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Optimizing Women's Fitness for Health and Longevity with Dr Andy Galpin

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How to Be a Fit 85-90 Year Old

If you're in your 40s and want to be a really fit 85, 90 year old, then what level of activity should you be able to sustain that exercise for 45 minutes? I'm going to get there. You'll find a lot of seven year olds who can't do that. Leg strength is extremely predictive of overall mortality. Grip strength is predictive. Vio2 max is predictive of mortality as well. And one of the biggest issues with older individuals is breaking a hip. Once you break a hip, life expectancy is like six or something absurd like that.

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