Dan Taylor

There's a version of this conversation I've had more times than I can count. An athlete over 50 comes to me frustrated — performance has plateaued, the body isn't recovering the way it used to, maybe a nagging injury has become a permanent resident. We talk through their training program and their fueling habits. And then, when I suggest changes, something shifts in the room. The resistance isn't logical. It's identity. The program they've been running for years is part of who they are. The...

Exercise vs. Nutrition for Athletes Over 50: Why You Can't Separate Them I worry about my clients. Maybe worry is too strong a word. My mission is to help them feel and be as strong and healthy as possible — and I'm dedicated to that mission. But I know that whether we share one or three hours a week together, I have a big influence on their movement: the quality and quantity of it. That covers their strength and mobility for the other 165 to 167 hours each week that I don't see them. What I...

How can you build — or at least preserve — power and strength into your later years? That question sounds straightforward. The answer is more nuanced than most fitness content lets on, because it requires understanding what power and strength actually are, what physiological changes are working against you after 50, and — critically — what factors within your control are limiting you far more than age itself. Let's start with the definitions, because conflating power and strength leads to...