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Summary In this solo episode, Coach Allan follows up on the prior week’s darker message by asking a hopeful question: if you knew you could not fail, what would you really want for your health and future? Sharing his own arc from a fit, athletic young man to an overweight and unhealthy 40 something, he… Continue reading Does it really matter to you?

Summary In episode 744 of the 40+ Fitness Podcast, host Coach Allan follows up on the previous week’s darker “do nothing” episode with a more positive framing of the same idea: you are always choosing between two futures for your health and fitness. He opens with the question that reframed his own life, if you… Continue reading Two futures

Summary In this solo episode, Coach Allan opens up about the hardest 16 to 18 months of his life: settling his mother’s estate over 11 months after she passed following a hospital stay, followed by his own health scare that began with blood in his urine and spiking blood pressure. Scans in early 2026 revealed… Continue reading Are you willing to embrace the suck?

Summary In this solo Q&A episode of the 40+ Fitness Podcast, Coach Allan opens with the good news that his post-surgery pathology came back clear of cancer, then works through listener-submitted questions. He covers how a couple in their 50s can motivate each other to get healthy by communicating needs, protecting sleep, sharing meal responsibilities,… Continue reading Q&A – Motivation, Functional Fitness, Power, and Supplements with Coach Allan

Summary In episode 741, Coach Allan sits down with Scott Fulton, an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, the University of Virginia, and the University of Delaware and past president of the National Aging in Place Council, to discuss his book Function: Turn Your Blind Spots into Strengths. Scott builds his approach around one core idea:… Continue reading Find function for a better life with Scott Fulton

Summary Veteran science journalist Bill Gifford, co-author of the number one bestseller Outlive, joins Coach Allan to unpack the double edged nature of heat and the research behind his book Hotwired: How the Hidden Power of Heat Makes Us Stronger. They begin with the dangers, walking through heat exhaustion and the far more serious heat… Continue reading How heat makes you healthier and more fit with Bill Gifford

Summary Coach Allan welcomes Dr. Jacques MoraMarco and Dr. Yun Kim, both doctors of traditional East Asian medicine and lineage holders of Sun Tai Chi, to discuss their book Walking Your Way to Vitality. The conversation reframes walking as far more than putting one foot in front of the other. The doctors describe several styles,… Continue reading Fall prevention, vitality, and longevity with Dr. Jacques MoraMarco and Dr. Yun Kim

Summary In episode 738, Coach Allan shares that as this episode airs he should be recovering from a radical nephrectomy, the removal of one of his kidneys, after being diagnosed with kidney cancer at age 60. A publicist connected him with Dr. Nitin Yerram, a urologic oncologist at Hackensack University Medical Center who specializes in… Continue reading Dealing with kidney cancer with Dr. Nitin Yerram

Summary Coach Allan welcomes physical therapist Eilene Kopsaftis, who has practiced since 1994 and wrote the book Aging Culprits: 12 Myths That Sabotage Your Future and Steal Your Joy after losing both of her brothers in their forties, one to cancer and the other to heart disease. She argues that the decline we associate with… Continue reading Beat the aging culprits with Eilene Kopsaftis

Summary Coach Allan welcomes back David Frost, an NFPT Certified Master Fitness Trainer, national and world champion masters rower, and Navy veteran, to discuss his book Strong to Save: Your Gen X Imperative to Die Harder and Later. Frost argues that Americans now live roughly 9.6 years longer than their healthspan, and that serious resistance… Continue reading Die harder and later with David Frost