The book, launching early next year

Playing Catch at 100.

Your health, your why, your decision.

One day, someone you love may look up at you and ask, “Want to play catch?” This book is about making sure the answer is yes.

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“I'm one hundred years old, and my great-grandchild comes running toward me with a baseball glove in one hand. They look up and ask, want to play catch?”

This book isn't really about living to one hundred. It's about building the kind of health your future self will thank you for, one decision at a time.

What's inside.

Eleven short chapters in three sections. Read it with a pen nearby.

01

Your why

Why your health matters, and why you are the one who has to own it.

  1. Healthspan: the years that truly matter
  2. Your why: part one
  3. Be the CEO of your own health
  4. Your body's primary rule

02

The blueprint

The practical framework for the body you are building.

  1. The four pillars
  2. Nourish
  3. Defend
  4. Move
  5. Restore

03

Your plan

Turn what you learned into one dependable step, then the next.

  1. Your why: part two
  2. Your roadmap: building your personal plan
  3. Closing: play catch with your future

A look inside the pages.

Simple pictures for big ideas, so the message sticks.

Same lifespan, different healthspan: two timelines from age 40 to 90
Same lifespan. Different healthspan.
The four pillars circling your future self
The four pillars around your future self.
Chart showing the power of starting early
The power of starting early. Illustrative: $50 a week at an average 7% return.

The framework at the centre of the book

The same four pillars readers work through chapter by chapter.

Nourish

How you provide the physical, mental, and relational support that builds you up.

Defend

Reduce avoidable exposures and environments that work against your health.

Move

Build the strength, endurance, mobility, and daily activity that keep you capable.

Restore

Protect the sleep, recovery, and nervous system balance that allow adaptation to happen.

The most important pillar is whichever one you choose to act on today.

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The companion app.

Made for your phone, right beside the book. Your answers are saved, so you can pick up where you left off.

Future self moments

Every reflection from the book, with space to write and save your answers.

Your 90 day plan

Pick from the four pillar menus or write your own, then sort it into 30, 60 and 90 days.

Worksheets

Commitment tracker, accountability partner kickoff and your why worksheet, ready to print.

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