A foundational fitness program should check major boxes identified by science for healthspan and lifespan, and can improve performance, aesthetics, fat loss, and muscle growth.

“So an optimal fitness program of the sort that was covered in the optimal fitness protocols episode that I did is therefore one that checks off the major boxes that science tells us are important for health span and for lifespan, and that can also help us improve various aspects of performance, and improve various aspects of aesthetics, whether it's fat loss or muscle growth, if we choose.”