State of Health Podcast #21: Longevity Through Physical Activity with Ian McLeod (@stoicmobility) (YouTube)
On this episode of the podcast, I am joined by Ian McLeod also known as @stoicmobility on Instagram. After hearing my State of Health podcast episode with Wes Hendricks, Ian reached out to have a conversation about health span and longevity. As a 16 year veteran in the fitness industry, including opening his own world class training facility Nirvana Strength in Bali, Ian has a lot of insight on how to take a holistic approach to training with the goal of longevity. A key insight shared by Ian was to think of your health and longevity goals in the same way as your competition or performance goals. Have a target in mind of what you want your health to look like and break it down to individual achievable steps to work toward. We also discussed injuries and how to mitigate them, how Ian himself keeps his body mostly pain free, we talked about the importance of cultivating a deep sense of awareness of your body and the need for an additional outside perspective on your movement quality from a coach’s eye. I really enjoyed this conversation and I think you will get many useful tips about your personal health journey by listening in.
QUESTION — Have you thought about what kind of physical abilities you want your 70/80/90 year old self to be capable of?
Time codes
0:00 - Start
0:12 - Intro
2:05 - Podcast starts
2:56 - Ian’s background in the fitness industry
11:00 - Taking a competitive approach to longevity
20:50 - How much flexibility/range of motion do you need?
27:30 - Bad technique vs mismanagement of load and frequency
37:10 - Developing a sense mindfulness and awareness of the body during training
45:25 - Soft tissue adaptations are slower than muscle size and strength adaptations
58:40 - Ian’s state of health at the moment and how he remains pain free
1:05:50 - Importance of addressing the nervous system to increase flexibility
1:08:05 - J-Mart’s pillars of health
1:12:00 - What balance should really mean with regards to training
1:14:05 - What has Ian changed his mind on with regards to longevity
1:24:27 - Outro
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State of Health Podcast #21: Longevity Through Physical Activity with Ian McLeod (@stoicmobility)