I Am Sixty-Three, and I Still Take the Stairs Two at a Time

Charles Renwick

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I had begun to treat the staircase as optional, a thing one delegated to the lift. My knees had their own opinions, and I had learned, unhappily, to listen. A colleague mentioned Formula No. II. I was sceptical of the category. I am not sceptical now.

01

It maintains the structure, not merely the ache

Formula No. II is not an analgesic dressed as a supplement. Glucosamine, chondroitin, collagen and boswellia: the compounds that keep cartilage able to take a load, dosed as the papers dosed them. The ache recedes because the joint is being kept, not because the signal is being shouted down.

02

The doses match the studies, and they print every one

Most of the category hides behind a proprietary blend. You cannot tell whether the ingredient is in the bottle. Ashford prints every milligram. The glucosamine is the full 1,500 mg used in the research, not a sprinkle for the label.

03

It was formulated for men past fifty, specifically

The body at sixty isn't the body at thirty asking for more protein. Bone density, calcium handling, the slow loss of cartilage: these are its only concerns. Nothing else, and nothing for show.

04

The difference, measured in ordinary mornings

I'd stopped noticing how much I'd given up: the strategy to rise from a low chair, the lift chosen over the stairs.

Then those small negotiations fell away. I get up without thinking about it, walk the full course, take the stairs because they're there.

05

It gave me back a certain confidence

A body you no longer trust makes you hesitate. You beg off the walk, sit out the dance. That doubt has lifted. My wife will tell you I carry myself differently now, and she is right. A man who trusts his body, it turns out, is easier to live with.

06

Every batch is tested by someone with nothing to sell

Every lot is independently assayed for potency and screened for heavy metals, with a certificate of analysis on request. At our age we've read enough about what's found in cheap supplements.

07

The ritual is simple enough to actually keep

Four capsules each morning with the first glass of water. That's the whole protocol. Bone remodels over months, not mornings. The men who get results are the ones who don't skip.

08

I'm not the only one who stayed

I'm one of thousands. A few of the notes other men have left:

09

It costs less than the sum of its parts

Bought separately, as eight decent bottles, you'd spend well north of $120 a month, much of it filler. On the monthly preparation, Formula No. II is $49. One bottle, one price, free shipping.

10

And there is a thirty-day guarantee

If it hasn't earned its place within thirty days, they refund it, no correspondence required. After three years, I've never asked.

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The reviews are in

Men past fifty, in their own words.

  • “in a better mood most days. thats worth it alone”

    Rob W.

  • “feel stronger, look stronger”

    Dennis A.

  • “id stopped going for most of last year. now im back 4 days a week and actually look forward to it”

    Barry W.

  • “started with this, added the heart formula”

    Carlos J.