Immobility = Death

A few months after my knee surgery, I took a short vacation to the beach. However, when I looked at the photos from that trip, I felt disappointed with how I looked.
That was the turning point when I realized it was time to make a change and fully commit to a healthier lifestyle.

In my journey to improve health post-surgery, I’ve started to follow more youtube channels on health.
There are these that I’ve learnt a lot from:

1. Habit building - Health improvement through Neuroscience: Huberman Lab
2. Diet awareness - Intermittent fasting: Dr. Eric Berg DC, Healthy Immune Doc
3. Self-improvement in general: The Diary of a CEO

Intermittent fasting proved to be somewhat effective, but it wasn’t quite right for me. I found there’s a trade-off between muscle loss and weight loss, and the timing often disrupted my work rhythm.

Mobility = Life

In that period trying to get into better shape, I’ve found this mind-blowing clip about Mobility from Dr. Vonda Wright:

There is this picture showing thigh muscle of 3 people:

• 40-year-old triathlete
• 74-year-old sedentary man
• 70-year-old triathlete

And from this we can clearly see the 70-year-old triathlete has almost perfect muscle while that of the 74-year-old sedentary man is almost unrecognizable.
My profound realization is that losing muscle and mobility isn’t an inevitable part of aging. By staying active, eating healthily, and lifting weights, you can not only maintain but even reverse the effects of aging.

This insight became my driving force, keeping me committed to the gym and running