Longevity & Health Span
Training With the Long View in Mind
Building muscle after 40 isn’t just about looking “fit”. It means you can continue to pick up your kids or grandkids, carry groceries, get up off the floor, and move through life without constant fear of injury.
Muscle is your armour against aging – it’s an investment in Health for the long-term.
As the body’s largest metabolic organ, more muscle means better blood sugar control, lower inflammation, and a metabolism that actually works for you. Strength training improves how your body handles glucose, burns fat, and regulates energy—helping your body resist:
- Type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance
- Heart disease and high blood pressure
- Metabolic syndrome and visceral fat gain
- Fatty liver disease
- Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline
- Osteoporosis and fractures
- Sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss)
- Chronic inflammation
- Loss of mobility and independence
At Fit For Life, I work with all ages, specializing in helping adults 40+ stay strong, capable, and built to last—without punishment, burnout, or living in the gym.
This is training with intention. Built to support your body, your metabolism, and the decades ahead.
What This Training Supports
Strength & Tissue Health
Maintaining muscle, connective tissue, and bone strength to support daily function and resilience.
Energy & Metabolic Health
Training that supports cardiovascular capacity, blood sugar regulation, and overall vitality.
Recovery & Stress Resiliencey
Balancing challenge with adequate recovery to protect the nervous system and prevent burnout.
Carefully Dosed, Consistent, and Sustainable
Strength training, mobility work, and conditioning are carefully dosed to stimulate adaptation without excess wear and tear.
Intensity is managed to respect:
- Recovery capacity
- Sleep quality
- Individual life demands
This is training that respects aging while actively slowing its effects.
Who Longevity Training Is For
This approach is well suited if you:
- Want to stay strong, mobile, and independent as you age
- Are focused on long-term health rather than short-term performance
- Prefer intelligent, sustainable training
- Want your training to support, not compete with, your life
Programs are adapted to different ages, abilities, and starting points.
Part of an Integrated Approach
Longevity and health span training is supported by:
- Functional Training to maintain integrated movement
- Circular Strength for joint resilience and coordination
- Rehabilitation & Bulletproofing to protect and restore capacity
- Nutritional Guidance to support recovery and metabolic health
Together, these elements create a foundation for strong, capable living over time.
I’m a 90 year old woman. Clear of mind and out walking although not breaking any speed records and, doing regular resistance training in my home, coached by Ashaman for many years. He designed a routine for me suited to my body structure and condition.
What this means is that my energy and strength are stable as I age. It’s a wonderful thing to be able to carry my groceries, open tight jars, perform tasks in my garden.
I shall continue to rely on Ashaman; he counsels me on alternate ways to handle aches and pains; I trust him. Not because he happens to be my son but because he’s there for me.
Marlenka