Training for longevity

Habits with evidence behind them for the decades, not just the next six weeks.

Japanese Walking: What It Is and What the Science Shows
Guides
5
Reading time
1h 25m

The step-count guide traces the 10,000 target back to a 1965 pedometer advert and shows what the research actually supports, which is lower. The strength-training guide covers how much is enough as training shifts from aesthetic to protective with age. The creatine guide looks specifically at postmenopausal evidence, where the picture is more encouraging than the general muscle-building claim most marketing leans on.

The measurement side gets the same treatment: grip strength is one of the better-studied markers of how the next decades tend to go, and the interval-walking method behind the 'Japanese walking' label is research from 2007 wearing a viral name. Small, well-evidenced habits rather than a longevity protocol with a price tag.

See the other 4 guides