Growing Younger - Health & Fitness Podcast for Over 40's
Growing Younger - Health & Fitness Podcast for Over 40's
Latest Episodes
Why Your Knee Swells the Day AFTER a Long Walk (Not During)
You walked, it felt fine, you went to bed happy — then woke up with a puffy, stiff knee. Why the delay? It's one of the most predictable things in joint physiology, and once you understand it you'll never panic about it again. ...
Rebuilding Your Body and Identity After 50: The Refrigerator Test (Paul Harkins interview)
When you start over after 50 — after a divorce, a loss, or just waking up in a life that no longer fits — you can't separate the mental reinvention from the physical one. This week Alex sits down with Paul Harkins, who spent 30 years buil...
The Surprising Way Exercise Cleans Your Brain (New Research)
Your brain has an overnight cleaning system that flushes out the waste linked to dementia — and new research suggests exercise helps power it. The fascinating science connecting movement, sleep and a healthy brain, explained in plain English.&n...
The Fitness Ability That Fades Twice as Fast (And Nobody Trains It)
You can be "strong" and still lose the thing that gets you off the floor and out of a chair. It's called power — force times speed — and after 50 it disappears fast. Here's why it matters more than raw strength, and how to train it safely. ...
The Supplement Researchers Wish They'd Taken Seriously 30 Years Ago
For decades it was written off as a young bodybuilder's powder — and a generation of older adults, especially women, missed out. Now the research says creatine may be one of the safest, cheapest tools for protecting your muscle, your bone...