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Poo poo poo poo poo poo poo relax.
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That was the biggest zero to 100. H no
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warm up.
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I'm really worried he's going to be
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injured. I think this is not a good
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situation.
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Four long shoots like this. If this
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would be outside, I do get burned.
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Okay, Brownie, we need to up your game
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on the skinare.
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That is so painful. You guys, I hope you
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feel them. It is excruciating.
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Hey friends, this is Brian Johnson.
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Today I'm going to review Browniey's
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video on how he measured everything
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about his body. If you don't know who
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Brownie is, he's a creator with over 10
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million subscribers on YouTube with a
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focus on health and wellness. He's also
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a friend and in his own words, he said
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making the video we're about to watch
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turned out to be one of the hardest
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weeks of his life. I'm really happy
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someone finally understands what I go
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through every single day. Let's see what
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he's done to measure his body.
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I will find out by testing how old my
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heart is. measure my exact body fat
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percentage, see how strong I am, how my
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body responds to heat and heights, and
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even test on cancer.
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I think I'm pretty healthy. I don't
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smoke, I don't drink, I eat healthy, and
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I exercise every single day.
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But am I really as healthy as I think?
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In the first test, I will find out my
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real height measured by a laser.
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The measurement starts now. Your height
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is
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178.
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What?
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Is that not your height?
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No,
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I think it is.
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Okay. A lot of people overestimate their
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height. I think Brownie is doing the
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same thing. I understand that this is
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true where people subjectively report
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out their biomarkers. We really struggle
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and saying I don't know. Let's see. This
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is Alicia and she will make a 3D scan of
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us with some really nice looking faces.
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Lots of little cameras in here is what's
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going to pick that up and make that
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model of you. When it says scan done,
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you can come out there.
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This scan just measured everything on my
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body. Literally everything. And I now
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know what circumference my arm is or my
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waist.
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Okay. They did a 3D body scan to promote
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this brand. That's cool. Like, it is
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useful to know your body measurements.
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You really want to have a gold standard
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DEXA scan for this. So, I think that
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would probably be the move I'd make on
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this.
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Some people even say the only way to
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accurately measure your body fat,
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muscle, mass, and bones.
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Do a DEXA scan.
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Dexa scan.
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The gold standard for body composition.
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Very accurate.
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Wait a second. First of all, Brownie,
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why did you not cut me in this, man?
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Where am I at? Dexoscan is a test that I
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would recommend for everybody. It's low
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cost and it's high information.
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Understanding where your bone mineral
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density is is one of the more important
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parts of your health that people often
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times have no idea what their baseline
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is or what even to do about it.
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Here they will use this chamber to see
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if I have skin cancer.
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We have our body scanner. This will take
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2,000 photos in both 2D and 3D to map
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out any moles or markings on the body.
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We also have integrated thermal cameras
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to look for any signs of inflammation
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and compare both sides of the body. Skin
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health is really important. In fact, it
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is the first thing I look at when I meet
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someone. It really is like an accounting
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of your life. When you eat bad foods, it
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shows up in your skin. When you don't
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sleep well, it shows up in your skin.
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You can't hide it. I learned through
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using Vizia, which uses multi-spectral
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imaging, that my skin was actually
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really damaged. I was in the sun
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nonstop, baking in the sun. It was like,
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how tan can you get was the competition
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during school. though my my skin has
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received a lot of sun damage. If you're
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going to be in the sun, be mindful to
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either protect yourselves, wear
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sunscreen, or be out in the sun in the
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morning, late at night, which is my
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preference where I still get the sun
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exposure.
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The most important thing with the skin
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is protecting it from the ultraviolet
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rays in the sun. I'm curious about
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whether you use sun cream.
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I do as often as possible though for
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long shoots like this. If this would be
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outside, I do get burned.
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Okay, Brownie, we need to up your game
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on the skincare. You're outside doing
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shoots, you're getting burned. That's
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not good. I get it. YouTuber, shirts
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off. He's muscular. That's like part of
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the game. Also, don't pay the price. Not
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worth getting cancer. So, you guys, if
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you're in the same situation, don't get
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burned. It's not worth it.
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Our skin scanner takes 2,000 high
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resolution photos of your body. And I'm
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going to show you that process in
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action. We're going to have a little
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look at your back.
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Wow.
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So, this is you. Each of these blue
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squares represents one of the moles that
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we found on your back. So, we've counted
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the number of moles and freckles you
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have and you have 557.
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That's a really good data point. I wish
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I had that data. I don't have that data,
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but really cool. So, technology is
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amazing. The fact that we can get
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quantified data on these kinds of
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situations. Really cool.
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We will do next is your blood test.
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So, good job on the blood draw. I am a
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phabotamist uh nerd. So, when I get my
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blood drawn, I'm really mindful of who
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the person is. You want to set the
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expectations initially. one stick they
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go. If they hit it, great. If they miss
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it, out. It's very unpleasant to get
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your your veins stuck. A lot of people
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feel a lot of anxiety. So, by doing
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this, you can potentially reduce your
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anxiety by setting expectations that
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it's going to be minimally painful
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because you prevent that fishing
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expedition if they miss.
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Good vein.
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Yes.
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Okay.
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Brownie also has great veins. It's an
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easy stick. I could do that one.
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That's your heart. Have you heard it
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before? I I probably have at some point,
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but not like this. It's It's all around
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me.
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The thing I like about what they're
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doing is internalizing what is happening
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inside their body. Most people have
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never heard their heartbeat. So, I like
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that they're educating people and giving
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them an emotional bridge to health,
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which otherwise it's just very cold in
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traditional medical practice. So, cool
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job on the design.
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Great. Let's have a look. There you are.
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No.
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Uh, this is cool because you're
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informing people that there's such a
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thing as biological age. A person can be
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25 and have a heart of a 20-year-old or
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a 30-year-old. I'm assuming here they're
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doing some simplified version of heart
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age, which is fine. Again, it builds
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intuition, but you really can go very
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deep in getting the biological age of
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any organ, including dozens of
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measurements. Have
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you done a sweat test before?
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Never.
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It's really interesting. We're going to
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put some pads on you, but they attach
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quite tightly, and it's going to induce
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sweat on your forearm. Beautiful. Turn
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that on. Current is passing through the
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wires.
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I won't feel anything.
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It might sting a tiny bit.
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I am actually super interested to see if
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I lose a lot of salt or not.
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Okay. So, cool that they're actually
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doing sweat measurement. I just did this
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myself. I did this because I began the
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sauna protocol at 200° FHE, 93 C, and I
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was trying to figure out how to improve
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my electrolyte balance because I, like
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Brownie, was having pretty severe cramps
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during the night. And that is because I
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wasn't getting a proper rehydration with
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a proper balance of electrolytes. Also,
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I think there's something going on
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between Brownie and the nurse here.
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Let's see how it goes.
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When I take them off, you'll have a
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little ring of sweat on your forearm.
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And then this has got a tiny tube which
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is going to collect your sweat in that
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tube. So, all that blue is your sweat in
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there.
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What? Oh, there's a tube in there. Of
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course.
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Now, this just goes in our analyzer. And
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I'm just going to push it through and
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then your number will come up and that
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will be how much sodium comes out your
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sweat
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on this way to measure your own test. I
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wouldn't do that. It's a lot of work. I
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would just get a Gatorade patch, put it
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on, exercise or go in the sauna. It gets
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you better and more accurate results.
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So, I think a simpler way to do it,
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sleep, and particularly whether your
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sleep gets disrupted if you're crossing
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time zones or things like that.
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I do always hear also from friends like
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Will Tennyson that I need to sleep more
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often. Thank you, Will.
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Come on, bro. Who's your number one
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source for sleep data? It's not Will
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Tennyson, it's me. I'm the best sleeper
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in the entire world. We talked about
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this. Where's the love, man? Eye
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pressure is something I have never
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tested before and also never thought I
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would test.
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Look straight ahead. Eyes nice and wide
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open. I'll place my hand on your
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shoulder just for some stability and
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then you'll feel a light bar into the
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eye.
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Yeah, eye pressure is really good. I did
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a bunch of eye measurements, very
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extensive, primarily because of my
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internal jugular vein stenosis where I
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have this uh genetically narrow veins
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that carry blood to and from my brain.
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So, we were assessing my eyes for
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potential damage of this condition. So,
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we did maybe a dozen different
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measurements, but just knowing your
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baseline pressure, good idea.
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Very different than any grip strength
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I've ever done before.
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This is how you're going to be measuring
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grip strength, just by your side.
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Squeeze as hard as you can. We're going
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to measure on the iPad to see how much
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you can do.
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Good. Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze,
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squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze.
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Relax.
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That's a pretty cool device. I have one
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here at the house. Does not make any
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noises. This is a fun game. I know. I
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bring people over here. We do these
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don't die dinners. And when people get
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that in hand and it's just like all out
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warfare of who can get the best. So,
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people get really competitive on this
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game. It's fun.
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Your left actually was a little bit more
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than your right for your grip squeeze.
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I am right-handed.
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I mean, it's not like a huge difference.
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It's only 2.4% difference.
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That's really good that he has that
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symmetry between right and left hands.
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To be fair, that is like really good.
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One of the highest I've seen to be fair.
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Oh, okay. That's good.
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She definitely has a crush on him.
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Second strength exercise is a mid thigh
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pull or just a very painful deadlift.
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It's essentially a deadlift that doesn't
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move. We're measuring the amount of
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strength that your lower half can
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produce.
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Good. Pull, pull, pull, pull, pull,
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pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull,
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pull, pull. Relax.
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That was the biggest zero to 100. No
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warm up.
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You guys, you want to be really careful
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on this. Brownie did this without
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warming up. You really can injure
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yourself in doing this. So, never go
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from cold to max effort. It just creates
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way too much injury risk. If you're
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going to injure yourself playing a
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sport, I get it. But don't do something
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stupid like going from cold to allout
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exertion. It's just not worth it.
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Poo poo poo poo poo poo poo. Relax.
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[Music]
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His face is like
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I'm really worried he's going to be
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injured. Like this is not a good
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situation. And like these people should
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definitely not ask them to do full
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exertion from cold. Like that's just not
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a good situation. So if someone who's
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older who came through and and they're
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doing that, they're definitely going to
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be injured.
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Your maximum was 2955. You've got only a
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2% asymmetry, which is really good.
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Your isometric mid thigh was 2971, which
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is really, really good.
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Wow.
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This is just built for gamification,
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right? Like that is so fun. How strong
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are you? What is your grip strength? The
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grip strength, I should mention, is
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actually one of the best longevity
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markers predicting all cause mortality.
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a really good marker for someone to be
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aware of as you're evaluating where
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you're at in your particular age and
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your risk of all cause mortality.
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The scans are done and all the
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information of our bodies
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is right here. And because a DEXA scan
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scans everything, you can even see the
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muscle imbalances you have between all
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three legs, for example.
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Yeah, this is why DEXA is so good is it
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gives you your symmetry asymmetry on
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your muscles around your body, which can
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really inform because if you've got
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asymmetries, it can create problems in
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your gate posture. So this is why DEXA
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really is worth it. Low cost, high
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information value.
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Um yours is about a kilogram difference.
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What?
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You as well?
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Yeah. Why?
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Might be my ankle injury on my left.
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This is injury, right? So he just said
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that he got injured and that created the
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asymmetry. This is why it is not worth
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getting injured on stupid stuff. Now
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we're all going to be injured in life.
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It happens. But just don't do it on
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something that is really preventable.
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What I want to look at is the direct
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impact that altitude has on you as an
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athlete. I will do two 12minute ramp
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tests. The first one's going to be at
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sea level and the second one's going to
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be at 2,700 m in our chamber.
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So, we can compare how my body reacts to
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high altitude.
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That's cool. Uh this is uh different
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training in different altitudes. Very
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cool. Uh great technology. I'm actually
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getting uh ready to begin the protocol
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myself. So, I've been very curious.
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We've reviewed the evidence. It's really
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interesting for potential benefits. Uh
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and doing a performance test in here.
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That's cool. When my lactate levels are
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too high, my body starts to struggle.
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Just under that stage is the best way to
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train. It's the sweet spot. Hard enough
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to improve, but not too hard to burn
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out.
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Here for you, your LT1 or your aerobic
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limit is around 150 heart rate. Your
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LT2, so your anorobic limit is up and
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around 170.
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This data is incredibly valuable. Like
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knowing where your thresholds are, what
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your abilities are, baselining yourself.
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This is a really cool test. You know,
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it's a hard one to get. It's
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sophisticated. It could cost a lot of
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money, but if you can get it, it really
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does help on your performance.
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That's nine the hardest so far. We'll
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hopefully prove this or it will prove us
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wrong.
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We'll get the V2 master on you and we're
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going to do a ramp test till failure.
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So, no Mr. Nice guy anymore. None of
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this easy hard.
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V2 max is one of the hardest tests
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professional athletes have to train for.
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Traciano Ronaldo, for example, is at the
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top of the scale. An average
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professional athlete a little bit lower.
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And the general population scores around
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30 to 40.
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V2 max is brutal. It is so uncomfortable
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because you're taking yourself to
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absolute collapse. So, and Brownie's
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already had a big day. He's already done
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the lactate. Uh, he's also done the IHT
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stuff. So, this is a lot. He's pretty
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tired. And you want to have fresh
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energetic state as your starting point.
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But, uh, cool that he's doing it.
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The way to think of V2 max is is the
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size of the engine. That tells us just
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how fit you are and kind of how much
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oxygen your muscles can use.
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Yeah. Actually, this device, I'm not
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sure what the device is they're using,
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but uh we use a clinical grade system,
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which is like like a big box and these
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pipes. So, I'm curious what they're
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using and the accuracy of the system.
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It's just 10 seconds, then we're
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building. Looking so good. We've got it
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in you. Let's go. Really nice, Arian.
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She's a pretty good motivator, right?
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Like, if you're doing your test, you
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want her by your side.
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20 seconds to go. 20 seconds to go. 20.
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You got this. Jumping off. Jumping off.
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Let's go. Come on. Let's go. Let's go.
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You got this. Fight for it. Nice work.
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Really nice work. Really nice.
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That is so painful, you guys. I hope you
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feel them. It is excruciating.
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Your heart rate goes unbelievably high.
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You hit 200 there.
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That's amazing. So, for your heart rate,
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what you should do is take uh 220 minus
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your age. So, they're 25 years old.
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Their max heart rate should be around
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195. As you age, every year it goes down
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a bit. So, that's a great heart rate.
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That is like incredible to have 190
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beats per minute as like raw horsepower.
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Uh, so that's cool.
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You, how we feeling?
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That was the worst thing I've ever done.
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That's somewhere around kind of 54 or
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55, which isn't too bad at all.
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So, Brownie got a 55 V2 max, which is
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the same as mine. V2 max is one of the
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strongest predictors of longevity. You
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can do highintensity interval training
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and Zo2 training and meaningfully
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improve your V2 max. If you don't know
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your V2 max, I would suggest you do get
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it. It's a really good baseline marker
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of where you're at, but it really has
00:14:27
this gigantic predictive ability in your
00:14:29
all cause mortality.
00:14:30
My lifestyle is working. I am super
00:14:32
happy with these results and my health.
00:14:34
So, overall, I would say that is a
00:14:36
really good video because it is such a
00:14:38
uh nice entry point for people to
00:14:39
understand you can measure things about
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your body that inform your decisions on
00:14:43
health and wellness. So, overall, I
00:14:45
would give Brownie a 10 out of 10.
00:14:47
Brownie, great job in the video. You're
00:14:49
doing everyone a really big service on
00:14:50
helping them understand how to measure
00:14:52
health, what to do for their their
00:14:54
health profile. I think your scores are
00:14:56
great, looking great. So, hope we hang
00:14:57
out soon. Also, Brownie, you were at my
00:15:00
house in February. We filmed a video.
00:15:01
Where's it at, man? And also, you didn't
00:15:03
include me in your video, bro. What's
00:15:04
up? You had a beef with me?
