Healthspan: An all-new way to extend your prime for years to come 

For years, the conversation around longevity has focused on lifespan—adding more years to your life. As we learn more about the behaviors and habits that influence long-term health, the ability to measure and improve them is more accessible than ever. 

What is Healthspan?

The future of longevity isn’t in a bottle. It’s in your choices. Healthspan offers a science-backed look at how your daily habits impact your long-term health and what you can do to improve it–unlike traditional health metrics that focus only on individual data points.

At the core of Healthspan are two key insights:

• WHOOP Age – A measure of your physiological age, which can be younger or older than your actual, chronological age. 
• Pace of Aging – A dynamic measure of how quickly your WHOOP Age is changing.

WHOOP Age is a harder metric to move and updates more gradually over time, offering a long-term view of your physiological health.

Pace of Aging is a dynamic score, reflecting the immediate impact of your lifestyle choices. It ranges from -1x to 3x, where a 3x score means you’re increasing your WHOOP Age, while -1x means you’re decreasing your WHOOP Age. 

Healthspan calculates these insights by analyzing nine key metrics across sleep, strain, and fitness. It factors in sleep consistency and total hours of sleep, measures daily steps, time spent in heart rate zones 1-3 and 4-5, and time dedicated to strength-based activities, and evaluates VO₂ Max, Resting heart rate (RHR), and Lean Body Mass to provide a comprehensive view of how your behaviors affect your long-term health.

Healthspan brings together these key metrics into WHOOP Age and Pace of Aging, to reflect a comprehensive picture of your long term health outlook and how it’s trending. These nine metrics were selected based on extensive research linking sleep, cardiovascular fitness, and physical activity to longevity and overall well-being. Studies show that consistent sleep patterns, a strong cardiovascular system, and regular movement are among the most powerful predictors of a longer, healthier life.

Each metric plays a critical role:

• Sleep consistency and total sleep hours are directly tied to recovery, cognitive function, and disease prevention.
• Daily steps, time in heart rate zones, and strength activity measure how effectively you challenge and support your body over time.
• VO₂ Max, Resting Heart Rate, and Lean Body Mass provide a snapshot of cardiovascular efficiency and metabolic health, two of the strongest indicators of long-term vitality.

Rather than focusing on isolated data points, Healthspan connects the dots to show not just where you stand today, but how your body is trending over time—and what you can do to slow your Pace of Aging.

How to access Healthspan

If you’re a WHOOP Peak or WHOOP Life member using a WHOOP 5.0, or WHOOP MG device, you have access to Healthspan. WHOOP 4.0 members will have access to Healthspan soon. 

Healthspan unlocks, after you log 21 recoveries within your first 31 days. To continue receiving updates, you’ll need to maintain at least 21 recoveries in each 31-day period.

Once unlocked, Healthspan updates weekly in the WHOOP app. By monitoring these insights, you can see exactly how your behaviors are affecting your future, and make real-time adjustments to improve your longevity.

How was Healthspan developed?

Healthspan was built on rigorous scientific research, combining data-backed metrics with real-world applications. A team of scientists and engineers carefully selected nine key metrics by analyzing extensive research on physiological age and longevity. The foundation of Healthspan is All-Cause Mortality—a key metric in age research that measures the overall likelihood of death from any cause within a population.

Healthspan was developed using peer-reviewed literature on healthy aging to determine which metrics matter most and how they influence long-term health. For example, research shows that higher VO₂ Max strongly correlates with lower all-cause mortality risk and a better quality of life, making it a critical input. Using this framework, the team identified additional key metrics and built a proprietary algorithm based on all-cause mortality.

Start using Healthspan today

Healthspan gives you the insights and guidance you need to improve and extend your long-term health. Unlock this first-of-its-kind feature with a WHOOP Peak or WHOOP Life membership and start optimizing your health today.

Healthspan: This feature is not available for users under the age of 18. This feature is for wellness purposes only and not for medical use.