactly the exercise we do, right? We take people through... give us the 10 most important things you want to be able to do. So like if you start with, I want to be able to go back to Bali and I want to be able to go down those hundred stairs, get in the raft, go down the river, come back up the stairs, that gets broken down into very specific movement patterns.

Playing football with the kids out back gets broken down into very specific movement patterns. By the way, they're very different, right? That one comes down much more to foot reactivity, lateral movement, things like that. Being able to pick something up off the floor is yet another set of movement patterns.

Playing football with the kids out back gets broken down into very specific movement patterns. By the way, they're very different, right? That one comes down much more to foot reactivity, lateral movement, things like that. Being able to pick something up off the floor is yet another set of movement patterns.

It turns out there are approximately 27 physical requirements that are necessary to do the sum total of most things people want to do.

It turns out there are approximately 27 physical requirements that are necessary to do the sum total of most things people want to do.

Obviously, I don't agree with that, though I have tremendous empathy for people who might feel that way. When you see something as ubiquitous as the decline of untold numbers of people as they age, it would be very easy and tempting to say that that is the inevitability of our species. Death is inevitable. despite what some biohackers may tell you.

Obviously, I don't agree with that, though I have tremendous empathy for people who might feel that way. When you see something as ubiquitous as the decline of untold numbers of people as they age, it would be very easy and tempting to say that that is the inevitability of our species. Death is inevitable. despite what some biohackers may tell you.

Decline is inevitable, but the rate of decline is very much up to us. And the preservation of strength, stamina, movement capacity, Those things are largely up to us. In fact, there are actual data that demonstrate quite clearly. In fact, I was just reading a paper yesterday in the journal Cell that looked at the role of exercise in aging individuals to preserve mitochondrial function.

Decline is inevitable, but the rate of decline is very much up to us. And the preservation of strength, stamina, movement capacity, Those things are largely up to us. In fact, there are actual data that demonstrate quite clearly. In fact, I was just reading a paper yesterday in the journal Cell that looked at the role of exercise in aging individuals to preserve mitochondrial function.