Can Sprinting Extend Life & Minimize Aging? Live Longer Live Better With Sprints, NMN & Resveratrol

Everybody wants to live longer, live better, and extend life to the fullest extent. Learn about how sprinting can increase telomere length and have anti-aging effects. Also covered are a couple supplements which are being studied for life extension and anti-aging purposes.

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Sprinting Delays Aging

A group of Brazilian scientists ran a study that looked at the telomere length of master’s sprinters compared to a control group. The sprinters ranged in age from 40 to 70 years old, all of them being fairly competitive in their age groups. The sprinters had been active for at least 10 years prior to the study.

In looking at the two groups of sprinters and non-sprinters, the sprinters showed significantly longer telomeres than that of the control group. Furthermore, the fastest masters sprinters had the longest telomeres.

The sprinters with longer telomeres showed a smaller reduction in sprinting performance as their ages increased. Taken together, this suggests there is a relationship between telomere length, sprinting ability, and the aging process.

The researchers admit that they do not know the causal relationship between telomere length and sprinting, meaning that sprinting may increase telomere length or telomere length itself may increase sprinting performance.

The researchers stated that the results of the study do indicate that high intensity training, such as in the form of sprint training, does have a beneficial effect on the bio-molecular level, including in middle-aged adults such as the masters sprinters in the study.

They suggest that high intensity training like sprinting should be performed by adults, and older adults, as a way to mitigate the aging process.

Supplements For Anti-Aging

Now, if we are already sprinting for exercise and getting anti-aging benefits from that, the question becomes what else can we do to slow the aging process?
There are certain supplements which research suggests can help maintain telomere length, reduce the effects of aging, and through that possibly extend life.

NMN - Nicotinamide Mononucleotide

Popularized by David Sinclair, NMN or Nicotinamide Mononucleotide, is a supplement that looks very promising as it relates to preventing aging and maintaining telomere length. NMN increases levels of Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), a coenzyme that is central to metabolic function. NAD helps give you energy from food, but also prevents DNA damage and promotes healthy cellular function.

One study was performed which looked at the effects of short term effects of NMN on metabolism, the microbiome, and telomere length in pre-aging phase mice and middle aged adult humans.

NMN was shown to modify the microbiome of the study participants. More interesting was the fact that NMN supplementation was associated with longer telomeres, and that NMN ingestion could actually increase the length of telomeres. These effects were present within 30 days for humans and 40 days for mice.

“Further, we observed longer T in both the mice and volunteers with NMN supplementation and reported for the first time that NMN could elongate the length of the T in a clinical study, suggesting the potential of NMN use at a pre-aging phase to retard the proceeding of aging.”

Essentially, the researchers suggest that NMN may be useful to take prior to the onset of aging in order to delay any negative effects the aging process.

Resveratrol

Resveratrol is another supplement that has been studied thoroughly. Resveratrol has been shown to extend life in mice, as well as having beneficial effects related to cardiovascular health, preventing sarcopenia or age related muscle loss, inhibiting inflammation, improving mitochondrial function, and regulating apoptosis or planned cell death.

Resveratrol helps stimulate Sirtuins, which are cells that regulate cellular senescence and prevent the breakdown of telomeres. These cells are also related to the beneficial effects that calorie restriction and exercise have on health.

Resveratrol supplementation has been shown to extend life and longevity in yeast, fruit flies, and mice. In primates, resveratrol has been shown to protect the cardiovascular system against the effects of high-fat high-sugar diets, as well as improving insulin sensitivity. In humans, resveratrol has been shown to delay cognitive declines associated with Alzheimer’s disease and to help affect the metabolism of obese men.

[MrTrackman]

81 and still sprinting---indoor and outdoor track meets. Love it.

[tsicksprints]

My dad is 50 and still sprints competitively and is in great shape even compared to most 25 year olds

[patrickswope]

I’m 68. I’ve been hill sprinting for a couple of years now. Few people in my town are as fit as me…. I love it.. 20min workout and it’s done.. I also do a 100 push-ups a day on a very regular basis. I feel great and I love it .

[massimo]

Nothing has gotten me in better shape, dropped fat faster, and changed my body in a positive way than sprinting. Running 400m sprints at 9mph at the age of 47, and seeing the fat all over my body melt away. Diet has to be in check of course. Would recommend this to any and all.

[seniorathletics]

Hey Cody. 72 yo Masters Sprinter. 14.5 - 100m, 31.5 - 200m, 1:22 - 400m.
I've only been competing for 6 years and follow your videos and have your Sprinter training program.
Thanks for this post.

[min-cs]

This is fascinating. In a week I will be 78 y.o. I sprint several times a week during the summer, warm months although not much during winter time. My goal was to enhance testosterone production and human growth hormone. I understand that exercising super-fast twitch muscles helps in this. That means sprinting. I also eat reasonably well. I don't know anyone with the quality of health that I have even among those a decade or two younger. No medications. Maybe telomeres are part of this. I know that decades of consistent exercise and a healthy diet have apparently paid off.

[allatamusic]

I just started sprinting today! At 55, and in decent shape already, have been more of a short distance runner, but have decided to focus on sprinting after running across Dr. Sean O'Mara's channel. Also, am taking more B vitamins across the board (as opposed to NMN) and feeling excellent results. I plan to be fit and healthy for a very long time!
Great video, another level of information I hadn't seen yet.

[craigsips]

So I have been uphill sprinting since I was 44. 50 now and I am still waiting for that ‘slow down’ thing that everybody claims happens in the early 40’s. My body is still working great.
It’s down to the sprinting, I can feel it.

[MKyriakakis]

Hi Cody, So great to see your video on this topic and hope it encourages some older athletes to get out on the track! I’m a 62 year old masters sprinter 60/100/200 and train with people up to 76 who really inspire me. Thanks for all your fantastic content.

[athletic_improvement]

Masters athletes are definitely reaching higher levels now and will do in future.
Most of the current records will drop to crazy levels in the next decade or 2.

[dennisrobinson]

Its worth evaluating. Sprinting certainly maxes out the metabolism and enable some mental processes and even greater mental clarity thats unavailable in your more sedentary self.

[theunlearnedmind]

I'm over 50. I started taking both supplements.

The next thing I know I have so much energy I'm sprinting at the track. Been doing it over a year now.

[lilielaine]

Super informative, I appreciate your videos so much!

[b_reynolds]

Awesome topic and really cool study about sprinting related to telomere length, thanks for the vid! 👊🏼

[jimleffler]

I love wind sprints... I seem to get almost as much muscle soreness/ sense of getting something done as when I'm bodybuilding. Love it. Only short coming, trying to do it in my neighborhood... people thought "Jason" was chasing me, so I have to go to my preferred park

[husk]

Great video, love the topic of aging and sprinting

[touchstar]

Sprinting is the number 1 exercise anyone can do.

[kurtchristain-playzyt]

Much Love ❤ God Bless 🙏 Long Live Brother 💞 Your Knowledge is Beneficial 💯

[sweldyparisai]

Thanks Cody .great video for masters athletes

[Magnusfication]

Hey Cody, as a masters athlete myself (im 36, so only scratching the surface) i found this very interesting. I've noticed alot of my fellow athletes take their training very serious and perform likewise. As a senior i always thought when I became a master, Ieveryone takes things more slowly. Boy was i wrong! This has motivated me to keep performing and training well, and im actually to the point where I could challenge my 8 year old PR in the 100.