Joe Rogan used a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience to push guest Rick Springfield toward a longevity routine built around hyperbaric oxygen therapy, citing an Israeli study that found the treatment could produce results equivalent to two decades of biological age reversal.
The 77-year-old musician had been discussing his health regimen with Rogan, including regular blood draws, Prenuvo full-body MRI scans, red light therapy, and Regenokine injections for his shoulders. Rogan steered the conversation toward a clinic in Austin, which he said actor Russell Crowe visits specifically for hyperbaric treatment.
“You should get one. You should get one in your house. It’s a game changer,” Rogan told Springfield. “There was a study out of a university in Israel. They did these… the protocol is 60 sessions of 90 minutes over 90 days. And they show that it lengthens your telomeres. It’s equivalent to a 20 year difference in biological age.”
Springfield responded that he had already read about the same research, and Rogan noted that he keeps a hyperbaric chamber in his own home. He said the effects show up on wearable trackers immediately after a session.
“It’ll like specifically show from one session, you have an amazing recovery today,” Rogan said. “And it’s specifically because of this hyper oxygen saturated environment of the hyperbaric chamber.”
Telomeres are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes that shorten as cells divide, and their length is often used by researchers as a marker of biological aging.
The Israeli research Rogan referenced, conducted at Tel Aviv University’s Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research, has been widely cited in longevity circles, though the sample sizes involved are small and the findings remain a subject of ongoing scientific debate rather than settled consensus.
The exchange was part of a conversation about maintaining physical performance into old age, prompted by Rogan’s amazement at Springfield’s condition at 77. Springfield credited a lifetime of running, weightlifting, clean eating, and skin care, along with participation in a four-year stem cell trial with a company called BMI that uses a patient’s own cultured cells rather than donor tissue.
Rogan also detailed his own recovery stack during the discussion, including cold plunge sessions before workouts, dry sauna use afterward, and daily creatine supplementation, which he said mitigates cognitive fog from sleep deprivation.
