Muscle, Mitochondria, and Healthspan

Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson · Dec 4, 2025 · 13m · transcript

Muscle is Medicine: Why Lifting Weights is Your Best Longevity Investment

Clearly, your body changes as you age. I learned this lesson years ago when my son was three years old. We started him skiing, and he loved every minute of it. When he fell, he tumbled onto his behind, jumped right back up, and skied down the hill like nothing had happened. He was pure rubber and resilience.

However, I was 53 years his senior that year. I did an inadvertent 360-degree twirl on the slopes myself. His mother saw me and immediately asked if I had broken my wrist, wondering when I could return to surgery…