How well is your body aging? In this episode I share five test to find out + go to https://go.gethealthyutv.com/thehonestchannel4/ and get the first full year of Get Healthy U TV Premium for only $1.49
The 5 simple home tests shared today check key markers of healthy aging — from balance and strength to endurance, mobility, and even memory.
You’ll learn:
💪 How your grip strength reflects your overall muscle health
🦵 The sit-to-stand test that predicts longevity
🚶♀️ A quick endurance challenge that shows how fit your heart and lungs are
🧍♀️ A balance test that reveals fall risk (and how to improve it)
🧠 A simple memory check inspired by clinical recall tests
Each one takes just a few minutes and gives you valuable insight into how well you’re aging — and what you can work on to feel stronger, steadier, and sharper for longer.
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:: Harvard article https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/all-rise-now-just-how-fit-are-you-2020050619770
:: 1 min sit to stand test research https://tinyurl.com/5akzfcxe
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:52 Balance test
02:32 Get Healthy U TV offer
03:32 Grip strength
04:44 Floor-to-stand test
06:46 One-minute sit-to-stand test
08:40 Memory & cognitive check
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Loved this video . Sit to stand 1 min test at 55 yo I got 62. Floor to stand all good , balance with eyes open over minute – eyes closed wonky as! I have been following your parents journey is truly inspirational.
I’m 64 and I did 45 s2s in one minute! I do practice this although I’ve gotten a little sporadic about it. I also have great balance and practice that too
Check your form on the sit to stand test. You’ve got duck feet and your knees are turning in.
Brilliant Clair! 🙌 Some of them I have heard of others not! As I have been paralyzed from the waist down on my left leg I have since then trained my balance but I do not get better…. I do go to the gym now and it is soo fun! I had forgotten and thanks to you I have my trainer Sebastian and see him twice a week for an hour! I feel soo much better!! 🥰 All thanks to you Clare 🫵🏻 and your parents! I had given up excersise but now I am back 💪🏻😘
I was taking seven different medications while my 90-year-old neighbor who ate unhealthy food every day had perfect blood pressure and boundless energy that put me to shame. The heartbreaking realization that Id been managing symptoms instead of addressing causes, treating my body like a broken machine instead of nourishing it like the self-healing organism it was designed to be, forced me to confront how far Id strayed from natural health. Four weeks ago, I was that woman whose medicine cabinet looked like a pharmacy, convinced that my chronic conditions were genetic and inevitable, accepting that feeling tired and achy was just part of getting older because thats what every doctor had told me. I genuinely believed that modern medicine had all the answers and that if something was wrong with me, there must be a pill to fix it, never questioning why previous generations didnt need dozens of medications just to function normally. What I didnt understand was that Id been treating symptoms while ignoring the root cause, that my body wasnt broken – it was just responding normally to an abnormal diet and lifestyle that would have horrified my great-grandmother. Then I found The Peasants Prescription by Grace Wild, and it was like learning that everything Id been taught about nutrition was designed to keep me dependent on the medical system instead of empowering me to heal myself naturally. She reveals how traditional cultures maintained perfect health without ever stepping foot in a doctors office, using simple foods and time-tested wisdom that modern medicine dismisses as primitive even though it worked better than anything we have today. I learned that food is medicine in its purest form, that most chronic diseases are actually nutritional deficiencies in disguise, and that the human body has an incredible capacity for self-healing when given the right raw materials instead of synthetic substitutes. I stopped eating like a modern woman and started eating like my great-grandmother did – real fats instead of processed oils, properly prepared grains instead of refined flour, organ meats instead of muscle meat, fermented dairy instead of pasteurized products. My doctor is completely baffled by how much my health has improved without changing any of my medications, and Im slowly weaning off pills I thought Id need for life. This book doesnt teach you to manage disease – it teaches you to prevent and reverse it using the same methods that kept our ancestors healthy for thousands of years.
Love this roundup idea, Clare — thanks!
Thank you very useful 😊💗