Outsmart your body: no matter your age, these eight tactics will slow down the the worst intentions of Old Man Time

Men's Fitness, Sept, 2003 by Myatt Murphy

According to a mounting body of evidence, both scientific and anecdotal, trying remedies that may have sounded silly in your 20s--meditation, yoga, massage--is exactly what you now need to do.

"These activities may sound too passive to improve your body, but they can prevent the damages of stress that can break down everything you've worked so hard at improving in the first place," says Bell. "Don't look at them as indulgences; look at each as insurance to guarantee you'll keep what you already have."