Listen, I hate to be the bearer of bad gym-bro news, so I’ll let science deliver the message: strength — or the sacred neurological ability to recruit muscle fiber and apply force upon the external world — may not be the longevity panacea we once thought. Not to say it’s worthless, because there’s plenty of […]

Unfortunately, the notion that more muscle makes you more happy, does not hold water across the broader population. However, that’s not to say it doesn’t do something equally and even more important when it comes to your mental health. Because it certainly does! As association after association has not only connected higher skeletal muscle mass […]

By now most of you longevity enthusiasts are privy to the natural deterioration of muscle mass as we age (Sarcopenia) and know how serious of a problem it tends to become for the average intelligent walking ape as they enter their golden years or life. Because, it’s pretty damn hard to stay “able and capable” […]

When it comes to systemic positive change throughout the body, there seems to be ONE intervention to rule them ALL! And no, you can’t find it at your local pharmacy, unless you jog there and back, of course. This powerful, full-body, health & vitality drug is Exercise. Something that we’ve been doing since the beginning […]

There is no bigger commonality across ALL the top diseases we intelligent walking apes face than the low-dose chronic arousal of the immune system… aka Chronic Inflammation. Being such a BIG factor in cellular dysfunction and disease that we’ve been calling it “Longevity Liability Numero Uno” for years now. Regularly discussing strategies which control & […]

“Eat Less & Move More”…. the age-old advice from primary care physicians everywhere. And although most people probably would improve their present-day health by attempting to follow this incredibly vague advice. You have to wonder, is it REALLY the optimal strategy for Health over time? Aka Longevity? Potentially, but it’s hard to argue for… As […]

In prior posts we’ve talked about how MORE muscle was generally linked to MORE Longevity. Being a critical tissue which not only keeps us structurally functional but one which is responsible for a lot of the KEY biochemical activity that keeps us young and efficient on the inside! However, during this muscle love-fest, we assumed […]

Despite what the “I lift things Up and Put them Down” bros on your social media feeds say, Muscle DOES, in fact, DO MORE than make one look cool naked. And I would actually argue that what you see in the mirror is one of the LEAST cool things on muscles resume… This tissue not […]