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Once upon a time, eating your ‘5 a day’ (the UK government-backed campaign to reinforce the importance of nutrient-rich foods) and fitting in a semi-regular jogging session felt like enough. Now? Darling, don’t you want to live forever? Step it up! Alongside witnessing a boom in extreme biohackers (TLDR: millionaire YouTubers spending thousands trying to reverse biological aging through hundreds of daily supplements, intense diet regimes, fitness, and…plasma infusions), us Average Joannes are also becoming increasingly drawn to personalized approaches when it comes to health. Something that the wellness set has dubbed as achieving ‘optimal’ health—in order to lengthen our ‘longevity’.
But what are these shiny new alternatives that demand data to create your plan? Is this the death of ‘one-size-fits-all’ fitness guidance? I decided to trial three contenders for three weeks each to learn more…
What: A DNA workout
Tell me more: The brainchild of Samantha Decombel, a genetics scientist as well as co-founder/CEO of FitnessGenes (a UK-based a direct-to-consumer DNA testing company) involves spitting in a tube in exchange for reports promising to ‘unlock’ information about your insides—and tips on how to hack any hurdles. It also takes lifestyle factors into account. After all, genes respond to the environment we build around them. Initially, the company targeted bodybuilders wanting to better understand their specific muscle-related markers and which training programs they’d likely bulk best with (e.g. optimal number of workouts a week and reps vs rest time). Now, FitnessGenes measures more than 150 traits, from your natural sleep cycle to whether you have ‘endurance’ gene variants associated with being an Olympic level sprinter (shockingly…I do. Shame I despise running).
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