
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Everyone gets older, but not everyone bows out of competition in middle-age. Journalist Jeff Bercovici wanted to know: Why? Why do some athletes flame out in their 30s and 40s, while others are still going as senior citizens? Is it genetics? Special training? Diet? And could amateur athletes achieve similar results? Outside editor Chris Keyes talks with Jeff about his new book, Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age, and what it takes to reverse the effects of getting older.
4.3
20332,033 ratings
Everyone gets older, but not everyone bows out of competition in middle-age. Journalist Jeff Bercovici wanted to know: Why? Why do some athletes flame out in their 30s and 40s, while others are still going as senior citizens? Is it genetics? Special training? Diet? And could amateur athletes achieve similar results? Outside editor Chris Keyes talks with Jeff about his new book, Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age, and what it takes to reverse the effects of getting older.
43,923 Listeners
90,608 Listeners
2,579 Listeners
27,269 Listeners
510 Listeners
43,474 Listeners
1,445 Listeners
1,035 Listeners
59,403 Listeners
1,256 Listeners
1,627 Listeners
244 Listeners
245 Listeners
3,258 Listeners
825 Listeners