{"id":710841,"date":"2026-07-25T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/710841\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:51:10","slug":"dr-amir-khan-says-five-tests-will-show-how-well-youre-ageing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/710841\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Amir Khan says five tests will show how ‘well you’re ageing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

These can indicate if you’re going to stay strong, fit, and healthy as you get older<\/p>\n

07:07, 25 Jul 2026Updated 10:02, 25 Jul 2026<\/p>\n

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Dr Amir shared his top tests that indicate how well a person is ageing(Image: Dr Amir Khan\/Instagram)<\/p>\n

A doctor has shared five simple tests that can tell you how well you\u2019re ageing. These can tell you more about your health than what you look like and how many wrinkles you have, he said.<\/a><\/p>\n

In a video uploaded to his Instagram page, Doctor Amir Khan told his followers that he doesn\u2019t care about how young you look. Instead, there are some important science-backed indicators that reveal more about your wellbeing as you get older<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr Amir, who is best known for his appearances on ITV, said: \u201cEverybody is trying to look younger than their age, but, as a GP, I don’t really care about your wrinkles or what you look like<\/a>. I care about what your body feels like and there are five things I look at that tell me far more about how well you’re ageing than having wrinkles.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Content cannot be displayed without consentGrip strength<\/p>\n

According to Dr Amir, grip strength is one of the \u201cstrongest predictors\u201d of healthy ageing. He said: \u201cPeople with stronger group strength tend to stay independent for longer and have a lower risk of frailty and even premature death.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, don’t neglect your strength training.\u201d<\/p>\n

How fast you walk<\/p>\n

He described your walking speed as a \u201cfull body MOT\u201d as it \u201creflects\u201d the health of your muscles, heart, lungs, and brain. \u201cIf you’ve gradually slowed down without a good reason, it’s worth paying attention to and working on it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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According to Dr Amir, grip strength is one of the \u201cstrongest predictors\u201d of healthy ageing(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

Floor test<\/p>\n

More specifically, this is about whether you can get up from the floor without using your hands. Dr Amir asked: \u201cCan you get off the floor without using your hands?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds simple, right? But it takes strength, balance, flexibility and coordination. If you struggle, don’t see it as a failure. See it as something you can improve and work on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Waist size<\/p>\n

The expert said he was less interested in how much you weigh and more interested in where you\u2019re carrying weight. \u201cA larger waistline is linked with a high risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and fatty liver disease, now called MASLD,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

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Dr Amir said: “I know getting older is a privilege, absolutely it is but ageing well isn’t about looking 25 forever.”(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

Resting heart rate<\/p>\n

\u201cMost adults\u201d have a resting heart rate between 60 and 100 beats per minute. He said: \u201cBut lower is often better provided you’re well.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany fit active adults sit around the 50 to 60 beats per minute and endurance athletes can be in their 40s. If your resting heart rate is consistently above 80, it’s worth thinking about whether you could improve your fitness, your sleep, your stress levels, or discuss it with your doctor if you have any symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI know getting older is a privilege, absolutely it is but ageing well isn’t about looking 25 forever, it’s about staying strong enough to carry your shopping, steady enough to avoid falls, fit enough to play with your grandkids, and healthy enough to keep doing the things you love.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These can indicate if you’re going to stay strong, fit, and healthy as you get older 07:07, 25…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[147134,15427,1167,10577,59,7811,102,115289,65666,17695,2750,347,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-710841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-body-health","tag-cardiac-health","tag-exercise","tag-fitness-and-health","tag-gb","tag-good-health","tag-health","tag-health-and-leisure","tag-healthy-life","tag-healthy-lifestyle","tag-heart-disease","tag-itv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}