12 Signs You’re Aging Faster Than You Should Be!

There are 12 things that are incredibly predictive of poor health as you age, that are entirely in your control and able to be prevented. Most people focus on the look of someone’s body as a sign of how healthy they are. This couldn’t be a more incorrect way of determining health. In today’s video,

Jeff: What’s up, guys? Jeff  Cavaliere, Athleanx. com. Jesse: Jesse Laico, Athleanx. com.

Jeff: So today we’re talking about 12 things that will improve the quality of your  life as you age. Very, very important things. Jesse: So, I don’t have to worry  about that because I’m only 29. Right? So, all right.

I’m out of here. Jeff: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You and everyone else your age don’t go  anywhere. Because, as a matter of fact, these are things that are very preventable. You  are in control of these things.

And if you start doing something about them now and caring now,  you’re going to have a much better outcome as you get older. Jesse: So, I look like this guy when I turn 80. Jeff: So, what does that mean? Is he healthy? How do you know anything about his health?

Jesse: I would assume so. Jeff: Why? Because he’s got abs. Jesse: Uhhhh, maybe. Jeff: This is another point, you’re just  feeding me all my ammunition here.

Just because this guy’s got abs, and let’s face  it, he’s not just taking Flintstone vitamins. There’s, there is no indicator here of whether  he’s actually healthy. Who knows if it takes him 45 minutes to get himself out of bed in the  morning or if he walks up a flight of stairs if he’s not out of breath. Jesse: Fair enough. Jeff: The things I’m talking about here are going  to be much deeper in terms of your overall health.

For instance, what’s your VO2 max? Jesse: Uh, five. Jeff: Do you know what VO2 max is? Jesse: No, I have no idea. Jeff: Do you know what VO2 max is?

Guys I’ve  talked about before, it’s a measure of your condition, right? Jesse: Okay. Jeff: And being in good condition, it’s  your aerobic fitness levels I’ve talked about before. You don’t need to do  conditioning to be ripped or lean. Jesse: Really?

Jeff: As a matter of fact — Jesse: Oh yeah, we ve talked about that. Jeff: Yeah. I mean, nutrition alone can handle that part of it. But your heart is a muscle too  and you should care about training your heart. Your VO2 max is going to be the ability of your  body to utilize oxygen to fuel the things that you’re doing.

Jesse: Okay. Jeff: If you have a better efficiency at  that, you’re going to be healthier long term. So much so, one of the guys that I’m a big  fan of, Peter Attia, has a new book, Outlive, by the way. In this book, he talks about how  important improving VO2 max is. If you’ve got it to of the top 2.

5%, you would be able to decrease  your all-cause mortality by up to five times. Jesse: Really? Jeff: Now, he also points out that you’re talking about people who smoke or have diabetes,  those are risk factors that decrease your lifespan by two to three times. Well, this is going to  have a greater impact on your overall health, as I said, up to five times by simply just  paying attention to this and including it in your overall approach to training. Jesse: So how would you do it?

Jeff: Good question. So, the best way to do  this is just to train at a high level of output, the type of cardiovascular conditioning work  that maxes you out in about four or five or six minutes. This is not like going for a  one hour walk or a run on the treadmill. You can’t do this for more than four or  five minutes. It’s so difficult, in fact, that as you raise this heart rate way up, you have  to take an equal time rest after doing it.

So, if you do a four- or five-minute burst, you’ve  got to take a four- or five-minute rest. Jesse: Okay. Jeff: And the best protocol is one that’s roughly doing these four or five minute bursts four  or five times, right? The four on/four off. Jesse: Do I have to do this every day?

Jeff: No, you only have to do it about once a week to have an impact on your  overall VO2 max. Again, you’re like, if you don’t even know what it was. So, if  you’re not, if you didn’t know what it is, you’re not doing anything about it. If you start  doing something about it, especially at your age, you’re going to have a big impact. The second  thing I would say is what’s your, your hydration like?

What’s your water intake like? Jesse: I like to think it’s pretty good. I drink a bunch of those Nalgene bottles  with the water, uh, with the rubber band around it that you taught me, right. Jeff: So how much do you think you’re drinking? Jesse: Uhhhh, a lot.

Jeff: How much water are you drinking? We know that water is an incredibly important  thing to focus on and make sure you’re not just guessing, because most of us guess too low. We think we’re taking in more than we are. Jesse: Yeah. Jeff: And the, the, the fact is that I like to see people take in way more  than what is oftentimes recommended.

They say, oh, eight ounces or eight, eight, eight glasses of  eight ounces a day, So 64 oz. That’s not enough. Especially if you’re an athlete, especially if  you’re active and you’re trying to build muscle. These are all tissues that require hydration  in order to be able to perform and grow and, and, and take you to new levels. You can’t be  doing it with that little amount.

So, I like to recommend at least three quarters of your body  weight in pounds will be in ounces of water. Jesse: Okay. Jeff: All right. So, if you’re a 200-pound person, you’re talking  about 150 pounds or 150 oz of water. Jesse: Okay.

Jeff: Per, per day. Per day. So, it helps when you have some measurement of that. Jesse: So, in other words, hydration will set you free. Jeff: Yes, it will.

Jesse, you’re already coming along. The third  thing, do you work on your weaknesses? Jesse: Yes. Jeff: What are your weaknesses? Jesse: Uh.

I m sensitive. Jeff: Women? Jesse: I’m sensitive. Okay. Leave me alone.

Jeff: Women. Okay. So what I’m talking about is, when’s the last time you sort of went to go  scratch yourself on your back and you notice you really can’t get your arm as far back as  you could before? Or that old test where you have to put one arm behind and then one arm this  way here and try to touch your fingers together. If you haven’t tried it in a while, what’s your  performance like?

Can I tell you something and share an admission here? Jesse: Yeah. Jeff: It used to be so damn easy for me. Jesse: Really? Jeff: Do you know what I can’t do anymore?

Jesse: Touch your fingers behind your back? Jeff: No, I can’t do it. How many of you can  do the same thing? Here’s why that’s a problem. When your body loses functionality like that,  it doesn’t come back.

I’m talking as a physical therapist. It will not magically come back as your  body loses function, unless it’s directly related to some illness that you’re undergoing at this  moment acutely, you’re going to lose that ability and continue to lose that ability. It’s going to  get worse and worse and other things are going to start to be lost as well. You have to work on re,  re, regaining that if you’ve lost that ability. So, something as silly as not being able to do  this or do this.

Well, you know what this is? This is external rotation at the shoulder on this  side, this is internal rotation at the shoulder on this side. Two very important functions of the  shoulder. If you don’t have that, you’re going to be in a position as you age where even movement  itself is going to feel way more challenging than it should have because you never did the things  that you had to do. You noticed they were losing you noticed, you noticed they were slipping away,  but you did nothing about it.

You will never gain them back unless you are proactively trying to  do something about it. Speaking of proactively, that’s where we talk about correctives. Jesse: Oh, okay. Yeah. Jeff: Okay.

Do you do correctives, Jesse? Jesse: Y