Maintaining Muscle

FOCUS FOR SO MANY OF US, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE TOWARD RETIREMENT YEARS AND ALMOST 70 YEAR-OLD BODYBUILDER AND LONGEVITY EXPERT JOINS US NOW WITH SOME GREAT TIPS ON HOW WE CAN AGE IN. GREAT HEALTH. NATURALLY, EDWARD JONES JOINS US NOW FROM CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. EDWARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. >> THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME. >> WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND AND HOW DID YOU BECOME A NATURAL HEALTH PIONEER? LET'S START WITH THAT. >> WONDERFUL. I'VE BEEN IN THE FIELD OF NUTRITION SINCE I WAS 21 YEARS OLD. AND HERE I AM BE 69 VERY SOON. AND ACTUALLY HAVE. COUNSEL NUTRITION STORE BEEN INVOLVED IN IN DATA AND STUDIES ACTUALLY CAME OUT WITH PRODUCTS MYSELF. BUT I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY AND TRADE OF HOW CAN WE CREATE GRACEFUL AGING? BECAUSE WE ALL SEE OUR LOVED ONES AND OUR FRIENDS DECLINED PRETTY QUICKLY. SOMETIMES WHEN THEY HIT. 45 55 YEARS OLD. AND EVEN IF THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE SEEMINGLY THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT MANY OF US WOULD WISH THAT WOULD BE BETTER AS WE AGE. AND SO I HAVE A PLAN, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF. AND CERTAINLY WHEN I COUNSEL OUR CLIENTS AND OTHERS AND AS TO HOW CAN WE DO THIS? BECAUSE THE GENERAL POPULATION IS AGING WAY TOO FAST. >> NOW, ONE POINT YOU ARE IN A WALKER AND YOU REALLY HAD POOR HEALTH DECLINING HEALTH AND YOU MADE THIS COME BACK AFTER THE AGE OF 50. SO CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT STORY? YOUR BACK STORY. >> WELL, IT WAS ABOUT LATE 1999. I'M ALWAYS BEEN IN THE GYM WORKOUT VERY HARD. USED TO ACHES AND PAINS BECAUSE I LIFT HEAVY. SOMETIMES. AND SO I DIDN'T THINKING ABOUT GETTING OUT OF BED ON THAT MORNING OF 1999. WITH THIS TIP PROBLEM BACK HERE. BUT WITHIN 2 WEEKS, I REALIZED THIS WAS NOT JUST JIM STUFF AND I ENDED UP DECLINING OVER THE NEXT 3 YEARS TO 3 AND A HALF YEARS TO A POINT OF NEEDING A CANE TO GET AROUND AND THEN A YEAR OR 2 LATER, I HAD TO HAVE A WALKER IN THE MORNING IN A WALKER AT NIGHT ALONG WITH MEDICATIONS WHICH I ABSOLUTELY I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE TO NOT HAVE TO HAVE PAIN MEDICATIONS, ALA BELIEVE IN THE GREEN PHARMACY APPROACH. BUT IT WAS NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT IT. AND I ALSO WOULD IMAGINE ALL OF THAT. >> AFFECTED YOUR MENTAL STATE AS WELL. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE GET TO PRESSING IF YOU'RE SO ACTIVE IN GREAT SHAPE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE YOU'RE IN A WALKER. >> IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. AND I THINK IT MADE ME MORE HUMBLE AND IT CERTAINLY MADE ME BASS LAKE MORE. APPRECIATE THE FACT OF FEELING GOOD AND DOING HAVE PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN OF ACTION TO HELP MYSELF ENDURE THE NEXT DECADES. THAT WILL BE LIVING. I WANT TO HOLD MY GRANDKIDS. I WANT TO BE FUNCTIONAL. I WANT TO CARRY SUITCASES AND AND HAVE STAMINA. I LOST ALL OF THAT DURING CHRONIC PAIN. ANYBODY OUT THERE AS CHRONIC PAIN UNDERSTANDS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. >> SO CAN YOU THEN TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN BODY BUILDING AND THEN HOW IMPORTANT THIS WEIGHT LIFTING PROCESS IS REALLY NO MATTER YOUR AGE AND ESPECIALLY AS WE GET OLDER. >> I I I THINK YOU'RE HITTING ON A POINT THAT DATA HAS NOW CONFIRMED THAT THE NUMBER ONE METRIC FOR LONGEVITY IS MUSCLE STRENGTH. IT IS BECAUSE THE LAST STRENGTH WE HAVE THAT IS CORRELATED WITH LAST MORE. BUT MORE MORTALITY AND CERTAINLY LESS QUALITY OF LIFE. THE ONLY 2 THINGS THAT TRULY HELP IN REGARD TO WOMEN AND MEN AS WE AGE TO MAINTAIN MUSCLE BECAUSE MUSCLES IN OREGON AND WE NEED IT TO BE OPTIMAL IS MAINTAINING HIGHER LEVELS OF GOOD QUALITY PROTEIN AND LIFTING WEIGHTS 4 TIMES A WEEK AND THE GM, MANY WOMEN THINK, OH, I DON'T WANT TO GET BULKY. THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. I'VE BEEN IN THE GM SINCE I WAS 14 YEARS-OLD. AND SO THAT'S 55 OR 60 YEARS. AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY. SO I ENCOURAGE WOMEN EXPECIALLY TO DO THE WEIGHT TRAINING FOR THE LONGEVITY, PREVENTING OSTEOPOROSIS, BUT ALSO LIVING LONGER. >> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS TERM CALLED PEAK SPAN AT WHAT IS IT? AND I KNOW YOU SPECIFICALLY TIED TO SHARE STRATEGIES THAT HELP US EXTEND PEAK SPAN. >> I LOVE THE WORD BECAUSE WE I THINK WE HAVE NORMALIZED FEELING ROTTEN IN THIS COUNTRY. YOU GO TO YOUR DOCTOR AND YOUR PAST 50 AND HE SAYS, WELL, YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF BIRTHDAYS. I DON'T BUY THAT EXCUSE. WE DID NOT USE TO FEEL AS POORLY AS WE DO. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE MELANCHOLY IN OUR MOOD AND ANXIOUSNESS AND INSOMNIA AND ALL THE PARTS OF THIS POSSIBLE UNTIL WE WERE ABOUT 80. BUT NOW IT'S HITTING DECADES EARLIER AND PEAKS PAN IS THE PLAN OF ACTION THAT I WANT PEOPLE TO PUT TOGETHER IN ORDER TO CREATE GRACEFUL AGING. STAY STRONG. THE POSITIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY DATES. I HAVE DAYS WHERE I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M 30 BECAUSE MOST THE TIME I DO FEEL 30, BUT 95. SO THE TIME I FEEL SO GOOD WITH STAMINA AND ENERGY AND SLEEP HAD PROBLEMS WITH INSOMNIA. GOT ALL THOSE TAKEN CARE OF. >> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, VERY INFORMATIVE. AND I'M CERTAINLY LEARNING A LOT. THANK YOU, EDWARD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.