I used to lift heavy weights for years and I got very strong but I came to the realisation that it was farcical because I would walk up two short flights of stairs and I could feel my breathing and my heart speeding up just doing that. I cut down on the weights and started to run twice a week and it was a great decision, I believe that there is nothing as good for a human than running is. (And that is coming from someone who's weight trained for 30 years). The vo2 max stat is probably right but there are always exceptions.
@steelydavey Thank you for the comment. I think finding a balance between strength and endurance with an emphasis on what is weak for you is best for health. I still run about one or two times a week myself.
Thanks! I'm with you that correlation studies aren't to strong. There are health interventions studies showing decreased mortality rates for older adults, who are told to do 20 minutes of intense cardio, 5 or so, days a week. But this idea of exercising all the time, to max out V02 max to try to live a long time... I'm open to that idea... but also skeptical. I will wait for more data. For now, I mix cardio and weights. I just lower the weights, so that I'm breathing heavy and there's not much rest between sets. That way I work out my muscles and cardio at the same time.
I think one problem here is that Peter Attia is trained in mathematics and statistics and has access to a lot of medical data that we do not. People in comments sections who refer to the example of their grandparents are the type of people who do not realize that the plural of anecdote is not "data".
Nonsense, my grandparents all lived to 96,98,104, and 97- none of them were fit people !! A boxer in the family with a high VO2 max died of a heart attack at 74
@jamesmanning6421 Do you know the VO2 max of your grand parents? I think I made the point that baseline VO2 max is more likely genetic than trained thus a person can be born with a high VO2 max without being fit. I also made the point that your life can end earlier due to other conditions like heart disease. And finally I have no idea whether high VO2 Max offers any protection against the four main causes of mortality ie heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative, or metabolic diseases. Dr. Peter Attia has been making a big fuss over the correlation between longevity and high VO2 max and my response here is to say yes this should not be a surprise.
@@williamread8186 they were not especially fit people, at all. U could have clogged arteries with a high VO2 max, a low VO2 max with good genetics and an ok diet and obviously still outlive the latter.
@@williamread8186 People living at high altitude likely have a high VO2 max, there are mitigating features obviously and those at higher altitude likely suffer higher blood pressure due to cold winters, l just don't see the correlation in the real world
The point is, had your grandparents actually been fit they may have lived even longer. Besides, boxing isn't a sport associated with longevity, quite the contrary actually.
I used to lift heavy weights for years and I got very strong but I came to the realisation that it was farcical because I would walk up two short flights of stairs and I could feel my breathing and my heart speeding up just doing that. I cut down on the weights and started to run twice a week and it was a great decision, I believe that there is nothing as good for a human than running is. (And that is coming from someone who's weight trained for 30 years). The vo2 max stat is probably right but there are always exceptions.
@steelydavey Thank you for the comment. I think finding a balance between strength and endurance with an emphasis on what is weak for you is best for health. I still run about one or two times a week myself.
Thanks! I'm with you that correlation studies aren't to strong. There are health interventions studies showing decreased mortality rates for older adults, who are told to do 20 minutes of intense cardio, 5 or so, days a week.
But this idea of exercising all the time, to max out V02 max to try to live a long time... I'm open to that idea... but also skeptical. I will wait for more data.
For now, I mix cardio and weights. I just lower the weights, so that I'm breathing heavy and there's not much rest between sets. That way I work out my muscles and cardio at the same time.
I think one problem here is that Peter Attia is trained in mathematics and statistics and has access to a lot of medical data that we do not.
People in comments sections who refer to the example of their grandparents are the type of people who do not realize that the plural of anecdote is not "data".
Nonsense, my grandparents all lived to 96,98,104, and 97- none of them were fit people !! A boxer in the family with a high VO2 max died of a heart attack at 74
@jamesmanning6421 Do you know the VO2 max of your grand parents? I think I made the point that baseline VO2 max is more likely genetic than trained thus a person can be born with a high VO2 max without being fit. I also made the point that your life can end earlier due to other conditions like heart disease. And finally I have no idea whether high VO2 Max offers any protection against the four main causes of mortality ie heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative, or metabolic diseases. Dr. Peter Attia has been making a big fuss over the correlation between longevity and high VO2 max and my response here is to say yes this should not be a surprise.
@@williamread8186 they were not especially fit people, at all. U could have clogged arteries with a high VO2 max, a low VO2 max with good genetics and an ok diet and obviously still outlive the latter.
@@williamread8186 People living at high altitude likely have a high VO2 max, there are mitigating features obviously and those at higher altitude likely suffer higher blood pressure due to cold winters, l just don't see the correlation in the real world
@@williamread8186 skip the gym and sprint 50 meters twice a week, VO2 max on point 👉 less wear and tear in the body
The point is, had your grandparents actually been fit they may have lived even longer. Besides, boxing isn't a sport associated with longevity, quite the contrary actually.