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Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious & Capable for Life

Kush Khandelwal

For people who refuse to decline quietly.Conversations with top athletes, scientists, and thinkers who are still getting stronger, sharper, and more capable with age. What changes. What breaks. What actually works.Hosted by Kush Khandelwal — rock climber, athlete, and entrepreneur, a lifelong student of performance, and someone figuring this out in real time.

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82:23

She Won the World’s Toughest Races — Then She Stopped...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/04/22

Amelia Boone rose to prominence in the early 2010s as one of obstacle racing’s most dominant competitors — known for thriving in long-format, high-suffering events and earning the “queen of pain” reputation. But this conversation is less about grit-as-identity… and more about what it takes to stay capable for decades. We talk about the hidden cost of over-optimizing, why Amelia stepped away from tracking sleep and HRV, and how longevity often demands a shift: from proving toughness to practic...

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89:44

Stop Waiting for the "Perfect" Season—You Pay This...

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2026/04/15

What happens when the moment that changes your life doesn’t come from the “dangerous” thing… but from an ordinary day at home? Cedar Wright has spent decades in the vertical world—professional climber, storyteller, and filmmaker whose adventures helped bring climbing culture to a wider audience. But in this conversation, the sharpest lesson isn’t about climbing at all. It’s about how quickly capability can disappear—and how “next year” is never guaranteed. In this episode The frea...

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90:31

How to Achieve Hard Goals — Doing What Nobody Had...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/04/08

Amy Appelhans Gubsers (56) is a nurse at UCSF, a mom and grandma, and the first person to swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands—nearly 30 miles and roughly 17 hours in cold Pacific water, in what many consider shark territory. This is more than an epic swim. It’s a practical conversation about how big goals actually get done: patience over years, calm under pressure, and the ability to keep moving when conditions stop cooperating. In this episode: The long-game ...

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64:34

Stop Trying to “Fix” Your Shoulder Pain — Build...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/04/01

Overhead motion is everywhere — in sport and in life. This episode is a practical deep dive on shoulder pain with Dr. Tyler Nelson, who works primarily with climbers but applies the same principles across overhead athletes and active adults: build tolerance with smart progressions, manage volume, and avoid getting trapped chasing “perfect fixes.” What to expect This is more technical than a typical Ageless Athlete episode — but it stays grounded. You’ll get: a clearer way to think about...

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68:10

Your Training Has to Adapt as You Age — Or You’ll...

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2026/03/25

What if staying athletic for life isn’t about doing one thing really well — but learning how to start over, again and again? Susan Hunt has spent the last four decades doing exactly that. She describes herself as “very average” — yet she’s completed Ironman triathlons, raced the Eco-Challenge in Borneo, run the Marathon des Sables across the Sahara, and summited Mount Everest at 53. Now at 68, she’s still competing — recently winning her age group at a Half Ironman and qualifying for the Worl...

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86:59

3 Things You Must Do Differently After 40 to Stay...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/03/18

What does it take to stay capable through the years? Jason Hardrath is one of the most creative endurance athletes in the mountains today. An ultrarunner, climber, and mountain linkup specialist, Jason is known for massive single-push adventures that combine running, climbing, swimming, biking, and even paragliding. He has completed the Bulger List — the 100 highest peaks in Washington — in record time, along with numerous Fastest Known Times (FKTs) and ambitious multi-sport mountain projects...

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74:01

Why You Should Fight For What Defines You — Jack...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/03/11

What happens when the thing that defines you is suddenly taken away? For legendary American alpinist Jack Tackle, climbing wasn’t just a sport — it was identity. For more than five decades, Jack has explored remote mountains across Alaska, the Himalaya, and the Karakoram. He spent decades guiding in the Tetons and helping shape an era of bold American alpinism built on patience, partnership, and resilience. But in the year 2001, everything changed. Jack was struck by Guillain-Barré syndrome, ...

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31:58

10 Non-Negotiables for Athletes Who Refuse to Slow...

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2026/03/04

It’s March. The January energy has faded. The motivation posts are quieter. And this is where the real long game begins. In this sepisode, I lay out 10 non-negotiables for athletes who plan to keep performing — not just this year, but for decades. This isn’t about hype. It isn’t about biohacking. And it definitely isn’t about chasing trends. It’s about durability. Drawing from over 100 conversations with top athletes, as well as, coaches, and scientists on Ageless Athlete,— I unpa...

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93:50

What’s More Dangerous: Free Solo Climbing or Sailing...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/02/25

Which is more dangerous — the most extreme type of climbing or sailing alone around the world? It’s a topic that sparks real debate in this episode. Alpine climbing in the Himalaya. Ice routes where one mistake can be fatal. Free soloing rock faces. Crossing the Southern Ocean alone, where rescue might be days away. Turning off your phone and removing the last layer of backup. But this conversation doesn’t stay in the realm of adrenaline. Jerome Rand has sailed solo around the globe — 271 day...

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80:27

The Most Restricted Starting Line on Earth: Would You...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/02/18

After years of closed borders, North Korea reopened to a small number of foreign visitors. Johan Nylander entered as one of the first in years — to run the Pyongyang Marathon. Johan is an award-winning Asia correspondent and author whose work has appeared in CNN, National Geographic, Forbes, Nikkei Asia, and Sweden’s leading business daily Dagens Industri. He has reported from the frontlines of the US–China trade war and written bestselling books including Shenzhen Superstars, The Epic Split,...

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98:42

How People Learn to Keep Going: Best of Ageless...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/02/11

This episode brings together moments from conversations recorded throughout 2025 with athletes who have spent decades working inside uncertainty — in the mountains, on open water, on the road, and in daily training. What connects these excerpts is more than accomplishment or outcome. It’s how each person has learned to operate when conditions narrow, when simplicity, judgment, and restraint matter more than force. Every clip comes from a full-length episode in the Ageless Athlete back catalog...

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59:12

Your Knees, Ankles, and Hips Are Ready for a Second...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/02/04

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 changed in orthopedics — especially for athletes over 40 who’ve been told to slow down, live with pain, or prepare for joint replacement. Dr. Stone shares how modern approaches are shifting from simply removing damaged tissue to repairing, replacing, or regenerating it, and why many people referred...

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90:10

At 62, David Green Broke Free of Supplements, Found...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/01/28

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 decline. It was clarity. In this conversation, David shares why stepping away from supplements helped him simplify his training, sharpen his instincts, and ultimately find his best shape—strong enough to run across Europe in his sixties. David has spent decades in endurance sport and long-form adve...

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100:15

Aging Is Leverage (Best of 2025 - Part I)

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/01/21

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 train, move, and stay engaged as conditions change. These clips span endurance running, climbing, paddling, cycling, swimming, and exploration. What connects them is more than performance level or accomplishment, but also the way each athlete thinks about adaptation — physically, psychologically, a...

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69:18

Use It or Lose It: Why Buzz Burrell Never Stopped

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/01/14

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 architects of modern mountain and trail culture, to talk about consistency — not as motivation, but as survival. Buzz ran his first ultramarathon nearly six decades ago, long before endurance sports had language, infrastructure, or spectators. Since then, he’s lived a migratory life shaped by mountains,...

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33:38

The Long Game - What I Learned About Food After 100...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2026/01/07

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 endurance athletes, I started noticing a pattern I didn’t expect. It wasn’t about optimization. It wasn’t about trends. And it definitely wasn’t about eating something new every day. It started with breakfast. On nearly every episode of Ageless Athlete, I ask a simple question: “Where are you...

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83:22

Young Salt At 60 — Why the Next Chapter Can Be the...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2025/12/31

“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 to do something fantastic?” In this New Year’s Eve episode of Ageless Athlete, I sit down with Deborah Hammett, a former school principal who did something most people never consider — she learned to sail at 60, moved onto a boat, and now lives and travels solo by sea. Deborah’s story isn’t real...

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76:38

How to Stay Strong Into Your 70s — Lessons From Five...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2025/12/24

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 endurance, aging, and the habits that have kept him moving for decades. Steve has climbed Everest and K2, completed first ascents in the Karakoram, and summited Everest without supplemental oxygen — an experience that strips away ego and rewards preparation, judgment, and restraint. But this conv...

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87:29

Brain Science and Beyond Flow States — How to Build...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2025/12/17

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, physician, and strength athlete, about the science of cognitive reserve and why long-term brain health depends on challenge, learning, and effort — not comfort or flow. Flow states feel rewarding, but as Dr. Wood explains, they don’t create the kind of stimulus the brain needs to adapt over decades. Ins...

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60:06

Stronger at 47: The Hard Truths, Small Wins, and My...

Ageless Athlete — How to Stay Strong, Curious &... ·

2025/12/10

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 athletes, weekend warriors, late bloomers, and lifelong learners — wrestle with as we get older. If you come to Ageless Athlete for honest conversations about aging, movement, and staying curious in a changing body, this episode is very much in that spirit. We recorded this conversation ba...

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