[00:00] Would you ever consider downsizing your physique in the future for health purposes? That doesn't make sense. Getting smaller and taking off muscle doesn't make you healthier, it makes you weaker.
[00:13] Yeah, I'm saying that if you continue to weigh 275 pounds, you're going to die sooner. Evidence? All of biology. Scott, remember that one great Dane you had that outlived your cat? I'll get to the science in just a sec. Let's hear Mike out.
[00:25] Try to retain as much muscle as you possibly can through life is my recommendation. Mike is making some very valid points here. Muscle is anti-inflammatory. Muscle is a glucose disposal sink, which means it prevents you to a huge extent from becoming type 2 diabetic.
[00:42] However, after 15-ish pounds of muscle that you add to your frame, as you continue to gain weight, even if it's muscle, it becomes burdensome on your joints and connective tissues to physically carry that much weight around.
[00:55] it becomes burdensome on your heart to pump more blood around your body, on your liver to do more detoxification, on your kidneys to do more perfusion, and so on and so on and so on. This is not a muscle mass thing. It's a body weight thing. Michael Hearn is tall and broad. Does that mean 275 pounds is his
[01:13] ideal weight for longevity? No. Somewhere in the low 200 pounds, 200 to 225-ish would be, if Michael got there better for his longevity and quality of life than staying very muscle. Now the muscle
[01:28] thing isn't terrible, terrible, terrible because it's muscle, but it's still not great and still reduces longevity.