Want To Age Well? You Need This

On today’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m very excited to talk to JJ Virgin, a triple Board certified nutrition expert, Fitness Hall of Famer, and four-time New York Times bestselling author.

We take a deep dive into the science of weight training and how to leverage protein in your diet, among many other tips, in order to optimize your metabolic health and body composition.

In this episode, we also discuss:

- The shocking percentage of muscle, strength, and power we lose every year
- How the science and perspective of weight training have evolved (Spoiler: it’s not just for gym rats anymore)
- What is the difference between strength, power, and hypertrophy?
- My personal experience overcoming chronic pain through resistance training
- The Protein Leverage Hypothesis (This is why you overeat food when you undereat protein!)
- JJ’s tips for creating “metabolic spanx” and taking advantage of this “sugar sponge”
- Why we should stop using scales as our only parameter of body composition and what to do instead
- How your nighttime routine impacts your body composition

Check out the full episode on your favorite podcast app.

[marshawoods]

Yes, I can attest to that I’m 75 years old. I use a walker but I still had good muscle mass until about four months ago. My son died last May from suicide. I was so busy with his estate. I didn’t have time to grieve but in December it really hit me hard I quit doing my exercises I quit doing a lot of things and now here in March I am paying for it. I’m trying to get my muscles built back up. I also have continuous chronic pain in my joints, severe arthritis, so I will continue to do these exercises and never let anything to keep me from exercising again

[emilygrech]

Absolutely! Had a patient last night at 78 yesrs and he had a rock climbing accident. Exercise is the key to a long life

[steps]

Yes! I’ve read the three movements/exercises to continue as you age are the shoulder press, deadlift, and squats to keep your whole body strong…& I agree based on my own experience!

[elainec]

Not just more quality muscle at the expense of something else though. Balance, flexibility and resilience. Quality bones, fascia, lymph flow, etc.

[DailyPayPlaybook]

Absolutely! My BEST first step to building and preventing loss of muscle has been GLOW, it's a mega-powerhouse liquid collagen! The high amounts of protein, collagen, superfoods, hyaluronic acid + more, has had a greater impact on my body than any plain protein or other "muscle building" supplement ever has. And holy smokes it took 15 years of damage & aging off my wrinkles, cellulite and hair!🤯 It helped my digestive issues too and just makes me feel so much better overall, like I can move again with ease. It really makes me feel and look so much better and younger, and it helped surprisingly fast! I started seeing & feeling changes in just a few days, it didn't take months like with my other proteins and supplements.

[allhimwithme]

Definitely! I've put on TONS of muscle at 52 (female) by prolonged fasting, as crazy as that might sound. It's the mega doses of your own HGH and stem cells that get produced after 72 hours that are key.

[donnakennedyclark]

Yes, resistance training of any kind to build and keep muscle.

[mikel]

You must be strong in order to be healthy

[frankeckdall]

More Muscle Mass is inversely related to over all Mortality.

[jorgemenendezbril]

I little too much obsession seems to me while hearing those words. Relax and have fun

[glowingmomworld]

What about a carnivore diet? Few says it is the best and few says it's not good ..only fruits and veggies is good ..what is right and wrong?

[sl]

Beware the ingredient "spices"

[genuineimpulse]

Embrace cholesterol as natural and get off the statins.

[doro]

But with all that good advice why do both of them look so old for their age already ?!

[AuroraCalvo]

Thank you so much. I am so grateful And I pray that God continues to bless you I really appreciate you Dr Emovon on YouTube for restoring my health, for giving me a permanent cure to my acid reflux disease.