ECEd Cooper

1. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Ed Cooper

   "We naturally lose muscle mass, reaction speed and balance as we age,” says this elite Hollywood coach who's trained everyone from Margot Robbie and Scarlet Johansson to Richard Madden and Pedro Pascal — but recommends doing step-ups to undo the damage of aging in your glutes, quads and calves (opens the original)

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   There’s a reason why some of the most effective exercises tend to mirror movements in real life. It’s not because personal trainers and coaches lack imagination, but because the body doesn't care how creative your programming is — it cares whether you can climb a flight of stairs without grabbing the banister, for example, or if you can catch yourself from a stumble. These are just a few of the benchmarks that matter in later life, and for elite performance coach David Higgins — who has trained

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