Dr. Vonda Wright

The very first one we did on Masters athletes, answering the question, at what age do we really slow down? Because if you believe Hallmark... And all the rest in peace balloons that go around on your 40th or 50th birthday, slowing down is an inevitable part of aging.

The very first one we did on Masters athletes, answering the question, at what age do we really slow down? Because if you believe Hallmark... And all the rest in peace balloons that go around on your 40th or 50th birthday, slowing down is an inevitable part of aging.

But the fact of the matter is, and our study showed, that when I looked at track and field athletes in every race from 100 meters to 10,000 meters, and I looked at the top eight finishers in every age group in every race, that we do not significantly slow down. until we're past 70. So between 50 and 70, the guy who won the one-mile race finished it in four minutes and 34 seconds.

But the fact of the matter is, and our study showed, that when I looked at track and field athletes in every race from 100 meters to 10,000 meters, and I looked at the top eight finishers in every age group in every race, that we do not significantly slow down. until we're past 70. So between 50 and 70, the guy who won the one-mile race finished it in four minutes and 34 seconds.

The same year of the study, the kid that won the high school mile race did it in four minutes and 17 seconds. The 70-year-old who won the one mile race did it in a little less than seven minutes. It just shows you that if we're slowing down dramatically before our 70s, we've either decided not to train so hard. We're just not trying anymore. We've been terribly injured, right? And we can't.

The same year of the study, the kid that won the high school mile race did it in four minutes and 17 seconds. The 70-year-old who won the one mile race did it in a little less than seven minutes. It just shows you that if we're slowing down dramatically before our 70s, we've either decided not to train so hard. We're just not trying anymore. We've been terribly injured, right? And we can't.

But it's not because of biology.

But it's not because of biology.

Unbreakable goes strong, live long, age with power. And it really picks up the conversation of aging and longevity that I've been talking about for a long time, but really focuses on the longevity of women. So the book is framed around the pillars of aging, which I call time bombs. The time bomb of metabolic dysfunction. The time bomb that we think means our DNA is our destiny, which it is not.

Unbreakable goes strong, live long, age with power. And it really picks up the conversation of aging and longevity that I've been talking about for a long time, but really focuses on the longevity of women. So the book is framed around the pillars of aging, which I call time bombs. The time bomb of metabolic dysfunction. The time bomb that we think means our DNA is our destiny, which it is not.

We can modify ourselves and several others and really explain the science of what's going on and that aging is not an inevitable decline from vitality to frailty unless we cop to that attitude, right? And then the second part of the book... lays out a lifestyle that I call unbreakable. It's about muscle. It's a bone. It's about nutrition. But the most, a very important part is what you just said.

We can modify ourselves and several others and really explain the science of what's going on and that aging is not an inevitable decline from vitality to frailty unless we cop to that attitude, right? And then the second part of the book... lays out a lifestyle that I call unbreakable. It's about muscle. It's a bone. It's about nutrition. But the most, a very important part is what you just said.

It's about attitude and mindset. And so I help people set standards and goals for what they want based on their values. If I didn't value independence, if I didn't value having my brain till the very end and all the other things that I value, then my goals would be uninformed. I could say, oh, I want to run a marathon at 80, but that's not enough unless it's connected to my values.

It's about attitude and mindset. And so I help people set standards and goals for what they want based on their values. If I didn't value independence, if I didn't value having my brain till the very end and all the other things that I value, then my goals would be uninformed. I could say, oh, I want to run a marathon at 80, but that's not enough unless it's connected to my values.

And then further along, we talk about building resilience because brain resilience can be built in the same way that skeletal resilience can. And I believe it takes both of those things to progress and to age with power. And then the final sections of this book really take us to the next level.

And then further along, we talk about building resilience because brain resilience can be built in the same way that skeletal resilience can. And I believe it takes both of those things to progress and to age with power. And then the final sections of this book really take us to the next level.

How do we, now that we've optimized our health and decided that we are not the victims of time, I don't believe that. I believe we can shape our future. What do we do for peak performance? How do we continue to squeeze performance out? And what are the cool technologies that can help us?

How do we, now that we've optimized our health and decided that we are not the victims of time, I don't believe that. I believe we can shape our future. What do we do for peak performance? How do we continue to squeeze performance out? And what are the cool technologies that can help us?

Yay.

Yay.