Dan Taylor

Older competitive athletes may have substantially better health profiles than the general population in their age group (normally 35+, often over 50). But assuming they are more resilient, that they enjoy a lower injury risk, or that they have superior bone density compared to others in their age group is a slippery slope. As with many other fitness markers involving older athletes, long-term specific preventive behavior and injury history often have much bigger influences on skeletal...

Power and grace Caveats: These are athletes who, at their peaks, display my most highly valued qualities, including elite Vo2 max, exemplary strength-to-bodyweight ratios, open and symmetrical ranges of motion (ROM), above-average force-production capacity, maximum power-generation skills (fast, explosive strength), and uncommon balance and coordination. I am not recommending that older athletes begin training or competing as these athletes do. I am advocating that we older hybrid athletes...

I had a session this morning with a client who's been dealing with tight hips and nagging pain along the outside of her thigh, near the IT band. Her instinct, like most people's, was to stretch and roll the area that actually hurts. It hasn't helped much. Here's what's really going on, as best I can tell: years ago she broke her ankle. Since then, without ever noticing it, she's leaned on that leg differently — asking the muscles deep in her hip to work overtime to stabilize her every time...