Why Aging Doesn't Mean Declining with Will Harlow

Well Beyond 40

JJ Virgin

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

What if the stiffness, pain, or weakness you blame on aging is actually something you can improve? In this episode, I’m talking with physiotherapist and bestselling author Will Harlow about why getting older does not have to mean getting weaker, stiffer, or more limited. Will helps us reframe pain, balance issues, joint discomfort, and muscle loss as signals we can often improve with the right kind of movement. I want you to walk away knowing that strength, mobility, and independence are not reserved for the lucky few: they are things you can begin rebuilding today. What you’ll learn: (00:01:12) Declining Muscle Mass Impact on Aging Health (00:06:24) Age Strong: Busting Aging Decline Myths (00:13:27) Enhancing Health and Independence Through Strength Training (00:16:33) Renewing Mitochondrial Health for Muscle Strength (00:29:08) Grip Strength as Health Indicator in Assessing Muscles (00:30:57) Grip Strength and Functional Mobility Assessments (00:38:26) Strength gains through increasing exercise intensity gradually (00:41:54) The Three, Two, One Method for Muscle Growth (00:49:36) Central Sensitization in Chronic Pain Management (00:53:47) Mortality Risk and Economic Impact of Falls Love the podcast? Here’s what to do: Subscribe to the podcast. Leave a review. Text a screenshot to me at 813-565-2627 and wait for a personal reply because your voice is so important to me. Full show notes (including all links mentioned): https://jjvirgin.com/independence If your routine or eating habits have changed recently head to BodyBio.com/JJVIRGIN to start supporting your gut. Mitopure supports the cellular energy that allows your muscles to actually respond and adapt. Mitopure gummies make it simple. Visit https://timeline.com/jjvirgin for 20% off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.
0:05.0	Mom!
0:06.0	Up the stairs for something.
0:08.0	Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.
0:12.0	Mom, what's for dinner?
0:14.0	Chop, sizzle, done.
0:17.0	Hello Fresh can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.
0:23.6	So it's phones down, forks up.
0:25.6	Hello Fresh, bring back dinner time.
0:28.6	You don't even need a gym membership to get started.
0:32.6	You can do resistance training just using the stuff you have lying around your home even just
0:37.5	with your own body weight balance is a skill which is really good news because like
0:43.3	any other skill it can be improved it improves with practice and repetition so
0:48.0	someone comes to you and everything hurts what would be their first step?
0:56.9	I can think of a couple of patients who have come in to see me and they're in loads of pain, any movement hurts.
1:00.2	Even when you just touch them, they sort of jump.
1:02.9	And you think, well, that's not a normal response.
1:05.2	So what we have to do for that person is prove
1:07.7	that movement is not dangerous.
1:10.2	You've treated thousands of people.
1:12.6	What truth do you know that you find that most experts out there are missing?
1:17.6	Pain does not mean you're broken or damaged.
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