Dr. Andy Galpin is a world expert in exercise science and tenured full professor at California State University, Fullerton, where he co-directs the Center for Sport Performance and leads the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Physiology Laboratory.
In this conversation we discuss physical training for longevity, how to get started, and the importance of focusing on concepts rather than methods.
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🧪 WHO AM I?
Hi Friends - I am the world’s most measured human.
At 46, my cardiovascular fitness ranks in the top 1.5% of 18 year olds; I celebrate my birthday every 19 months because we’ve dramatically slowed my speed of aging, and in 2023I achieved the world’s best recorded sleep score, 8 months of 100% perfect sleep.
This is remarkable because previously, my health was in a pretty bad place.
In 2020, I started Project Blueprint to help you achieve similar results. I share everything I do and learn for free, so you can access the best health science available.
Project Blueprint and Don’t Die celebrate that we, humanity, are evolving into something new. Join me on this journey.
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - What Does Andy Think About Blueprint?
2:55 - Enjoying Discomfort
5:50 - Would We Retire?
7:37 - Training From Age 0
11:22 - 1. Run, Jump, Throw
17:44 - 2. Squat, Push, Pull
18:54 - 3. Concepts vs Methods
23:20 - 4. Injury Prevention
25:14 - How to Start
30:00 - Where Most Adults Fail
32:35 - Bringing Movement Back Into Your life
38:25 - What About 30+?
39:40 - Defining Exercise for Longevity
44:52 - Andy’s 1-Year Training Program
48:23 - Your 1-Year Training Program
55:04 - Does Exercise Damage Joints?
1:02:02 - Exercising 500+ Days In a Row
1:02:57 - Criticisms of Blueprint
1:06:49 - Should We Avoid Risky Activities?
1:09:58 - Resilience vs Prevention
1:14:06 - David Goggins
1:17:23 - Acute vs Long-term Injury Risk
1:19:52 - How Will Humans Exercise in the Future?
1:25:11 - What’s Missing From My Blueprint Workout?