Fit Over 50 Life

About Fit Over 50 Life

Mark Patrick and Kelli Calabrese are two 50 something's, obsessed with helping people be healthy and have fun. They are fit, divorced, have had panic attacks, raised kids, started and sold businesses, authored best selling books and transformed tens of thousands of lives through their seminars, coaching and health programs. In this podcast they talk with leading experts on natural ways to age youthfully, look sexy and live an amazing bonus life at 50 and beyond. Guests are top specialists in the wellness field and share their best body and mind tips and hacks for fitness, fun and even fearlessness to get you unstuck so you can make the rest of your life the best of your life. New episodes every Wednesday afternoon.

Publisher

Mark Patrick & Kelli Calabrese

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Feb 2021

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 89 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Normal Labs Don't Mean Optimal Health | Jim LaValle

   You get your annual blood work done, your doctor tells you everything looks "normal," and yet you still don't feel like yourself. Your energy is off. Sleep isn't great. Weight is harder to manage. Brain fog creeps in. Recovery takes longer. And somewhere along the way, you start wondering if this is simply what getting older feels like. Jim LaValle believes we need to ask a better question: Are your numbers simply normal—or are they actually helping explain how you feel? In this episode of the Fit Over 50 Life Podcast, Mark Patrick and Kelli Calabrese sit down with Jim LaValle, a clinical pharmacist, board-certified clinical nutritionist, author, creator of the Metabolic Code®, and an expert with more than 40 years of experience in metabolic and precision health. Jim explains why looking at isolated lab values may not tell the entire story. Instead, he looks at patterns across blood work, symptoms, lifestyle, wearable data, stress, hormones, metabolic health, and body composition to better understand where potential roadblocks may be hiding. The conversation goes far beyond blood work. Mark, Kelli, and Jim explore how the rapidly changing world of longevity medicine is giving people access to more information about their bodies than ever before and why having more data doesn't automatically mean knowing what to do with it. They discuss: Why Jim believes comprehensive blood work can provide useful context beyond a basic annual panel The difference between being inside a laboratory reference range and understanding your individual health patterns How wearables can help track sleep, recovery, resting heart rate, HRV, and stress Why chronic stress and a constantly activated nervous system may affect how you feel Simple tools Jim uses with patients, including box breathing Why maintaining muscle and strength becomes increasingly important with age What people using GLP-1 medications should know about protein, resistance training, body composition, and preserving lean mass Why the number on the scale tells only part of the story Jim's perspective on peptides and why he doesn't see them as a replacement for sleep, nutrition, movement, and foundational health habits Why the future of longevity may be less about chasing the newest biohack and more about figuring out what your individual body actually needs Jim also shares an important reminder for anyone trying to improve their health after 50: the goal isn't simply to collect better numbers on a lab report. It's to have the energy, strength, resilience, and health to continue doing the things you love. Because living longer is one thing. Feeling well enough to enjoy those years is something entirely different. Connect with Jim LaValle Website: https://jimlavalle.com/ Metabolic Code: https://www.metaboliccode.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealjimlavalle/ YouTube — Metabolic Code: https://www.youtube.com/c/MetabolicCode

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Stop Waiting for Someday: Your Life Is Happening Now | Ann Wax

   There's always a reason to wait. When I have more time. When things calm down. When I feel better. When the timing is right. Someday. But after more than 50 years in nursing, much of it spent caring for people with cancer, Ann Wax has learned something the rest of us tend to forget: None of us are guaranteed someday. In this episode of the Fit Over 50 Life Podcast, Mark Patrick and Kelli Calabrese sit down with Ann, an oncology doula, author, and longtime advocate for the human side of healthcare, to talk about what really matters when you stop taking time for granted. This isn't an episode about dying. It's about how you're living right now. Ann shares what decades of caring for people during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives taught her about health, relationships, purpose, regret, caregiving, self-worth, and speaking up for what you want. Mark, Kelli, and Ann explore why we shouldn't wait for a health crisis to start taking care of ourselves, why movement becomes even more important as we age, what caregivers need to know about protecting themselves, and why difficult conversations are often better had today than at someone's graveside. They also get into Ann's philosophy of "Be Your Own Lifeguard"—learning to protect your health, time, energy, and boundaries without feeling guilty about it. And perhaps most importantly, they talk about legacy. It doesn't have to be money, fame, or having your name remembered by thousands of people. Sometimes your legacy is a conversation. A person you helped. A hand you extended. Or simply leaving someone's life a little better because you were in it. If there's something you've been saying you'll do "someday," this conversation may make you look at that word very differently. Your life isn't waiting to begin. It's happening right now. Connect with Ann Wax: LinkedIn:Ann Wax Book: Be Your Own Lifeguard

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Do You Have Lyme Disease and Not Know It? | Dr. Bill Rawls

   Mark Patrick and Kelli Calabrese interview Dr. Bill Rawls about understanding Lyme disease, stealth microbes, and cellular health for chronic symptom relief.

Inside a recent episode

The Molecule That Extended Life by 90 Percent - You're Not Aging… You're Oxidizing | Chris Burres

Published 7 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] First off, how do you stress a mitochondria? I point out that if you're alive in modern society, you have stressed mitochondria, right? It could be as simple as from your cell phone, it could be drinking, smoking, smog, extra EMF radiation off of your devices while you're in an airplane, stressful emails, stressful driving and traffic. If you're alive, you have stressed mitochondria. And when you do, your mitochondria starts producing more reactive oxygen species than the glutathione and melatonin can manage. And that's when they will run around like little bumper cars and cause this oxidative stress, this oxidative damage. […]

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• Dr Bill Rawls
• Dr Jonathan Schutza
• Dr Nicole Cain
• Tricia Nelson
• Kyle Hulbert

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