The 4 pillars of longevity-focused exercise

This clip is from episode 307 - Exercise for aging people: where to begin, and how to minimize risk while maximizing potential.

In this clip, they discuss:

- What are the most important aspects of exercise from Peter's perspective?
- How does Peter think about the 4 pillars of exercise for aging individuals?
- Why it is important to train rather than to just exercise
- And more

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The Peter Attia Drive is a deep-dive podcast focusing on maximizing longevity, and all that goes into that from physical to cognitive to emotional health. With over 90 million episodes downloaded, it features topics including exercise, nutritional biochemistry, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, mental health, and much more.

Peter Attia is the founder of Early Medical, a medical practice that applies the principles of Medicine 3.0 to patients with the goal of lengthening their lifespan and simultaneously improving their healthspan.

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[markeichenlaub-ie]

Peter, you help so many people. Thank you!

[KJSvitko]

Most elderly people have problems getting up off the floor. As a child you spend a lot of time on the floor, adults do not.
Doing yoga / stretching exercises on the floor can improve balance, mobility, flexibility and the ability to get up and down..
Just getting up and down to the floor in a controlled manner is difficult for many older adults.
Play with your children on the floor. Bend over, get down and pull weeds in your garden. Play with a pet on the floor.
The more effort you make to work on balance and flexibility will pay dividends as you age.

[sebastianboninodiaz]

I am Rucking 3 times a week in different surfaces. I started after knowing about it from Peter Attia. Is very complete and also very scalable .. considering the multiple different physical conditions that people can have.

[harryv]

Functional fitness.
Functional strength.
Functional power.
Functional endurance.

Train hard. Train right. Train smart.
Eat right. Rest right. Get results.

Keep on rockin'! 🤘

[Evergreenandmyrtle]

What is the difference between three and four?

[andrewandreas]

Does rucking on a treadmill make sense?

[jvm-tv]

What about mobility? You can have all the 4 pillars but not have mobility which is very important for everyday life of a senior person.

[jtee]

Do exercises you enjoy and forget most of the minutiae. Focusing too much on peaks and perfection makes everything a chore. Hike a mountain with a water bottle and lunch and forget about “rucking.” Why would you carry a tortuous load? Are you in Special Forces? Your body weight alone resisting gravity on a slope is just fine. Remember those ancients who dropped dead in quarries. They were the world’s first ruckers.

[KJSvitko]

Bicycle riding improves balance. If you have no balance you can not ride a bicycle, you will fall over.