Peter Attia: Top 5 Exercises to Boost Longevity & Reverse Aging
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses the significant impact of muscle mass and cardiorespiratory fitness on longevity. It reveals that low muscle mass individuals face a 200% increase in all-cause mortality, while cardiorespiratory fitness shows an even more profound effect, with a 5x difference in mortality rates between the least and most fit. The speaker emphasizes the importance of strength training and cardiovascular exercise, suggesting specific metrics like dead hangs, wall sits, and V2 Max as benchmarks for a healthy lifestyle. The conversation also touches on the overemphasis on dietary nuances and supplements without first addressing the more critical aspect of physical fitness.
Takeaways
- 💪 Low muscle mass individuals face a 200% increase in all-cause mortality compared to those with high muscle mass as they age.
- 🏃 Cardiorespiratory fitness has a profound impact on longevity, with a 5x difference in all-cause mortality observed between the least fit and the fittest individuals.
- 🚬 Smoking increases the risk of all-cause mortality by approximately 40%, meaning smokers are at a consistently higher risk of death.
- 🏋️♂️ Strength is a critical factor in longevity, with a 250% greater risk of mortality for those with lower strength.
- 🤔 The importance of muscle strength is often overlooked in favor of debates about diet and supplements, which should be secondary to physical fitness.
- 🏃♀️ A simple test for quad strength is to see how long one can sit in a squatted position at 90° without support.
- 🏃♂️ High-intensity cardiovascular exercises, such as running a mile in a specific time, are strong indicators of good V2 Max and overall health.
- 🏋️♀️ The Strength Metrics Assessment (SMA) is a program that includes 11 challenging tests to measure various aspects of strength.
- 👨⚕️ Health professionals use specific metrics and tests, like the SMA, to provide tailored exercise recommendations for patients.
- 🌟 Achieving high levels of cardiovascular fitness and strength can significantly reduce the risk of all-cause mortality, emphasizing the importance of physical activity over dietary nuances.
Q & A
What is the impact of low muscle mass on all-cause mortality as compared to high muscle mass?
-Low muscle mass people have about a 200% increase in all-cause mortality as they age when compared to high muscle mass individuals.
How does cardiorespiratory fitness affect all-cause mortality, and what is the difference between low and high achievers?
-Cardiorespiratory fitness has a profound impact on all-cause mortality. There is a 5x difference in all-cause mortality between the bottom 25% and the top 2.5% for a given age and sex.
What is the approximate increase in the risk of all-cause mortality due to smoking?
-Smoking is associated with approximately a 40% increase in the risk of all-cause mortality.
How does muscle strength relate to mortality risk, and what are some ways to measure it?
-Muscle strength is highly associated with mortality risk, with a hazard ratio of about 3.5x or 250% greater risk. Grip strength, leg extensions, and the ability to hold a squat for a certain duration are some ways to measure it.
What is the Strength Metrics Assessment (SMA) and how does it help in assessing an individual's strength?
-The Strength Metrics Assessment (SMA) is a program that involves 11 challenging tests to measure an individual's strength, including dead hangs and other exercises, providing a granular insight into their physical capabilities.
What is the significance of V2 Max in determining cardiorespiratory fitness and its impact on mortality risk?
-V2 Max is a key indicator of cardiorespiratory fitness, and its levels can predict the risk of all-cause mortality. Being in the top percentiles of V2 Max can significantly reduce this risk.
What are some benchmarks for achieving good cardiorespiratory fitness as per the script?
-Some benchmarks for good cardiorespiratory fitness include being able to run a mile in under seven minutes or having a V2 Max at or above the 75th percentile for one's age and sex.
How long should a 40-year-old aim to hold a dead hang to be considered fit according to the script?
-A 40-year-old should aim to hold a dead hang for at least one minute to be considered fit.
What is the significance of the ability to perform a wall sit in assessing leg strength, and what are the standards for it?
-The ability to perform a wall sit is a demonstration of quad strength. The standard for both men and women at 40 is to hold a squat at 90 degrees for 2 minutes.
What is the recommended farmer carry duration for males and females as per the script?
-For males, the recommended farmer carry duration is to carry half their body weight in each hand for 2 minutes. For females, it's 75% of their body weight for the same duration.
How can one estimate their V2 Max if they don't have access to the necessary equipment?
-One can estimate their V2 Max using online estimators that take into account their performance on activities like biking, running, or rowing, and provide an approximation of their V2 Max.
Outlines
💪 Importance of Muscle Mass and Fitness for Longevity
The paragraph emphasizes the significance of muscle mass and cardiorespiratory fitness in determining longevity. It contrasts individuals with low muscle mass, who face a 200% increase in all-cause mortality, with those who have high muscle mass, enjoying a threefold improvement in mortality risk. The discussion also highlights the profound impact of cardiorespiratory fitness, with a 5x difference in mortality risk between the lowest and highest achievers. The speaker introduces strength metrics such as grip strength, leg extensions, and squats as indicators of muscle strength and suggests that strength, rather than muscle mass alone, is a critical factor. The SMA (Strength Metrics Assessment) is mentioned as a comprehensive program that evaluates patients' strength through 11 challenging tests, including dead hangs and other bodyweight exercises. The paragraph concludes by underscoring the importance of cardiovascular exercise, suggesting that achieving a high V2 Max can significantly reduce the risk of all-cause mortality.
🏋️♂️ Practical Strength and Cardiovascular Exercises for Health
This paragraph delves into practical exercises that can be used to gauge and improve one's strength and cardiovascular health. It suggests that being able to run a mile within a certain time can serve as an estimator of V2 Max, a measure of cardiorespiratory fitness. The speaker mentions various strength tests such as deadlifts, farmer carries, and vertical jumps, which are used to assess different aspects of physical fitness like grip strength and mobility. The paragraph also discusses the development of a strength and stability program by Beth Lewis, which aims to identify and promote exercises that contribute to optimal health and longevity. The focus is on setting achievable goals for strength and cardiovascular fitness, such as being able to perform a dead hang for a minute or completing a farmer carry for two minutes with half one's body weight, to ensure that individuals are on track for maintaining good health as they age.
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Keywords
💡Muscle Mass
💡All-Cause Mortality
💡Cardiorespiratory Fitness
💡Strength
💡V2 Max
💡Smoking
💡Dead Hang
💡SMA (Strength Metrics Assessment)
💡Farmer Carry
💡Vertical Jump
💡Supplements
Highlights
Low muscle mass people have about a 200% increase in all-cause mortality compared to high muscle mass people as they age.
Cardiorespiratory fitness shows an even more profound impact, with a 5x difference in all-cause mortality.
Smoking increases the risk of all-cause mortality by approximately 40%.
Improving muscle mass can significantly reduce the hazard ratio for all-cause mortality.
Strength, rather than just muscle mass, is highly associated with reduced mortality risk.
Grip strength, leg extensions, and wall sits are examples of tests that measure strength.
The ability to perform a squat at 90° without support is a good demonstration of quad strength.
The Strength Metrics Assessment (SMA) involves 11 challenging tests to evaluate strength.
Cardiorespiratory fitness is the single strongest association for modifiable behavior and mortality risk.
People with higher V2 Max scores have significantly lower all-cause mortality rates.
Training to improve cardiovascular fitness can have a substantial positive effect on longevity.
Dead hanging for at least a minute is a suggested goal for improving strength.
Aerobic capacity can be estimated by running a mile in a certain time, such as under eight minutes.
Farmer carries, where one carries their body weight for a certain time, are used to measure grip strength and mobility.
Vertical jump and ground contact time are additional measures of physical fitness.
The development of strength and stability programs is an ongoing process, evolving with new research.
The 'centenarian to cathete' concept refers to living in one's marginal decade at the best possible physical state.
Transcripts
what are the things that anyone and
everyone can do should do to live longer
so if you compare low muscle mass people
to high muscle mass people as they age
the low muscle mass people have about
200% increase in all cause mortality if
you look at cardiorespiratory Fitness
it's even more profound you're talking
about 5x difference in all cause
mortality that's probably the single
strongest Association I've seen for any
modifiable
Behavior so let's start with a couple of
the things that you've already
highlighted so smoking how how much does
smoking increase your risk of all cause
mortality smoking is approximately a 40%
increase in the risk of ACM it doesn't
mean your lifespan is going to be 40%
less it means at any point in time
standing there your risk of death is 40%
higher so now the question is like how
do you improve so what are the things
that improve those so now here we do
this by comparing low to high Achievers
and other metrics so if you look at low
muscle mass versus high muscle mass what
is the
Improvement and it's pretty significant
it's about 3x so if you compare low
muscle mass people to high muscle mass
people as they age the low muscle mass
people have about a 3X Hazard Ratio or
200% increase in all cause mortality now
if you look at the data more carefully
you realize that it's probably less the
muscle mass fully doing that and it's
more the high association with strength
and when you start to teas out strength
you can realize that strength could be
probably 3 and 1/2x as a hazard ratio
meaning about
250% greater risk so they're usually
using like grip strength um leg
extensions and like wall sits squats
things like that so how long can you sit
in a squatted position at 90° without
support would be a great demonstration
of quad strength a leg extension um you
know how much weight can you hold for
how long relative to body weight things
like that um you know we we have a whole
strength program that we do with our
patients we have something called the
SMA so the strength metrics assessment
and we put them through 11 tests that um
are really difficult you know like a
dead hang is one of them like how long
can you dead hang your body weight stuff
like that so we're trying to be more
granular in that Insight but tie it back
to these principles if you look at
cardiorespiratory Fitness it's even more
profound so um if you look at people who
are in the bottom 25% for their age and
sex in terms of V2 Max and you compare
them to the people that are just at the
50 th to 75th percentile um you're
talking about a 2X difference roughly in
um in in in the risk of ACM if you
compare the bottom 25% to the top 2.5%
so you're talking about you know bottom
quarter to the elite for a given age um
you're talking about
5x
400% difference in all cause mortality
that's probably the single strongest
Association I've seen for any modifiable
Behavior so maybe we could talk a little
bit about the specifics around the
training to get into that um you know
top two tiers there because it seems
that those are enormous positive effects
of cardiovascular exercise far greater
than the sorts of numbers that I see
around let's just say supplement a or
supplement B and that's you know like
this is my whole pet peeve in life right
it's like I just can't get enough of the
masting and arguing about this
supplement versus that supplement and I
feel like you shouldn't be having those
arguments until you have your exercise
house in order um you know you shouldn't
be arguing about your this Nuance of
your carnivore diet versus this Nuance
of your paleo diet versus this Nuance of
your vegan diet like until you can
deadlift your body weight for 10 reps
like then then you can come and talk
about those things or something like
let's just go up with some metrics like
until your V2 Max is at least to the
75th percentile and you're able to dead
hang for at least a minute and you're
able to wallit for at least two like we
could rattle off a bunch of Rel L loow
hanging fruit dead hang for about a
minute seems like a a really good goal
for a lot of people at least that's our
that's our goal I think we have a minute
and a half is the goal for a 40-year-old
woman 2 minutes is the goal for 40-year
old man so we adjust them up and down
based on uh age and gender great and
then uh the walls sit what's what are
some numbers we don't use a walls sit we
do a just a straight squat air squat at
90 de um and I believe 2 minutes is the
standard for both men and women at 40
great and then uh because for some
people thinking in terms of E2 Max is a
little more complicated they might not
have access to the equipment or the to
measure it Etc um what can we talk about
think about in terms of cardiovascular
so run a mile at uh seven minutes or
less eight minutes or less that's a good
question so there are V2 there are
really good V2 Max estimators online and
you can plug in your activity dour so be
at a bike run or rowing machine and it
can give you a sense of of that and I I
don't I used to know all of those okay
but now that I just actually do the
testing I don't recall them but it's
exactly that line of thinking like can
you run a mile in this time if you can
your V2 Max is approximately this and
then um you mentioned deadlifting body
weight 10 times I just made that one up
we don't that's not one that we include
but but something something like that um
we use we use farmer carries so we'll
say for a male you should be able to
Farmer carry your body weight for I
think we have 2 minutes so that's half
your body weight in each hand um you
should be able to walk with that for for
2 minutes um for women I think we're
doing 75% of body weight or something
like that yeah it's basically grip
strength it's Mobility I mean again
walking with that much weight for for
some people initially is really hard um
you know we use different things like
vertical jump ground contact time if
you're jumping off a box things like
that so it's it's really trying to
capture and it's it's an evolution right
like I think the the test is going to
get only more and more involved as we as
we as we get evolved because it took us
about a year Beth Lewis did the majority
of the work to develop this um Beth runs
our strength and stability program in
the practice and you know basically I
just tasked her with like hey go out to
the literature and come up with all of
the best movements that we think are
proxies for what you need to be like the
most Kick-Ass you know what we call
centenarian to cathete which is the
person living in their marginal decade
at the best
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