Diego Santos
Performance Science Writer
Endurance and serious fitness athletes
Diego Santos writes the performance-science beat for endurance and competitive athletes — VO2 max, recovery, fueling and training adaptation — translating exercise physiology into an edge you can train on.
Latest articles
Healthspan, Not Just Lifespan: A Whole-Life Blueprint for Aging Well
A new European synthesis maps the levers — personal, clinical, and environmental — that may compress the years we spend sick at the end of a longer life.
The Walking-Habit Prescription: Texting Caregivers Into 1,000 Steps a Day
A 12-week Northwell trial is testing whether personalized SMS nudges can convert occasional strolls into automatic daily walking among dementia caregivers — a clean readout on the physiology of habit itself.
Creatine Goes Cognitive: Inside a Real Trial in Mild Cognitive Impairment
A 26-week Canadian study pits creatine, resistance training, and the combination against placebo in older adults with MCI — a rare attempt to test the brain-health story properly.
Aerobic Capacity Is Brain Capacity: How VO2peak Tracks With White-Matter Health
A new lifespan MRI study links higher cardiorespiratory fitness to cleaner white matter and fewer brain lesions — a moderate-evidence case that training your engine trains your wiring.