You asked. Jonty Rhodes and Dr Marcus Ranney answered.

In this special 12th Man edition of Jonty & The Doc, we hand the conversation over to the audience for an Ask Me Anything covering everything from nutrition and strength to sleep, supplements, ageing — and, naturally, a little cricket.

What order should you eat the food on your plate? Is strength or coordination more important for longevity? Can you outrun a bad diet? Which health metrics are actually worth tracking? And what does Jonty look for when judging the fittest players in cricket?

In this episode:

• Does the order in which you eat your food actually matter?
  • How to reduce the glucose impact of a carb-heavy meal
  • Strength vs coordination for longevity
  • Why muscle matters far beyond aesthetics
  • The biggest fitness and longevity myths Jonty and Marcus want people to stop believing
  • Why you can’t “outrun a bad diet”
  • What Marcus thinks about Urolithin A and new longevity supplements
  • How Jonty’s relationship with competition has changed with age
  • Why Jonty now focuses on process rather than performance
  • The health metrics Jonty actually tracks
  • Why Marcus wishes we could track brain health more effectively
  • How their sleeping habits have evolved
  • Marcus’s 3–2–1 rule for better sleep
  • What “fitness” actually means inside an IPL team
  • The fielders who have impressed Jonty most over the years

It’s a slightly different Jonty & The Doc — driven entirely by the questions you want answered.

And if there’s something you want Jonty and Marcus to tackle in the next 12th Man, leave your question in the comments.

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