Weak Hips, Anterior Chain & Spinal Flexion

Problems Hip Flexion Range of Motion: capsular mobilization + end-range loading (90/90 stretches, controlled articular rotations) Anterior chain strength in length: exercises that load hip flexors eccentrically or isometrically in lengthened positions (dead bugs, hollow body progressions, leg lowers) Spinal flexion control: segmental articulation drills (cat-cow, pelvic tilts, roll-downs with pauses) Key consideration: Hip mobility … Continue reading Weak Hips, Anterior Chain & Spinal Flexion

Longo’s Recipe for Living Longer

Longo and Anderson reviewed hundreds of studies on nutrition, diseases and longevity in laboratory animals and humans and combined them with their own studies on nutrients and aging. The analysis included popular diets such as the restriction of total calories, the high-fat and low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet, vegetarian and vegan diets, and the Mediterranean diet.The article … Continue reading Longo’s Recipe for Living Longer

The Maximum Human Life Span and Conjecture on Step Counts to Get There (15,000 Steps a Day)

"For the study, Timothy Pyrkov, a researcher at a Singapore-based company called Gero, and his colleagues looked at this “pace of aging” in three large cohorts in the U.S., the U.K. and Russia. To evaluate deviations from stable health, they assessed changes in blood cell counts and the daily number of steps taken and analyzed … Continue reading The Maximum Human Life Span and Conjecture on Step Counts to Get There (15,000 Steps a Day)

Minimal Physical Fitness Standard: Four Flights of Stairs in One Minute

"Climbing four flights of stairs in less than a minute indicates good heart health..."The stairs test is an easy way to check your heart health," said study author Dr. Jesús Peteiro, a cardiologist at University Hospital A Coruña, Spain. "If it takes you more than one-and-a-half minutes to ascend four flights of stairs, your health … Continue reading Minimal Physical Fitness Standard: Four Flights of Stairs in One Minute