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Evidence-based coaching, written plainly — from a PhD candidate in exercise physiology who also coaches every day. Most fitness content tells you to do more. We start somewhere more useful: finding out what you don’t yet know.

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Your heart’s 10- and 30-year odds

Most tests in this series measure where your body is today. This one forecasts where it’s headed — a quick PREVENT-based estimate of your long-term heart-disease risk.

Jonathan Hoch · July 9, 2026 · 7 min read

Start by knowing where you stand

The honest first question.
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Where do you actually stand?

Most people are guessing about their own body.

Before you change anything, get a real number. Each of these is a short, validated self-test — your heart, your strength, your staying power — that shows you where you are, not where you assume you are.

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