Muscle Strength: The Longevity Secret No is Talking About

[@scottcurtin2598]

56 year old male. I have consistently lifted weights since I was 14. I don’t want to be a burden on my family so I do this. I also follow a mostly carnivore diet. I don’t go to the doctor and I’m on no medications. I don’t care about cholesterol.

[@Highintensityhealth]

I’m pinning this! Wish more people had this mindset. 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@bjames159]

I'm not as old as you but I've thought like this for the past 15 years. The best way to take care of others is to take care of yourself.

[@ThatFuckinGame]

Not worrying about cholesterol its not good

[@yomomma7418]

Same for me. Aged 45, male. I don't worry about salt either. I live in a hot desert. Sweat a lot all summer long(6 months of the year).

[@markgothard7158]

Hi Scott, we are the same age and I began working out in 1978 with my cement weights I got for Christmas. I’ve always loved it and tried many types of workouts over the years. I found Devon Larrette (arm wrestler)last year and incorporated arm wrestling training. Wow what a difference it made in my hand and forearm size and strength. So far it’s the best thing I’ve tried for grip strength. Oh I also do carnivore and never go to the doctor and feel great.

[@epifanioesmero536]

I stuck with your 40 push-ups a day for hypertension prevention, and added an hour of cycling. Absolutely contented.😊

[@chargermopar]

I have believed for most of my life that being unable to do physical things is the road to being dead.

[@rogerm3708]

I have noticed that the elders I have known, when they start falling for no apparent reason, they are dead within 3 years

[@HvdHaghen]

On my father's side there were a lot of persons that reached the age of ninety and one even 102. They never did sports and certainly not bodybuilding. After the age of seventy they were stronger than most of their age, but that was because they were healthier. On that I think many confuse the causality. A healthy person does not want to sit all day in a chair, but wants to go for a walk, swim, or cycle to friends and family.

[@alish1885]

Chicken or the egg analogy

[@roustabout4fun]

It feels like frailty is a way if not realized, and intervening with motivational intent is almost like saying, "I give up!" As a senior, it feels like effort becomes all that more important~

[@nobukazumikami5466]

Functional skeletal muscles also prevent cognitive decline. Working on upper body strength while sitting on a chair is not good enough. Senior people need to perform squat (body weight or with some weights). Under-desk-cycle machine or under-desk-stepper is not a good exercise. With those machines, you cannot exert much force. You also cannot strengthen your back muscles when your back is supported by a chair, seat, couch.

[@SG-js2qn]

Grip strength sounds like a measure of nerve strength to me.

[@gstlynx]

Thanks Mike, good stuff, as always.

[@markwhite6782]

I have no doubt the subject matter of this research is correct but I must say, strength on longevity pales in comparison to those who didn't believe and those who believed in a certain medication recommended or mandated in 2021. I have never seen so many cancers, heart attacks, blood clots and premature deaths in working aged people than post 2021 and I am not imagining this. I am tired of being a pallbearer and viewed as a conspiracy theorist.

[@johngrantland680]

Various factors in the modern world are contributing to the creation of the weakest individuals in human history.

[@Highintensityhealth]

Sad, but true!

[@angelatandfam9308]

My grandma lived to 90 and hardly exercised but lead a very clean and happy life.

[@dawngonzalez508]

I would love to see a video on how to really increase HRV.

[@Highintensityhealth]

This is a good one, oldie but goodie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6TblqGNepeda5I

[@Winterascent]

No idea why, as many content creators have paid ads in their videos, but when I click on your videos on the home page, about 50% of the time I get some standard youtube page about paid advertising, not the actual video.

[@UncleMikeDrop]

Is it that grip strength is incidental to the means by whichbit is obtained?

[@Highintensityhealth]

Grip strength is just a proxy for whole body strength.

[@swamphawk6227]

Yeah. I believe as goes the strength of the body, so goes the strength of the hands.

[@UncleMikeDrop]

@@Highintensityhealth I suspected as much, but didn't want to assume.😁👍

[@protoplast.youtube]

@@Highintensityhealthahaaaa, OKAAAY,… NOW i got it! i actually always thought that

[@stevelau7694]

You definitely need grip strength for deadlift. Put on more plates do a heavy deadlift and it will be difficult to simply hold onto the bar

[@omdc535]

Good grip strength is usually indicator that person was physically active (manual labor), not necessarily lifting weights or purposely exercising. However, people should have a daily fitness regimen. Think of it as artificial manual labor. It can simply consist of bodyweigh calestenics, squats, toe touches, windmills, push-ups, etc. It doesn't need to be arduous unless you want to make it ardous.

[@TheSkite575]

Just finished a 50 minute 1.25 mile swim not sure if it's helping my grip strength. 65 year old male

[@swamphawk6227]

Aim for immortality

[@Highintensityhealth]

Let’s go!

[@moresalad221]

I’ve been vegan for 8 years and exercise regularly, but focus mostly on weights. My lab numbers are immaculate and people always wonder how I do it. It’s consistency and discipline. You need to have a mindset of investing in your health, just as we invest in our wealth.

[@kimberlysheperek6377]

I don’t notice any difference taking creatine. How do I tell if it is working for me?

[@Highintensityhealth]

Hi there! I plan to make a video about this. How much are you taking and is it around exercise or? Are. you combining creatine with electrolytes?

[@ChrisGroggyCreaser]

@@Highintensityhealth - Hi,I'm taking creatine in conjunction with light weight training. I Keep Forgetting to take electrolytes... :(

[@rawbacon]

A lot of Longevity claims are BS but this is actually true.

[@sassysandie2865]

How do you know?

[@sassysandie2865]

I work out as 72 year old so I don’t end up in a nursing home!

[@swamphawk6227]

Solid Sandy

[@Highintensityhealth]

Love this!!

[@ashleywoncheck9582]

Not sure if my grip strength is biased...since I'm a pole dancer of 6 years and can hold my entire body above my head with just my hands! 😆

[@Highintensityhealth]

Sounds like you're doing the right things! Keep it up.

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

​​@@Highintensityhealth " Keep it up"😂. Upside down on a pole .....😂🤣. ( Great exercise though, well done Ashley .)

[@ashleywoncheck9582]

@@moiragoldsmith7052 Thanks! The strength and calisthenic training to get good is unmatched and is sooo much fun! Keeps me in excellent shape 😃

[@Meditations1776]

We need proof for research purposes.

[@ashleywoncheck9582]

@@Meditations1776 Pole as a sport/hobby is fantastic. It takes years of training to learn hundreds of moves. Look up PSO routines or find your local studio. I encourage all women and men to try..it is 1000x harder than it looks and is the best workout ever!

[@scottk1525]

Is it that stronger people tend to live longer? Or is it that healthier people tend to be stronger?

[@defining.vitality]

Frailty will end you! No studies needed

[@nosretep1960]

What is premature death?

[@GRB777]

Does metabolic resistance training qualify as strength training? I like a little cardio mixed with my strength training, but I'm willing to give up the cardio if it isn't worth it.

[@elizabethroa6970]

Brb, gonna start pilates

[@Highintensityhealth]

YES!

[@andreachaisson3150]

I've never trained anybody according to watts. So 200 is low?! What would, in your opinion be good?

[@Highintensityhealth]

It’s fairly low but depending on your age, fitness level. For me 200 watts is zone 2.

[@YahuahBarakAtah]

Can creatine help sore chest muscles causing bad chest pain in inactive people?

[@swamphawk6227]

If it is actually the chest muscles, then yes, it can help them recover. An inactive person wouldn't have sore chest muscles for no reason though. My suggestion for best improvement would be to switch from inactive to active. All other supplements should take a backseat to action.

[@matlindell5022]

Squat Time 👍🤗

[@russellbrooks23able]

Cholesterol is inversely associated to longevity. That is, those elderly with higher cholesterol live longer. The bad cholesterol is an indicator of your bad diet. Eliminate your bad diet and your bad cholesterol fixes itself. Never worry, except in extreme rare cases, what your cholesterol is. Oh, and never take a statin.

[@nicktheodorou3474]

More isn’t always better. As we know our biological processes are finite and it takes more resources to maintain muscle mass. Although we can try and optimise repair mechanisms, cell replication it still doesn’t change the fact that it is finite. So I am curios about what is optimal and how this can be quantified. At what point is having a slower metabolism and less muscle mass optimal.

[@LatimusChadimus]

Facts

[@Highintensityhealth]

Let's go!

[@bleutooth1000]

I’m literally listening to this while I’m hand milking my cow. #gripstrength

[@seenowon]

Even after losing 40 lbs of fat and going from 0 - 10 pull ups. my friends and family still don't believe me😅😅😅 im the strongest in my family now and i won't give up on them.

[@burnerjack01]

Is it really strength that makes you live longer or is it the fact that stronger people are less sedentary? This is classic “ compartmentalized assessment “.

[@robertbeckler5058]

Yep

[@markbond08]

That’s what killed Rich Piana, grip strength was too low

[@Johnnyhaag79]

*ONE

[@2ndstreetmarvel]

💪🏿💪🏿

[@LatimusChadimus]

💪💪

[@dyl923gonz7]

@@LatimusChadimus 🦾🦾

[@Highintensityhealth]

Muscle for the win!

[@daleholte7234]

Grip strength that is ridiculous , you could have Corporal tunnel in your hand and have no grip strength, I have seen men who are giants in size and strength but they die young, and people who have careers as a masseuse have very strong hands but that doesn’t mean that they are healthy

[@homoruge]

I guess it's diet that keeps the muscle strength

[@WORKOUTSOLUTIONS]

✝️ CHRIST IS RISEN ❤ GOD GIVES US STRENGTH ✝🙏🧗‍♂️🏋️‍♂️💪🕊️

[@YahuahBarakAtah]

HalleluYahuah 🩷

[@swamphawk6227]

Father forgive me for these Gains I'm about to recieve.

[@afdave7]

Increased grip strength has been linked to shorter masturbation times. 😂

[@bobbullethalf]

Easy, pick up something heavy everyday.

[@arymniak1]

No one is talking about strength because no one can do your push ups or pull ups or deadlifts or squats but you.

[@Highintensityhealth]

You mean you as in me or you as in, "other people have to actually do the work and they don't want to?"

[@ryanwiley7894]

Movement is king and you need strength especially leg strength to keep moving once older. I would question the need to be under 100s of pounds on a bar though 😂. There is zero proof of this currently. Sad to see how many big jacked old dudes there are at my local gym clearly taking s huge does of TRT. Can't be that good for thier heart. Note big not fit 😅. So many of these guys i notice are doing next to no cardio and skip the sauna. I've noticed thier form is also dog shit most of the time but they think its working because they are juiced to the gills.