Newsletter 02 · August 2026
Aging Begins With a Broken Signal: The Silent Loss of Fast Motor Units
A personal theory on aging, motor-unit loss, and the signals that keep the body fast, precise, and capable.
Read article →Independent research on movement, aging and human performance
Age is not just counted.
It is expressed in movement.
I AM LONGEVITY is the research and newsletter home of Tony Ruggia: challenging conventional ideas about aging through the nervous system, motor units, power, and real human function.
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Newsletter 01 · August 2026
Rethinking Aging: A Systems-Level Failure of Motor Units
A systems-level argument about motor-unit survival, neural drive, and the system that turns intention into movement.
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What the headlines mean — and what they leave out.
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New research explained in plain language, without hype.
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Performance and aging
Movement, motor units, strength, speed and what functional aging really looks like.
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Practical ideas for keeping the nervous system challenged across the entire body.
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I AM LONGEVITY is built around a simple principle: looking young is not the same as functioning young. The work here focuses on the systems behind movement and the questions mainstream longevity culture often ignores.