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Our read is that power and explosive training is well supported for longevity.
Our read is that maintaining power is a key goal to fight against age-related decline, directly related to healthspan and quality of life. It is crucial for preventing falls and maintaining quality of life in older adults, and likely more critical for women due to potentially faster loss of type 2 muscle fibers. Proactive efforts in midlife to maintain power can help preserve this ability for a longer duration.
Power training can be maintained through controlled movements and plyometrics. Plyometric exercises can be incorporated into warm-ups 4-7 times per week. Skipping is a simple and effective plyometric activity practiced by sprinters. Lateral jumps and combinations of jumps are acceptable variations of plyometrics. A plyometric session should prioritize quality of movement and freshness over fatigue.
Single-leg jumps with a single-leg landing increase injury risk compared to two-leg jumps and landings (Peter Attia). Joint pain and central fatigue in midlife women can complicate the recommendation to maintain power through high-impact exercises (Peter Attia).
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The intervention improves the primary outcome at standard doses in healthy adults.
The intervention improves the primary outcome at standard doses in healthy adults.
The intervention improves the primary outcome at standard doses in healthy adults.
Benefits hold across the populations where it's been tested.
The effect size is large enough to matter clinically, not just statistically.
Most of the support comes from short or small studies.
The headline effect shrinks once you account for trial quality.
Confounding and publication bias inflate the apparent benefit.
Confounding and publication bias inflate the apparent benefit.
Animal-model results don't translate to the human protocol being recommended.