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Longevity

Living A Longer, Healthier Life Shouldn’t Be Complicated.

Want to live a better life but feel overwhelmed? Longevity is achievable without sweat, without strict elimination diets, useless supplements, or pounding the pavement until you’re too sore to enjoy the rest of your day.

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Longevity

Why Does My Knee Hurt?

Show Notes In a continuing series, Paul and Howard talk about parts of the body that sometimes hurt. This time we’re on about Why Knees Sometimes

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Longevity

Metabolic Syndrome, Part II: Managing Metabolic Syndrome

Show Notes In the second of a two-part series, Paul and Howard talk about metabolic syndrome, in particular about how its effects can be reduced, and even

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Longevity

Rest, Recovery, and Exercise Addiction

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about rest, recovery, and exercise addiction. We range across its causes, diagnosing it, and its consequences. There is—drum

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Longevity

Metabolic Syndrome, Part I

Show Notes In the first of a multi-part series, Paul and Howard talk about metabolic syndrome, from its rise, to its prevalence, to its causes, and its

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Cortisone Steroid injections and Covid Vaccination: Timing is Everything

Cortisone or steroid injections are utilized commonly by Orthopedic Surgeons, Rheumatologists, and Pain Management Physicians to manage inflammation and pain

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Coronavirus and Fitness: One Year Later

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about personal fitness and mental health, one year after coronavirus lockdowns

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Zone 2 Heart Rate Training For Longevity and Performance

Whether you are optimizing your exercise regimen for performance or you want to live a longer healthy life, the concept of zone 2 heart rate training deserves

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Longevity

AMA on Strength, Longevity and Fitness

Show Notes Paul and Howard take listener questions about strength, longevity, and fitness. Topics:  Readings: Music: “Crossing the Chasm”

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Muscle Mass, Strength, and Longevity

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about the relationship between muscle mass, strength, and longevity. Topics:  Readings: Music:

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Longevity

Mitochondrial Health: The Path to Longevity and Performance

Show Notes Paul and Howard have a special guest, the amazing Dr. Inigo San Milan from the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado, one of

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Longevity

Athletic Shoes: Their History, Benefits, and Consequences

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about shoes and their consequences. Topics:  Readings: Music: “Crossing the Chasm” by Kevin MacLeod

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Longevity

Inside the Black Box of Anesthesia: Why We Do It, How It’s Changing, and What the Future Looks Like

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about surgical anesthesia with a special guest: Jon Bauman, Chief of Anesthesiology at St. John’s Riverside Hospital in

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