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Fitness and Training for Life

💪 Intro: Fitness and Training for Life

I have strong opinions about what it takes to stay active for life.

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Cortisol Isn't the Enemy You Think It Is, and Neither Is Your Easy Low Heart Rate Training

A claim about cortisol has been circulating, and many intelligent people have accepted it.

Jun 15 • Howard Luks MD

Home Exercises: Part 2. Saturay Action Plan

Building out your home exericse options... this time with a single exercise band.

Jun 13 • Howard Luks MD and Stephen Portee

Joint Pain, Tendons and Orthopedic Insight

👨‍⚕️ Intro: Joint Pain, Tendons and Orthopedic Insight

Our top 6 articles and answers to your top 10 questions in this pillar.

Jun 16 • Howard Luks MD

Exercise and Knee Arthritis: Can Exercise Decrease Pain AND Increase Cartilage Thickness?

We're going to review a fascinating new article. If you have OA and can still exercise you will want to read this.

Jun 1 • Howard Luks MD

TENDONS: Why They Hurt, Why They Hate Rest, And Why Your Overall Health Matters

Everything I’ve written about tendons: summarized in one place

May 11 • Howard Luks MD

Metabolic Health

🔥 Intro: Metabolic Health

I have come to believe that many of the problems we blame on aging are not really aging problems at all.

Jun 16 • Howard Luks MD

Joint and Tendon Pain Is Often A Symptom Of A Systemic Issue

Probably one of the most important topics that I will write about...

Jun 12 • Howard Luks MD

Do GLP1 Medications Regenerate Cartilage?

Is this a new promising treatment for osteoarthritis?

Mar 30 • Howard Luks MD

Labs, Biomarkers and Medical Decision Making

🧪 Intro: Labs, Biomarkers and Medical Decision Making

I think many people have been taught to read medicine the wrong way.

Apr 23 • Howard Luks MD

Labs That Lie To Us Series

Why “normal” lab values aren’t really normal at all, and what optimal ranges actually look like for metabolic health.

Apr 16 • Howard Luks MD

Beyond the T-Score: What Your DEXA Scan Actually Tells You (and What It Misses) and Why New Ways To Analyze Bone Might Be Better

Bone a living mineral bank that your body draws from every day. The DEXA scanner is trying to image how much you have, but it is working with a limited…

Apr 13 • Howard Luks MD

Bone, Muscle and Hormones

What 14 of the World’s Top Muscle Scientists Just Agreed On

Resistance training, response heterogeneity, and what it means for the rest of us

May 26 • Howard Luks MD

🦴 Intro: Bone, Muscle and Hormones

I do not think of bone, muscle, and hormones as separate topics.

Apr 23 • Howard Luks MD

Saturday Action Plan: 6 Exercises That Build Bone Density

Men, pay attention, you get osteoporosis, too.

Mar 21 • Howard Luks MD

Brain Health, Human Connection and Purpose

🧠 Intro: Brain Health, Human Connection and Purpose

I do not think brain health begins and ends in the brain.

Apr 23 • Howard Luks MD

Dementia Risk and APOE4: What Carriers Should Actually Do About It.

If you carry one or two copies of APOE4, you have a significantly increased risk of dementia. But, you have agency and things to do to minimize that…

Apr 20 • Howard Luks MD

The Amyloid Hypothesis: How Research Consensus Cost Us Decades. A Deep Dive Into The Likely Causes of Alzheimer's.

BRAIN HEALTH SERIES · POST 5

Apr 8 • Howard Luks MD

Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness

Built to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness

A physician /longevity author's take on midlife health, movement, and resilience. I write about fitness, longevity, mindset, and the quiet cost of stillness. Sometimes, it is orthopedic and always focused on living stronger—on purpose.

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