TMHS 795 - Do These 5 Things to Reverse Your Age! - With JJ Virgin
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Our society perpetuates the idea that as you age, you’re destined to get weaker and slower. But what if you could actually build your strongest body ever at an advanced age? Today’s guest has the knowledge and personal experience – and she’s going to show you how!
On this episode of The Model Health Show, Fitness icon JJ Virgin is back. JJ is a triple-board certified nutrition expert, NY Times Bestselling Author, and Fitness Hall of Famer. Today she’s sharing her top five secrets to aging well.
JJ Virgin has an incredible knowledge base in this area, but also lived experience. She’s sharing her story of getting stronger and fitter in her 60s, and the exact strategies that helped her achieve her healthiest and strongest body yet. No matter how old you are, this episode is full of actionable tools and strategies you can use to build a strong, fit, and functional body. Enjoy!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- Why we need to change the paradigm around aging.
- The importance of maintaining strength and power as we age.
- How to do a jump test.
- The power of challenging your body with new tasks.
- Which exercise translates most into the real world.
- How walking with a load can improve your health.
- The #1 question you should ask yourself to determine how much to lift.
- Why functional multi-joint compound exercises are the most powerful.
- How often to train your major muscle groups.
- The connection between bone density and muscle tone.
- How to utilize the concept of exercise snacks.
- The importance of mindset when it comes to aging.
- Why you should eat protein first.
- How anabolic resistance works.
- The biggest way to influence your basal metabolic rate.
- How many steps per day you should aim for.
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- Jump Test - Use this to assess your jump height!
- 7-Day Eat Protein First Challenge - Join JJ’s Protein First Challenge!
- Resistance Training Cheat Sheet - Get your free 8-week program!
- Connect with JJ Virgin Website / Facebook / Instagram / YouTube
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson. |
| 0:04.0 | For more visit the model health show. |
| 0:07.0 | .com. |
| 0:08.0 | Is it possible to be fitter and healthier in our 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond? |
| 0:20.0 | Then we were in our 20s. |
| 0:22.0 | Then most people in our society are in their 20s right now. |
| 0:25.0 | Well our special guest today is not only delivering the how to but she is a walking |
| 0:31.4 | talking representation of what's possible. On today's episode we're going to be covering |
| 0:36.8 | five things that she's doing to be fitter and healthier in her 60s than most people in their 20s and these five things |
| 0:46.2 | that most people in their 60s simply are not doing and I'm going to tell you it's |
| 0:50.9 | not a matter of capability it's a matter of knowledge of knowing what to do |
| 0:55.8 | and making it a strategic intelligent part of our culture that's the key And so getting these insights from somebody who is living and breathing it, walking, talking representation is incredibly powerful. |
| 1:09.7 | And I had such a good time doing this interview and I think that you're absolutely going to love it. |
| 1:14.1 | It's just again filled with powerful insights, things that we need to know because we don't want to just |
| 1:20.2 | extend our lifespan, we want to live healthfully. We want to ensure that we |
| 1:24.8 | are continuing to live life on our terms and again I'm very very excited to |
| 1:30.0 | share this with you today. Now our special guest is truly about that life when it |
| 1:35.2 | comes to fitness and actually after the show she shared some insights with me |
| 1:40.9 | about her nutrition revolving around her workouts like what she's |
| 1:46.0 | utilizing for her pre-perry and post-workout nutrition. Now if you're wondering what we're utilizing post workout, what I'm utilizing post workout, |
| 1:57.9 | what I've been doing for years because that muscle protein synthesis, because those muscle cells being so hungry, |
| 2:07.7 | little internal hungry, hungry hippos |
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