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This is yet another paleo template type of podcast. I’ve had lots of other things going on, grasshopper, but never are you and this topic far from my mind!

I look about me, and see that really, little has changed! The nonsense of mainstream medicine is still ascendant, and everyone is still screaming “What about my cholesterol???? Why am I fat, and why is there any fat at ALL in my diet? And why do I feel like utter shit??”

And so, you see, most people have learned nothing. They run to their doctor and the clinic for any little ache or pain, and are sure that they have the answers!

Despite the fact that mainstream medicine has proven themselves to be incredibly self-interested, and even more incompetent.

After living through the Covid debacle, where mainstream medical recommendations were totally wrong, as we were recommended to quarantine ourselves (something that has never, ever worked, not once!) and to repeatedly inject ourselves with a noxious vaccine and “boosters” that have contaminated much of our bloodline for the foreseeable future- if we still genuflect towards mainstream medicine, and totally ignore real science completely, why then we might as well worship a golden calf and answer the daily Muslim calls to prayer. THAT is how clueless we are!

Okay then, Jay- how should we live for health and wellness?

I’m glad you asked, young tiny grasshopper! The key is this: listen to yourself. If you are eating a good diet, meat and eggs, some veggies and fruits, and are largely ignoring the governmental “food pyramids” and recommendations, you have your answer. Keep ignoring the governmental self-serving recommendations to eat “low fat, low or no dairy, meat is bad and so are eggs, so eat highly processed, low or no fat packages that are so easy to heat and eat and take a statin and lots of other prescription drugs, all of which are wonderful!”

What do I say? It sounds crazy, but here it is:

Above all, sleep a good 8-9 hours every night. In a dark room, with no lights or television or other screens blinking away at you. In fact, largely ignore TV- it is pernicious, and a sick form of entertainment meant to brainwash you above all.

In the morning, get up and workout first thing! Stretch out on the floor, and flex and strengthen your body naturally, like a cat or any animal waking up. Television is fine here, as your mind is fresh, and can easily decide what is real and valuable and what is bullshit. Just work your limbs, isometrically, and with calisthenics. True strength, just like health itself, is really simple and self -evident.

HOW After your natural workout, about an hour is perfect is done, shower and prepare to greet your day. You should feel great: energized from blood flow and a great night of sleep! I enjoy oil-pulling as I shower, to cleanse my mouth of bacteria, and also dry-brushing before I shower, to cleanse my skin and exfoliate as I encourage skin rejuvenation.

Your shower will be another ideal of the morning, before a rejuvenating and wonderful breakfast! Don’t waste it with something like processed cereal or other nonsense- it’s time to rebuild!

Eggs and bacon are ideal! I also have a paleo smoothie each morning, with kefir, black tart cherry juice, a whole lemon with the peel, and perhaps a peeled grapefruit and a few veggies, all whipped up in the Vitamix! This is the perfect way to wash down my few supplements, like vitamin D and iodine, and potassium. It all adds up to a bedrock of fitness!

OK- what have I ignored? ANY mention of pharmaceutical additions, like statins

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When should I stop exercising? Well, I hope this is a trick question, because the obvious answer is never! Kind of like asking when you should stop walking, or sleeping, or eating for God’s sake! Moving your limbs and constantly striving to make improvements in your physical abilities is a lifelong project, and just as we should constantly work at getting better and more able physically, we should also try to do so mentally as well.

Just as I am constantly researching about improving my overall health and nutrition, I am always on the lookout for physical improvements I can gain. At 73, I should change my goals somewhat - for instance, if I worked at this stage to get as big and bulky as possible, that would be idiotic! Actually, even when I was in my 20’s this was never my goal, and never would be: I wanted an aesthetic, symmetrical, Frank Zane/Steve Reeves kind of a body. Still do; and I hope you do too. Think of Greek statuary of ancient times- that is still the ideal of Western civilization, and should always be the ultimate ideal!

Luckily, this is also the ideal can be carried throughout life- even in old age, a lean, and quite strong and lithe physique can be yours for life. Flexibility and healthy joints should also be your lifelong goals, along with a certain amount of musculature. My mother’s brother, my uncle Bob Manthey, just turned 103 recently, and while quite lean, he also still has a pretty functional physique! He is a lifetime example of what we should all aim for- a healthy mind in a healthy body- and he has been following the principles I recommend here for his entire life.

He avoided vaccines for life, and although he himself was a medical doctor (an eye doctor) he avoided medical doctor appointments and tests that were more harmful than good. (Like most medical appointments are today at the typical clinic). Uncle Bob’s only vaccine was for small pox, when he enlisted in the army for WW2. Other than that, he relied on improving his bodily ’terrain’ through good natural nutrition and exercise. It certainly worked out very well indeed!

He lived on a small farm in South Dakota, and had 12 children. Also, he was very active musically, playing multiple instruments, singing, and playing with his family orchestra (with my mother and my aunts) and with other bands of various sizes.

I am active musically myself, as were my parents (my mother turns 100 this coming March 14), and I believe that music is a wonderful adjunct to life, bringing a type of pure joy to the spirit that never dims! If music is not your ‘thing’, other art forms are similar in inspiring your health and joy in life! Just choose your own NON poison form of Art…

The only caution I will give you here is to limit your use of heavy weights as you age. Preservation of your joints and tendons become paramount as you age, and muscular bulk means very little compared to your circulation and smooth, pain free joint movement. You can drop the heavy barbell squats and deadlifts, and go for high rep body-weight and one-legged squats balancing while holding gymnastic rings, and get rid of heavy bench presses to save your shoulders. Use the gymnastic rings for pushups, dips, pull-ups and rows, and if anything your physique will improve!

So, there is your advice from both me and my and Uncle Bob! In thirty years, when I am 103, I will update my thoughts- see you then!!

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Workouts are absolutely necessary for health and fitness! Now, hopefully you know that, and already accept the fact that while a proper, paleo sort of diet without industrial seed oils and processed foods of junk and fast food stuff, and loaded with good meats and full fat dairy is vital as well.

But what kind of workout is best for you? The bottom line is this: it changes over time! When you are a kid, meaning 20 or so and under, I suggest that calisthenics are best. Running is fine, but forget the long distances, meaning a mile of more. Sprints are great, but middle distances of varying tempo and terrain give you the best bang for your buck. Active sports are best, and playing games with your friends are ideal of all purposes.

I started weight lifting when I was was 20, and I believe this was ideal. Your body is primed and ready to put on muscle, strengthen tendons and ligaments, and grow at that age. Through your twenties and 30’s, you should build your physique to its potential. Sessions of up to an hour, for 2 to 4 hours per week is plenty. In my opinion, a home gym is ideal, in a basement or a garage. Simple barbell and dumbbell movements are ideal, and with a power rack of supports you will be perfectly safe!

The main thing to learn is that you need to work HARD. Strength training is probably, by definition, the hardest you will ever work! This is a wonderful lesson to learn, and will stand you in good stead in any endeavor you undertake for the rest of your life- in comparison, anything else seems easy, because you strive to make each test as easy as you can make it. Only in strength training do you purposely make each movement as hard as possible- for that is the point!

Following such a regimen is the best thing you can do for your total health - both physical and mental! The idea is to keep at it, over time, for the rest of your life. Proper paleo diet, good hard exercise and sleep- this will lay the foundation for a strong, healthy life! The discipline alone of such a life will carry over into anything you set yourself to accomplish.

As you age, though, certain things change. In your 50’s, the poundages you use should be kept down. Your base strength levels will tend to be far higher than average untrained fold of your age. This is great, but you do have greater chance of injury than you did in your 20’s and 30’s. Start to emphasize repetitions over heavy weights and low reps. Heavy singles are a mistake as you age; even heavy reps under 5 aren’t appropriate in your 50’s and 60’s…

I am now 73, and I enjoy training at least as much as I did in my youth! I’m still in my basement, and I do a split of lower body one day, and upper body the next training day. I prefer to use gymnastic rings over barbells, ring pushups and dips, along with ring pull-ups, accomplish the same thing without joint trauma, since the rings flex naturally throughout your movement, without overload. Also, now I use much higher reps, with constant tensions throughout the longer sets. The results are vastly better on the musculature shape.

Also, as you age, you need more rest days! What I do is, if I feel the need of a rest day, I don’t feel guilty at all. There is no longer really any pressure- just enjoy your days!

I no longer do heavy deadlifts or squats- they are unnecessary. I now do bodyweight squats with raised heels, and kettlebell swings for high reps, along with single legged squats holding the rings for balance. It’s all about the reps now!

One thing I have added in in my 40’s and 50’s, has been a morning sessio

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