When you think about healthy ageing, you probably think about strength, cardiovascular fitness, mobility and balance.

But there's another physical quality we don't talk about nearly enough:

Power.

Strength is your ability to produce force. Power is your ability to produce that force quickly.

And that matters whether you're sprinting out of the blocks, reacting behind the wheel of a race car—or simply trying to catch yourself when you trip.

In this episode of The Fundamentals of Fitness, Alison explores why muscular power matters, why it can decline as we age and how we can train it safely at different stages of life.

We cover:

• The difference between strength and power
• Why power matters outside elite sport
• What happens to muscle and rapid forc ...