Did you know that in Canada, life expectancy at birth is about 81.7 years, but healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth is only about 66.9 years (Statistics Canada, 2023)? That’s roughly 15 years on average lived with reduced health! Now I want you to consider this chart. (comments) The average person and the master athlete start in roughly the same place. Same age. Similar capacity. Then their paths diverge. The average person declines earlier while the master athlete stays above the functional threshold longer: more years where getting up, moving, balancing, and living independently still feel normal. That gap, the hatched area, is what I’m hoping KinCentury helps people protect. Now I know that “master athlete” is an extreme, but I sincerely think everyone can be an athlete for and of life. Concretely, the app measures your physical / fitness age, so you can see where you actually stand today and what trajectory you’re currently on. Long-term I hope to establish more standard tests and data to make functional capacity visible and actionable. If this resonates with you, I’d love for you to try the app and tell me what feels useful and what doesn’t. (Sources: Statistics Canada — life expectancy & health-adjusted life expectancy at birth, Canada, 2023.) App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6790168287   submitted by   /u/Chris_des007 [link]   [comments]