These days I see all sorts of crazy "anti-aging" protocols on the internet. Special injections and skin treatments…growth hormones and peptides, etc., etc. You may have seen that dude who spends millions of dollars per year, to get younger.

I’m real skeptical about most of this. In fact, I’m convinced a lot of these modern "solutions" will do you more harm than good. The trouble is, America is addicted to drugs. Not just illegal drugs—prescription drugs. But drugs are not the solution to aging.

Growth hormone (GH) is a good example. It’s held up as a "fountain of youth" in certain circles (mostly people selling it), because growth hormone production slows down as we age.

But people don’t realize that growth hormone accelerates aging and shortens lifespan.¹ It reduces as we age, so we can live longer!

The exact same is true for the testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) that’s so popular right now. The people dealing it are pumping out a vast amount of propaganda about the "miracle" effects of TRT. In reality, there’s very little evidence that TRT is anti-aging; but we do know the risks include blood clots, sleep apnea, shrunken testicles, enlarged prostate, and potentially, hepatic, renal and cardiovascular issues.²

Any approach to anti-aging should be holistic. It’s no good putting on ten pounds of muscle if it screws up your heart. You’re just stealing youth from one place and putting it somewhere else. "Life-extension" drugs are like a damn Ponzi scheme.

So: if drugs aren’t the answer, where do you turn, if you genuinely wish to reduce your biological age, in a powerful (but safe) way?

I can tell you one thing that has the power to reverse your biological age, quickly—and with no negative side effects. That item is an electronic piece of isometric training equipment called an Isomax. Let me explain.

What is "Aging"?

Aging is a complex physiological and psychological process, but we can classify the majority of the "symptoms" of aging into five basic categories.

• Reduction in strength and mobility
• Cardiovascular disease
• Joint pain
• Bone loss
• Cognitive decline

Heavy isometrics training is the only discipline on the planet proven to have positive effects in all these areas at once. This isn’t bro-science or anecdote, but scientific research (I’ll link to a bunch of articles so you can read ‘em for yourself).

Let’s look at each of these.

IsoMax Isometrics increases strength and mobility

This is a major issue in aging. The primary cause behind these problems is sarcopenia—age-related muscle loss. Sarcopenia comes from the Greek meaning "poverty of the flesh", and a reduction in muscle mass does indeed leave us poorer—Sarcopenia is behind the prevalence of falls in elderly populations; and those falls are the primary cause of accidental death in elderly populations.³
 

 "Older" does not mean "frail". Huang Ching-hsin, 72.

 

Decades of research has established that loss of physical strength is a major risk of all-cause mortality in adults, regardless of age and follow-up period.⁴ Remaining strong not only keeps you younger, biologically, it will also keep you alive longer.

Sarcopenia can begin in regular folks as early as thirty—so get cracking.

We know isometrics increases strength and speed in healthy young people—there are hundreds of studies on that. So it’s no surprise to learn that isometrics has the power to actively reverse sarcopenia and strength loss in elderly populations.⁵ This ramping up of muscle and strength also translates well to mobility; isometric strength is a superior predictor of falls than conventional methods,⁶ and isometric training improves movement skills in the elderly.⁷

IsoMax Isometrics can reverse cardiovascular disease

As we get older, our hearts gradually become weaker. Increasing age is also associated with circulatory problems, as well as blood pressure issues. (Particularly hypertension. Nearly half of all Americans over the age of 20 have high blood pressure;⁸ by the time we reach 65, the proportion shoots up to three-quarters.⁸)

It used to be believed that heavy isometric training was to be avoided by those with heart disease or high blood pressure—we now know that isometrics actually reverse these problems.

Researchers have measured the relationship between resting blood pressure and isometrics, and were surprised to find that, not only is isometrics not deadly for those with high blood pressure—it actually reduces blood pressure, better than medication.⁹

As a bonus, research also proves that isometrics strengthens the heart, increasing beat efficiency and lowering resting pulse rate.⁹

These studies have since been replicated, and their findings confirmed in meta-analyses.¹⁰ But what’s happening? Why does isometrics have an almost magical effect on cardiac and circulator health?

The answer has to do with what’s called the isometric response. When you lift weights up and down, the heart has to work harder to pump blood around the body. That’s one reason why it’s so good for you. But when you perform isometric exercise, your muscles remain contracted, and mechanically constrict your veins and arteries. Your heart has to pump even harder and more efficiently to get the blood moving—this is why isometrics is a terrific cardio workout, even though you may not be huffing and puffing, as when you go jogging, etc.

This process also puts the circulatory system through extra stress, toning and strengthening the walls of the veins and arteries. This is why isometrics is like "yoga" for the circulatory system.

IsoMax Isometrics heals joint pain

How do we fix the loss of strength, mobility and muscle mass mentioned above? Well—why not lift heavy weights?

The problem is—aging is also associated with increased joint pain, dysfunction, and arthritis. These can make heavy training impossible; the flip side of the coin is that heavy training can aggravate joint issues and make them worse. Take a look at eight-time Mr Olympia, Ronnie Coleman; plenty of his peers admired him for all that hardcore training, but it’s less fun now he’s confined to a wheelchair most of the time.

And yep, most senior ex-bodybuilders don’t wind up the same way; but almost all of them have joint pain and arthritis, surgeries, etc., that they wouldn’t have had without the weights. Heavy squats and presses are simply a no-go for many aging populations, whether we like the fact or not.

The cause of all this pain and damage is internal abrasion. Under load, moving joints undergo friction—which becomes worse with age, or when the gliding surfaces of our joints are compromised. This causes irritation, and, ultimately, wear and tear.

Isometric training, particularly on an Isomax, is very different. Because the joints don’t move under load, internal abrasion drops to zero. Senior athletes who were forced to stop deadlifting, squatting and pressing—due to the crunching and grinding—quickly find they can perform these exercises again with the Isomax (often with larger loads than they used previously).

 

Strength into your nineties is possible—with intelligent training.

 

But wait—the benefits of isometrics go even further. Far from just not causing joint pain, isometric training can heal it—better than over-the-counter analgesics. The number-one researcher in this field, Dr Ebonie Rio, describes her research:

We investigated heavy isometric quadriceps muscle contractions for their ability to induce immediate analgesia in 6 athletes with patellar tendon pain…a single bout of heavy (70% MVC) isometrics reduced tendon pain pretty much instantly (and lasted at least 45 minutes), it also reduced the associated muscle inhibition, resulting in an increase in muscle strength…Clinically, we use it in many tendons but the only research so far is in the patellar tendon…The most important thing from the research? Tendons seem to love heavy isometric load and it reduced tendon pain immediately.¹¹

IsoMax Isometrics prevents osteoporosis and increases bone density

Bone loss and its associated fractures (hip and wrist, etc.) are a serious problem in modern aging populations, which can lead to disability, immobility, and even death. The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that 54 million Americans are at risk of the bone-thinning disease. About half of all women over 50 will have a broken bone caused by osteoporosis.¹²

Your bones are partly made of metal. (Yes, calcium is a metal.) Bones are also piezoelectric tissue. When they are put under load, their cells generate an electric charge, which attracts more molecules to it. Essentially, bones become denser and stronger as a result of load. In physiology, this principle is called Wolff’s Law.¹³

It makes me terribly sad to see older folks advised to eat more dairy, or gobble calcium supplements, in the hope of avoiding osteoporosis. This doesn’t work, and never will.¹⁴

Consuming excess calcium will not trigger bone growth, any more than buying a bunch of bricks will build a house. In fact—like all the other supplements and drugs mentioned above—calcium supplements probably do more harm than good.¹⁵

You know what does trigger bone density? Load. But how do we safely load the skeleton? Doing so without moving—i.e., isometrically—is the safest way to introduce load.

Additionally, due to the force-velocity relationship, isometrics can be performed with greater load than regular weight-lifting. Even a couple of months of brief isometric training can safely and significantly increase bone density, not just postponing, but effectively reversing osteoporosis.¹⁶

IsoMax Isometrics fights cognitive decline

You might think that this last one is kind of tongue-in-cheek—but it ain’t. Researchers are seriously exploring the power of isometrics to reverse cognitive decline, and even Alzheimer’s disease.

A major risk factor in age-related cognitive decline is the vascular "fitness" of the brain. The network of blood vessels inside the skull feed the brain oxygen and nutrients. As this network weakens, or is injured, as a result of aging, the associated cortical areas atrophy, reducing function. Once this begins, it can quickly become progressive, as in vascular dementia.¹⁷

Researchers now believe that the isometric response—described above—also applies to the brain, not just the body. As a result, a diet of isometric training "initiates a cascade of vascular, neurotrophic and neuro-endocrine events that lead to improvements in cognitive function."¹⁸

In other words: isometrics won’t just keep your body strong—it will do the same for your mind.

 

 

 

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If I told you that I had a magical potion that could reverse your biological age—that is, your REAL age—by ten years or more, I bet you’d be willing to pay thousands and thousands of dollars for that potion, if you had it. Well, that "magic potion" exists, and it’s isometric training. The best form of isometrics is scientific, measurable isometrics that you can perform for your entire body. The only way you can perform this is with the Isomax.

Grab one today, and start reversing that clock, ASAP.

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