The Catalyst Healthspan Assessment is the entry point. Sixty minutes in studio, four pillars measured against the standards that predict how well you age. The full Healthspan Report is yours to keep, in print and in the Catalyst training app, whether you train with us or not.
Most gyms don't assess, or they measure body weight and a few rep maxes and call it a baseline. That gives you an opinion, not a programme. Without measured starting points across the systems that actually matter, the work is built on guesswork.
The four pillars are drawn from peer-reviewed exercise science, longevity research, and orthopaedic screening. Each is a proxy for a domain that independently predicts long-term healthspan. Together they form the diagnostic the programme is built off.
Body Composition. Skeletal Muscle Index (SMI) and Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR). SMI is your protective lean muscle relative to height, one of the strongest predictors of longevity and independence. WHtR captures abdominal fat distribution, the metabolic risk that BMI misses entirely. Both are read from a single InBody scan. If you are weighing InBody against the reference standard, our breakdown of DEXA versus InBody body composition analysis in Singapore covers when the DEXA premium is worth paying.
Cardiorespiratory Fitness. Heart Rate Recovery via a 3-minute step test. HRR is one of the strongest all-cause mortality predictors in the literature, captured precisely in three minutes without a metabolic cart, repeatable every 16 weeks without burning the back half of your morning. It is also why we use a sub-maximal step test rather than a maximal VO2 max test, which is unsafe and unreliable for most untrained adults over 50.
Stability. Y-Balance Test, lower quarter. A measure of dynamic balance, joint control, and asymmetry under load. Falls are the leading cause of injury death after 65; stability is the system that keeps you upright as the decades stack.
Strength. Grip strength plus three Movement Pattern Assessments (pulling, pressing, squatting). Grip alone is one of the strongest mortality predictors ever identified. Movement-pattern strength is what carries groceries, climbs stairs, and catches you when you slip.
Your four pillar scores combine into one Healthspan Score (0-10). The composite is the headline; the pillars are the diagnosis. The training programme prioritises whichever pillar is furthest behind, then re-tests at the 16-week Checkpoint to confirm the protocol is moving the right number.
Long enough for measurable adaptation; short enough to course-correct before drift becomes habit. Your Healthspan Score trend is the artefact, not a new test each cycle.
The assessment is complimentary. The Healthspan Report is yours to keep regardless. There is no commitment until the report is in your hands and you decide what comes next.
If you want to estimate where you stand before booking, take the free Healthspan Audit. It uses the same four-pillar 0 to 10 scale, takes 2 minutes on a phone, and lands a personalised report in your inbox. The studio measurement remains the gold standard; the audit is the doorway. You can also see how over 1500 Singaporeans have scored in our published Healthspan Audit data.
