First, Be a Good Animal.
First, Be a Good Animal: The science and philosophy of aging well for adults 50+.
Strength, longevity, and the joy of moving like a good animal, from a 74-year-old trainer still in training.
This is a collection of articles written by Marty Trussell, NASM-CPT, Founder of VirtaFitness. Part science, part memoir, part philosophy, this is a blog for anyone who wants not just to slow the decline, but to keep building.
It all begins with a series called The Numbers Don’t Lie. Five of them, to be precise. Five instruments. Five readings on the panel of the life support system you have been running, without checking the gauges, for most of your adult life.
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My Smart Scale Told Me the Truth — And I Wasn’t Ready for It
And here’s the part that stung: I’m a trainer. I had been working out consistently. I thought I was doing the work. But my body was telling me something different — that despite years of experience and good intentions, I had drifted into training that was no longer creating the stimulus my muscles needed to stay strong and metabolically active.
If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone.
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