Topics discussed during the interview: 2:37 Exercise VS Recreation 4:27 Training for health & longevity vs training for sports 5:43 Why muscular fatigue is more important than reps & heavy weight 11:04 Genetics vs individual potential 12:13 The Importance Joint-Friendly Training 13:45 The Importance Of Playing The Long Game... 14:56 The importance of losing your extra weight as early as possible... 15:31 What is the Best Diet? 17:28 Meal Frequency for Longevity 17:55 Potential Benefits of Fasting 18:35 Bodyfat: The One Thing You Have Control Over 19:54 Social Media Fitness: Good Or Bad Influence? 21:40 The Importance Of Realistic Goals 22:38 How To Reverse Sedentary Posture 23:20 Movement-Breaks For People With Sedentary Jobs Visit Steve’s website for workout routines & coaching: maxwellsc.com/
I'm shocked he mentioned super slows. That's what I do. Light weights, super strict, super slow. Almost no explosive movements because I kept getting injured easily after age 40. I'm 57 now and save my joints that way while still building muscle.
Amazing interview and guest. Without calisthenics workout I could not play basketball at age of 47 together to young guys at 20-30 at the same intensity.
Hi from Brazil! I'm in my 40s now, and I wasn't very active until about some months ago. It's great to find such informative content like this for people in my circumstances.
Thanks a lot Anthony & Steve for this Interview!!! I was between 2011 and 2014 three times at a seminar by Coach Maxwell! He changes my hole view about to train and a lot more. He is a human who i listen when he talk, but everybody have to find his own way in his life. I turn to the age of 50 yeahrs soon and more and more i split from the "normal" people, because I am on moving everyday and take care of my food. I had for a long time ago chronic pain in my back and my knees. Coach Maxwell has a big part of fix this problems and i remember me daily at his advices 😀 Take care!
I hate to sound shallow, but why doesn’t he get those teeth fixed? Also, I thought he was a nomad? Hes got a lovely mirror, shelving etc behind him - lovely house
He’s no longer a ‘digital nomad’…this is his tiny house on the Olympic Peninsula near Seattle. He definitely needs to take better care of his oral health.
Steve’s article you mentioned, “ Dear over 45 Trainee” I reference that article a lot to keep myself grounded in realistic and safe expectations of exercise, especially when I feel myself getting influenced to do unrealistic type workouts at my age. You can still be productive but not reckless. Thank you for the interview.
I love the content on this channel. I have read the books written by him and saw such improvements that I didn't see at Gym. I just wish more success to the channel.
Me too... got them from ebookee... his joint mobility routines ... 300 warrior stuff and kettlebells... today still study and use them. At 58 can still do pistol squats... for low reps... and his deck.squat.to hindu pushup i do nearly daily.... drink a bootle of red each night also... ;)
Really interesting and useful information for me as someone who's about 10 years younger than Steve Maxwell and also trying to consider the long game. For me, this interview helped me to see that getting rid of belly fat with a consistent diet that can be adhered to, not over-eating, as well as getting a lot more everyday movement rather than putting all my attention on strength training, are the most important things I can do to improve my health and longevity. It's eye-opening to me that the strength training is actually the easiest part of this (for me) and yet is what I put all my focus on. I don't like fitbit watches or step counters, though, so I am going to have to come up with another way to measure this. Anyway, you really are asking the right questions of the right people, Anthony, to get at the real truth of what is needed to get and remain healthy past a certain age.
Hi Stephen! Thanks for your kind word and I'm happy you like the interview so far. Btw, if you come up with an alternative practical way to count steps I'd be interested to hear about that for sure!
@@BodyweightMuscle I don't know if it's practical, but I put Google Fit on my phone. It's a Big Brother approach, but I do usually have the thing in my pocket so it should be a good way to estimate overall activity outside of the workout. I'll keep you posted. Keep put the great work!
@@radercalisthenics Hi Stephen. Step tracking on your phone is about as "accurate" as a Fitbit in my opinion but just less convenient. I found when I used my phone, I often forgot to pick it up. Now of course the uncounted steps still add to your daily total but if you're trying to track your steps I just think a watch is the most convenient method. I don't use any features other than step tracking personally. Even the estimated calories burned is off because when your heart rate increases it compensates with far too high a calorie burn in my opinion. I would just keep it simple. Work out your BMR. Track steps and work out a reasonable estimate of how many calories burned per 10k steps. Then you have a simple formula for estimating your calories burned per day. For example: my BMR is about 1680 calories per day. I have used multiple online calculators to give me a rough figure of 430 calories burned per 10k steps. So if I walk 20k steps then I have a total of 2540 calories for the day. From there I can maintain my weight by eating to those calories, lose weight by eating less or gain weight by eating more. It's definitely not 100% accurate but it works for me and it's easy to implement.
It's a myth that in most of the Blue Zones they don't eat a lot of meat. Okinawans eat lots of pork, Sardinians eat lots of dairy and infrequently gorge on a freshly slaughtered animal from their flock. Ikarians eat lots of pork as well. Costa Ricans eat loads of beef. Dan Buetner cherry picked his diet data ( for example, his data on Okinawan diet was taken from a period straight after the war when meat availability was scarce, but this is not the norm there). The Blue Zones effect is from exercise, community and purpose, not some mythical plant based diet
Hey Anthony, are you going to end up doing an ebook about this with a sample plan in the style of How To Build Bodyweight Muscle? These videos are great but I think the examples in your books are so helpful.
@@jacoblas1371 I like calisthenics because it doesn’t hurt my joints. I work construction so I pick things up and carry them all day. When I retire I’ll sort out posterior chain work :)
@@JohnRhodes-lv3rg I meant you can still work and strengthen your posterior chain doing bodyweight exercises like back extensions and Nordic hamstring curls.
Your vids in general are great with lots of good info...but I have to say a very poor choice of person to host on your channel...lots of opinions that spread "old" people myths rather than facts and science/research backed data...unfortunately to see the link for a 2nd part spreading more poor info to people already lost in the current sea of misinformation. NB. If something wrong works by chance for a person doesn't mean it becomes advice!
Very poor choice how, exactly? "Train sensibly and don't go crazy with the weights. Use strict form." "Eat healthily with a plan that you can stick to and don't overeat." "Shed the bodyfar before 40 if you can, as it gets harder in later years". Sounds like good advice to me. Exactly where is the issue?
Well, I searched the Steve Miller study that he mentioned and it supports his views. I'm sure there must be other studies out there supporting other views as well, so it's up to yourself to choose a training style that suits your beliefs and lifestyle.
Topics discussed during the interview:
2:37 Exercise VS Recreation
4:27 Training for health & longevity vs training for sports
5:43 Why muscular fatigue is more important than reps & heavy weight
11:04 Genetics vs individual potential
12:13 The Importance Joint-Friendly Training
13:45 The Importance Of Playing The Long Game...
14:56 The importance of losing your extra weight as early as possible...
15:31 What is the Best Diet?
17:28 Meal Frequency for Longevity
17:55 Potential Benefits of Fasting
18:35 Bodyfat: The One Thing You Have Control Over
19:54 Social Media Fitness: Good Or Bad Influence?
21:40 The Importance Of Realistic Goals
22:38 How To Reverse Sedentary Posture
23:20 Movement-Breaks For People With Sedentary Jobs
Visit Steve’s website for workout routines & coaching: maxwellsc.com/
23:30 Fascial unwinding - its also a technique to release emotional issues
I'm shocked he mentioned super slows. That's what I do. Light weights, super strict, super slow. Almost no explosive movements because I kept getting injured easily after age 40. I'm 57 now and save my joints that way while still building muscle.
Great ideas for us older folks. Listen up kids and save those joints!!!
So refreshing to hear the importance of genetics for a change and realistic expectations for the rest of us.
This guys quite a unique character, a fitness nomad, I’m looking forward to this
Amazing interview and guest.
Without calisthenics workout I could not play basketball at age of 47 together to young guys at 20-30 at the same intensity.
Hi from Brazil! I'm in my 40s now, and I wasn't very active until about some months ago. It's great to find such informative content like this for people in my circumstances.
Hi Rafael, glad you enjoyed the interview
Where has Steve been all these years? Haven’t seen him on RUclips for years.
Hi Craig, he's doing ok, this interview is a year old :)
Thanks a lot Anthony & Steve for this Interview!!! I was between 2011 and 2014 three times at a seminar by Coach Maxwell! He changes my hole view about to train and a lot more. He is a human who i listen when he talk, but everybody have to find his own way in his life. I turn to the age of 50 yeahrs soon and more and more i split from the "normal" people, because I am on moving everyday and take care of my food. I had for a long time ago chronic pain in my back and my knees. Coach Maxwell has a big part of fix this problems and i remember me daily at his advices 😀 Take care!
This guy is just great! Thank you Anthony, really looking forward to part 2.
Great info.....adaptation is key....move...lift...fast...sleep....fuck!
Honestly... I kinda wanna look like and be as strong as Steve Maxwell now and when I'm 70
no kidding! fantastic physique for any age!
I hate to sound shallow, but why doesn’t he get those teeth fixed? Also, I thought he was a nomad? Hes got a lovely mirror, shelving etc behind him - lovely house
He’s no longer a ‘digital nomad’…this is his tiny house on the Olympic Peninsula near Seattle. He definitely needs to take better care of his oral health.
Steve’s article you mentioned, “ Dear over 45 Trainee”
I reference that article a lot to keep myself grounded in realistic and safe expectations of exercise, especially when I feel myself getting influenced to do unrealistic type workouts at my age.
You can still be productive but not reckless.
Thank you for the interview.
I love the content on this channel. I have read the books written by him and saw such improvements that I didn't see at Gym. I just wish more success to the channel.
Thank you Sayyeb! 💪🏼💪🏼
This MAN (Steve Maxwell) changed my life like 15 years ago when I first saw his videos about body weight training. Thanks a lot for the interview!
Me too... got them from ebookee... his joint mobility routines ... 300 warrior stuff and kettlebells... today still study and use them. At 58 can still do pistol squats... for low reps... and his deck.squat.to hindu pushup i do nearly daily.... drink a bootle of red each night also... ;)
Me too at 66.
Looking forward it 😊
Great interview. Very inspiring!
Great interview!!
Love the info. Keep it coming at us. Great to hear confirmation of what I’m doing. 👊🏾
this is gold and deserves so much more views. Steve is amazing
Always respected you and Steve Maxwell. I own several of his videos and several of your books sold on Amazon.
Steve is great!
Great interview Anthony as Steve Maxwell is one of the great minds in fitness.
Really interesting and useful information for me as someone who's about 10 years younger than Steve Maxwell and also trying to consider the long game. For me, this interview helped me to see that getting rid of belly fat with a consistent diet that can be adhered to, not over-eating, as well as getting a lot more everyday movement rather than putting all my attention on strength training, are the most important things I can do to improve my health and longevity. It's eye-opening to me that the strength training is actually the easiest part of this (for me) and yet is what I put all my focus on. I don't like fitbit watches or step counters, though, so I am going to have to come up with another way to measure this. Anyway, you really are asking the right questions of the right people, Anthony, to get at the real truth of what is needed to get and remain healthy past a certain age.
Hi Stephen! Thanks for your kind word and I'm happy you like the interview so far. Btw, if you come up with an alternative practical way to count steps I'd be interested to hear about that for sure!
@@BodyweightMuscle I don't know if it's practical, but I put Google Fit on my phone. It's a Big Brother approach, but I do usually have the thing in my pocket so it should be a good way to estimate overall activity outside of the workout. I'll keep you posted. Keep put the great work!
@@radercalisthenics Hi Stephen. Step tracking on your phone is about as "accurate" as a Fitbit in my opinion but just less convenient. I found when I used my phone, I often forgot to pick it up. Now of course the uncounted steps still add to your daily total but if you're trying to track your steps I just think a watch is the most convenient method. I don't use any features other than step tracking personally. Even the estimated calories burned is off because when your heart rate increases it compensates with far too high a calorie burn in my opinion. I would just keep it simple. Work out your BMR. Track steps and work out a reasonable estimate of how many calories burned per 10k steps. Then you have a simple formula for estimating your calories burned per day. For example: my BMR is about 1680 calories per day. I have used multiple online calculators to give me a rough figure of 430 calories burned per 10k steps. So if I walk 20k steps then I have a total of 2540 calories for the day. From there I can maintain my weight by eating to those calories, lose weight by eating less or gain weight by eating more. It's definitely not 100% accurate but it works for me and it's easy to implement.
@@simonwilliams5135 Thanks for the great information.
@@radercalisthenics You're very welcome Stephen. Us older guys need to stick together! 👍
It's a myth that in most of the Blue Zones they don't eat a lot of meat. Okinawans eat lots of pork, Sardinians eat lots of dairy and infrequently gorge on a freshly slaughtered animal from their flock. Ikarians eat lots of pork as well. Costa Ricans eat loads of beef. Dan Buetner cherry picked his diet data ( for example, his data on Okinawan diet was taken from a period straight after the war when meat availability was scarce, but this is not the norm there). The Blue Zones effect is from exercise, community and purpose, not some mythical plant based diet
True, I've been studying this lately as well!
Interesting and pragmatic.
A really interesting conversation.
Part 2 coming?
Next week!
Hey Anthony, are you going to end up doing an ebook about this with a sample plan in the style of How To Build Bodyweight Muscle? These videos are great but I think the examples in your books are so helpful.
I have something in this format coming soon :)
He’s awesome
Great interview. Thanks a lot.Can't wait for more.
Glad you enjoyed it Jerry 💪!
Steve is the man !
What a great teacher!
I would love to see Steve’s alternative to a deadlift. Calisthenics are wonderful, but you need weights to really train your back.
What about a weighted back extension and Nordic hamstring curls?
@@jacoblas1371 I like calisthenics because it doesn’t hurt my joints. I work construction so I pick things up and carry them all day. When I retire I’ll sort out posterior chain work :)
@@JohnRhodes-lv3rg
I meant you can still work and strengthen your posterior chain doing bodyweight exercises like back extensions and Nordic hamstring curls.
What’s with the background music?
Screw this. I always get constipated when I fast.
interested in this study from fisher with the different weights rep ranges trained anyone know the name?
100,000 steps is a lot!!!
Move more, eat less! It’s not rocket science!
true dat, but in this age of information overload it tends to become a science until you break it down
Great video Anthony! I’m a huge fan of Steve Maxwell’s work, when will part 2 be coming out? Thank you again for the great video.
Hi Dean, it will be up this Saturday!
@@BodyweightMuscle that’s great! Looking forward to it, thank you.
Your vids in general are great with lots of good info...but I have to say a very poor choice of person to host on your channel...lots of opinions that spread "old" people myths rather than facts and science/research backed data...unfortunately to see the link for a 2nd part spreading more poor info to people already lost in the current sea of misinformation. NB. If something wrong works by chance for a person doesn't mean it becomes advice!
Very poor choice how, exactly?
"Train sensibly and don't go crazy with the weights. Use strict form."
"Eat healthily with a plan that you can stick to and don't overeat."
"Shed the bodyfar before 40 if you can, as it gets harder in later years".
Sounds like good advice to me. Exactly where is the issue?
Well, I searched the Steve Miller study that he mentioned and it supports his views. I'm sure there must be other studies out there supporting other views as well, so it's up to yourself to choose a training style that suits your beliefs and lifestyle.
Gran entrevista, Steve Maxwell es el ejemplo a seguir, sólo hay que ver lo que es capaz de hacer con su edad
This guy is a sellout
Sold out to whom?
I didn't hear him endorsing any products or trying to sell you anything, so what's the issue?
@@derekathomson exactly! He's kinda the opposite of a sellout. He's an independent thinker who us constantly rethinking things