Episode 488: Mark Sisson: How to Look 40 at 70 (The Real Secrets Behind His Age-Defying Body)
episodePreviously titled “Episode 487: Mark Sisson: How to Look 40 at 70 (The Real Secrets Behind His Age-Defying Body)” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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Mark, just quickly, is the OG in the health and wellness space, in my opinion. As an entrepreneur, he had this thing called the Daily Apple. You still have it, by the way. Yeah. It's not like it's gone. Right. But it started in 2006, which makes it almost like it's… 17 years old. Yeah, 17. And still one of the best newsletters that I've ever read. Thank you. You're welcome. And Primal Kitchen, which is in my kitchen right now. So I'm just going right for the jugular. You look so… Good. How old are you? I just turned 70. You just turned 70. Okay. You look like you're like 40. Your body is insane. What are you doing? I want to know everything. I want that. I want to know what your routine is, what your regimen is.
You know, it's some genetics. Okay. You know, you cannot discount that. I've been athletic my whole life. So I started a routine, a habit of working out daily. in my early teens. It started with running, but I also started lifting weights in my teens. I've always been competitive. So the level of my athletics was, was such that I would be forced to dig deep and, you know, find the pain cave and all of the things they talk about right now. I chose to be an endurance athlete. So I chose to first of all, I was a marathon runner in the seventies, quite a good one. And from there, I got injured after seven years of, of overtraining and beating myself up doing that. So I, I, I switched to triathlon. And so my first triathlon ever was Ironman in Hawaii in 1981.
I went fourth in the 82 Hawaii Ironman. So I've always somehow been associated with a type of workout that is basically managing discomfort. You know, some people will play soccer and basketball or I now play, you know, Frisbee, ultimate Frisbee. But in those days, I was just managing discomfort every day. How deep a hole can I dig for myself?
Right.
You know, and hopefully recover from it and improve as a result of it. So it was all about performance for me for the longest time.
What's interesting is that like people who've done that for as many years, like you said, you started in the seventies and like your body doesn't seem like, I don't know. I don't know you on a, in a very deep level. I just met you, but you don't seem like your body's broken down. Like you look like you're very fit, that you're still very active. You're doing ultimate Frisbee. How did you even maintain that ability, given the fact that like, especially people who are runners like you, their bodies break down so quick after a while.
Oh, I'm now on a campaign to eradicate running. Really? We'll talk about that. Yeah, I want to. But, you know, as I think walking is the best thing a human being can do for oneself. Yeah. No, I mean, I've lifted weights. So I've maintained muscle mass. I've maintained range of motion. I stretch a little bit. I don't do yoga, for better or worse. You know, we'll talk about diet. I mean, I think 80% of my physical results, my body composition as a result of my food choices, which is what I've written about for 30 years.
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