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HMB Supplementation, Protein and Creatine for Muscle Health

HMB supplementation, along with protein and creatine, may keep your muscles intact as you age (of course, exercise is also needed). HMB supplementation may also replace leucine to some extent, thereby limiting mTOR activation, and it is thought to improve mitochondrial capacity (mitochondrial biogenesis) as well. See if HMB supplementation is for you!

4 Exercise Prerequisites for Longevity, Part 1

Exercise prerequisites for longevity are the four types of exercise you need to faithfully do if you’re going to spare yourself from the ravages of aging. Here I tell you why this is so, and what to do.

Exercise: Powerful Medicine for Health and Aging with Dr. Stuart Phillips

Would you take a pill that could help you avoid most chronic diseases, make you fit and extend your healthspan? Well, it’s not a pill, but there is something you can do that will achieve the same results!

Get Stronger as You Age — Why and How

You can get stronger as you age, but not by doing what Julie does. At 68 years young, she lifts weights three times a week and does cardio five times, so what can she do better? To become stronger as you age is among the most important things you can do to forestall the aging […]

Increase Your Healthspan and Get Lean: Follow the Science

You may increase your healthspan — the years your healthy — by eating more plant food, building muscle and getting rid of inflammatory senescent cells. Here’s how to do it…

Get Strong and Live long with Strength Training

There’s no getting around it — you must engage in strength training to get strong and live long. There’s no point in having a long life if you can’t walk up the stairs or lift yourself off the floor. Learn the science and get inspired by three seniors that are probably older and stronger than you.

How To Maintain Lean Muscle Mass As You Age

You can maintain lean muscle mass as you age by simply doing some push-ups and squats a few times a week, and walking up some hills at a brisk pace. Learn why this is vitally important and how to do it.

Why You Must Build Muscle As You Age

You must build muscle as you age to improve your healthspan — those years over which you can be healthy and thrive. It’s about the most important thing you can do to live long and strong.

The Functionally Fit Fast Workout — Post-Exercise Stretching (Part VI)

Get strong, muscular and more flexible with this functional fitness workout. Watch the video.

The Functionally Fit Fast Workout — Chest, Biceps and Triceps (Part V)

Get strong, muscular and more flexible with this functional fitness workout. Watch the video.

The Functionally Fit Fast Workout — Presses: Chest, Shoulders, Thighs (Part IV)

Get strong, muscular, and more flexible with a functional fitness workout that moves from warm-up to these chest, shoulder and squat exercises. Here are the videos.

The Functionally Fit Fast Workout — Posterior Chain: Back, Lats, Glutes and Calves (Part III)

The “posterior chain” is the focus of Part III of a six-part video-based series on getting functionally fit fast. Functional fitness means being able to lift, pull and move your body through space over time efficiently and injury-free. If you’d like to get strong, muscular, more flexible and improve your cardio, begin with Part I and work your way here.

The Functionally Fit Fast Workout — Strong, Enduring, Mobile (Part I)

The reason you rarely see gym-goers improve their fitness is because they do not perform the right exercises with the required effort. If you’d like to get strong, muscular, more flexible and improve your cardio, dig in and watch this six-part workout.

Get Strong, Muscular and Mobile (Fast)

The reason you rarely see even a regular gym-goer improve his fitness is because he or she does not do the right exercises with the required effort. If you’d like to get stronger, muscular and mobile, here’s what to do.

How I’m Boosting Testosterone and Blasting Body Fat

Your testosterone is low and body fat’s high. It often works that way. Improve one and the other improves too. This post details what I’m doing to measure and manage nutritional inputs as I endeavor to boost my testosterone and blast away some body fat.

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