The 2 Workouts That Protect Your Brain, Muscles, and Metabolism

0:00What if the best anti-aging treatment wasn't a supplement or a drug, but two simple workouts?

0:05Not helping you burn more calories or lose more body weight, but making yourselves younger and healthier from the inside out.

0:12Now, most people think exercise is about changing how they look, and I think about it very differently.

0:15And one of the main reasons I exercise has nothing to do with my waistline.

0:19It's because of what exercise does to my mitochondria.

0:23That's why I exercise.

0:24These tiny little structures inside your cells are responsible for producing the energy that powers every single heartbeat, every thought, every muscle contraction.

0:32And as your mitochondria decline, well, so does your energy, your metabolism, your brain, and ultimately how well you age.

0:37And here's the exciting part.

0:38Research shows that two specific forms of exercise don't just help preserve your mitochondria, they actually tell your body to build healthier, more efficient ones.

0:47In other words, they help your body function younger.

0:50When people ask me, what's the single best exercise for longevity?

0:53They're usually expecting one answer, walking, running, swimming, yoga.

0:56But that's actually the wrong question because different types of exercise do different jobs inside your body.