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Foot & Brain Health for Aging Gracefully | Essential Strategies for Longevity - Week 6

Your feet carry your dreams. Your brain remembers them. Today we inspect both. Over the last three weeks, you built the frame (strength), the engine (cardiovascular fitness), and learned to steer (stability & mobility). This week, we pop the hood for a full inspection — head to toe. We cover two critically underemphasized topics: foot health and brain health. Both are modifiable. Both respond to exercise, nutrition, and sleep. And both directly determine whether you'll achieve the Marginal Decade activities you care about most. What you'll learn: — Why toe weakness is the single biggest predictor of falls in older adults (Courtney Conley, D.C.) — The "foot core" system: 26 bones, 33 joints, and 4 layers of intrinsic muscles you've probably never trained — Toe yoga, the suitcase carry, and footwear changes that strengthen your foundation — Why up to 40% of dementia cases may be attributable to modifiable risk factors (Lancet Commission, 2020) — The glymphatic system: how your brain clears toxins during deep sleep — Hearing loss as the #1 modifiable dementia risk factor — mild loss = +89% risk (Lin et al., 2011) — How 3 hrs/week of exercise can reduce all-cause mortality by up to 50% (Arem et al., 2015) — The MIND diet, cognitive reserve, sauna use, oral health, and the APOE4 gene — what you need to know — How exercise increased hippocampal volume by 2%, reversing 1–2 years of brain aging (Erickson et al., 2011) Primary sources for the brain health content: 🎧 Peter Attia's The Drive — AMA #46 (Ep. #251, April 17, 2023): Optimizing brain health, Alzheimer's risk factors, APOE, prevention strategies 🎧 Peter Attia's The Drive — AMA #73 (Ep. #356, July 14, 2025): Preserving brain health, exercise programming, body composition This is Week 6 of the 8-week Aging Gracefully 101 curriculum: Week 1: Introduction to Aging Gracefully Week 2: Assessing Baseline Fitness Week 3: Strength Training for Aging Gracefully Week 4: Aerobic Conditioning — Zone 2 and VO2 Max Week 5: Importance of Stability and Mobility ➡️ Week 6: Exploring Health Head to Toe (You Are Here) Week 7: Putting It All Together — Periodized Training Plan Week 8: Advanced Baseline Measurements 📚 Week 6 Materials: 🎥 Full Lecture & Audio Recording → https://aginggracefully101.com/foot-a... 📝 Purchase Presentation Notes → https://aginggracefully101.com/foot-a... 🏥 MedBridge Foot Health Resources (video demos + exercises from the lecture): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OdhR... Download the app or access via computer — Access code as of 5/7/25: WEEZFMZX 😴 Sleep Resources (referenced in brain health section): MedBridge sleep compilation (Attia episodes 47–49, 126, 233, 341) — Access code as of 5/7/25: V9NYQEJ6 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yx-P... Sleep handouts + video → https://aginggracefully101.com/sleep Peter Attia on sleep → https://peterattiamd.com/category/sleep/ 💡 Free Aging Gracefully Resources → https://aginggracefully101.com/ 📊 Track Your Fitness Progress (forms + Google Forms) → https://aginggracefully101.com/feedback 🩺 Need Physical Therapy? Start here → https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kSfG... ⚠️ PAR-Q+ Safety Screen (complete before starting exercise) → https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/for... 🚶 CDC STEADI Fall Risk Toolkit → https://www.cdc.gov/steadi/ 🔬 Peter Attia Resources Referenced: 📖 Book: "Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity" → https://amzn.to/3WQxog2 🌍 Early Medical → https://earlymedical.com/ 📋 10 Squared Training Program → https://docsend.com/view/3ciiqazkefg2... 🎙️ Key Podcast Episodes: 🎧128 — Irene Davis, Ph.D.: Evolution of the foot, running injuries, and minimalist shoes → https://peterattiamd.com/irenedavis/ 🎧296 — Courtney Conley, D.C.: Foot health, preventing injuries, footwear → https://peterattiamd.com/courtneyconley/ 🎧251 — AMA #46: Optimizing brain health, Alzheimer's risk factors, APOE → https://peterattiamd.com/ama46/ 🎧356 — AMA #73: Preserving brain health, exercise programming, body composition → https://peterattiamd.com/ama73/ 🎧252 — Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.: Alzheimer's, cancer, exercise, nutrition, fasting → https://peterattiamd.com/rhondapatrick4/ About Aging Gracefully 101: 8-week evidence-based wellness course for older adults, taught by Matt Pechacek, Doctor of Physical Therapy, GL Rehabilitation Services. Grounded in Peter Attia's longevity research and Medicine 3.0 framework. Classes offered across Dane County, WI. 📧 101aginggracefully@gmail.com 🌐 https://aginggracefully101.com/ #AgingGracefully #FootHealth #BrainHealth #FallPrevention #Longevity #PeterAttia #DementiaRevention #ToeYoga #ExerciseIsMedicine #MarginalDecade #HealthyAging #MINDDiet #GlymphaticSystem #NeuroplasticityExercises #OlderAdultFitness #StabilityTraining #CognitiveHealth #MedicineThreePointZero