David Vaux began his career working as a London Firefighter, serving for 15 years on fire rescue operations and as physical education officer until he suffered a career ending injury. He subsequently retrained as an Osteopath and threw himself into the world of academia. He successfully applied strength and movement research to his own rehabilitation from long-term pain and disability.

As one of the UK’s leading Osteopaths, David uses his lived and clinical experience to provide injury prevention and conditioning advice within the performing arts and international sports. In addition to this, David provides strategic advice on therapy and exercise for a UK arthritis charity. He is an authority on older age strength and resilience, providing his expertise to healthy ageing projects for the government, private, and third-party sectors.

David is a vocal advocate for breaking down barriers to strength focused activity in middle age and promoting strength as a reservoir on which our later life health relies. David’s new rescue mission is the democratisation of strength for all, in the fight for optimal immunity, independent aging and resilience for an aging population.

He is a regular contributor to magazines, journals and podcasts that focus on achieving strength and fitness in older age, the prevention of frailty and how to train optimally in middle age.

STRONGER: HOW TO BUILD STRENGTH: THE SECRET TO A LONGER, HEALTHIER LIFE was published by Short Books, an imprint of Hachette, in March 2024.

Bringing together the latest scientific research to explain why strength training in mid-life is the simplest and cheapest thing people is can do to transform their bodies, STRONGER provides a 10-step strength training plan readers can tailor to their own needs, and a clear roadmap to follow.