Peter Attia
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Why don't you fall when that happens?
Because I can quickly readjust.
Right.
That's power.
Okay.
So you have the power in your foot to readjust when you lose your step.
You step off a curb not realizing it, it doesn't matter.
You readjust.
Okay.
Those are a very, very specific muscle fiber that is responsible for that.
It's called the type 2B muscle fiber.
That is the first fiber that atrophies when you age.
Really?
In fact, you're already at your peak.
It's all downhill from where you are now.
Thank you so much.
Yes.
So I'm already 20 years past you, and my power is a fraction of what it was 20 years ago.
Now, I fight like hell based on the exercises I do to try to keep it as high as possible.
So the reason that these people who are in their 70s are falling all the time is people think it's a balance thing.