Dr. Peter Attia

I'm going to sound like a broken record saying this, but you're going to want to have your body as prepared as possible because that physical piece is so important in preventing these types of injuries.

I'm going to sound like a broken record saying this, but you're going to want to have your body as prepared as possible because that physical piece is so important in preventing these types of injuries.

Is there anything that people of this age can do now to preserve that muscle or strengthen it? Or did it have to be done while it was still like in their 20s?

Is there anything that people of this age can do now to preserve that muscle or strengthen it? Or did it have to be done while it was still like in their 20s?

Obviously, if you could go back in time and I put you all in a time machine to when you're 20, knowing what you know today, maybe you would exercise more. But that's sort of an irrelevant point. I would say the point is what we do today is what matters. There's a woman named Belinda Beck that I interviewed on my podcast.

Obviously, if you could go back in time and I put you all in a time machine to when you're 20, knowing what you know today, maybe you would exercise more. But that's sort of an irrelevant point. I would say the point is what we do today is what matters. There's a woman named Belinda Beck that I interviewed on my podcast.

A few months ago, she's a researcher in Australia, and she did a study there that I really was fond of called the Liftmore Study. So this is a study that was done with a group of women, all of whom were over 65 years old and all of whom had a disease condition of very, very low bone density.

A few months ago, she's a researcher in Australia, and she did a study there that I really was fond of called the Liftmore Study. So this is a study that was done with a group of women, all of whom were over 65 years old and all of whom had a disease condition of very, very low bone density.

So there's a group of 65 and plus year old women who had very brittle bones, who didn't exercise beyond yoga and walking. So it's not like they were inactive, but they'd never lifted weights. And these women were randomized into two groups, one that continued with that type of exercise, and then one that engaged in really, really heavy strength training.

So there's a group of 65 and plus year old women who had very brittle bones, who didn't exercise beyond yoga and walking. So it's not like they were inactive, but they'd never lifted weights. And these women were randomized into two groups, one that continued with that type of exercise, and then one that engaged in really, really heavy strength training.

And I love that there's a video of this on YouTube that is easily one of my 10 favorite videos of all time, because these women who look so frail by the end of the study are able to, in some cases, pick up their own body weight off the ground, do a deadlift with their own body weight. And they are coached on how to do this safely and they gain strength.

And I love that there's a video of this on YouTube that is easily one of my 10 favorite videos of all time, because these women who look so frail by the end of the study are able to, in some cases, pick up their own body weight off the ground, do a deadlift with their own body weight. And they are coached on how to do this safely and they gain strength.

And they really do hardcore powerlifting exercises. Like they're not holding the little two-pound dumbbells doing curls. They're doing squats. They're doing deadlifts, getting to pull-ups, bench press, all sorts of things. By the end of this study, they defied something that we thought was possible, which is we never thought it was possible to increase bone density.

And they really do hardcore powerlifting exercises. Like they're not holding the little two-pound dumbbells doing curls. They're doing squats. They're doing deadlifts, getting to pull-ups, bench press, all sorts of things. By the end of this study, they defied something that we thought was possible, which is we never thought it was possible to increase bone density.

We thought the best you could do was maintain bone density or maybe slightly prevent the rate of decline. But amazingly, in these women, based on the CT scans of their bones, they actually increased bone density. I find this to be one of the most uplifting and important findings with respect to aging.

We thought the best you could do was maintain bone density or maybe slightly prevent the rate of decline. But amazingly, in these women, based on the CT scans of their bones, they actually increased bone density. I find this to be one of the most uplifting and important findings with respect to aging.

And I think it speaks to how the idea that lifting weights is a young person's thing or a male thing. I think both of those are just incorrect. Lifting weights is something every person on this planet should be doing.

And I think it speaks to how the idea that lifting weights is a young person's thing or a male thing. I think both of those are just incorrect. Lifting weights is something every person on this planet should be doing.

Moving from risks into action, do you want to quickly walk through the tactics in your longevity toolkit? And then from there, we can go into detail on each of them.

Moving from risks into action, do you want to quickly walk through the tactics in your longevity toolkit? And then from there, we can go into detail on each of them.