Dr. Peter Attia

But does that mean you shouldn't save money when you're older? No, it doesn't. There's also a lot of data that we have from clinical trials that are done with seniors that demonstrate that, for example, people who have never lifted weights in their life before, who start lifting weights for the first time when they're in their 60s and 70s, have a remarkable benefit.

But does that mean you shouldn't save money when you're older? No, it doesn't. There's also a lot of data that we have from clinical trials that are done with seniors that demonstrate that, for example, people who have never lifted weights in their life before, who start lifting weights for the first time when they're in their 60s and 70s, have a remarkable benefit.

This is not just true of weight training. It's true of any sort of exercise. So the short answer, I guess, is that no, it's never too late to really start thinking about this. But obviously, the best time to plant the tree is yesterday, if not today.

This is not just true of weight training. It's true of any sort of exercise. So the short answer, I guess, is that no, it's never too late to really start thinking about this. But obviously, the best time to plant the tree is yesterday, if not today.

Why do they have a benefit if they haven't done it before?

Why do they have a benefit if they haven't done it before?

Well, there's an effect of training. So specifically thinking of exercise, the body is really a use it or lose it organ or collection of organs. And the muscles are a great example of that. So it's actually true of young people and old people. The greatest effect of exercise is generally seen in the person who goes from being completely sedentary to even a mild amount of training.

Well, there's an effect of training. So specifically thinking of exercise, the body is really a use it or lose it organ or collection of organs. And the muscles are a great example of that. So it's actually true of young people and old people. The greatest effect of exercise is generally seen in the person who goes from being completely sedentary to even a mild amount of training.

So if you look at somebody like me who exercises all the time or someone like you who exercises all the time, if we added three hours a week to your training or to my training, it actually wouldn't have an enormous impact. If you took an individual who did zero exercise and you took them to three hours a week, which let's be honest, guys, 30 minutes a day, six days a week is not a huge ask.

So if you look at somebody like me who exercises all the time or someone like you who exercises all the time, if we added three hours a week to your training or to my training, it actually wouldn't have an enormous impact. If you took an individual who did zero exercise and you took them to three hours a week, which let's be honest, guys, 30 minutes a day, six days a week is not a huge ask.

The impact is enormous.

The impact is enormous.

That's strange. That's not what you'd think. Can you talk about the importance of adding life to years rather than just years to life and what that means to you?

That's strange. That's not what you'd think. Can you talk about the importance of adding life to years rather than just years to life and what that means to you?

Yeah, it means a lot to me. I think it will mean a lot to people here because the metric that most people think of is life expectancy. How many times have you heard it? Life expectancy is increasing. Life expectancy is decreasing. And I think the reason for that is, frankly, it's just the easiest thing to measure because it's objective, it's quantitative, and it's a single number.

Yeah, it means a lot to me. I think it will mean a lot to people here because the metric that most people think of is life expectancy. How many times have you heard it? Life expectancy is increasing. Life expectancy is decreasing. And I think the reason for that is, frankly, it's just the easiest thing to measure because it's objective, it's quantitative, and it's a single number.

It's a number that shows up and it can be measured from a death certificate. We know exactly how many years to the day that a person lived. And if we keep track of that, we certainly know something about them. But my argument would be that it is not the most important thing.

It's a number that shows up and it can be measured from a death certificate. We know exactly how many years to the day that a person lived. And if we keep track of that, we certainly know something about them. But my argument would be that it is not the most important thing.

And I would challenge us to find an individual who would, if given the choice, and I don't think one ever has to make this choice, but for the purpose of the thought experiment, if you said, look, you could live to 80 in remarkable and perfect health. And then when your life is over, it ends very quickly and suddenly.

And I would challenge us to find an individual who would, if given the choice, and I don't think one ever has to make this choice, but for the purpose of the thought experiment, if you said, look, you could live to 80 in remarkable and perfect health. And then when your life is over, it ends very quickly and suddenly.