Eight markers.
One standard.
The Elite 8.
A six-month, community-built training program measuring the eight physical markers most tied to long-term health and performance. Built for professionals age 35 to 60, physicians, attorneys, founders, and executives who train with the same discipline they bring to everything else.
Eight markers, chosen for what they predict
Every marker in the Elite 8 has a documented relationship to longevity, functional strength, or resilience against injury. Together they give a complete picture of where you stand, not a single number that flatters or misleads.
Six months. Three sessions a week. Structured to fit your schedule.
Elite 8 runs on a consistent weekly rhythm designed to fit around a demanding schedule rather than compete with it. Choose the plan that fits how you want to commit below.
- Plyometrics, sprint work, and conditioning
- Jog the curves, sprint the straights
- Tabata intervals at a 1:2 work-to-rest ratio
- Corrective exercise for movement quality
- Guided myofascial release
- Not included in the base program price
- Stay included even when you miss a session
- A workout you can do from home
- Added value built into every plan
Three ways to train the Elite 8
Try a single session, train month to month, or commit to the full six months up front at our best rate. Every plan includes the same three weekly sessions, the alternating Saturday Run Club track workout, and the 8-week Combine.
Recovery sessions on opposite Saturdays are offered as an optional add-on and are not included in any plan above.
Every 8 weeks, we run the Elite 8 Combine
Modeled after the testing day format used by the NFL and NBA, the Elite 8 Combine is where all eight markers get measured, recorded, and compared against your own baseline. It is not built to rank you against the room. It is built to show you exactly where the last 8 weeks took you.
The Elite 8 tests, in full
Every protocol below is run the same way at every Elite 8 Combine, so your numbers stay comparable from your baseline test on August 8 through every 8-week cycle that follows.
- Strict push-ups to failure, no time cap
- One rep every two seconds, controlled pace
- Chest to a fist's height off the floor, elbows fully lock out at the top, straight body line throughout
A Harvard study tracking over 1,100 firefighters for 10 years found push-up capacity predicted cardiovascular risk better than a treadmill test did.
- Hang from a bar for as long as possible
- Arms fully extended, overhand grip, feet off the ground
Grip strength is one of the most consistent mortality predictors across the research.
- One rep max
Total-body strength, benchmarked relative to bodyweight rather than an absolute number.
- Standing vertical jump, small countermovement dip allowed
- Best of 3 attempts
Power drops off faster with age than strength or cardio does. The lowest power bracket carries roughly six times the mortality risk of the highest.
- Standing long jump for distance
- Same rules as the vertical jump, countermovement allowed, best of 3
Same power-and-mortality link as the vertical jump, expressed through hip drive instead of straight-up power.
- Timed effort, same course or row every time for comparable results
Cardio fitness may be the single strongest mortality predictor in exercise science, and the benefit doesn't appear to cap out at high fitness levels.
- Forearm plank held until form breaks down
No mortality study behind this one specifically, but it's backed by injury-prevention research tying core endurance to lower back pain risk.
- Walk for max distance carrying roughly 20 to 25% of bodyweight in each hand
- Ends when grip or form gives out
No mortality data behind this one, but it's the most "real life" test in the set: groceries, luggage, kids.
Performance training for people who never had a team
Elite 8 is built for professionals age 35 to 60, the years when career demands peak and the body starts asking for a different kind of training. Physicians, attorneys, founders, and executives operate at a level of discipline most performance programs are not built to match, yet this group is consistently underrepresented in performance culture. Elite 8 was built to close that gap.
Physicians
Long hours and high stakes demand a program that respects your schedule and measures results the way you measure everything else: objectively.
Attorneys
A precise, repeatable protocol gives you a benchmark you can trust, delivered in a setting built around your calendar, not around it.
Founders & Executives
You already train like performance matters. Elite 8 gives that instinct a structure, a peer group, and a testing day that puts a number to the work.
"Elite 8 comes from the same testing standards I used coaching NFL and NBA athletes and NCAA Division I programs. The markers don't change for who's on the platform. Neither does the standard."
Reserve your place before August 3
Spots in the first Elite 8 cohort are limited to keep the group training experience concierge-level. Tell us a bit about you, and we'll follow up with pricing, schedule details, and next steps.
- 01A member of our team will follow up within one business day.
- 02You'll receive full program pricing and the current class calendar.
- 03No commitment is required to receive information.