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On Purpose with Jay Shetty · January 6, 2025 · 72m
Chris Hemsworth on Fear, Aging, and Living with Purpose
Chris Hemsworth discusses how making Limitless — a series exploring longevity science — changed his relationship with mortality, fitness, and what it means to age well.
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Highlights
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Learning about your genetic risk does not create fear — it creates agency
Hemsworth describes learning he carries two copies of the APOE4 gene (highest genetic risk for Alzheimers). Rather than creating paralysis, the knowledge motivated him to adopt every evidence-based intervention available.•
Celebrity fitness culture promotes aesthetics over longevity — and it is killing people
Hemsworth critiques the fitness culture he helped create: the obsession with how you look at 30 may actively harm how you function at 70. Longevity-focused training looks nothing like superhero training.Was this useful?