Numbers to Track Besides Your Steps

About this episode

This episode discusses important health metrics beyond just step count, focusing on strength, body composition, and their implications for healthspan and lifespan.

Yes, steps are an easy action item to identify and cross off, but what about metrics for strength, body composition, and other risks for all cause mortality? In this episode, we go through easily accessible numbers we can aim for with goal-setting for healthspan AND lifespan, including why we need to work on that dead fish handshake. Plus some nutritional quick hitters at the end!

Topics covered

• health metrics
• strength training
• body composition
• mortality risks
• goal-setting
• nutrition

Keywords

• healthspan
• lifespan
• strength
• body composition
• mortality
• nutrition
• goal-setting

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