My Vital Metrics

My Vital Metrics Fitness, Aesthetic and Body Composition testing lab in London & Manchester

03/06/2026

Grip strength is about much more than your hands.
As we age, it becomes one of the simplest ways to assess overall strength, muscle function, and everyday independence.

Opening jars, carrying shopping, moving heavy items, holding onto handrails, these are all small daily tasks that rely on the strength we often take for granted.

The good news? Grip strength can be trained. Lifting weights, carrying loads, pulling, gripping, and progressively challenging your muscles all help you maintain strength as you age.

At My Vital Metrics, we test your grip strength using a hand dynamometer and compare your result against people of the same age and s*x, so you can see exactly where you sit.

Want to know how your strength compares? Book your Functional Movement Screen at My Vital Metrics.

02/06/2026

How well do you actually move?

Our Functional Movement Screen looks at mobility, stability, balance and strength to identify where your body may be compensating, before those small limitations turn into bigger issues.

Whether your goal is to train harder, reduce injury risk or simply move better, testing gives you a clear starting point.
Book your Functional Movement Screen via the link in bio.

27/05/2026

Most people think a DEXA scan just tells you your body fat percentage.

But it actually shows so much more than that.

It looks at where your fat is stored, how much lean mass you have, how your muscle is distributed, your visceral fat levels, and your bone density.

That is important because two people can weigh the same, have the same BMI, or even look very similar, but have completely different results underneath.

One person might have low muscle mass. Another might be carrying more visceral fat. Another might have low bone density and no idea.

That is why we use DEXA. It gives you a clearer picture of what is really going on, so you can make better decisions with your training, nutrition and long-term health.

21/05/2026

Muscle mass is often discussed in terms of appearance, but its role is much bigger than that.

As we age, maintaining muscle becomes increasingly important for strength, balance, metabolic health, bone health and independence.

Low muscle mass can make it harder to recover from illness or injury, maintain physical function, regulate blood glucose and continue doing the activities that matter.

This is why body composition matters.

The goal is not simply to weigh less. For many people, especially from midlife onwards, the goal should be to preserve or build lean mass while managing fat mass and cardiovascular risk.

DEXA testing can help show whether your lean mass is appropriate, how it is distributed, and whether it is changing over time.

Healthy ageing is not just about adding years.
It is about protecting the strength and function that allow you to use them well.

If you are over 40, tracking muscle mass should be part of your health strategy.

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19/05/2026

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Longevity science. Real conversations. Practical takeaways. Come say hi.

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18/05/2026

VO2 max is often talked about in elite sport, but it is just as relevant for everyday health.

It tells us how efficiently your body can take in, transport and use oxygen during exercise.

That makes it a useful marker for fitness, cardiovascular health and healthy ageing.

The goal is not just to perform better. It is to build a body that can keep doing more for longer.

13/05/2026

VO2 max is not just an athlete metric.

It is one of the clearest ways to assess cardiorespiratory fitness, which reflects how well your heart, lungs, circulation and muscles work together during exercise.

That matters for performance, but it also matters for healthy ageing.

Higher cardiorespiratory fitness is consistently associated with lower risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, which is why fitness is increasingly being discussed as a clinical health marker, not just a gym statistic.

As we age, the goal is not simply to live longer. It is to preserve physical capacity: walking uphill, climbing stairs, recovering well, staying active and maintaining independence.

A VO2 max test gives you a measurable baseline. It can show whether your current fitness level is low, average or strong for your age and s*x, and it gives you a way to track whether your training is actually improving your cardiovascular system.

You do not need to be an endurance athlete to care about VO2 max.

You just need to care about ageing well.

Book a VO2 max test to understand your cardiovascular fitness more accurately.

Your weight is only one data point.It can be useful, but it does not tell you enough on its own.A scale cannot tell you ...
12/05/2026

Your weight is only one data point.

It can be useful, but it does not tell you enough on its own.

A scale cannot tell you how much muscle you have, how much fat you are carrying, where that fat is stored, whether weight loss is coming from fat or lean tissue, or whether your body composition is actually improving.

This is why two people can weigh the same but have very different health profiles.

It is also why someone can lose weight but lose too much lean mass, or maintain their weight while making meaningful improvements in fat mass and muscle mass.

DEXA testing gives a clearer picture by measuring fat mass, lean mass, visceral fat and bone density.

For fat loss, performance and healthy ageing, the question is not just “what do you weigh?”

The better question is: “what is that weight made of?”

Save this if you are tracking fat loss, muscle gain or long-term health.

Want to build a body you’re proud of this summer? Ditch the last-minute diets and scrambled workouts, and build a plan t...
14/04/2026

Want to build a body you’re proud of this summer? Ditch the last-minute diets and scrambled workouts, and build a plan that’s based on your unique body composition.

Sustainable fat loss starts with knowing where you’re at. That’s why we’re offering 10% off all our in-lab tests and bundles, including our DEXA scan for body composition.

The best part? When you book in before the 4th May, we’ll give you an additional 10% off your return visits — all. summer. long. Track your progress in real time and get concrete recommendations from our expert team.

Get started today by using code LETSGOSUMMER at checkout. Link in bio 🔗

When we think about improving athletic performance, the conversation usually focuses on training volume, nutrition, reco...
10/04/2026

When we think about improving athletic performance, the conversation usually focuses on training volume, nutrition, recovery, or supplementation. Sleep is often treated as passive downtime—something that happens after training ends. In reality, sleep is one of the most powerful performance enhancers available, regulating hormone balance, muscle repair, cognitive function, metabolic efficiency, and immune resilience. If this post was useful, read the full article by visiting the blog link in our bio.

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