Unleash Your VitalityYour Guide To Natural Health, Personal Fitness & Lifestyle Freedom

Over the last two weeks together, we’ve explored two of the most critical aspects of longevity and anti-aging: having a reason to live (with your close relationships, purpose and passion in life) and eating a healthy, balanced diet full of bright, colorful fruits and vegetables (with all kinds of nutrients that help keep you and your skin looking young and vibrant). One of the most well-known success principles is the 80/20 principle – the principle being that 80% of your results stem from just 20% of your actions – clearly making those actions the most effective ones available to you. When you take this to heart and start looking for those 20% of activities that lead to 80%+ of your results, you start seeing results…period.

What single practice do you think could lead to massive results in health, fitness and energy levels – with very little time commitment?

…Exercise! Specifically, weight lifting and resistance training.

Here’s one of the key longevity tie-ins: bone mass and development. One of the key concerns that comes with aging is the breakdown of bone strength and durability, leading to potential fractures and injuries. Weight training is one of the most effective ways to keep your bone strength and development up in a healthy, active range – for life. Besides that, you’ll be working on muscle strength and development at the same time. The combination of muscle and bone strength and development is what allows us to remain active and youthful. It could be moving heavy rocks while gardening, taking a nature hike, or fueling a vigorous 7-day kayaking adventure. Whatever you’re up to in life, you want to focus on the small number of effective actions that can give you the results you’re looking for.

If  you’ve been reading for some time, you may remember our discussion on HGH and cortisol levels in the body. What this really came down to was that a vigorous, 20-something-minute workout was enough to dramatically increase the body’s production of Human Growth Hormone, often dubbed the “master hormone” of the human body – responsible for growth, maintenance and a host of other responsibilities. This means more muscle strength and development, less bodyfat, more balanced hormones, stronger libido and even a higher outlook on life (Landmark Study by L. Cass Terry, M.D., Ph.D. and Edmund Chein, M.D.).

Here’s one more key question: What story are you telling yourself about why you can’t be weight training every week?

For some, the story may be “I’m too overweight or out of shape”, “I’m too old”, “I don’t know how”, or even “I’d be too embarrassed going to the gym”. Others might claim the story of “I can’t afford it”. Truth be told, I’m not currently holding a gym membership myself. I workout with dumbbells and barbells in the exercise corner of the basement – or go old-school with pullups and pushups, tried-and-true classics. But you know what? It works. Whatever story you think is valid, really start to question what comes up in your mind. You’ll know if it’s a temporary, legitimate reason you shouldn’t be weight training or whether it’s an excuse – or chain of excuses. I’m just here to break that story apart for you and get you working out, so you can live the longevity lifestyle by my side; may we all be laughing about life together in our 120’s ;)

Unleash Your Vitality,

John Brackett

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