
VO2 Max: The Metric That Could Save Your Life!
Wild Health Podcast
Maximizing VO2: Exercise for Wellness
This chapter emphasizes the critical role of physical exercise in enhancing both mental and physical wellness, specifically targeting improvements in VO2 max. It explores effective training methods, such as mitochondrial sprints and interval workouts, alongside the significant benefits of outdoor exercise on mood and health. By discussing practical strategies and dietary tips to boost nitric oxide, the chapter advocates for a holistic fitness approach tailored to individual needs.
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And two great questions. It's something that I think really we got a lot of attention and a lot of people calling it and asking us to kind of walk through it and whatever. And I think it's sort of funny because I would ask the question, why on earth are gas prices in the United States 90% less than they are everywhere else in the world today? It's unusual that you get massive dislocations like that. I don't know what, and that's not subsidized. It's not like the US government is subsidizing domestic gas prices. If you go to Saudi Arabia, I don't know. I know their gasoline prices are very low there, but I think that's because the kingdom subsidizes that. Normally, most commodity prices are betraging out and are fairly consistent around the world. And so I would ask your listeners, instead of saying, well, that's so outlandish, can US gas prices really go up 10 fold? Start by saying, well, wait a second. Is it really sustainable that you have an order of magnitude difference and a 90% less lower price in the United States than in the rest of the world? The answer, of course, is that if you're a US gas producer, you can't achieve that world price. You can't say, oh, fantastic. I'm producing in the Marcellus, and I can see that in Europe, they're willing to pay me $70 an MCF. So that's great. I'm going to sign a contract with the European utility and sell my gas for 70. You can't get it there. It's not there. It's in the United States. And so, of course, it needs to pass through pipelines to a liquefied natural gas facility, get liquefied, and then eventually make its voyage across. And to the extent that there's a bottleneck there, again, for the traders on your top traders unplugged podcast, you have what develops as known as basis. And so that means you divorce the arbitrage opportunities no longer possible. And so you actually have a dislocation between the two, and you have a basis risk. So the basis right now between world gas prices and US gas prices is huge. How big? We've had a big rally here in gas prices, but you're still talking about gas that's in the $8 to $9 range on the highest that we've seen. And we've seen gas prices spike as high as 200 in parts of the world and been sustainably at the $50, $60, $70 range in Europe and in Asia. And quite frankly, would be even higher, but for the fact that you're now talking about furloughing industrial activity across Europe because you just can't afford it. So fine. Why would they converge? And I think our thinking there is more to come at it from the question of an asymmetric outcome potential. If you do converge prices, you could see gas prices in the US go up two, three, four, fivefold really, really, really quickly. If you look at the volumes, probably not enough to fix the world's gas supply issue. So you would see it rise substantially and then stay there. When I look at the risk return of any investment, that's probably the highest upside potential. But it's not a foregone conclusion. So why would it? Why would we remove this bottleneck? Well, obviously we could do it in a couple of different ways. We could first have lots more LNG export infrastructure so that remove the bottleneck at the export terminal. There we sort of have fairly good line of sight. We know what's coming online. Although I would say, quite frankly, people could be surprised as far as how fast you could sanction new projects because people think about the lead time of three to five years to build some of these trains. That's not done, that's been in a world where capital has been fairly tight and permitting has been difficult and the Army Corps of Engineers takes its time. But if all of a sudden we all get behind getting gas to Europe, I think we could be surprised at how fast stuff comes on. But it's not going to come on in the next six months, even if we all get behind it. It has some lead time there. The second, of course, could be if domestic demand increases. That would be we develop more industry in the United States to take advantage of this huge energy price gap in the rest of the world. Again, I think there's some lead time there, but probably on the margin that could happen a little bit. I think the biggest one that no one talks about is, well, what happens if gas supply in the United States peters out? I don't mean collapses, I just mean stops growing because we basically are in a balanced market today and we are bringing on some new LNG infrastructure in the next year. If we can't fill that, then we could have spare capacity. You don't have a bottleneck anymore and prices could converge almost overnight.
The podcast episode dives deep into personalized health optimization through a blend of ancient traditions and modern medicine. Hosted by Wild Health’s health coach, Steve, the episode features longevity expert Regan Archibald. Together, they explore topics such as VO2 Max testing, mitochondrial health, and the role of peptides in improving life span and vitality. Regan shares his transformative journey from a conventional medical path to leading-edge functional medicine, offering insights on achieving healthspan alignment with lifespan through individualized protocols and regenerative medicine.