Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community The Real Age-Proofing Secrets Aren’t for Sale Everyone’s chasing the next longevity hack—but what if the real secret isn’t hiding in a lab or supplement aisle, but already built into your daily routine? I’ve been tempted by “biological age” tests and towering supplement stacks promising to turn back time. But after decades of research, longevity scientist Dr. Matt Kaeberlein says the truth is...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Power Play: The Longevity Secret Hiding in Your Muscles You know what’s more important than slipping into your favorite jeans?Getting out of a chair without groaning. Muscle power—how quickly you can generate force—is one of the strongest predictors of how long (and how well) you’ll live. It even beats body fat levels. Research shows that older adults with higher muscle power have up to a 45% lower...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Inflammaging Is Real—But You Can Fight It With This Power Duo What if the secret to aging well isn’t in a supplement aisle—but in your next workout and what’s on your plate afterward? Let’s be honest: bodies come with some rude surprises. One day you’re feeling fine, the next your joints ache for no reason and your body feels “puffy” and slow. That’s not just time marching on—it’s inflammation...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Restorative Sleep Starts with Restorative Movement Ever stared at the ceiling at 2 a.m., doing mental math? “If I fall asleep now, I’ll get five hours…four hours…” That dread is brutal. Sleep was my superpower until hormonal hot flashes struck and woke me up every hour. Even now that I’m post-menopausal, I don’t sleep as restoratively as I once did. These struggles sneak up on so many of us,...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Do This Before Buying That Expensive Neck Cream Look around: coffee shops, offices, Zoom calls—even you right now. Heads down. Shoulders rounded. The dreaded “tech neck.” This posture is wiring our spines for pain. And if vanity speaks louder? Let’s just say it makes us look less vibrant and confident. Even as a coach, I’m not immune to screen-time slouch. The problem is, “just sitting up...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community I Don’t Love to Exercise. That’s Why I Love This Research Exercise has never been my hobby. I don’t wake up excited to do a workout, and I’m not training for anything besides living a good life. What I am always looking for is the least amount of effort that gives me the biggest payoff. That’s why this new research lit me up: you don’t need long, sweaty sessions to protect your blood sugar or your...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Stretch More? Stretch Less? Is It Even Important? No Wonder We’re Confused Last winter, while I was out walking—fast—I almost fell. I didn’t hit the ground, but jamming my leg down hard left me with pulled hamstrings that screamed into my hip. Within days my piriformis rebelled, and suddenly I was moving like a rusty hinge. That’s when I realized that flexibility isn’t just about touching your toes....
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community How Movement Builds Pain Resilience When I strain a muscle–as I did last December–I’m miserable. But here’s what I know: research says the more consistently I move, the less those everyday aches and twinges should knock me down. Could it be that I’d feel even more pain if I weren’t exercising regularly? Turns out, yes. A study of over 10,000 adults found that people who exercised more frequently...
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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community The Secret Metabolic Engine Powering Your Health True story: I'm 1/4 inch taller now than five years ago. How? I don't know for certain, but I'm hoping it means that I've added to my bone mass and I'm preventing my vertebrae from compressing. The opposite usually happens during aging. Keep this in mind: bones do more than hold you up—they fuel your metabolism. Active bone cells help regulate...
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