HOW OCEAN ROBBINS, RIP ESSELSTYN, & KRIS CARR

Stay Fit & Healthy Over 40

"What do they know that I don't?"

Have you ever looked around at someone your age or older, and felt dumbfounded by how fit and vibrant they are?

It's no secret that most people recover slower, gain weight quicker, and lose vital strength at alarming rates as we age.

But what most of us don't adequately prepare for is how discouraging that reality is.

... Activities you used to love start to feel out of reach.

... Your stamina playing with your kids or grandkids is disappointingly short.

... By the time dinner comes around, you feel too worn out from the day to enjoy the evening.

The list goes on.

So when you see someone bucking that depletion trend — an outlier — it's only natural to want in on whatever they're having.

Are they born with better genes? Do they live a superhuman lifestyle? 

What is the secret to rich health and fitness, no matter your age?

 While there may be no magic pill or secret potion...

There are several (relatively simple) things you can do to live a fitter, healthier, more energetic life.

Earlier this year Complement hosted a groundbreaking health and wellness festival called Plantapalooza: Fit Over 40, where we interviewed dozens of the highest-achieving "outliers" we could find to see what makes them so successful.

The tricks they shared may surprise you.

They aren't entirely focused on specific workouts or gym sessions, but instead on building foundational habits that have the potential to create profound change for your fitness levels today, and an even bigger impact on slowing or reversing your aging moving forward.

With that in mind, let's hear directly from a few of these outliers:

Why Rip Esselstyn Wants You to 'Remove the Barriers' Preventing a Healthy Lifestyle

PLANTSTRONG founder Rip Esselstyn is a master at helping others transform their lives. And he's built his life around a simple, science-backed approach to plant-based health, and his enthusiasm for life is absolutely contagious.

Here Rip shares one of the most straightforward fitness tips you'll see: 

Remove the barriers.

How Ocean Robbins Stacks Habits to Make Fitness Sticky

Willpower can only take you so far. It's the habits we build that make lasting change.

Ocean Robbins is the CEO and co-founder of Food Revolution Network, a world-renowned resource for anyone interested in living a healthier life and thriving on a plant-forward diet.

As a busy father, entrepreneur, and author, wasting time and energy is not an option.

His solution? Stack your habits.

Kris Carr on Establishing the Right Energy for Success

There are moments in life when you have to make a choice — to let challenges define who you are, or embrace them and focus on a positive.

As a self-proclaimed "cancer thriver," Kris Carr has taken that second approach... helping millions discover resilience and heal through self-care, positivity, and a holistic approach to wellness.

But when you look at what makes your healthy habits successful daily, it's how you handle the dozens of small challenges that pop up throughout the day. And for Kris, that starts with establishing the right energy.

The PLANTSTRONG Pillars for Healthy Eating

Nutrition touches every element of health and fitness. It plays a direct role in energy, mood, motivation, strength, and even mindset.

Nutrition is an integral part of long-term fitness.

Through years of research, Rip Esselstyn has developed a step-by-step protocol for healthy eating. Here are his core pillars:

Putting it All Together for Long-Term Success

There's a reason why these successful outliers didn't focus on a specific type of workout or fitness program.

Yes, those are important. But they're not as important as building the foundational habits and routines that lead to success.

As Ocean shared, willpower will only get you so far. But making healthy fitness, mindset, and nutrition habits your default will lead to years of success.

That's the foundation...

Now what?

Work on each of the themes above can start today.

But a word of caution:

Start simple.

When you're bursting with motivation, it's easy to go all-in. While there's nothing inherently wrong with that approach, it can often lead to burnout or a loss of willpower when the simple habits have yet to take root.

One habit each of the experts above feel passionately about is optimizing your diet to feel your best.

There's no denying that a plant-rich diet is a nutrient powerhouse, with the leading science showing it's the best diet for longevity and disease prevention.

But even the most diverse diets are at risk of certain nutrient deficiencies.

That's why we created a simple daily solution to provide everything you need, and nothing you don't.

Introducing Complement Essentials: A New Kind of Plant-Based Multivitamin

After years of piecemealing single-nutrient supplements to give our bodies what they need for energy, immunity, and longevity, we finally built a solution based on science-backed dosages and optimized with the exact nutrients we need to thrive.

It’s Complement Essential, a plant-based multivitamin with the eight essential nutrients that are missing or hard to get through plant foods alone.

And it not only worked for us, but tens of thousands of people use Essential daily for optimal health and peace of mind.