WHOOP on Lifespan with Dr. David Sinclair

Here at Lifespan, one of our most important missions is to support medical research. So down the line, all of us can lead longer and healthier lives. We're grateful to you, our community, who supports us in this effort. We're also grateful to our partners who help us in this mission. So speaking of which, one of the most consistent findings in longevity science, is that small and measurable behaviors add up over time. For example, in 2011, a study was published in the Lancet a very reputable journal, where researchers followed over 400 ,000 individuals. What they found was that just 15 minutes of moderate exercise per day was associated with a roughly three -year increase in life expectancy. Sleep shows a similar pattern, large -scale analyses published in the Journal of the American Heart Association showed that both two little and too much sleep are both associated with increased cardiovascular and mortality risk. So this brings me to a wearable that I'm particularly fond of, mostly because of its scientific foundation, both here at Harvard, where I work, but also the founders' own research and scientific rigor. There are only a couple of blocks away from the studio up the street, and whenever I visit, I see a thriving company that's mission -oriented to help people live better at longer lives, including all of us. And of course, I'm talking about whoop. The whoop band, which is the one that I rarely take off my wrist, this wearable to health and fitness coach that gives me insights into my sleep and my recovery, and also my body's strain. So I can see really how my daily behaviors are impacting my health day to day. For example, wearing the whoop over the last two months, I've seen dramatic improvements in my personal biomarkers, indicating that the changes that I am making to my lifestyle, including a much healthier diet, cutting out a lot of the extra carbs that I was eating, and a bit more exercise, they definitely were having positive effects on my body. And I was talking about this with Andrew in the studio here, about my resting heart rate, which has gone down to 45, and my heart rate variability, which you want to be higher, this HRV number has shot up to 90, putting me in the top percent or so for my age. It's not only interesting and useful on a daily basis, but I'm building up a record about my body that I can aim for when I'm older. So when I'm 90, I can go back to being 50 or younger. As I mentioned earlier, lifespan and I only partner with companies like Woop, who we really believe in, and these are products we use daily, and also who align with our mission of supporting medical research. You, our lifespan community and listeners, can get a free woop band and one month off membership by going to join .woop.com slash lifespan, or using the code lifespan.