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  • Would you believe me if I told you that this woman's body was 36 years old?

  • Probably not.

  • Would you also believe me if I told you that for every year that passes, she's only aging 0.66 years?

  • This is Julie Clark, and she was ranked number two on something called the Rejuvenation Olympics leaderboard.

  • And she cracked the code on anti-aging.

  • And unlike Brian Johnson, who spends $2 million a year to get these types of results, and even Dave Pascoe, who I also made a video about, who spends $30,000 a year to get these types of results, Julie spends a whopping $200 a month on her longevity protocol.

  • So we're going to break down some of the most important aspects of her routine so that you can use it in your own life.

  • Here's the best part about her routine.

  • She doesn't take hundreds of supplements every single day.

  • She doesn't use a bunch of really expensive biohacking tools.

  • She has pasta and eats cinnamon rolls every once in a while.

  • She's not a vegan.

  • She doesn't eat the same thing every day, and she works a normal job, which is what makes her approach so much more attainable for anyone.

  • And I know this sounds too good to be true, but here's the kicker.

  • She's also a single mom.

  • So one of the most important aspects of Julie's health that impacts everything else is her mindset.

  • And what she's about to share is so powerful that you might even want to re-watch this a few times.

  • Julie's been through some really tough times.

  • So I wanted to ask her, how did she get through it?

  • And what's driven her to be so healthy?

  • Consistency over perfection.

  • Number one, you're never going to get this perfect because this is lifelong.

  • And so I've just developed this concept of know your why, why you're going to do something.

  • Know your intention, essentially where you want to go or where you want to be, and your resources.

  • My brother was hit by a car and killed very tragically in 2009.

  • And my son was three years old.

  • You know, I'd just seen him for Christmas, and four days later, the police are knocking down my door.

  • And it was an absolute shock.

  • And I was probably anxious for about 10 years, kind of getting my head around what happened.

  • Most of that anxiety was coming from, I had a three-year-old and I am a single mom.

  • And although he has a father and he has family that love him, it just kept occurring to me, I'm his plan and I'm his backup plan.

  • And I really wanted to make sure that whatever I could control, I would make sure that I was going to live as long as possible, to be there for him as long as possible.

  • Number two, my other why is that, again, being a single mom, you know, you take 17, 20 years, you're going to give up all kinds of things.

  • Like, I gave up different job opportunities, travel opportunities.

  • There's no, like, girls weekend.

  • There's no, like, a lot of different things couldn't happen.

  • I just didn't have.

  • So I am looking forward to having a life that's not necessarily focused 100% on another person.

  • I'm looking forward to having, like, another 40, 50 years that I can travel, I can create a different career, I can do all the things that I was not able to.

  • My intention is to make sure that my health span matches my lifespan.

  • This strong why is what allows her to continuously show up and do the hard things that will inevitably create a longer, healthier life.

  • She explained to me that once you start getting into longevity, you'll be flooded with an immense amount of options and it's so easy to get overwhelmed.

  • So that's why the best place to start is to come back to this framework of what's my why, what's my intention, and what are my resources?

  • And because her resources are limited, she often just defaults to going back to the basics.

  • So if I'm looking at something that's, you know, $2,000 or something, it's like, well, you know what?

  • That's just not in the cards for me.

  • But, you know, what is that measuring?

  • And ultimately, what does it tell you?

  • Are these the behavior?

  • If it's something about changing behaviors, are those behaviors I can adopt?

  • So for instance, like, I don't track my sleep right now, but I know all the different things you've got to do to get your sleep right.

  • So I'm just going to nail that with or without a sleep tracker.

  • One of the really awesome things that Julie does is she rewards herself on holidays and birthdays with something health-related.

  • She uses that as an opportunity to give herself a gift and invest back into her health.

  • So instead of celebrating by going out drinking or eating a bunch of junk, she buys herself something like a CGM or she upgrades her gym membership.

  • Sometimes she doesn't even buy something for herself.

  • She does this instead.

  • It doesn't have to be something that you can buy.

  • It can be a promise to yourself.

  • And these are promises you definitely want to keep.

  • The more you keep a promise to yourself, the more you can trust yourself.

  • If somebody else made a promise to you and they didn't follow through, you're sort of always in the back of your mind questioning.

  • So why would you want to question yourself?

  • By the way, if you want to read some of my health philosophies, then I just started posting on threads every single day.

  • So if you want to read my daily thoughts, go ahead and follow me there.

  • Okay, so what does Julie do for exercise?

  • Believe it or not, Julie didn't even like working out for the longest time.

  • But how could she be so fit and healthy if she doesn't like exercise?

  • What she did is she tricked herself by joining a gym that had a sauna.

  • And then she would tell herself, I'm just going to go for the sauna.

  • Then she bought these special soaps and shampoos that she could only use at the gym.

  • So now there's like this smell component to going to the gym.

  • I think of it as like going to a spa.

  • I'm really just there for the sauna.

  • You know, I'm there for that whole thing.

  • And the workout is just something I have to do for entry to the spa essentially.

  • So really like tying together like that aromatherapy plus how good you feel after a workout will get you addicted.

  • As far as workouts go, Julie does a combination of strength training, cardio, and mobility throughout the week.

  • This includes full body workouts, stretching, zone 2, VO2 max, rucking, and walking.

  • For the strength training, she does the Sarah Connor workout routine from Terminator.

  • For the VO2 max, she follows the Norwegian 4x4 protocol, which is basically four minutes going really hard and four minutes rest.

  • Then four minutes going really hard, then four minutes rest.

  • You do that four sets.

  • She also sneaks in something called exercise snacks throughout the day, which is a term that was coined by Rhonda Patrick.

  • This concept is about doing random, intermittent little bouts of exercise throughout the day, oftentimes either before a meal or after a meal.

  • Then she finishes off her workouts with a sauna and a 45-minute cold shower.

  • This is just another perfect example of how she's getting the most out of her money.

  • You don't need to buy the sauna or the expensive cold plunge to get the benefits of contrast therapy.

  • And I hope you're starting to see a pattern of how she thinks when it comes to these types of decisions.

  • I think I was reading Kasey Means' book and she was going on and on about, you know, maybe get a treadmill desk or have a treadmill under so you're walking and reducing that glucose uptake of the muscles or whatever.

  • You know, it's like, so you're doing something and not just sitting around all day.

  • So this is my mental weirdness, but I kind of go to like, I could buy this thing, but it might just be something that I ultimately don't use and now I'm throwing out.

  • Like I'm a big pre-cycler.

  • I don't like to buy a bunch of crap and then like throw it out.

  • I'm like the person who walks through Costco and I get really depressed thinking, oh my God, this is all going to be tomorrow's landfill.

  • But anyway, that's it.

  • Let's talk about nutrition now.

  • Every morning, she's going to have a green tea before her workout.

  • When she gets back, she'll have something called the Mean Green Drink, which is 1 teaspoon of Moringa, 1.5 teaspoons of fermented dried greens, 0.5 teaspoons of chlorella, 1 teaspoon of maca, 1 lemon juiced, sweetener for taste, 20 grams of collagen protein, and then ice and water to fill a 32 ounce or 1 liter glass.

  • And if she has some, she'll also mix in about 8 ounces of beet kebabs.

  • Based on our conversation, it seems like this is an important habit for her to help with daily detoxification and you're going to find out why in just a little bit.

  • At 10 a.m., she's going to have a greens latte.

  • And this is a combo of 8 ounces of bone broth with apples, orange peels, and spices.

  • She'll add 4 ounces of mixed baby greens with kale, chard, and spinach.

  • It's important to note that she'll cook these down before she puts them in the drink to reduce the glycogens, which are something that can actually negatively impact thyroid.

  • She'll also add some flax seeds, pecans, and protein powder.

  • Around 11 a.m., she'll have a mixed bowl of 8 to 10 ounces of veggies.

  • And then for dinner, around 5 p.m., she'll have a big bowl of protein, some starchy carbs, and some veggies.

  • When it comes to food, Julie's had quite the evolution in her diet.

  • She's done the vegan diet.

  • She's done the AIP diet.

  • She's done the keto diet.

  • But she shared with me that these diets, she believes, can be good for a time, but it's not a long-term solution and that it's important not to stay so restrictive.

  • My mindset is that we should be able to eat really anything.

  • The dose makes the poison, right?

  • So like, I'll have a piece of candy.

  • I mean, I'll even have like Pringles sometimes.

  • We just don't do it all the time.

  • My house isn't full of like packaged foods or any of those things.

  • And I try, like, if there's sweet things that I like, I really don't ever buy them because, one, I love to bake.

  • I was craving some banana chocolate chip bread.

  • So I made it one weekend.

  • And, you know, my son will finish it off.

  • I might have one piece.

  • But I enjoy the baking as much as I do that.

  • So I don't ever buy the baked goods in the store.

  • And eventually, she landed on two main principles.

  • Number one, eat a pound of veggies every day.

  • And number two, hit 100 grams of protein.

  • And while her diet is really dialed in, she shared with me how she continues to remain really flexible.

  • One of the things I heard you say on another podcast was that if you want the thing, you just make it at home.

  • Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

  • Like if it's a pizza or if it's a pasta or if it's something like this, you make it homemade, you make it from scratch, right?

  • Yeah.

  • Oh, yeah.

  • Damn.

  • So it's like you kind of can have the treat, but also it's sourcing.

  • You gotta work for it.

  • Yeah.

  • You gotta work for it.

  • But it also like it teaches you what goes into stuff.

  • You know, I went to Italy and learned how to make pasta and like learning how to make ravioli.

  • And so now like when you make it, it takes a while.

  • And it was meant to be this special dish.

  • You know, it's not something that we were meant to eat every night.

  • It was something you would only have when you go out or around certain holidays because everyone would get together and make it.

  • Because if you make them, you see like there's a lot of work into a ravioli.

  • It's just not an every night dish.

  • And so things become special again.

  • When it comes to optimizing your sleep, Julie keeps it pretty simple.

  • She has that early dinner at 5 p.m., which we talked about.

  • And she's going to go for an evening walk and this helps bring down that blood sugar.

  • It's also going to help with the circadian rhythm as you see the sun set on the horizon.

  • She also takes a magnesium supplement, but it's important to take the right type of magnesium.

  • I've done an entire video dedicated to that subject that I'll put right up here somewhere for you to go watch afterwards.

  • Then she starts her wind down routine.

  • She tapes her mouth.