My grandpa recently died. He was in otherwise good health, but his hip joint was a mess due to years of hard work at his farm. Unfortunately, he was denied hip replacement. Consequently, he had a hard time walking and he started to just lie around in his living room (whereas before he was decently active). Not even one year later, he died, mostly because his cardiovascular system had deconditioned leading to congestive heart failure.
Similarly, even if all of the other strategies thus far discussed were perfectly followed, if I am prevented from moving properly or exercising, a lot of the other systems will degenerate – let alone my quality of life.
A couple of years ago, I never thought about the connection between musculoskeletal health and longevity. After listening to Dr. Peter Attia, I realized that musculoskeletal health is at the very center of longevity. In fact, to live a long, happy, active life, adequate health & function of the musculoskeletal apparatus are essential.
Tactics I follow to promote musculoskeletal health
- Keeping an eye on anabolic hormones
- Different forms of exercise
- Zone II cardio
- HIIT
- Resistance exercise
- Stability & mobility
- Interrupting sitting
- Experience with anabolics
- Healing injuries
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