Ageless Athlete
Lessons on staying strong, capable, and adventurous for life — from 100+ conversations with remarkable athletes, scientists, and coaches.
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Strong at 40, Fragile at 70? The Bone Health Blind Spot | Dr. Belinda Beck, Bone Health Expert (opens the original)
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📺 Watch on Youtube! Dr. Belinda Beck has spent much of her career studying a part of the body most active people barely think about until something goes wrong: bone.We train our muscles.We train our cardiovascular systems.But are we actually giving our bones the stimulus they need to remain strong across decades?In this episode, Belinda explains why simply “being active” does not necessarily mean you are training your bones effectively.Dr. Belinda Beck is a professor at Griffith U
We Prepare for Almost Everything About Aging. Except This. (opens the original)
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At 48, I spend a reasonable amount of time thinking about aging.I think about whether I am doing enough strength training, whether my joints will keep cooperating, whether I will still be rock climbing in twenty years. I get bone scans and comprehensive bloodwork. I think about diet. I talk to people who are still racing, climbing and competing in their 60s, 70s and 80s, and I keep coming back to some version of the same question: what should I be doing now that will make life better later?There
Train Smarter, Age Stronger — Matt Fitzgerald & Kush Khandelwal (opens the original)
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He Was Dean Potter’s “Secret Weapon” — But This Was Never a Death Wish | Timmy O’Neill, 56 (opens the original)
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Dean Potter once called Timmy O’Neill his “secret weapon.”With Dean back in the spotlight through Dark Wizard, I went back to this conversation with Timmy — and realized how much of it deserves to be heard again.Timmy shares stories from their extraordinary years climbing together in Yosemite, but this conversation goes somewhere deeper: how our relationship with risk changes as we age, why Timmy fears not living more than dying, and his idea of cultivating a “life wish” — even if you’re not a c
Tomorrow: Can We Keep Getting Better With Age? (opens the original)
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Tomorrow, I’m going live with acclaimed endurance writer Matt Fitzgerald, author of the new book Faster Masters.We’ll explore a question that matters to almost every athlete eventually:Do we inevitably become worse as we get older—or can we keep finding meaningful ways to improve?We’ll talk about what aging actually changes, what remains trainable, and how our approach to performance, recovery and progress may need to evolve in our 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond.The Live is free and open to everyone.
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