Pre-teen adolescent obesity
How is pre-teen Adolescent obesity currently treated? Are there established programs designed to address the physical, nutritional, mental, and medication components of an integrated treatment program? Everyone agrees that obesity in young people is medically bad, is increasing, and contributes to trauma from bullying and shame. I cannot find articles that describe a multifaceted treatment approach. Can you gather experts to talk about this health emergency?
High HDL cholesterol
You mentioned a soon-to-be-broadcast podcast specifically about high HDL numbers. My HDL bio marker is now running close to 120. Granted, i exercise a lot, but this level is up from my usual life-long result, around 90. Look forward to learning more about HDL. For example, i wonder if stress can cause an increase in HDL blood test results?
Strength Benchmarks
Hi Peter, I was after what kind of strength benchmarks you would recommend for longevity and healthspan. I can see similar questions have been asked around this and I've heard you go into detail around the Vo2 Max recommendations of aiming to be in 'elite' for a decade (or, in your case, two decades!) lower than your own. I have also heard you mention you use deadhang, squat hold and farmer's carry as benchmarks but I haven't been able to find much else. Are these the only tests you think are worthwhile or do you have any standard strength (and movement) recommendations, for benchmarks by age? Something like X amount of push ups in a minute, squatting Y amount of bodyweight, achieving Z in sit and reach.
Minimum effective dose of HIIT
Thanks for all that you do! Huge fan. What is the minimum amount of HIIT that can be done to achieve the benefits? I have recently started doing more Zone 2 training. Is it enough to add 10 min of HIIT to the end of a Zone 2 workout 3x per wk? For example, 60-90 min Zone 2 plus 10 min of HIIT (maybe 2 rounds of 20-10 tabata)?