Mel Robbins breaks down three habits for aging better: vigorous daily exercise that builds resilience in your lungs, heart, and brain; eating nutritious food; and prioritizing sleep for repair and recovery.
There's just a few core behaviors that we should be doing that are really not that difficult to do and that are ultimately going to make us feel better and age better. And so what are those behaviors? First, top of the list, move every day. And when I say move every day, we want to make sure we're getting some vigorous exercise and we're going to challenge our muscles. Very, very important because your body is very resilient. And if you can put a good type of stress on it, which exercise is, it's going to adapt. And when stress is thrown at you later, you know, in life or in the day or in the minute, whatever, your body's already dealt with stress. It's adapted. And so when that stress comes, you're going to be stronger and you're going to be able to deal with it. Mental stress as well. By the way, challenging your muscles, doing exercise, vigorous exercise, this is challenging many systems— your lungs, your heart, your brain as well— because it's hard to do hard things. And so again, you want to be resilient and that's what it's doing. Number 2, make sure you're just eating a nutritious diet that is, you know, giving you the proper nutrients that you need. Number 3, make sure you're focusing on good sleep. You have to be able to repair, recover, rejuvenate. And that's what sleep is.
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