A YouTuber has given an insight into Bryan Johnson’s routine, dabbling in some of the processes alongside finding out his own biological age.

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has become known for splashing the cash – a reported whopping $2 million per year – in a bid to ‘reverse’ his biological age.

Despite experiencing some pretty awful symptoms, Johnson is determined to ‘live forever’ and his extreme endeavors have peaked the interest of many, including a YouTuber who went to suss out what a day-in-life really looks like for the biohacker.

YouTuber Magnus Midtbø went to meet Johnson and was immediately greeted with a shot of extra virgin olive oil – with the process commencing.

Johnson then revealed just how many supplements he takes each morning – referring to it as his ‘longevity mix’ – explaining he used to take ‘100 plus pills per day’ but has since reduced some of them to a drink – which the YouTuber similarly tries – alongside around a mere ’30-40 pills’.

In the video, Midtbø opts for the sweeter option for breakfast, with Johnson explaining every element of the foods included have to have a ‘specific function in the body’ and aren’t ‘superfluous’.

Surprised, the YouTuber reviews the breakfast: “That was very good.”

The pair then compared sleep scores – Johnson’s naturally at 100 percent and the YouTuber’s sleep score an impressive 98 – although he notes it’s ‘not normal’ for him and he was ‘just jet lagged’ – before going to see the biohacker’s home gym.

The YouTuber got an insight into Bryan Johnson’s daily routine (YouTube/ Magnus Midtbø)

Shockingly, Johnson’s gym is no normal workout room, containing a hyperbaric oxygen chamber which Midtbø tries out before going on to test out his electromagnetic frequency machine which is ‘basically 20,000 sit-ups in 30 minutes’.

He also tries on a hat which uses infrared lights to stimulate hair growth too – which Johnson uses for ‘six minutes a day’ and says helped recover his hair from being ‘almost bored’ alongside using some ‘growth serums’ too.

The YouTuber then undergoes five tests to understand his own biological age from crossing his feet to continuous push ups.

And the result?

Well, his strength was 148 and Johnson reviews all the test results as showing the YouTuber did ‘remarkably well’ and ‘basically maxed out the age range for every test’.

“From grip strength to one leg standing, flexibility, site rise, mobility, continuous push-ups, this is like a perfect score,” Johnson adds.

And Midtbø’s average age? The biohacker reveals: “So your body really is performing on par with a 20-year-old.”

The YouTuber’s actual age? 36 years old. Alright for some, eh?

Biohacker Bryan Johnson has explained why he’s ditched a purported anti-ageing drug despite his ongoing efforts to try and ‘live forever’.

Johnson, who is 47 years old but claims to have the heart health of a 37-year-old, spends as much as $2 million a year on research and trials to try and reduce his biological age.

His efforts have included ‘editing’ his DNA and sharing blood with his family members, and he’s also described taking a cocktail of supplements and drugs to ward off ageing.

Bryan Johnson says his organs are younger than his actual age (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Among those drugs was rapamycin; a drug typically used to treat conditions such as cancer or lung diseases, but which has also been studied for its anti-ageing properties.

It was this latter use that Johnson was interested in as he took part in ‘almost 5 years of experimentation with this molecule for its longevity potential’.

However, in a post on Twitter shared in recent weeks, Johnson announced that he stopped taking rapamycin in September 2024.

The biohacker told his followers he’d been testing the drug in various different ways, switching up dosages and schedules to ‘optimize rejuvenation and limit side effects’.

But while pre-clinical trials revealed ‘immense potential’, Johnson revealed a concerning finding: the drug could actually have been speeding up the ageing process due to its side-effects.

Johnson listed the symptoms he’d experienced from taking the drug, including ‘intermittent skin/soft tissue infections, lipid abnormalities, glucose elevations, and increased resting heart rate’.

Johnson said the drug was not worth the side-effects (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Research cited by the National Library of Medicine has indicated a link between a higher resting heart rate and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, meaning the symptom experienced by Johnson could have detrimental effects in the long term.

He went on to site research published in October that indicated rapamycin was ‘one of a handful of supposed longevity interventions to cause an increase/acceleration of aging in humans across 16 epigenetic aging clocks’.

With that in mind, Johnson explained: “My team and I came to the conclusion that the benefits of lifelong dosing of Rapamycin do not justify the hefty side-effects.

“With no other underlying causes identified, we suspected Rapamycin, and since dosage adjustments had no effect, we decided to discontinue it entirely.”

“Longevity research around these experimental compounds is constantly evolving, necessitating ongoing, close observation of the research and my biomarkers which my team and I do constantly,” he added.

Though Johnson has decided to stop using rapamycin, his mission to reverse ageing is ongoing, and he continues to shares insights and updates with his followers.

A biohacker who is spending a staggering $2 million a year to reverse his biological age claims he’s beat balding and stopped going gray.

Bryan Johnson is taking part in a lengthy and intense experimental medical program in the hope of looking a lot younger than he actually is.

Whether it be following a strict diet, or using his son’s blood, the biohacker is doing everything he can to make his body as young as possible again.

And speaking in a recent YouTube video, the 46-year-old spoke about how his transformation has allowed him to keep his hair.

“Genetically I should be bald,” he said at the outset of the video.

The biohacker then took his followers through the three tactics he uses to keep his locks looking so luscious – a routine that is part of his project to stay young.

“The best time to work on your hair is before you start losing it,” Johnson insisted, before saying that folks in their 20s should be thinking about and implementing precautionary measures before their hair starts to disappear.

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So, the first thing Johnson does every morning is embark on red light therapy, which sees the tech guru wearing a battery-powered red light therapy cap for six minutes.

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Johnson says this handy device ‘increases blood flow and also stimulates hair follicle activity.’

After using his cap, Johnson applies a topical treatment.

“I apply this topical to my scalp on a daily basis,” Johnson said in the video. “You’ve probably heard of topicals like Rogaine and Minoxidil 5% – both are effective.”

Apparently, using this formula once in the morning and once in the evening can allow aggressive hair growth.

And the third and final tactic involves the process of microneedling, which Johnson does to ‘enhance the effects of the topicals’.

This procedure involves a medical professional using a roller with small needles equipped, which is moved over areas of hair loss to create punctures in the skin.

These small injuries caused by the needles are said to help provoke hair growth.

Johnson is additionally trying out laser treatment to help with his anti-ageing treatment and has told fans he will keep them updated with the results.

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Johnson first noticed those dreaded gray hairs in his 20s – something he contributed to his lifestyle.

“It was kind of a crazy time in my life,’ he recalled.

‘I was building Braintree, Venmo, I had three little babies, I was in a challenging relationship, trying to leave my born into religion … a lot going on. Also, I was really depressed.”

Now, Johnson uses GR7, an anti-hair loss and anti-gray treatment, and Mayraki, a herbal extract that he applies once a week.

And nowadays, Johnson is looking as fresh as ever.

A self-described ‘biohacker’ has shared how he travelled to a remote island in order to undergo a procedure to ‘live forever’.

The old adage may say that nothing is certain in life but death and taxes, but clearly no-one told millionaire ‘biohacker’ Bryan Johnson, who wants to ‘live forever’.

Johnson lives by an extremely strict regimen, including using his own son’s blood, in order to try and and increase his life expectancy.

In addition to his restrictive lifestyle centred around diet and exercise, Johnson also frequently shares the latest ‘treatments’ that he is undergoing.

The latest of these has seen the millionaire travelling to an island in Honduras to undergo a treatment called ‘gene therapy’.

He shared the story of the procedure in a video on YouTube with a title straight of a Bond film: ‘I Edited My DNA On A Secret Island (To Live Forever).’

But why does Johnson want to change his DNA?

In the video, he explained that this is because of how long human beings can generally live.

Bryan Johnson has spent millions to reverse aging. (Instagram/@bryanjohnson_)

Johnson explained: “Humans have a 120-year ceiling and so far no one can punch through it – gene therapy might be the answer.

“I never imagined I would be doing gene therapy on an island off the coast of Honduras.”

He added: “Their target: follistatin gene therapy. A pioneering technology with the potential to improve muscle and strength [and] slow the speed of aging and many more benefits.”

The millionaire explained that the procedure involves an injection in the stomach and in the buttocks.

It also costs $20,000, so not exactly cheap.

The co-founder and CEO Mac Davis explained that the procedure involves using a plasmid.

No, that’s not the thing from the video game Bioshock, it’s actually a molecule of DNA which can replicate independently within a cell.

Bryan Johnson has gone to absurd lengths to reverse the aging process. (Instagram/@bryanjohnson_)

Davis said: “We designed was a plasmid, a circular loop of DNA, that was easy to subcutaneously inject, easy to manufacture and could be loaded with any gene that we wanted to add to the human body.”

Johnson explained that he has previously avoided treatment involving DNA due to concerns around cancer.

He said: “If a therapy caused say cancer in my body there’d be nothing I could do to reverse the process.”

Johnson added: “What makes Minicircle therapy different is that it has a built-in kill switch if my body reacts badly I can take the antibiotic tetracycline instantly killing and deactivating the DNA molecules I’ve been injected with.”