Bryan Johnson says his extreme health routine looks insane until you call it what it is: professional athletic training. LeBron James does the same meticulous diet and recovery work, but nobody questions it because he's an athlete. Johnson frames himself as a professional rejuvenation athlete, not a hobbyist.
When people become acquainted with my protocol, one of the knee jerk reactions is, this guy's insane or he's eccentric. That's when you incorporate a frame that I'm leading the average lifestyle of a human and I'm deviating. But if you were to look at the lifestyle of LeBron James and see what he eats and how he takes care of himself, he wouldn't get the same kind of treatment. People wouldn't say, oh, LeBron is just so eccentric. I can't believe everything he's doing to take care of his body. It's because we understand LeBron is a professional athlete and his asset is how his body performs on the court. And so I wanted to use the frame of I'm a professional rejuvenation athlete. And so what I'm trying to do is push the boundaries of what is scientifically possible. And if you incorporate that frame, it no longer paints this as an eccentric endeavor. It paints me as a well intentioned athlete working to play my best on the field.
