Dr. Vonda Wright

But now is the time to respect yourself enough to make the decisions to say, okay, five days a week, I'm going to focus on my career. I'm going to focus on getting ahead. I am going to take care of my body. And because I'm young, I can play around a few days. But if we do that seven days a week, we end up a decade later with no habits, no

But now is the time to respect yourself enough to make the decisions to say, okay, five days a week, I'm going to focus on my career. I'm going to focus on getting ahead. I am going to take care of my body. And because I'm young, I can play around a few days. But if we do that seven days a week, we end up a decade later with no habits, no

Probably this beer belly we never wanted and you're getting teased with our friends. So I think it's time now as we're enjoying our youth to develop habits that will last a lifetime.

Probably this beer belly we never wanted and you're getting teased with our friends. So I think it's time now as we're enjoying our youth to develop habits that will last a lifetime.

I think if we start earlier, it's just our lifestyle. It's how we live, right? It often, and I tell people this at any age, that as we're layering on our health habits, it may seem like a lot at first, but if it's just how we live, then it's no extra stress, right?

I think if we start earlier, it's just our lifestyle. It's how we live, right? It often, and I tell people this at any age, that as we're layering on our health habits, it may seem like a lot at first, but if it's just how we live, then it's no extra stress, right?

For instance, if you're used to mobility almost every day, if you're used to making food choices that do not involve a lot of fried foods or you understand that you can't be drunk every night and still be healthy, then it is no effort to live that way versus, oh my gosh, I've got to do these five or six things. Does that make sense?

For instance, if you're used to mobility almost every day, if you're used to making food choices that do not involve a lot of fried foods or you understand that you can't be drunk every night and still be healthy, then it is no effort to live that way versus, oh my gosh, I've got to do these five or six things. Does that make sense?

The good news is, is that recently a study was released that showed our first big hit of biologic aging is about 40. Now, that doesn't mean that you can- What does that mean, yeah? That means at a cellular level, the repair mechanisms become less efficient. It means that our pluripotent stem cells, which we have not only from our bone marrow, but in every cell, are actually less young.

The good news is, is that recently a study was released that showed our first big hit of biologic aging is about 40. Now, that doesn't mean that you can- What does that mean, yeah? That means at a cellular level, the repair mechanisms become less efficient. It means that our pluripotent stem cells, which we have not only from our bone marrow, but in every cell, are actually less young.

That being said, lifestyle can rejuvenate those. And we've done our own, we've done, that's part of my research, having done those studies. But so when I say at 40, it's the first big hit, our actual intracellular biology becomes less efficient. We are able to clear the toxins of metabolism less efficiently.

That being said, lifestyle can rejuvenate those. And we've done our own, we've done, that's part of my research, having done those studies. But so when I say at 40, it's the first big hit, our actual intracellular biology becomes less efficient. We are able to clear the toxins of metabolism less efficiently.

We're able to produce the proteins that our cells make in normal living from our DNA less effectively. So I don't want to give 30-year-olds a pass. I call the time between 35 and 45 the critical decade, just to get everything established, to get in the best shape of your life, so that you're actually starting midlife. Because when you look at life expectancy... Midlife is 40, right?

We're able to produce the proteins that our cells make in normal living from our DNA less effectively. So I don't want to give 30-year-olds a pass. I call the time between 35 and 45 the critical decade, just to get everything established, to get in the best shape of your life, so that you're actually starting midlife. Because when you look at life expectancy... Midlife is 40, right?

And so we tend to think, oh, when I get old, well, 40 is midlife. If we arrive there having taken care of the habits, it is significantly easier. Now, it's easier to start at 40 than it is at 65. I don't want to be discouraging to people if you've missed the boat on 2030s. But that's what I mean by biologically, there's a big hit about 44.

And so we tend to think, oh, when I get old, well, 40 is midlife. If we arrive there having taken care of the habits, it is significantly easier. Now, it's easier to start at 40 than it is at 65. I don't want to be discouraging to people if you've missed the boat on 2030s. But that's what I mean by biologically, there's a big hit about 44.

with the experience of age and working this long, your top priority is to figure out how to sleep through the night. Because secondarily, if I tell you to go build muscle mass and to work on your VO2 max, which we can talk about all those things, if you're exhausted, if you are not...

with the experience of age and working this long, your top priority is to figure out how to sleep through the night. Because secondarily, if I tell you to go build muscle mass and to work on your VO2 max, which we can talk about all those things, if you're exhausted, if you are not...

aware of your circadian rhythm and when you should be going to sleep and when you're waking up, you will not have the energy or the brain power to do the secondary things, which number two is mobility. I'm an orthopedic surgeon. It's top of mind for me where everybody's talking about it now. We are to build lean muscle mass.

aware of your circadian rhythm and when you should be going to sleep and when you're waking up, you will not have the energy or the brain power to do the secondary things, which number two is mobility. I'm an orthopedic surgeon. It's top of mind for me where everybody's talking about it now. We are to build lean muscle mass.