Section
Movement.
— How movement changes physiology — strength, cardio, longevity — reported in plain language with the science attached.
4 essays · all unpaywalled
More in Movement
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Strength training after 40 is not optional. It is the lever.
The single most consequential thing most middle-aged adults can add to a week is two sessions of progressive resistance training. The literature is unusually loud about this. The wellness industry is conspicuously quiet.
12 MIN - 10
The 10,000 steps myth, and what the data actually shows.
The number on your wrist came from a Japanese pedometer marketing campaign in 1965. The number in the journals is smaller, more useful, and more forgiving than the cultural one.
10 MIN - 15
Stretching before exercise: does it actually prevent injury?
For decades, coaches insisted on static stretching before sport. Then the research reversed. What the Cochrane reviews, the Danish randomised trials, and sports-medicine consensus now say.
12 MIN