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How can we make goals for ourselves and achieve them? How specific do we have to make them? Goals vs resolutions? We need to create a specific game plan, or else we will just be floundering. But when do we know if a goal is too big? Focus on the community you hang out with.Thank you to our sponsors:Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Greg Scheinman is the creator of The Midlife Male™, a newsletter and podcast designed to help men navigate and maximize middle age to achieve a better quality of life, and the author of the book The Midlife Male: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Living Better, Longer, Happier, Healthier, and Wealthier and Having More Fun in Your 40s and 50s. He is a former partner at Insgroup, the founder and former CEO of Team Baby Entertainment, founder and former CEO of ROW Studios, and an investor. Greg joins us for this motivating New Year episode to discuss how to set and actually achieve your goals, how to change your habits, how to maximize your life, the importance of your community, and more. “Whatever your goal is: purpose, process, payoff. There has to be something quantifiable to go towards or you’re going to struggle with actually achieving that goal because you don’t really know what is going to make that goal a reality.” “People are going to make a lot of resolutions like they always do and then they’re going to break them at some point because they haven’t really quantified what it looks like to maintain them.” “You develop these habits, we all develop these habits, good, bad, whatever they are, that becomes our default of how we operate. When we get outside of our personal operating system, it doesn’t feel great. Just like a computer or business, we can continue to update our operating system and we should.” “Mediocrity happens by default, maximization happens by design. None of this happens by accident; they’re conscious choices and decisions we make.” “Anything and everything that you want in life is absolutely available and happening out there. You’ve just got to put yourself out there and into it.” “You don’t have to think about completely reinventing yourself. What you can do is you can agree to release yourself to the process, to just start it, to taking that first step and then another one.” “Believe that you can make change. Whatever that is. Believe that whatever you want to do or have in your life is not only possible but highly probable if you are willing to commit to the process and do the work.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Greg Scheinman:WebsitePodcastInstagramSay hi to the AGEIST team!

How can psychedelics help us heal? Can psychedelics be used for brain health and neuroplasticity? What is the right setting for taking psychedelics? Who should you be with? What are the clinical applications of psychedelics? What is a “challenging psychedelic trip”? What is microdosing? What sort of person should not do psychedelics? Thank you to our sponsors:Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Lynn Marie Morski is a Mayo Clinic-trained physician, attorney, and former adjunct law professor. Dr. Morski spent nine years as a physician at the Veterans Administration. She now spreads the word about psychedelic science and healing and is the president of the Psychedelic Medicine Association. Lynn Marie Morski joins us to discuss psychedelics. She shares how psychedelics are being used for neuroplasticity, PTSD, trauma, depression, and more. She also shares the current legalization and decriminalization status for psychedelics. Disclaimer: This is not medical advice. If you are interested in psychedelics, go to a trained professional (not Burning Man). “Psychedelics generally amplify whatever emotion you’re having. So instead of being able to go in and do deep work, if you’re already anxious it might just make you more anxious.” “There’s a number of things that psychedelics do but increasing neuroplasticity definitely does help because you’re changing the way that your brain functions.” “Right now, mental health conditions with trauma at their core and physical conditions that have relation to neurology are probably the two most promising areas.” “Psychedelics increase connectivity and they reset the default mode network.” “Step one: don’t take drugs from strangers.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Lynn Marie Morski:Psychedelic Medical Association WebsiteInstagramPsychedelic Medicine PodcastResources referenced:DanceSafeFireside ProjectVETSSay hi to the AGEIST team!

What is the most impactful thing that most people can do to improve their chances of living longer? How does stress impact longevity? Could too much exercise have negative effects on our aging? Is time-restricted eating / intermittent fasting beneficial to longevity? Thank you to our sponsors:Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Ryan Smith, co-founder and vice president of business development at TruDiagnostic, joins us to discuss how his company is improving longevity by understanding our biological age vs chronological age, the different factors that accelerate or slow the aging process, and more.“This idea of epigenetics is the on or off switches to your genes, controlling what actually gets expressed and then how those cells ultimately behave.” “People who are fast agers are, on average, 65% more likely to die than those who are average or slow agers.” “From an epidemiological perspective, there are a lot of things that I would recommend across the board and that is: getting proper sleep, making sure that you’re eating a healthy diet, making sure that you’re staying insulin sensitive and not insulin resistant.” “Working over 40 hours a week has been correlated to at least 1.5 years of additional age increase. The impact of stress has been one of those things that’s surprising in its effect size. It’s something that most people would consider as the main intervention for longevity.”“Reducing stress is incredibly impactful.” “We know physical activity is impactful but it’s not the same effect size as things like BMI or stress.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Ryan Smith:LinkedInTruDiagnosticSay hi to the AGEIST team!

How can we learn to move more joyfully? How does movement impact our joints? What is the importance of warming up before working out? How can movement impact our mental health? Thank you to our sponsors:Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Tom McCook, founder and director of Center of Balance, is an internationally recognized Pilates teacher and movement specialist. Tom's mission is to improve people's lives through movement to cultivate health and body wisdom. Tom joins us to discuss the importance of mobility and movement, how daily movement can transform our mental health, the importance of properly warming up our joints, and more. “As you age, one of the things that we don’t tend to think about very much is our joints. We don’t tend to think about our joints until they hurt.”“If movement feels good, you look forward to it.” “You can change your health. You can improve your health. And it doesn’t have to be ridiculous. You can start with a half an hour a day. Start with a small amount.”“You have to move on a regular basis to keep yourself mentally fit, present, optimistic in your life, and actually resourceful. It’s so important.” “If you’re in a slightly depressed, down mood, you can do 15-20 minutes of movement and totally shift your mood.” “If you want to age well, you need to learn how your body is designed.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Tom McCook:InstagramCenter of Balance WebsiteCenter of Balance InstagramPilates Anytime Classes – use code “McCook” for a free monthSay hi to the AGEIST team!

What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy? What is therapeutic plasma exchange? How does therapeutic plasma exchange help with age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s? What things should we eat and take for brain health? How does diet impact brain health? What about aerobic activity? How does stress impact brain health? What are the cumulative effects of concussions? What do we need to know about nitric oxide? Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST here. LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here.Dr. Joseph Maroon is a world-renowned neurosurgeon with extensive experience in neurosurgery. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery to speed recovery for his patients. He is a sports medicine expert and innovator in concussion management, personal fitness and nutrition. As an Ironman triathlete, he lives and breathes his own advice. Dr. Maroon joins us to discuss his own athletic journey, his experience doing hyperbaric oxygen therapy, how we can support our brain health, and more. “Adversity either kills us or it makes us stronger.” “What we ingest, we become to some extent.” “In terms of brain preservation, hundreds of studies now show that long term aerobic activity is the best booster.” “Sleep is absolutely critical to preserving brain function.” “I don’t know what works. All I know is that I’m still here at work having fun.” “I’ll leave you with the three most important things in life. Number 1: mental and physical health. Without that, forget it. Number 2: relationships with God, family, friends and colleagues. Number 3: carpe diem.” “If tomorrow I pick up the paper and I see my name in the obituary, I will have run the good race, fought the good fight, and kept the faith.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Joseph Maroon:WebsiteFacebookTwitterSquare One: A Simple Guide To A Balanced LifeSay hi to the AGEIST team!

What can we learn from the team doctor for elite athletes who has helped on nearly 30 Tours de France and is now working with us mortals? Why are athletes taking Viagra for performance? What are the health benefits of exercise? How are exercise and diet personal to each person? Why do we need to re-evalute all medical and drug studies and go more with the individual?Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST here. LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here.Dr. Max Testa is a sports medicine physician and coach whose methodology emphasizes the importance of a fine-tuned human engine to help athletes reach peak performance. He now works at the Park City Hospital in sports medicine seeing patients of every level of fitness, with and without medical conditions. Dr. Max Testa discusses nitric oxide, the benefits of exercise, how everyone’s diet and fitness is personal to them, heart rate, and more. “At the end of the day, you have to go back to basics. Your diet has to be mainly based on healthy food.” “If your blood pressure goes down, your heart has to spend less energy to pump the same amount of blood per minute.” “Often we hear the concept of exercise as a medicine or exercise is medicine and there is nothing more true than that. Exercise has some pharmacological-like effect on the body.” “Not everyone responds to the same training.” “I start with what the science shows, for sure, but then I tell my patient, ‘The result is not as good as I was expecting; maybe we should try this other thing.’ Sometimes you have to try more than once to find the right balance.” “Everything about exercise and nutrition is multifactorial. You have to find the key to open your own door.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Max Testa:WebsiteSay hi to the AGEIST team!

What is the importance of strength and resistance training? Why do people fall more as they get older? How is Eric Levitan improving the quality of life of people as they age? What is sarcopenia? What are the benefits of working out in small groups?Eric Levitan is passionate about improving lives, driving innovation and nurturing start-ups – the perfect combination for creating Vivo. From personal experience, he recognized that fitness videos and online streaming classes, while convenient, weren’t effective for inspiring behavioral change: They lacked individualized attention and didn’t inspire accountability. Vivo has reinvented the concept of virtual fitness with live, interactive small-group classes and ongoing live, one-on-one progress assessments.Eric discusses how he came to start Vivo, the importance of strength and resistance training for anybody at any age, the benefit of working out in small groups, and more. Try a free Vivo class or sign up to get a special 50% off membership on Vivo here. Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST here. LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here.“Our muscle mass and our strength really act as that gatekeeper for so much of what happens to us as we age.” “If we can challenge our muscles on a regular basis, it doesn’t matter what age we are, we could be 25 we could be 95, it’s never too late to rebuild muscle mass, to regain strength and function and to maintain your quality of life, to maintain your independence.” “Everybody knows that exercise is good for you but I think the large narrative is around walking and cardiovascular health. We’re largely ignoring the importance of resistance training or strength training.” “A lot of falls happen not necessarily because we lose our balance but because we’re walking and something distracts us.” “It’s never too late. Know what’s possible. Aging does not need to equate to decline.”Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Try a free Vivo class or sign up to get a special 50% off membership on Vivo here.Connect with Eric Levitan:LinkedInVivoSay hi to the AGEIST team!

What is the importance of aerobic and metabolic conditioning? How can we use stress to live a longer, healthier life? Why do we need to recover after a stressful event? What are the similarities and differences between physical and mental stress? What is the importance of sleep? What about diet? What are the dangers of overdoing HIIT exercise? Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST here. LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here.Joel Jamieson is a best-selling author and one of the world’s foremost authorities on strength, conditioning, and energy systems. His training strategies have been used by thousands of elite performers and top athletes worldwide, including the Navy SEALS, UFC champions, and dozens of teams from the NFL, NBA, MLS, NCAA, and more. Joel joins us to discuss the importance of aerobic conditioning, how to properly recover, the importance of stress, and more. “To me, performance is living a healthy, long life where you’re free of disease and you can do all the things that you love doing.” “Exercise, strength, and conditioning activity, they are tools to make our bodies more resilient to stress.” “Aging is really just the accumulation of stress over the course of our lives and ultimately our bodies lose the ability to adapt to it and then we start the declining process. If we can make our bodies much more resilient and much more stress capable, then we can delay that process significantly.” “You’ve got to get enough sleep. Sleep is the #1 thing. If you’re not getting sleep, you’re severely limited because that’s when your body is the most recovery driven.” “I have a really simple rule for most people. 80-90% of the time when you walk out of the gym, you should feel at least as good as when you walked in, if not better. You should not walk out of the gym feeling exhausted and defeated and destroyed.” “Exercise is the single most powerful tool that we have.” “If you have really bad genetics and you have a shitty lifestyle, it can catch up to you pretty fast.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Joel Jamieson:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInUltimate MMA Conditioning BookSay hi to the AGEIST team!

How does David track his sleep? How does he meditate? What does his breakfast consist of? What about his exercise routine? David gets into his healthy daily routine from how and when he wakes up to how he meditates with BrainTap to his workout routine to how he gets ready for sleep. Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST here.LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here.“You get a stress pie. And that pie gets broken up into your physical stress, your emotional stress, your intellectual stress, all of that.” “During the night, just breathing, you’re going to lose a lot of water.”“Just like I don’t eat junk food, I don’t want to bring junk into my brain so I’m not a big TV person.” “To be useful and helpful to others, I have to be rested and recovered as best I can.” “Give yourself a break; we’re humans! We can’t keep full-on all the time.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Say hi to the AGEIST team!

How are limiting beliefs holding us back from physical and mental transformations? What are the benefits of weightlifting? How does weightlifting protect women and men as we get older? How can someone begin a physical transformation? What is it like to compete in a bodybuilding competition at 65? Why must we continue to choose to do hard things? Thank you to our sponsor, LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here.Susan Guidi joins us for the second time on the podcast to discuss her remarkable physical and mental transformation from her experience of training for, competing in, and winning a bodybuilding competition at 65. She discusses the limiting beliefs that she had to break down to change her life, how she felt on stage at her bodybuilding competition at 65, how anyone can start their own health journey, and more. “If you’ve got someone who sees something in you, it’s quite a gift.” “I lived in that world of ‘Nobody sees me, why should I do anything to make me vital and joyous and loving?’ ” “We reach a certain age and realize ‘I’ve never put my needs first, ever.’ And choosing myself first became an enormous gift.” “There’s something about what I’ve achieved through this that doesn’t have anything to do with the aesthetic.” “Weightlifting, especially for an older woman, is fricken empowering as hell.” “If I can do this, what else is possible?” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Susan Guidi:InstagramSay hi to the AGEIST team!