Olympic legends Carl Lewis, Nadia Comaneci, Jerry Rice and Cheryl Miller show that greatness doesn’t end with medals. Their secret? Never retiring — and staying fit for life.

You’re 92, a widow, lonely and finding it hard to get out and about. Surely it’s time to put your feet up and live out your final years with a quiet dignity. As a mountain of research shows, that’s the stereotypical view of a nonagenarian. But not for Emma Maria Mazzenga, world-record sprinter from Padua in Italy.  She really is 92 and was widowed many years ago but in early 2025 she broke a long-standing world record for the 200 metres. Dissatisfied with her time of 54.47 se

When Sally Gunnell settled into the blocks for the Olympic 400 metre hurdles final, she knew the crux of the race would come in the final...

He published a worldwide bestseller with 'Aerobics' some fifity years ago. Today, at 94 years old, Dr Kenneth Cooper is still running, still writing and still a massive fitness advocate for the American people. If only more would take a leaf from his book (quite literally)!

The longer we work, the more comfortable our retirement. That’s the clear finding of a host of studies on financial wellbeing, the latest...

At 8.18am sharp the siren signalled the start of the sprint tri as part of the Cardiff Bay Triathlon events in Wales, and Margaret set...

The toughest walk in Rarotonga has to be the Rarotonga Cross Island Walk. It's definitely doable though and you get a beach holiday or a cold beer in a beachside beer afterwards so what's not to like?

'Row as though you are being chased by crocodiles!' When a British anaesthetist, Dr John Searle, was about to retire from medicine in his...

I got a note from the doc last week after a blood test I’d done following a bout of cellulitis contracted from swimming in contaminated...

Parkrun was built for everyone and has been tremendously successful - Even life-changing for some.

The jurys out - for me anyway. But there's no shortage of science around the benefits (and risks) of an ice bath.

There's some complicated and controversial science behind obesity and this is another example of it!

Irving Fields played the piano until he was 100 years old. Many of those at Nino's Italian Restaurant in New York. I'd have given anything to see that (too late now)!

Health tips from the late Dr. Michael Mosley - a man who knew about fitness.

This Daniel Lieberman book is worth a read for anyone that wants to lead a healthy life.

This is not an easy read. Not because it's harrowing but because it's a complex area - longevity science. For many, we really just need to understand (in layperson's terms) what the key longevity essentials are.

Paddle boarding is on the up and it's easy to see why when you talk to Bill Dawes about it. Also, this sport can do more good than you think (and is available to almost anyone). Time for you to become a paddle board fanatic?

When I read in Lifespan how anti-aging scientists stuck needles in the vertebral discs of rats to make them degenerate in the interests...

Startling findings from a study led by American cardiologist, Dr. Eric Topol.