Bryan Johnson, a 45-year-old CEO who gained notoriety for spending millions to acquire the physique of an 18-year-old, has unveiled his newest exercise apparatus: a gadget that forces him to perform “20,000 sit-ups” in just 30 minutes. Through “Project Blueprint,” a disciplined exercise and vegan diet, the California-based software billionaire claims to have decreased his epigenetic age by 5.1 years.
Johnson showed his fans the workout tool that enables him to perform the equivalent of “20,000 sit-ups” in 30 minutes
Johnson showed his fans the workout tool that enables him to perform the equivalent of “20,000 sit-ups” in 30 minutes in an Instagram Reels video earlier this week. In the demonstration, a shirtless Johnson lies down on a bench with a belt fastened around his midsection. A device that is connected to a screen is fastened to the belt. To demonstrate its functionality, he ran the machine to its maximum capacity.
“I’ve set the machine to 100 percent and 15, so it’s the maximum level. This is definitely not something you want to start with. What it feels like is it’s pulling your entire stomach out, like ripping it out,” he said after the procedure was over. “I thought I would be terribly sore after doing this, but actually I am not surprised. My mid-section has not been stronger my entire life. And it has successfully changed how I feel athletically.” “I’ve been spending millions of dollars developing an anti-aging protocol. Today, I am going to show you the machine use that allows me to do the equivalent of 20,000 sit-ups in 30 minutes.”
The creator of Blueprint, Kernel, OS Fund, and Braintree Venmo, Bryan Johnson, exercises for an hour each day, eats 1,977 calories, and goes to bed at the same time every night. At five in the morning, he starts his day with two dozen vitamins and a green juice containing collagen and creatine peptides.
“What I do may sound extreme, but I’m trying to prove that self-harm and decay are not inevitable”
Johnson’s vital signs are measured and tracked throughout the day. The 45-year-old’s daily measurements of weight, body mass index, body fat, blood glucose levels, and heart rate variability include ultrasounds, MRIs, colonoscopies, and blood tests. At night, a machine tracks his number of night-time erections, which are like a teenager’s, Bloomberg reported. “What I do may sound extreme, but I’m trying to prove that self-harm and decay are not inevitable,” he told the outlet.
On his Blueprint website, Johnson writes that the project was born “after feeling helpless to stop me from overeating to soothe the pains of life. Despite my successes: raising three kids and selling my business Braintree Venmo for $800 million; when 7 pm rolled around, there was nothing I could do to stop myself from engaging in this self-destructive behavior.”