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That's a high target. Farmer's walk 320 lb on 160 lb? Holy shit that's heavy.

Longevity drugs don't make a difference till that point? Might as well be useless since I think very few people can 2x BW deadlift. If you lift you can do it but most people don't lift heavy.

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I may have the numbers wrong. Maybe it was body weight? He had v02 max goals as well. The point was the you lose muscle and cardio fitness as you age, and that leads to decreased health span. You need headroom in those as you age and that will help more than anything else.

In “Outlive” Attia said the goal was for men to farmer’s carry their body weight for a minute (half BW per hand).

Yeah, I’m not sure exactly what he is basing that one. A 1.5x farmers walk for 10-20m is exceptionally strong in my book.

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