Structured Workouts Reset the Aging Clock
New research shows planned workouts outperform daily activity for longevity.
Fit pros can assure clients that paying for individualized training is a solid investment in future health and vitality. A new review from Tohoku University researchers in Sendai City, Japan, finds that structured, repetitive exercise routines like strength training, endurance or mixed-modality programs, can effectively reverse or rejuvenate blood- and muscle-based epigenetic clocks, delaying aging across multiple organs.
In contrast to lifestyle activity or casual movement, programmed exercise is a therapeutic intervention that slows molecular aging, extends the healthspan and prevents or delays age-related decline and chronic diseases. The good news for fit pros to share: maintaining measurable physical fitness gains through structured training offers more potent anti-aging effects than an active lifestyle alone. Findings are published in Aging (2025; doi: 10.18632/aging.206278). To read the study, click here.
Shirley Eichenberger-Archer, JD, MA
Shirley Eichenberger-Archer, JD, MA, is an internationally acknowledged integrative health and mindfulness specialist, best-selling author of 16 fitness and wellness books translated into multiple languages and sold worldwide, award-winning health journalist, contributing editor to Fitness Journal, media spokesperson, and IDEA's 2008 Fitness Instructor of the Year. She's a 25-year industry veteran and former health and fitness educator at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, who has served on multiple industry committees and co-authored trade books and manuals for ACE, ACSM and YMCA of the USA. She has appeared on TV worldwide and was a featured trainer on America's Next Top Model.
