Mikel Izquierdo
@mikelizquierdo.bsky.social
Full Professor, Physical Activity, Exercise Physiology, Biomechanics, Aging, and Optimization of Neuromuscular Performance. Public University of Navarra (Spain)
Dormir bien + moverse más durante TODO el día = 24 horas mágicas para la salud de niños y niñas 😴🏃♀️💫
Sueño suficiente, juego activo y menos pantallas se traducen en mejor salud física.
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@cultupna.bsky.social @navarrabiomed.bsky.social @deportegob.bsky.social
Sueño suficiente, juego activo y menos pantallas se traducen en mejor salud física.
🔗 theconversation.com/dormir-bien-...
@cultupna.bsky.social @navarrabiomed.bsky.social @deportegob.bsky.social
Dormir bien y moverse más: las 24 horas mágicas para niños sanos
Cuando un niño se siente motrizmente competente se crea un círculo virtuoso que lo lleva a querer moverse más y a disfrutar más del movimiento. ¿Cómo convertirlo en un hábito?
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Dormir bien + moverse más durante TODO el día = 24 horas mágicas para la salud de niños y niñas 😴🏃♀️💫
Sueño suficiente, juego activo y menos pantallas se traducen en mejor salud física.
🔗 theconversation.com/dormir-bien-...
@cultupna.bsky.social @navarrabiomed.bsky.social @deportegob.bsky.social
Sueño suficiente, juego activo y menos pantallas se traducen en mejor salud física.
🔗 theconversation.com/dormir-bien-...
@cultupna.bsky.social @navarrabiomed.bsky.social @deportegob.bsky.social
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
El próximo 21 de noviembre, en la jornada 'Fuerzas y tecnología: Binomio de rendimiento deportivo', contaremos con la presencia de @mikelizquierdo.bsky.social, de @upna.bsky.social.
Más información y acceso a la inscripción: labur.eus/pybb98h3
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November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
El próximo 21 de noviembre, en la jornada 'Fuerzas y tecnología: Binomio de rendimiento deportivo', contaremos con la presencia de @mikelizquierdo.bsky.social, de @upna.bsky.social.
Más información y acceso a la inscripción: labur.eus/pybb98h3
Más información y acceso a la inscripción: labur.eus/pybb98h3
👵👴 Older adults often face frailty, sarcopenia, falls, multimorbidity and polypharmacy.
This new framework—published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity (2025)—shows how integrating exercise prescription with medication management can transform care.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
This new framework—published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity (2025)—shows how integrating exercise prescription with medication management can transform care.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
👵👴 Older adults often face frailty, sarcopenia, falls, multimorbidity and polypharmacy.
This new framework—published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity (2025)—shows how integrating exercise prescription with medication management can transform care.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
This new framework—published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity (2025)—shows how integrating exercise prescription with medication management can transform care.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
El caos de la intensidad del ejercicio" Vídeo 🎥: sobre cómo hablar bien de la intensidad del ejercicio. Proponen 5 niveles (muy baja→muy alta) y 5 descriptores de esfuerzo. Umbrales metabólicos y RIR > % fijos para prescribir mejor.
🔗 YouTube (resumen): youtu.be/k4C4z78FtIE
Realizado con IA
🔗 YouTube (resumen): youtu.be/k4C4z78FtIE
Realizado con IA
El caos de la intensidad del ejercicio
YouTube video by Mikel Izquierdo
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
El caos de la intensidad del ejercicio" Vídeo 🎥: sobre cómo hablar bien de la intensidad del ejercicio. Proponen 5 niveles (muy baja→muy alta) y 5 descriptores de esfuerzo. Umbrales metabólicos y RIR > % fijos para prescribir mejor.
🔗 YouTube (resumen): youtu.be/k4C4z78FtIE
Realizado con IA
🔗 YouTube (resumen): youtu.be/k4C4z78FtIE
Realizado con IA
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
💡 Why it matters:
- Exercise is a highly effective tool for managing conditions like diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, and even cognitive decline.
🏃♀️ Let’s redefine aging with movement as medicine!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Global consensus on optimal exercise recommendations for enhancing healthy longevity in older adults (ICFSR)
Aging, a universal and inevitable process, is characterized by a progressive accumulation of physiological alterations and functional decline over tim…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
💡 Why it matters:
- Exercise is a highly effective tool for managing conditions like diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, and even cognitive decline.
🏃♀️ Let’s redefine aging with movement as medicine!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
🌟 Exercise: The Ultimate Medicine for Healthy Aging! 🌟
This figure showcases the power of exercise compared to drug treatments across key health areas:
- 🌱 Optimization of peak body composition and fitness
- 🛡️ Prevention of chronic disease risk factors www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This figure showcases the power of exercise compared to drug treatments across key health areas:
- 🌱 Optimization of peak body composition and fitness
- 🛡️ Prevention of chronic disease risk factors www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🌟 Exercise: The Ultimate Medicine for Healthy Aging! 🌟
This figure showcases the power of exercise compared to drug treatments across key health areas:
- 🌱 Optimization of peak body composition and fitness
- 🛡️ Prevention of chronic disease risk factors www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This figure showcases the power of exercise compared to drug treatments across key health areas:
- 🌱 Optimization of peak body composition and fitness
- 🛡️ Prevention of chronic disease risk factors www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
Just published!! Global Consensus on Optimal Exercise Recomendations for Healthy Aging
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Just published!! Global Consensus on Optimal Exercise Recomendations for Healthy Aging
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
💊+🏋️♂️= Medicine.
In our latest @thelancet.com Longevity paper, we argue:
👉 “Exercise prescription is medically indicated, professionally implemented, and clinically monitored.”
It’s time to integrate exercise into medication management for older adults.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
In our latest @thelancet.com Longevity paper, we argue:
👉 “Exercise prescription is medically indicated, professionally implemented, and clinically monitored.”
It’s time to integrate exercise into medication management for older adults.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
September 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
💊+🏋️♂️= Medicine.
In our latest @thelancet.com Longevity paper, we argue:
👉 “Exercise prescription is medically indicated, professionally implemented, and clinically monitored.”
It’s time to integrate exercise into medication management for older adults.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
In our latest @thelancet.com Longevity paper, we argue:
👉 “Exercise prescription is medically indicated, professionally implemented, and clinically monitored.”
It’s time to integrate exercise into medication management for older adults.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
🧩 Structured, multidisciplinary framework to integrate #ExerciseIsMedicine into geriatric care.
💊 + 🏋️ = Better outcomes for older adults with multimorbidity & polypharmacy.
Published in @Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2025.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
💊 + 🏋️ = Better outcomes for older adults with multimorbidity & polypharmacy.
Published in @Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2025.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
September 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🧩 Structured, multidisciplinary framework to integrate #ExerciseIsMedicine into geriatric care.
💊 + 🏋️ = Better outcomes for older adults with multimorbidity & polypharmacy.
Published in @Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2025.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
💊 + 🏋️ = Better outcomes for older adults with multimorbidity & polypharmacy.
Published in @Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2025.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
💊+🏋️♂️= Medicine.
In our latest @thelancet.com Longevity paper, we argue:
👉 “Exercise prescription is medically indicated, professionally implemented, and clinically monitored.”
It’s time to integrate exercise into medication management for older adults.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
In our latest @thelancet.com Longevity paper, we argue:
👉 “Exercise prescription is medically indicated, professionally implemented, and clinically monitored.”
It’s time to integrate exercise into medication management for older adults.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
September 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
💊+🏋️♂️= Medicine.
In our latest @thelancet.com Longevity paper, we argue:
👉 “Exercise prescription is medically indicated, professionally implemented, and clinically monitored.”
It’s time to integrate exercise into medication management for older adults.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
In our latest @thelancet.com Longevity paper, we argue:
👉 “Exercise prescription is medically indicated, professionally implemented, and clinically monitored.”
It’s time to integrate exercise into medication management for older adults.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🧩 Structured, multidisciplinary framework to integrate #ExerciseIsMedicine into geriatric care.
💊 + 🏋️ = Better outcomes for older adults with multimorbidity & polypharmacy.
Published in @Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2025.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
💊 + 🏋️ = Better outcomes for older adults with multimorbidity & polypharmacy.
Published in @Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2025.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
September 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🧩 Structured, multidisciplinary framework to integrate #ExerciseIsMedicine into geriatric care.
💊 + 🏋️ = Better outcomes for older adults with multimorbidity & polypharmacy.
Published in @Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2025.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
💊 + 🏋️ = Better outcomes for older adults with multimorbidity & polypharmacy.
Published in @Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2025.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
💪 Want to reach 100 in great shape?
I’m grateful to be featured in @newscientist.com sharing insights on why strength, balance & mobility are key for #healthylongevity.
👉 Read here:
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
I’m grateful to be featured in @newscientist.com sharing insights on why strength, balance & mobility are key for #healthylongevity.
👉 Read here:
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
The exercises you need to do to reach 100 in great shape
To be truly fit in older age, you need to work on specific aspects of your fitness – and research shows that it’s never too late to reap the benefits
www.newscientist.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
💪 Want to reach 100 in great shape?
I’m grateful to be featured in @newscientist.com sharing insights on why strength, balance & mobility are key for #healthylongevity.
👉 Read here:
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
I’m grateful to be featured in @newscientist.com sharing insights on why strength, balance & mobility are key for #healthylongevity.
👉 Read here:
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
Hot off the press!!!! 💊+🏋️♂️ = #HealthierAging
Our @Lancet HealthyLongevity paper calls for a paradigm shift:
👉 Incorporating exercise into clinical practice alongside medication management
🔗 Free download :
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#ExerciseIsMedicine #HealthyLongevity
Our @Lancet HealthyLongevity paper calls for a paradigm shift:
👉 Incorporating exercise into clinical practice alongside medication management
🔗 Free download :
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#ExerciseIsMedicine #HealthyLongevity
September 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hot off the press!!!! 💊+🏋️♂️ = #HealthierAging
Our @Lancet HealthyLongevity paper calls for a paradigm shift:
👉 Incorporating exercise into clinical practice alongside medication management
🔗 Free download :
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#ExerciseIsMedicine #HealthyLongevity
Our @Lancet HealthyLongevity paper calls for a paradigm shift:
👉 Incorporating exercise into clinical practice alongside medication management
🔗 Free download :
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#ExerciseIsMedicine #HealthyLongevity
Hot off the press!!!! 💊+🏋️♂️ = #HealthierAging
Our @Lancet HealthyLongevity paper calls for a paradigm shift:
👉 Incorporating exercise into clinical practice alongside medication management
🔗 Free download :
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#ExerciseIsMedicine #HealthyLongevity
Our @Lancet HealthyLongevity paper calls for a paradigm shift:
👉 Incorporating exercise into clinical practice alongside medication management
🔗 Free download :
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#ExerciseIsMedicine #HealthyLongevity
September 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hot off the press!!!! 💊+🏋️♂️ = #HealthierAging
Our @Lancet HealthyLongevity paper calls for a paradigm shift:
👉 Incorporating exercise into clinical practice alongside medication management
🔗 Free download :
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#ExerciseIsMedicine #HealthyLongevity
Our @Lancet HealthyLongevity paper calls for a paradigm shift:
👉 Incorporating exercise into clinical practice alongside medication management
🔗 Free download :
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#ExerciseIsMedicine #HealthyLongevity
💪 Want to reach 100 in great shape?
I’m grateful to be featured in @newscientist.com sharing insights on why strength, balance & mobility are key for #healthylongevity.
👉 Read here:
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
I’m grateful to be featured in @newscientist.com sharing insights on why strength, balance & mobility are key for #healthylongevity.
👉 Read here:
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
The exercises you need to do to reach 100 in great shape
To be truly fit in older age, you need to work on specific aspects of your fitness – and research shows that it’s never too late to reap the benefits
www.newscientist.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
💪 Want to reach 100 in great shape?
I’m grateful to be featured in @newscientist.com sharing insights on why strength, balance & mobility are key for #healthylongevity.
👉 Read here:
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
I’m grateful to be featured in @newscientist.com sharing insights on why strength, balance & mobility are key for #healthylongevity.
👉 Read here:
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
👌👌Just published!!
Handgrip strength, a general indicator of muscle strength, moderates the relationship between cognition and functional independence in the oldest old.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Handgrip strength, a general indicator of muscle strength, moderates the relationship between cognition and functional independence in the oldest old.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
June 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
👌👌Just published!!
Handgrip strength, a general indicator of muscle strength, moderates the relationship between cognition and functional independence in the oldest old.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Handgrip strength, a general indicator of muscle strength, moderates the relationship between cognition and functional independence in the oldest old.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
🔁 Share with your teams
🧠 Rethink transitional care
📖 Read full study 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
#HealthyLongevity #Vivifrail #ExerciseIsMedicine #Geriatrics
🧠 Rethink transitional care
📖 Read full study 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
#HealthyLongevity #Vivifrail #ExerciseIsMedicine #Geriatrics
Redirecting
doi.org
August 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🔁 Share with your teams
🧠 Rethink transitional care
📖 Read full study 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
#HealthyLongevity #Vivifrail #ExerciseIsMedicine #Geriatrics
🧠 Rethink transitional care
📖 Read full study 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
#HealthyLongevity #Vivifrail #ExerciseIsMedicine #Geriatrics
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
🏡 Most programs:
Home-based
Low-cost
Short duration (4–12 weeks)
This isn’t just theory. It’s a scalable strategy for aging populations.
Home-based
Low-cost
Short duration (4–12 weeks)
This isn’t just theory. It’s a scalable strategy for aging populations.
August 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🏡 Most programs:
Home-based
Low-cost
Short duration (4–12 weeks)
This isn’t just theory. It’s a scalable strategy for aging populations.
Home-based
Low-cost
Short duration (4–12 weeks)
This isn’t just theory. It’s a scalable strategy for aging populations.
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
But… not everything improved (yet):
❌ Hospital readmissions
❌ Cognition
❌ Depression
❌ Quality of life
Still, no adverse events reported = SAFE ✅
❌ Hospital readmissions
❌ Cognition
❌ Depression
❌ Quality of life
Still, no adverse events reported = SAFE ✅
August 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
But… not everything improved (yet):
❌ Hospital readmissions
❌ Cognition
❌ Depression
❌ Quality of life
Still, no adverse events reported = SAFE ✅
❌ Hospital readmissions
❌ Cognition
❌ Depression
❌ Quality of life
Still, no adverse events reported = SAFE ✅
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
📈 Improvements were seen in:
✔️ Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)
✔️ Timed Up and Go (TUG)
✔️ 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)
🧠 Best combo? Strength + Walking
✔️ Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)
✔️ Timed Up and Go (TUG)
✔️ 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)
🧠 Best combo? Strength + Walking
August 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
📈 Improvements were seen in:
✔️ Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)
✔️ Timed Up and Go (TUG)
✔️ 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)
🧠 Best combo? Strength + Walking
✔️ Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)
✔️ Timed Up and Go (TUG)
✔️ 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)
🧠 Best combo? Strength + Walking
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
💡 Hospital stays lead to lasting disability in older adults.
Enter: Post-discharge exercise programs.
17 trials. 1,458 participants. The verdict?
🟢 Physical function improved significantly.
Enter: Post-discharge exercise programs.
17 trials. 1,458 participants. The verdict?
🟢 Physical function improved significantly.
August 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
💡 Hospital stays lead to lasting disability in older adults.
Enter: Post-discharge exercise programs.
17 trials. 1,458 participants. The verdict?
🟢 Physical function improved significantly.
Enter: Post-discharge exercise programs.
17 trials. 1,458 participants. The verdict?
🟢 Physical function improved significantly.
Reposted by Mikel Izquierdo
🏥➡️💪 1 in 3 older adults lose independence after hospital discharge.
But exercise might be the key to recovery.
Hot off The @thelancet.com #TheLancetHealthyLongevity press: A meta-analysis with BIG implications.
But exercise might be the key to recovery.
Hot off The @thelancet.com #TheLancetHealthyLongevity press: A meta-analysis with BIG implications.
August 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🏥➡️💪 1 in 3 older adults lose independence after hospital discharge.
But exercise might be the key to recovery.
Hot off The @thelancet.com #TheLancetHealthyLongevity press: A meta-analysis with BIG implications.
But exercise might be the key to recovery.
Hot off The @thelancet.com #TheLancetHealthyLongevity press: A meta-analysis with BIG implications.