If you’re serious about living a longer, healthier life, it’s time to stop guessing and start measuring. These four proactive health assessments give you the tools to understand how your body is functioning, identify areas for improvement and take real steps toward a stronger future.
Aging is inevitable, but how you age? That is flexible.
Everyone wants to stay strong, sharp, mobile and independent for as long as possible. But, hoping for the best isn’t a strategy. While lifestyle habits like exercise, sleep and nutrition are important, there’s a big difference between doing “what’s healthy” and knowing what’s actually working for your unique body.
That’s where personalized health assessments come in. By measuring things like how your body is changing over time, how your cardiovascular system performs under stress and how your strength is holding up, you get something most people don’t: clarity.
Instead of guessing, you get answers. Instead of generic advice, you get direct guidance. And most importantly, instead of waiting for something to go wrong, you stay ahead of it.
Here are four of the most powerful assessments for understanding and improving longevity.
Muscle, fat and bone density all shift with age, and most of the time those changes happen quietly. You might look the same, but your body composition can tell a very different story.
A DXA Scan gives you a full breakdown of:
This is important because losing muscle and bone density is one of the biggest contributors to frailty, falls and injuries. Another key reading in a DXA Scan is visceral vs. subcutaneous fat. Visceral fat is the fat around your organs and when you have too much, you’re more susceptible to cardiovascular, metabolic and inflammatory issues.
Getting this data helps you make smart decisions about how you stay active, how you eat and where to focus your energy. It’s not about looks, it’s about function, resilience and aging well from the inside out.
You’ve probably heard of VO2max before, especially in athletic circles. But what most people don’t realize is that it’s the number one predictor of all-cause mortality.
A lab-grade VO2 max assessment is quick, with the average test being completed in 6-15 minutes, depending on the individual. The VO2 max test measures how many milliliters of oxygen your body uses per kilogram of body weight each minute. During the test, exercise intensity gradually increases while heart rate, breathing rate and oxygen consumption are closely monitored.
VO2max measures your body’s ability to take in and use oxygen during exercise. A higher score reflects better cardiovascular health, stronger aerobic fitness and greater endurance.
People with a higher VO2max tend to live longer and have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. It reflects how efficiently your body handles stress, physically and metabolically.
Even moderate improvements in VO2max have been linked to major reductions in health risk. It’s a data point worth knowing and, more importantly, one worth improving.
Grip strength has been shown in multiple studies to be a surprisingly powerful predictor of overall health, particularly in older adults.
A low grip strength is associated with a higher mortality risk and increased risk of falls and fractures. It’s not only about your hands; it’s a reflection of total body strength and neuromuscular function.
The test itself takes seconds, but the insights are long-lasting. Strength plays a vital role in maintaining independence with age, and this one metric can act as an early warning system, helping you catch declines in function and imbalances before they become irreversible.
All of these assessments share one thing in common: they help you see what’s going on underneath the surface. Aging doesn’t happen overnight, and neither do the changes that chip away at your quality of life.
What’s powerful is that most of these changes are measurable, manageable and modifiable with the right plan.
You don’t need to be obsessed with optimization, you simply need to be aware and willing to take the small, consistent steps based on what your body is actually telling you.
With the right measurement, insights and management, you can stay strong longer, prevent the decline before it starts and feel more confident in your body’s future.
If you are looking to start your longevity journey today, Human Powered Health is here to help. Offering a wide range of services, a staff of master’s-level performance physiologists and lab-grade testing only found in medical settings, this is where you can take control of your health.
Our expert team put together longevity testing packages that will give you key data on your longevity. These packages include the Baseline, Core and Premium, each providing critical metrics that help you train smarter, age stronger and stay ahead of your health.
Because when you understand your body, you can do more than just add years onto your life, but life onto your years.
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