Fitness is personal. For some, it means returning to a favourite activity. For others, it means having the energy to travel, spend time with family or move through daily life with greater ease. Understanding your current abilities helps create a clearer path toward the life you want to maintain.
Understanding where your body is today gives you a more meaningful place to begin. It helps identify what is working well, where you may benefit from attention and how to shape activity around your goals.
At Stem Health, fitness assessment looks at your aerobic capacity, strength and movement patterns. These findings help guide activity recommendations around your health, your abilities and the life you want to lead.
Understanding your fitness from different perspectives
Fitness is not defined by one measure. You may have strong endurance but notice certain movements feel restricted. You may have good strength but want to improve your stamina. Each provides useful information about how your body functions.
Stem includes VO₂ max, grip strength and movement testing within Core and Horizon assessments. Together, these assessments provide different perspectives on your physical capabilities.
Your daily life is an important part of that picture. The activities you enjoy, the demands of your routine and any limitations you have noticed help connect the results to something meaningful.
Measuring endurance and strength
VO₂ max measures the maximum amount of oxygen your body can use during intense exercise. It provides insight into aerobic fitness and can help your care team understand your current endurance capacity.
This information can be useful whether your goal is improving exercise performance, building stamina for everyday activities or maintaining the fitness that supports your lifestyle.
Grip strength provides another view of physical function by measuring the force you can produce with your hand. Alongside movement assessment, it can help identify areas where strength or stability may benefit from attention.
Understanding how you move
The way you move involves more than strength alone. Mobility, flexibility, balance and stability all influence how comfortably your body handles different activities.
Stem’s computer-guided video movement analysis examines these aspects of physical function and helps identify movement patterns that may be worth addressing.
A person hoping to return to regular exercise may have different priorities from someone preparing for more active travel or simply wanting to move through daily life with greater ease. Understanding those differences helps shape more relevant guidance.
The assessment creates a clearer picture of how your body moves today and where focused support may help you progress.
Building a plan around your goals
Stem’s personalized physical activity planning draws from your VO₂ max, stress-test findings, movement analysis, grip strength and personal goals. Together, these insights help determine where to focus and what steps may be most useful.
Horizon’s expert-guided exercise journey adds a structured program with an exercise physiologist, informed by additional evaluation including spine and musculoskeletal MRI where appropriate. The plan continues to evolve as your fitness changes.
Your preferences remain central throughout. The activities you enjoy, the time you have available and the changes you feel ready to make all influence what a realistic plan looks like.
Progress is not only reflected in measurements. It can also be seen in how you move, what feels easier and the activities you are able to continue or return to.
Understanding your fitness today gives you a more informed way to care for your future self. From there, your goals can become more personal, practical and connected to the life you want to keep living.
To explore fitness testing within Stem’s assessments, visit the health assessment page or book a private conversation with the team.
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