He's 80-Years-Old and is #1 for Slowest Speed of Aging

Dan Sullivan is an 80-year-old entrepreneur from the US he's currently ranked number one on the Rejuvenation Olympics leader board his epigenetic speed of Aging test averages only 0.71 which isn't the lowest score but he's got the lowest score based on the relative difference adjusting for chronological age Julie Gibson Clark is ranked number two with an average score of 0.665 which is lower than 0.71 but she was 53 years old at the time of the tests whereas Dan was 78 it also kind of shows that the leaderboard is quite outdated as Julie is now 55 and Dan is 80 to be honest we don't really know how the Rejuvenation Olympics team is making these calculations and how do they adjust it for chronological age but I do think that it's interesting to look at what these people are doing to get good results with these tests in this video I'm going to look at what is Dan doing for his longevity so make sure you click a like And subscribe for future videos about living longer and staying healthier Dan Sullivan is an entrepreneur and business consultant he's the founder of strategic coach Inc and he's been in the field for 40 years then has made the goal for himself to live until the age of 156 which he's written a short book about he came to that number because of wanting to live through the entire 21st century as he's born in 1944 I'm going to give you the main principles of his routine Dan exercises first thing in the morning for 80 minutes before anything else he alternates between interval training weightlifting and stretching sometimes he goes harder sometimes easier his goal is to burn 1,000 calories before breakfast and this enables him to worry less about what he eats his diet consists of a lot of greens vegetables fruits and proteins such as fish and meat but he doesn't have any other restrictions on his diet I guess that it means if he wants to eat bread or pasta he'll eat it as long as he has exercised for 1,000 calories and he's getting his protein for the day for the record burning 1,000 calories is quite a lot and it's very hard to reach such a high calorie number for example if I do zone two cardio for 60 minutes I'm burning about 650 to 700 calories and lifting weights typically Burns fewer calories than that so it might be that Dan is overestimating the amount of calories he's burning but if he excises for 80 minutes then he's generally going to burn yes maybe around 600 800 and in some cases up to 1,000 calories if he's really going at it Dan's a wealthy guy so he uses different novel medical and exercise equipment like the vasper machine it's an elliptical machine that cools down your muscles with tubes wrapped around your limbs while you're exercising it's like Blood Flow Restriction Training with immediate cooling the pitch is is that based on the technology your body gets a 60-minute workout in just 20 minutes now I don't think that there is any evidence to support these claims but I have tried the vasper machine myself you know at least once or twice and it's interesting but I don't think it's going to replace regular weightlifting or it's not even like Superior to regular blood for restriction either in my opinion so you definitely don't need to do this you can achieve as good results and even better with regular exercise Dan lifts weights but he says he takes peptides and other Rejuvenation therapies to help with his longevity goals he's also interested in other Rejuvenation therapies like stem cells hormone replacement therapy mitochondrial therapies and others I haven't found any information online about the specific supplements or the specific peptides or other protocols that he's doing Dan's doctor is David Hass who's a double bore certified physician who probably prescribes his medical protocols next Dan also meditates in the morning he's been doing it for 47 years and he says it sets him up for Success every day I think meditation can be very powerful for remembering your goals and also increasing your mindfulness in the process to actually achieve those goals you're going to make better and healthier decisions in your life because of this increased self-awareness I have done meditation in the past I'm not doing it right now because I feel I'm already you know at this level in terms of my mindfulness and self-awareness so I don't need to kind of do it again in his book Dan writes about his three crucial daily capabilities that enable him to live longer they are friends money and purpose Dan says it's important to have close relationships with friends but not only with people of your age he says that if all your friends are your own age or older you start dying because it's depressing to see none die there is actually animal research indicating that there might be some truth to this Dan has a rule that he never drinks alone if he has a drink then he always does it with a friend or family member this minimizes unnecessary alcohol consumption and also enhances the relationships with his friends of course you don't need to do that and alcohol in of itself isn't healthy but I do think that it's healthier to drink with friends rather than to drink alone the second thing on Dan's list is money without money other people have to support you and you feel dependent for his plan to live to 156 Dan needs money to take advantage of every new healthy opportunity or new medical therapy. comes I definitely agree that it's going to be the case over the next few decades that if you do have money then you will be able to get access to these new medical Technologies and better health care that potentially could extend the human lifespan maybe in like a 100 or 200 years everyone will just be able to get access to this Rejuvenation Therapies but you know in the next few decades they're going to be much more expensive than the average person can afford and the third category is purpose which means having something to live for it's necessary to have something that keeps you going for Dan he can't imagine having a sense of purpose without relationships so he wants to keep himself engaged in the lives of his friends and family until the day he dies he doesn't plan to retire and he says that retirement becomes less important in the 21st century instead he thinks if you're an entrepreneur then you never stop being useful and you can always find something to do that keeps you engaged and gives you purpose I agree with that as well having a sense of purpose is very consistently linked to longevity and increased life expectancy but that purpose doesn't have to be work it can be family it can be friends it can be pets it can be religion it can be any other sense of purpose or anything else you just need to have a reason to want to stay alive and the people who don't want to stay alive then they're more likely to die as well so that is Dan's routine in a nutshell of course we don't know what the long-term implications of his test results are we have no data indicating that having a slower speed of Aging test or ranking number one on the rejuven nation Olympics leaderboard is somehow going to make you live longer there is data that having a lower score is linked to a lower risk of all cause motality but uh there's no data that it's going to actually you know make you live to 156 years of age the current human maximum lifespan record is 122 but this is expected to be broken later this Century that someone who's going to break this record is expected to be a Sou Korean women but who knows what will happen maybe it's going to be Dan if you want to get my free longevity training then check out the link in the description or head over to sean. for which less longevity D trining other than that thanks for watching this video make sure to click a like And subscribe for future videos about living longer and staying healthier my name is SE stay optimize stay empowered