Arete

Fitness

Strength, capacity and durability — the physical signals that track most strongly with a long life.

Capacity

VO₂max is the strongest single signal of a long life.

Beyond most blood biomarkers, cardiorespiratory fitness and lean mass predict how long — and how well — you live.

PhysicalStrength, capacity, durability
Top 25%VO₂max for age

VO₂max is the strongest single predictor of all-cause mortality — beyond most blood biomarkers — and Garmin's Firstbeat estimates it within ~5.7% MAPE. Grip strength and lean mass guard against sarcopenia and track with lifespan; progressive-overload logging and lactate-threshold (LT2) demarcation precision-tune training zones. The build target: AI-driven adaptive workout prescription keyed to each day's readiness score.

VO₂maxGrip / lean massProgressive overloadLT2
AI-driven adaptive prescription from daily readiness?

What we track

MarkerCapturesTarget
VO₂maxCardiorespiratory fitnessTop 25% for age
Grip / lean massSarcopenia resistanceRising or held with age
Progressive overloadStrength trajectorySteady week-over-week
LT2Training-zone precisionRising threshold

VO₂max above all

VO₂max is the strongest single predictor of all-cause mortality — beyond most blood biomarkers. Garmin's Firstbeat estimates it within ~5.7% mean absolute error from the wrist. Grip strength and lean mass guard against sarcopenia and track directly with lifespan.

The build target

AI-driven, adaptive workout prescription keyed to each day's readiness score — the member executes, the system plans.