How To Feel 30 Years Younger - In Just 30 Days (Age 45+)
š P3 Protocol
https://go.chasingstrength.com/sore-joint-solution-p3-protocol/
Yeah, I knowā¦ that sounds kinda āclick-bait-yā.
But Iāll explain all about it in a second.
First, even though this may sound a bit premature, 2025 is the year Iāll be celebrating NOT getting hip replacements.
See, in 2005, when I was 32, I remember rolling over in bed one morning feeling stiff as a board, aching all over, and thinking to myself -
āMan, I feel like Iām 62. If I donāt take care of this, I shudder to think what Iām going to feel like when Iām 62ā¦ā
2005 was also the year my Orthopedic Surgeon - Dr. Toth - the Head of Sports Medicine for Duke University Womenās Teams (my wife, a PT at Duke Sports Med, got me in to see her) -
Told me that if I didnāt stop the āloaded hip extension and hip flexion, I was looking at hip replacements in 20 years.ā
Iām happy to report Iām still Squatting, Deadlifting, even doing full barbell Snatches and Cleans - along with KB workā¦ (I can still full Snatch more than my bodyweight, and even Press my bodyweight.)
And my hips feel great!
And Iāll be 52 at the end of the year.
This is not an accident.
When most guys my age have already given up their favorite exercises and are trying to find new exercises and tools they can use to work around their pain and injuriesā¦
Iām free from all that and have ZERO physical limitations.
Now I donāt say that to brag or try to impress you, but rather to IMPRESS UPON YOU that you can ārewind the clockā in almost every caseā¦
IF you use the right tools to do so.
And what are those?
Well, that gets us back to that āclick-bait-yā subject line -
āFeel 30 Years Younger - In Just 30 Days?ā
Which is a direct quote from āB-Squared,ā age 62, over on the StrongFirst forum, who said:
āFeel thirty years younger. So happy I could cry. My wife is sick of hearing me talk about how awesome I feel.ā
Here is his whole post, copied and pasted from the forum:
ā1 month since buying this plan, and I've been doing P3 phase 1 / level 1 about 5 days a week. For context, a year ago at sixty one I had trouble getting up off the floor on one side of my body - glute wouldn't fire, and some weak posterior lower back muscles. A year ago was when I decided the party was over and I had to get very serious about moving heavy objects or become old and brittle. Too much time behind a computer, and more recently behind a computer and a road bike. Made 2024 my year of being strong first.
In the beginning I couldn't properly do the half rolls. Another rude awakening at how much I've neglected myself.
This week I'm up to 30 breaths, 30 nods & rotations, and 30 power moves.
For power, last week I started doing 20 each side. Now I'm up to 30 each side, for a count of 60.
This simple 15 minutes for 10 reps has now become a 30 minute routine. So I wake up and do it, and do kettlebell practice in the afternoon.
Results
- left elbow pain is gone, after 18+ months of nagging "guess I'm gonna have to live with this" issues
- can bodyweight squat deep on command (not full butt on floor, but pretty darn deep for my legs/build)
- can instantly do a 90/90 stretch after dinner, this used to be a #StruggleFest
- can raise arm overhead and it's even with my ear, without trying, despite having dropped all my t-spine mobility work
- huge improvements to my quarter/half get-up with a kettlebell
- I can freely turn my head and look over shoulder on bike or in car
Feel thirty years younger. So happy I could cry. My wife is sick of hearing me talk about how awesome I feel.
Phase 2 unlocks tomorrow.ā
https://www.strongfirst.com/community/threads/geoff-neupert-p3-protocol.22735/page-19#post-551916
All that in only 30 days.
Howād he do it?
1- A Vision.
He moved away from what he didnāt want (physical limitations and feeling old) toward what he wanted (feeling young again).
2- A Plan.
He followed the P3 Protocol, Phase 1.
3- And Consistently Executing That Plan.
He did so 5 days a week.
Simple.
P3 is the program I developed (along with my wife, a Doctor of Physical Therapy) for myself.
Itās what I use to keep those hip replacements away and still lift heavy stuff over my head any way I want to.
If youāre tired of āfeeling oldā or āfeeling your ageā or not being able to move like you should, I think itās safe to say B-Squared would recommend it.
I know I certainly do.
Iāll leave a link for P3 in the video description below.
https://go.chasingstrength.com/sore-joint-solution-p3-protocol/
Stay Strong,
Geoff