Dr. Peter Attia

And I'm like, okay, I want to see everything. I want to watch the post-operative. I want to watch the rehab process. And so one of the big milestones you see for people with labral surgery is when they basically can dangle the arm and rotate like a lightweight. And Alton was really clear, like, you're not going to be doing that for a while.

And I'm like, okay, I want to see everything. I want to watch the post-operative. I want to watch the rehab process. And so one of the big milestones you see for people with labral surgery is when they basically can dangle the arm and rotate like a lightweight. And Alton was really clear, like, you're not going to be doing that for a while.

We're talking about range of motion without stress on the repair. Right.

We're talking about range of motion without stress on the repair. Right.

So in parallel to this, I'm continuing to sort of refine my thinking around the idea that we're all going to have this marginal decade one day. And it does come across as sort of a depressing thought. Nobody really wants to think about the idea that there will be a day when you knowingly or unknowingly enter the final decade of your life.

So in parallel to this, I'm continuing to sort of refine my thinking around the idea that we're all going to have this marginal decade one day. And it does come across as sort of a depressing thought. Nobody really wants to think about the idea that there will be a day when you knowingly or unknowingly enter the final decade of your life.

But at the same time, to act as though it's not true won't make it not so. So I think it occurred to me that the more deliberate we can train for that last decade as though we are athletes, the more we can enjoy it.

But at the same time, to act as though it's not true won't make it not so. So I think it occurred to me that the more deliberate we can train for that last decade as though we are athletes, the more we can enjoy it.

Because as I watch people in the final decade of their lives, and I've had the both privilege and curse of seeing a lot of it, I believe that the thing people complain most about is what's taken away from them physically. Now, there are lots of people in the last decade of their life that are lonely because they were miserable sons of bitches and their family, they don't have family or friends.

Because as I watch people in the final decade of their lives, and I've had the both privilege and curse of seeing a lot of it, I believe that the thing people complain most about is what's taken away from them physically. Now, there are lots of people in the last decade of their life that are lonely because they were miserable sons of bitches and their family, they don't have family or friends.

All of those things. There are many people whose cognition has failed them long before their body has failed them. And that can be very distressing. But if I'm really thinking about this in terms of large numbers, more than two thirds of people, I would say in the final decade of their life, when they're really thinking about what's impacting the quality of their life,

All of those things. There are many people whose cognition has failed them long before their body has failed them. And that can be very distressing. But if I'm really thinking about this in terms of large numbers, more than two thirds of people, I would say in the final decade of their life, when they're really thinking about what's impacting the quality of their life,

It's this, it's the physical part. That's the thing I've lost that I miss the most. And sometimes it could simply be freedom from pain, but more often it's restriction of activity. Yeah, totally. And that's my biased experience. You see much more of this. Tell me what you think.

It's this, it's the physical part. That's the thing I've lost that I miss the most. And sometimes it could simply be freedom from pain, but more often it's restriction of activity. Yeah, totally. And that's my biased experience. You see much more of this. Tell me what you think.

Yeah, and I kind of even began to observe that in myself, which was there were a lot of activities that I was doing where I was doing them because I'd historically always done them. We fall in a groove. This is a type of exercise I enjoy doing. This is a type of workout I enjoy doing.

Yeah, and I kind of even began to observe that in myself, which was there were a lot of activities that I was doing where I was doing them because I'd historically always done them. We fall in a groove. This is a type of exercise I enjoy doing. This is a type of workout I enjoy doing.

And then I had to kind of take an honest assessment of some of these and say, okay, for every activity, just like for every investment, there's a risk and there's a reward. And the way you might think about investing in your 20s is probably different from how you maybe should be thinking about investing in your 60s or 70s or beyond. And similarly, the risk and reward changes over time.

And then I had to kind of take an honest assessment of some of these and say, okay, for every activity, just like for every investment, there's a risk and there's a reward. And the way you might think about investing in your 20s is probably different from how you maybe should be thinking about investing in your 60s or 70s or beyond. And similarly, the risk and reward changes over time.

So for example, when you're 20, the risk is just inherently lower because you have better tissue. We could go through all the reasons why, inflammation, senescence, everything that changes as you age reduces tissue quality. And younger people, I'm sure you see this all the time, can just get away with doing things incorrectly.

So for example, when you're 20, the risk is just inherently lower because you have better tissue. We could go through all the reasons why, inflammation, senescence, everything that changes as you age reduces tissue quality. And younger people, I'm sure you see this all the time, can just get away with doing things incorrectly.