Dr. Rhonda Patrick

And these are, again, at the elite level, you know, so.

know it's like if you've been training so hard since you're like whatever 12 or 15 and you're going for 20 years for that elite level but i guess you're really optimizing your body too for performance your body is very adaptable and so the thing is i'm sure there's the outliers that that is true but if you again look at studies that are published looking at generally like you know average population of like there's a french

know it's like if you've been training so hard since you're like whatever 12 or 15 and you're going for 20 years for that elite level but i guess you're really optimizing your body too for performance your body is very adaptable and so the thing is i'm sure there's the outliers that that is true but if you again look at studies that are published looking at generally like you know average population of like there's a french

Olympian athlete study. And then there's another Olympian athlete study that looks at multiple different Olympic athletes from around the world. And then just looking at some of the studies, looking at people that have an elite level of cardiorespiratory fitness, right? So that would be your ability to take in oxygen during maximal exercise is measured by VO2 max.

Olympian athlete study. And then there's another Olympian athlete study that looks at multiple different Olympic athletes from around the world. And then just looking at some of the studies, looking at people that have an elite level of cardiorespiratory fitness, right? So that would be your ability to take in oxygen during maximal exercise is measured by VO2 max.

There's studies showing that people that are in the elite level, so these are the elite athletes, like they're in like the top 2.3% of VO2 max, have an 80% reduction in all-cause mortality compared to people at the low end, like the people with low VO2 max, 80%. And what's even more mind-blowing is that First of all, the elite people, so people that are like, again, these are the athletes.

There's studies showing that people that are in the elite level, so these are the elite athletes, like they're in like the top 2.3% of VO2 max, have an 80% reduction in all-cause mortality compared to people at the low end, like the people with low VO2 max, 80%. And what's even more mind-blowing is that First of all, the elite people, so people that are like, again, these are the athletes.

If you compare them to people that are like me, like high, I have a high VO2 max for my age, I'm not elite. Like they still had a 20% lower all cause mortality than, so it seems like there's no limit, right? You keep going up. But the people with the low VO2 max, those people had a mortality that was comparable or worse to people that were smokers, had hypertension, diabetes. I know.

If you compare them to people that are like me, like high, I have a high VO2 max for my age, I'm not elite. Like they still had a 20% lower all cause mortality than, so it seems like there's no limit, right? You keep going up. But the people with the low VO2 max, those people had a mortality that was comparable or worse to people that were smokers, had hypertension, diabetes. I know.

It's because being sedentary, like not being physically active is a disease. It is a disease. I think it should be talked about as being a disease because it has the same mortality risk as people that are not, I mean, people that have diseases. that we identify as disease, right? Like hypertension.

It's because being sedentary, like not being physically active is a disease. It is a disease. I think it should be talked about as being a disease because it has the same mortality risk as people that are not, I mean, people that have diseases. that we identify as disease, right? Like hypertension.

Good question. Typically, I mean, what I'm talking about is the context of studies. And so typically what would be defined as a sedentary lifestyle is someone that has no leisure time physical activity, so they don't play tennis or pickleball or soccer or basketball or baseball or any type of leisure type of hockey, whatever, fill in the blank. Kickball. Kickball, handball. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

Good question. Typically, I mean, what I'm talking about is the context of studies. And so typically what would be defined as a sedentary lifestyle is someone that has no leisure time physical activity, so they don't play tennis or pickleball or soccer or basketball or baseball or any type of leisure type of hockey, whatever, fill in the blank. Kickball. Kickball, handball. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

Or they don't go to the gym, they don't run, so they don't identify themselves as taking time to engage in some type of physical exercise.

Or they don't go to the gym, they don't run, so they don't identify themselves as taking time to engage in some type of physical exercise.

That's it. And that would be considered sedentary.

That's it. And that would be considered sedentary.

Yeah, I mean, it depends on if, you know, maybe they are walking. If they walk their dog more, they're getting more steps, you know. I mean, I think that's better than nothing.

Yeah, I mean, it depends on if, you know, maybe they are walking. If they walk their dog more, they're getting more steps, you know. I mean, I think that's better than nothing.

But most of the time, people walking their dogs are not doing brisk walks. Yeah, they're stopping. Yeah, yeah. So probably I would say that, I wonder if scientists actually ask them, do you walk your dog? I don't know. That might be considered sedentary. I would call it sedentary. Right.