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The mindbodygreen Podcast

549: The largest predictor of longevity we don’t talk about | Performance coach & scientist Andy Galpin, Ph.D.

The mindbodygreen Podcast

mindbodygreen

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

“Nothing is better at improving VO2 max than challenging VO2 max,” says Andy Galpin, Ph.D. Andy, a kinesiology professor, co-director of the Center for Sports Performance at CSU Fullerton, and performance coach joins us to discuss all things VO2 max, including: -What is VO2 max & why should I care? (~01:35) -Does VO2 max decline with age? (~11:38) -The VO2 max scale (~13:05) -How to measure VO2 max (~14:30) -How long does it take to improve VO2 max? (~22:56) -How to improve your VO2 max (~24:37) -How often you should reach your max heart rate (~31:59) -A 20-minute VO2 max workout (~42:47) -HRV vs. VO2 max (~47:32) -Lifestyle tips to improve VO2 max (~59:31) Referenced in the episode: -Connect with Andy on Instagram (@drandygalpin) & YouTube (@drandygalpin) -Tune into his podcast, Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin on Apple Podcasts & Spotify -To learn more about Rapid Health, visit https://rapidhealthreport.com -Research on cardiovascular and muscle health in lifelong exercisers - A chart showing the average VO2 max by age and sex from the American College of Sports Medicine -The Breathing Gear System by Brian Mackenzie -Visit shop.mindbodygreen.com/coffee20 to get 20% off your first order of clean coffee+ -Head to zbiotics.com/mindbodygreen and use the code MINDBODYGREEN at checkout for 15% off your first order We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast. I'm Jason Walkab, founder and co-ceeo of My Buddy Green and your host.

0:07.2

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0:17.2

You're going to love our new clean coffee plus here at my buddy green,

0:21.5

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0:25.1

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0:31.0

the most researched predictor of how long you will live is something you might not expect or perhaps even heard of before.

0:40.0

V.O.2. Max. Many assume this metric is only important for athletes, but that couldn't be farther

0:46.4

from the truth. And today's guest is here to deliver a crash course on all things V.O2 Max.

0:53.6

Dr Andy Galpin is the co-director of the Center for Sports Performance

0:58.6

at Cal State Fullerton and has 15 years of performance coaching on his resume with notable clients like

1:06.7

NFL and MMA athletes, Olympians, weight Lipters and so much more. In today's show, Andy dives deep into all things V02

1:15.2

Max and why everyone should care about it. We cover what it is, how to test your score at home, why it matters

1:21.7

for longevity, how it compares to HRV and much, much more.

1:26.7

This conversation left me feeling fired up and I know it will do the same for you, so let's

1:31.5

get started.

1:41.1

V.O2 Max, what is it and why should I care? You should care because one could argue pretty well and pretty strongly from the scientific

1:47.6

literature that it is the single largest predictor of how long and how well you're going to live.

1:53.6

And so hopefully that caught your attention.

1:55.0

I can dive in more detail.

1:57.4

But that's it.

1:59.0

What I mean by that literally is,

2:01.1

there have been many studies done from many laboratories over literally 30 years.

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