Health & Longevity

There are two predictors of longevity that you can test RIGHT NOW to predict your lifespan with some degree of accuracy. Good news: you can train to improve both of these things; and quickly

But if you live a fit lifestyle, i.e. you work out consistently, sleep well, and don’t over stress yourself sometimes you can get away with drunken tomfoolery. That’s kinda the whole point isn’t it: getting away with dumb shit and telling a cool story.

To maximize their potential excecs have to train the same way that world-class athletes do.

Scientists measured the VO2max of 122,000 53 year old subjects and then tracked their mortality. The participants were categorized into four groups based on their baseline VO2 max: “Low,” “Below Average,” “Above Average,” and “High.” During the study researchers found:

Exercise and weight loss are inextricably linked, but unfortunately you can’t out-train a bad diet. It’s not what TV or movies would have us believe. They’re in love with the fitness montage. Shocking. The same industry that wants you to believe Leonardo Dicaprio can play high school basketball wants you to believe you can out-train the western diet.

If reading about the Average American’s Fitness scares you I want you to know something: It scares me too. And we’’re only a few good decisions from changing all of it.