Om Ageless Athlete - Longevity Insights From Adventure Sports Legends
Uncensored and deep conversations with extraordinary rock climbers, runners, surfers, alpinists, kayakers and skiers et al. Tap into their journey to peak performance, revealing stories, hidden strategies, and the mindset that defies aging and other limits. Get educated and inspired to chase your own dreams. Come for the stories, leave with tools, tips, and motivation! Hosted by Kush Khandelwal.
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Your Knees, Ankles, and Hips Are Ready for a Second Act — How Modern Science Can Help You (00:59:12)
What if the story you’ve been told about aging joints isn’t the whole story? In this episode of Ageless Athlete, I speak with orthopedic surgeon and researcher Dr. Kevin Stone about what’s recently ch...
At 62, David Green Broke Free of Supplements, Found His Best Shape, And Ran Across Europe (01:30:10)
At 62, David Green did something radical. He stopped outsourcing his health to protocols and supplements—and started paying closer attention to how his body actually responded. What followed wasn’t de...
Aging Is Leverage (Best of 2025 - Part I) (01:40:15)
This episode brings together moments from conversations recorded across the first half of 2025 — voices from different sports, environments, and stages of life, each describing how they continue to tr...
Use It or Lose It: Why Buzz Burrell Never Stopped (01:10:03)
What does “use it or lose it” actually mean after 60 — when recovery slows, strength is harder to regain, and stopping even briefly can change what’s possible? Buzz Burrell is one of the quiet archite...
The Long Game - What I Learned About Food After 100 Conversations With Top Athletes (00:33:38)
What do world-class athletes actually eat — not in theory, not on Instagram, but in real life, day after day? After more than 100 conversations with elite climbers, ultrarunners, surfers, and enduranc...
Young Salt At 60 — The Most Exciting Chapter Yet (Here’s Why) (01:24:06)
“When I tell people I started sailing at sixty, they’re shocked. We don’t see our sixties as a place to begin — which is tragic, especially if you’ve invested in your health. What’s the point, if not ...
Stay Strong Into Your 70s — Lessons From Five Decades on the World’s Highest Mountains (01:17:29)
What does it really take to stay strong into your 70s — physically, mentally, and emotionally? In this episode, I sit down with Steve Swenson, one of America’s most respected alpinists, to talk about ...
Protect Your Brain as You Age: Cognitive Reserve, Focus, and What Actually Matters - With Dr Tommy Wood (01:28:50)
What really keeps the brain sharp as we age — and what quietly puts it at risk? In this episode of the Ageless Athlete Podcast, host Kush Khandelwal speaks with Dr. Tommy Wood, neuroscientist, physici...
Stronger at 47 — The Simple Practices That Are Keeping Me Healthy (01:00:51)
This week’s episode is a little different. Instead of interviewing a legendary athlete or coach, I was invited onto the Adventure Sports Podcast to talk about the questions that many of us — everyday...
Still Performing at 66 — What Russ Clune Does Differently to Stay In The Game (01:45:33)
What happens when a life in climbing spans five decades, multiple eras, and some of the most surprising moments in outdoor history? In this episode, legendary climber Russ Clune takes us inside the wo...
How Harvey Lewis Recovers After 5 Days of Nonstop Running — Injury, Sleep, and What Breaks First (01:03:28)
What happens after you run for five straight days — 466 miles, 111 hours, two broken ribs, a torn hamstring… and then go right back to teaching high-school civics on Monday? In this rare, intimate con...
“You’ll Never Run Again.” At 70, Loree Bolin Reversed Her Arthritis, And Finished Her 11th Ironman (01:50:16)
When Loree Bolin was told she’d never run again, she didn’t just defy expectations — she redefined them. At 70, Loree completed her 11th Ironman triathlon after years of battling knee osteoarthritis. ...
The Hardest Lessons From Q3 — Aging, Injury, and Staying Engaged (01:54:12)
This quarter on Ageless Athlete brought together some of the most surprising and meaningful stories of the year — from record-setting endurance swimmers to rebel skateboarders, alpinists, paddlers, bi...
Pushing Strong at 77 — Why Curiosity Matters More Than Comfort as You Age (01:36:27)
What happens when you mix psychedelics with some of the most fearsome waves on Earth? What does it take to stay curious, joyful, and deeply alive—well into your 70s? In this wide spanning conversatio...
Stronger for Life: The 5 Strength Markers That Matter Most After 40 (01:54:53)
After 60 years in the weight room, Dan John has distilled fitness down to its essence: Move well. Lift often. Walk every day. Recover deeply. In this conversation, Dan joins host Kush Khandelwal to s...
From the Deep South to the Himalaya — How Discipline Shapes a Life (01:50:55)
Imagine growing up in the conservative Deep South, where young women were expected to play it safe Now imagine trading that world for Himalayan storms, frozen walls, and a seven-year stretch of living...
Fuel for the Long Haul — EC Synkowski on Simple, Science-Backed Nutrition (Rebroadcast) (00:54:05)
Nutrition advice is everywhere — and most of it overcomplicates what should be simple. In this replay, EC Synkowski, founder of Optimize Me Nutrition and creator of the 800-Gram Challenge, shares a r...
The Longest Battle: Hard-Earned Lessons from Crossing the English Channel at 59 (01:31:41)
At 59, Charlotte Brynn has swum across some of the world’s most punishing channels — in pitch black, in near-freezing water, and even after being bitten by a shark. But her story is more than toughnes...
Seven Summits Without Sight — How He Learned to Trust the Unknown (01:36:48)
What does it take to climb into the unknown — when you can’t see the way forward? Erik Weihenmayer is one of the most accomplished adventure athletes of our time. The first blind person to summit Moun...
Out of the Box at 75 - Doug and Joan Changed Their Story And Kept Winning Races (01:43:52)
What does it look like to age curiously, train smarter, and build a life of meaning—together? Meet Joan Weisberg-Beyerlein and Doug Beyerlein: partners in life, love, and adventure. At 75, Joan is tra...
Going All In — Reverse-Engineer the Goals You Will Risk Everything For (01:29:24)
What does it take to bet everything on a dream? To live out of a van before it was fashionable, to commit to hard lines with no guarantee of success, and to walk away from risk when the stakes are too...
Sixteen Knee Surgeries — And a Return to Skiing When It Should’ve Been Over (01:51:54)
What does it take to come back after a body-breaker of an injury—not once, but sixteen times? Chris Anthony is a legendary ski athlete, filmmaker, and adventurer who has stared down more than his fair...
#90 Survival Is Not Assured (Part II): The Human Cost of Bold Alpinism (01:16:14)
Last week in Part I, we began our journey with legendary alpinist Jim Donini — exploring his surprise cancer diagnosis, his early days in Yosemite, and the philosophy that has defined his career: “Get...
#89 Survival Is Not Assured: An 82-Year-Old Alpinist Who Chooses The Hardest Lines (00:50:13)
For more than five decades, Jim Donini has defined what it means to be an alpinist. Not by chasing the tallest mountains or summit glory, but by seeking out the hardest lines in the world’s most remot...
Whales, Bears, and the Will to Return — Lessons in Survival From Two Solo Voyages Through Alaska (01:48:29)
At age 49, Susan Marie Conrad paddled 1,200 miles—alone—through the remote, storm-swept waters of the Alaskan Inside Passage. Twelve years later, at 61, she went back and did it again. In this powerf...
