Grip strength as a longevity signal: functionally strong without PR obsession
Grip strength correlates with health outcomes — train it functionally via carries and loaded work, not as your only KPI.
Tennis, padel, badminton: racket sport as a healthspan tool
Racket sport combines cardio, reaction and social movement. Strong for healthspan — with strength and injury sense.
Green Mediterranean diet: what the studies show and what you can take from it as an athlete
The green Mediterranean diet was tested mainly in men with overweight, not in athletes. Read where the stories about ten extra years come from and what you can apply in Belgium.
Longevity myths: what you can drop
From ‘+10 years’ headlines to biohack stacks: five myths that cost active people time — with WHO/Sciensano framing and what still stands.
The minimal health week: what it needs when life gets busy
A minimal health week keeps strength, easy endurance, sleep and a simple eating pattern in place, even in a packed week. You get a worked example for the WHO minutes and read what research says about the minimum.
Healthspan vs lifespan: five levers that actually matter
Healthspan vs lifespan is about years alive versus years in which you still function well. This article looks at what the WHO recommends and what diet models do and do not say.
How many steps a day are useful for your health?
Do you really need 10,000? What large studies say about steps, ordinary movement and training, and how to move a little more in an ordinary week.
What longevity is (and isn’t) for athletes
Longevity for athletes is less about “live longer” hype and more about healthspan: staying fit without extremes. A practitioner filter on myths, levers, and a realistic week to start.
