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David Stewart of Super Age at 67 and 11.4% Body Fat: What Real Longevity Looks Like

Longevity and Science46 minHosted by Eric Malzone

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David Harry Stewart is 67, sits at 11.4% body fat, and is putting 960 athletes through the first Super Age Games. His most powerful longevity tool costs nothing.

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Eric Malzone sits down with David Harry Stewart (founder of AGEIST and Super Age, and a former fashion and advertising photographer) to separate real longevity science from the noise. Inside: the eight trials of the Super Age Games at Manhattan's Armory Track, including a horizontal 40-foot cargo net and a balance beam walked with a half-filled water tube. David explains why your number of friends can matter more than your LDL, and why a $150K-a-year longevity setup misses the basics. Plus how Super Age keeps AI slop out of a newsletter with a 50% open rate, and his one rule for anyone using peptides.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
• Why social connection may predict healthspan better than some blood markers
• How the Super Age Games turn healthspan markers into eight testable trials
• What 50+ members want from your gym, and why lowering the bar backfires
• Why plyometrics and stick holds belong in a program built for resilience
• The safe way to use peptides: licensed pharmacy, physician oversight, monitored labs

"Sleep is free. Most powerful thing you can do."
(David Harry Stewart)

"Cool is ageless. I'm sorry, Laird Hamilton is cool."
(David Harry Stewart)

CHAPTERS

GUESTS
David Harry Stewart, Founder (AGEIST and Super Age)
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