Running A Sub-4 Minute Mile: What's The Average Life Expectancy Increase? 

4-minute mile is vastly more elite than the top 2% of VO2 max.

That was an interesting video, thx. I was a good long distance runner so I get 4.7 years extra I hope. My BP and pulse are still very low and I am 74 years old. (urology not good though)

anecdotal but coming from the track and field world myself, many of the best distance runners I knew have died in their 50-60 due to heart failure. I don’t know a single long-lived distance runner.

Hey Mike, I guess because I click on CADT so often RU-vid put your interview with Hannah Went on my feed. That was a really good interview with your charming self. Also, it's pretty revealing. From wandering aimlessly around America to becoming a burgeoning YT star is pretty remarkable. Buying a house in Boston? Go west, young man! Just kidding. But I used to live in San Diego, and there is something to be said about sunshine and its effect on a positive mood and not having weather complicate your life. I only moved back to NYC because my San Diego girlfriend got a good job here. I hated coming back to the crap weather and the noise, but N.Y. is definitely a more stimulating environment to live in. I subscribed to Hannah. She is a very impressive young lady. Ask Pheidippides about running a four-minute mile. I'd never heard of Dr. Roy Walford. Good stuff. Thanks for that.

Living longer is only good if that person is still in reasonable health. Living longer and being sick during that time is only prolonging the torture.

I have looked at all the things people over 100 attributed their longevity to (or advised people to do), and tabulated them. It gets difficult because you have to decide what fits in what category, because people will word things differently. 1. happy disposition/joyful 11 people 2. travel 9 3. eat well/sensibly 8 4. help people/fundraising/volunteering 8 5. humor 8 6. dance 7 7. good spouse/gratitude for good spouse 7 8. paying attention to what is going on 7 9. walking 6 10. accept challenges and persevere 5 11. being good 5 12. having good genes 5 13. being active 4 14. active in interests 4 15. passionate about projects, heart & soul 4 16. don't worry 4 17. forget wealth 4 18. fun-loving 4 19. happy with yourself/your life/laugh at yourself 4 20.listen to people/different points of view 4 21.singing 4 22.stay busy 4 198 different things were mentioned. The exercise ones were: 6-8 tie dance 9.walking 13-22 tie singing (sort of exercise. Exercise for the diaphragm and lungs) 24-33 tie swimming 34-61 tie exercise (non-specific), golf, yoga Maybe they should study how long dancers live. Obviously, they can misattribute their longevity to the wrong things. And we really should compare this list to what people that only make it to 70 say, ideally born at a similar time.

Any studies on hill steps incline running/walking ?

Will you ever do a mega guide (free or paid) where you outline everything that actually matters in regards to increasing life expectancy based on your experience and tests so far? Things such as: which supplements to take, important lifestyle habits, what to eat, etc.?

Running A mile in less than 4 minutes is running as fast as a cheet or a lightning bolt and not everyone can do it. Jim Fixx was one of millions of Americans who started running in the 1 960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Unlike other runners, however, Fixx wrote a best-selling book about running and, ironically, died of a heart attack at the age of 52 years while running.

You'd get more data from 1500m races,as there are relatively very few mile races .

I prefer running a 4 min mile vs a 5 because its one less minute of torture

What was the definition of "Extremely fit"?

I don't have access to the paper, but in matched case studies, unless the matching is done very carefully, its easy to cloud the results. I think Mike mentioned in the comments age and sex were matched, and if that's all that was done, then that's very simple matching. There is already a decade dependence in the abstract, and taking the first 200 is a reasonable choice but nonstandard approach. These types of papers are just clues to a greater picture.

Thx Prof.Lustgarten for all these valuable and unique informations.

The only way it is possible for a human to run a mile in 4 minutes is to cannibalize his upper body muscle mass to an extraordinary degree. Such people should not be considered all around fit. Some how the opposite is obvious, that strongman competitors and NFL lineman are not dispositive of the benefits of strength building. Perhaps because it is less apparent that the elite mile runner is sacrificing overall health for a competitive edge. The world needs a VOZmax like number that does not penalize people with extra muscle mass.

...but what is the best Training for longevity? Are there studies for longevity Training?🤔

Correlation vs Causation (I can run sub 18 min for 5km so I hope true though)

Ironically it would probably take a vibrant person 4.5 years of training to hit that goal of a 4 minute mile... Or at least a sub 5 minute mile.

Assume that all the needed Training time is more than the 4.7 additional years. 🙃😉 How much Training did this running Take? Maybe HIIT is more effective?🤔

And before everyone goes out and tries this or starts running, read the Jim Fixx story. Get yourself checked out before embarking on something like this or even close to this.

When they say matched to non-athletes, are they matching to people who don't smoke? I'm assuming that anyone who could run a sub-four minute mile didn't smoke.

Something about this just seems off.

Running is destructive for the body. Lots of wear and tear on the joints. I'm not disputing that runners live longer than genpop, but better to be an above average HIT lifter than a world class runner.

Hi Michael, Did you ever try semen retention, and if so, does it have an impact on the biomarkers of aging? Already from ancient times they connect it with vitality and life extension. The NOFAP community is huge.