PepTalk365 Functional age
The ten-minute test

Seven things your chart never measured

Your age is on a form somewhere. How old your body actually performs is the number nobody ever gave you.

What you need

01A dining chair without arms
02A clear wall and a bit of floor
03A tape measure
04A timer — your phone will do
05One flight of stairs

What gets measured

Sit-to-standBalancePlank hold Waist to heightResting heart rate Step recoverySleep

No lab work. No wearable. Not one of these has ever appeared on a chart handed to you — and every one of them predicts how well you'll be moving in ten years better than the scale does.

About ten minutes. Stop any movement that hurts — skip it and enter your best honest guess. If you have a heart, joint, bone-density or balance condition, check with your provider before the stair test.

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