World Champion Sprinter Gives The Secret To Lowering Inflammation and Getting Fast and Strong For Longevity

About this episode

Cynthia Monteleone discusses the importance of muscle power and explosiveness for longevity and shares insights on sprinting and health.

Please enjoy a great conversation and in-person show here in the Sacramento studios of the B.rad/Primal Endurance podcast with my good friend and sprinting mentor Cynthia Monteleone, coming to you all the way from the beautiful Big Island of Hawaii. We had a long, wide-ranging discussion on health, fitness, peak performance, and longevity—especially in Cynthia’s area of expertise, acting as a truth seeker and naysayer in the health and fitness scene. She isn’t afraid to speak straight, challenge prevailing opinions, and back it up with deep research and her experience working with elite athletes. We talk about the popular idea that preserving muscle mass is the key to longevity, why that insight is incomplete, and why muscle power, explosiveness, and strength are the real drivers of healthy aging. Cynthia also explains why jogging can actually make you slower and age faster—while walking does not—and why tired training backfires, along with the idea that recovery is just as much about the brain as it is about the muscles. As a Team USA world-champion sprinter and coach to Olympic and world-champion Masters-level athletes, Cynthia shares her thoughts…

People in this episode

Host: Brad Kearns

Guest: Cynthia Monteleone

Topics covered

• inflammation
• sprinting
• longevity
• muscle power
• fitness
• health

Keywords

• inflammation
• sprinting
• longevity
• muscle power
• fitness
• creatine
• diet
• plant toxins

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Team USA

Places: Big Island of Hawaii

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