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Fitness Stuff (for normal people)

10 Must-Track Health Metrics for a Longer Life

Fitness Stuff (for normal people)

Tony and Marianna

Health & Fitness

4.9644 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

If you care about living longer and better—this episode is for you. Today, we’re breaking down the 10 most important health metrics every person should be tracking for longevity, backed by research that ties each one to actual lifespan. No fluff—just the hard-hitting stuff that helps you live longer, move better, and feel more like yourself for years to come. Covering resting heart rate, grip strength, mental health, daily steps, VO₂ max, sleep quality, fiber, blood pressure, waist-to-height ratio, and metabolic labs like HbA1c & ApoB plus: how to track them, what your numbers should be, and realistic ways to improve them—without obsessing over every number on a spreadsheet.This is the kind of episode you’ll want to save and come back to. Because your future self will thank you.


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Timestamps:

(03:00) Resting Heart Rate

(06:53) Strength Tests

(15:40) Flourishing Scale

(18:58) Daily Step Count

(26:45) Blood Pressure

(35:11) Waist:Height Ratio

(39:34) Sleep Quality

(42:23) Fiber Intake

(53:32) VO2 Max

(59:20) HbA1C & Apo B

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today, we are breaking down the top 10 must track health metrics you need to be paying attention

0:05.5

to if you want to live as long and as good as you can.

0:10.0

These metrics range from tracking different parts of your physical health to strength

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and even psychological well-being that all have a direct tie to how long you will live.

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And if you even like what we're doing here at all, we would appreciate it if you took the time to rate the show on whatever platform you are listening to us on so much.

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Seriously, it helps more than you know.

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Like their normal way tastes good, but it's just that milky taste sometimes.

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I'm in the mood for something refreshing at summertime.

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