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Weighted walking + AI coaching + smart tracking — designed by a physical therapist to build strength, endurance, and lifelong mobility.
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Movement is medicine. But consistency is the hard part.
Modern life has engineered physical activity out of daily existence. The consequences compound quietly across decades — and by the time most people notice, years of strength, bone density, and mobility have already been lost.
Sedentary by default
Adults now sit an average of 9.5 hours per day. Physical inactivity is classified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality.
Muscle loss accelerates silently
Sarcopenia begins in the 30s and accelerates dramatically without resistance-based activity. Most people never receive a plan to address it.
No accountability bridge
Clinical care ends at the clinic door. There is no infrastructure connecting a movement prescription to daily life — until now.
Complexity kills compliance
The most effective protocol is the one simple enough to do consistently for years. Most fitness programs are built for 6-week results, not lifelong health.
Why weighted walking is the most underrated intervention in health.
Caloric expenditure
Adding 10–15% body weight in a vest increases metabolic expenditure by up to 31% without significantly increasing perceived exertion.
Applied Physiology, 2020Bone density
Weight-bearing activity is the primary non-pharmacological intervention for preserving and building bone mineral density across all age groups.
J. Bone & Mineral ResearchCardiovascular fitness
Consistent weighted walking improves VO₂ max and cardiovascular efficiency, reducing risk of heart disease and all-cause mortality.
ACSM GuidelinesInjury risk
Unlike running or HIIT, vest walking produces near-zero injury rates when load is introduced progressively — sustainable for decades.
PT Clinical ReviewMuscle activation
Posterior chain, core, and lower extremity recruitment increases substantially with vest load, building functional strength without gym equipment.
EMG ResearchSustainable for life
Walking is something humans are designed to do. The vest amplifies it without changing what makes it accessible to every age and condition.
DPT EndorsedEverything you need to prescribe, track, and improve movement health.
Three interconnected layers that work together — and get smarter over time.
Weighted Walking Protocol
Evidence-based programs that build strength, bone density, cardiovascular fitness, and full-body conditioning — without a gym or injury risk.
Core ProtocolSmart Movement Tracking
Monitor time, distance, pace, movement volume, vest load, and consistency streaks. Data that reveals patterns in your movement health over months and years.
Precision DataAI Movement Coaching
Personalized movement insights, progressive load recommendations, and recovery guidance — powered by AI trained on physical therapy principles and your own data.
AI-PoweredYour movement health, finally quantified.
The Vested Movement app does for daily movement what Oura does for sleep and Levels does for metabolic health — turns invisible patterns into a complete, actionable picture.
Peer-reviewed science. Not wellness trends.
Every element of Vested Movement — from protocol design to AI coaching parameters — is grounded in published research and clinical practice validated over decades of physical therapy.
Request Research OverviewCaloric expenditure increase
Weighted vest at 10–15% of body weight increases caloric burn by up to 31% at the same pace.
Bone mineral density increase
Consistent weighted walking can increase bone mineral density by up to 12% over 12 months — critical for osteoporosis prevention.
Fall risk reduction
Weighted walking programs improve balance, postural control, and lower extremity strength, reducing fall risk by up to 40% in adults 65+.
Muscle mass lost per decade
Sarcopenia accelerates without resistance activity. Vest walking uniquely addresses this with near-zero injury risk across all ages.
What our early members are saying.
“I’ve been a PT for 18 years. I’ve never seen a consumer app that so accurately reflects how we think about movement dosage and progressive loading. This is what our field has been waiting for.”
“The roadmap tells me everything — RTM integration, provider dashboard, smart vest. This isn’t a fitness startup. This is movement infrastructure. The Oura comparisons are exactly right.”
“I’m 54 and I’ve tried every fitness app. Vested is the first that felt designed for someone like me — not a 25-year-old trying to get shredded. The AI coaching is genuinely thoughtful.”
“I use Oura for sleep and WHOOP for recovery. Vested fills the exact gap — the missing layer for what I actually do with my body during the day. It’s the third leg of the stool.”
“Post hip replacement, my surgeon told me to walk more with load. Vested was the only thing that helped me track that systematically and feel confident I was progressing safely.”
“We’re evaluating this for our corporate wellness program. Vest walking works for every age group and fitness level — and Vested gives us the data layer to demonstrate ROI to leadership.”
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Designed by a physical therapist. Built for the way healthcare actually works.
Vested Movement isn’t a fitness app built by engineers who like walking. It’s a clinical infrastructure tool built by a DPT who spent years watching patients achieve remarkable progress in the clinic — and then lose it the moment they went home without support.
Every protocol, AI recommendation, and tracking metric is grounded in physical therapy best practices, peer-reviewed movement science, and real clinical outcomes.
All movement prescriptions developed using evidence-based PT frameworks and validated clinical methodology.
Built from day one for integration with RTM billing codes, enabling reimbursable digital care.
Designed to complement clinical care — not compete with it. A platform providers can prescribe with confidence.
Every tracked variable maps directly to outcomes studied in published literature on movement health.
From first step to long-term health — in five stages.
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Set your baseline and goals in 3 minutes.
Walk
Begin with protocol guidance built in.
Track
Every session builds your movement profile.
Coach
AI adapts your plan to your data and goals.
Compound
Build lasting health across years, not weeks.
Built for every stage of the human health journey.
Active Adults
Upgrade daily walks into purposeful, progressive training that compounds into long-term strength and resilience.
Women 35+
Combat bone density loss and hormonal changes with weight-bearing movement proven to support skeletal and metabolic health.
Healthy Aging
Preserve mobility, balance, and independence with a sustainable movement practice built for every decade of life.
Weight Management
Amplify caloric burn and build metabolically active muscle without high-impact exercise that risks burnout or injury.
Athletes
Add low-impact conditioning and active recovery without taxing your primary training system.
Rehabilitation
Designed with PT principles to support safe, measurable progress during injury recovery and post-surgical rehab.
Six phases to becoming the infrastructure layer for prescribed movement.
Every phase builds a defensible moat of data, clinical relationships, and hardware-software integration that compounds over time.
Movement Tracking App
Step tracking, weighted walk protocols, vest load logging, AI coaching, and streak-based habit formation.
● LiveStep & Distance Tracking
Real-time GPS-enabled tracking with pace, distance, and movement volume metrics.
Vest Load Logging
Manual and future-automated vest weight tracking with progressive load programming.
AI Movement Coaching
Post-session insights and next-session recommendations powered by movement AI trained on PT principles.
Streak & Consistency Tracking
Habit-forming accountability with visual progress tracking and personal records.
AI Movement Assessment
Computer vision and biomechanical AI analyzing movement patterns in real time, delivering corrective coaching without a clinician present.
● In DevelopmentGait Analysis via Camera
Capture and analyze walking mechanics for immediate form feedback using your phone.
Real-Time Postural Feedback
AI flags compensations, asymmetries, and improvement opportunities during sessions.
Injury Risk Scoring
Proactive alerts when patterns suggest elevated injury risk before symptoms appear.
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring
Enable PTs and physicians to remotely monitor patient movement data with reimbursable RTM billing.
● PlannedRTM Billing Integration
Built to support CPT code reimbursement — a direct revenue pathway into the healthcare system.
HIPAA-Compliant Data Sharing
Secure patient-provider data bridge with clinical-grade security and audit trails.
Compliance Reporting
Automated session logs meeting clinical documentation requirements for billing.
Smart NFC-Enabled Weighted Vest
The first weighted vest communicating with the app — auto-detecting weight, session start, and wear-time through embedded NFC.
● PlannedAuto Weight Detection
NFC sensors auto-detect loaded plate weight — no manual logging required.
One-Tap Session Start
Tap vest to phone to begin a fully tracked session with all parameters pre-loaded.
Passive Wear-Time Logging
Track total load dosage including time worn beyond active sessions.
Provider Dashboard
A clinical interface for healthcare providers to view patient movement data, write digital prescriptions, and monitor outcomes.
● PlannedDigital Movement Rx
Providers write specific, measurable prescriptions delivered directly to the patient’s app.
Population Health View
Clinic-level aggregate data for practice analytics and outcomes reporting.
EHR Integration Pathway
Planned integration with major EHR systems for seamless bidirectional care coordination.
Corporate Wellness Platform
Enterprise deployment turning movement into a measurable, data-backed wellness benefit with ROI dashboards HR can present to the C-suite.
● VisionTeam Challenges & Leaderboards
Gamified movement competitions driving sustained engagement across organizations.
Benefits Integration
Connect to existing wellness incentive platforms and HSA/FSA infrastructure.
ROI Dashboard
Aggregate health outcome dashboards demonstrating effectiveness and cost savings.
As Vested Movement grows, so does the conversation.
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Building the ecosystem for prescribed movement.
Physical Therapy Clinics
Partnering with PT practices to deploy Vested Movement as a post-visit monitoring and compliance tool for patients.
Wearable & Health Platforms
Integration roadmap with leading health platforms to make movement data part of a complete health picture.
Corporate Wellness Programs
Early enterprise discussions underway with HR and benefits teams seeking measurable, data-backed movement programs.
The Oura Ring for movement health.
A generational opportunity built on three converging tailwinds: the aging global population, the rise of preventive healthcare, and the maturation of AI-powered consumer health devices.
Request Investor DeckHardware × Software Moat
The smart NFC vest creates a defensible hardware-software ecosystem — the same flywheel that took Oura and WHOOP to billion-dollar valuations.
Clinical Data Flywheel
Every session builds a proprietary movement health dataset that trains and strengthens AI models — a compounding advantage that widens over time.
RTM Reimbursement
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring CPT codes create a direct revenue pathway through existing healthcare reimbursement infrastructure — rare in consumer health.
Demographic Tailwind
2 billion adults over 60 by 2050. Sarcopenia, falls, and mobility loss represent a trillion-dollar prevention opportunity with no clear infrastructure winner yet.
Questions, answered.
Everything you need to know about the platform, the science, and what’s coming next.
Is weighted walking actually effective compared to running or gym training?
Yes — and in many ways superior for long-term outcomes. Studies show weighted walking increases caloric burn by up to 31%, improves VO₂ max, builds bone density by up to 12% over 12 months, and activates the posterior chain substantially more than unloaded walking — all without the injury risk of running or the equipment barrier of gym training. For adults over 40, it’s arguably the highest-ROI movement protocol available.
What vest do I need to get started?
Any adjustable weighted vest works — typically start with 10–20 lbs. The app guides you on appropriate starting loads based on your weight and fitness level, then programs progressive increases over time. Our smart NFC vest (Phase 4) will auto-sync and eliminate manual logging entirely.
I’m recovering from an injury. Is this safe?
Vested Movement was designed by a physical therapist with rehabilitation in mind. The AI coaching accounts for recovery status and programs conservative progressions. Always consult your physician or PT before beginning any new exercise post-injury. Phase 3 will enable your care team to monitor and guide your movement directly through the platform.
How is Vested different from Apple Fitness+ or Strava?
Vested is built specifically around weighted walking as a therapeutic and performance protocol. It tracks vest load as a variable (no other consumer app does this), delivers AI coaching grounded in PT principles, and is building toward clinical integration for remote therapeutic monitoring. Think of Oura versus a general health app — Oura owns sleep, Vested owns movement.
I’m a physical therapist or healthcare provider. How do I partner?
We’re actively building our clinical advisor and early provider partner network. If you’re a PT, physician, or healthcare organization interested in integrating Vested Movement — especially around remote therapeutic monitoring — email Katherine directly at katie@vestedmovement.com. Provider partnerships are core to Phase 3 and 5 of our roadmap.
When does the app launch publicly?
We’re in closed beta with a select cohort of early users. Joining the waitlist puts you first in line as we open new spots and prepare for public launch. Waitlist members also get the opportunity to shape features directly — this is the most valuable moment to get involved.
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Whether you’re a physical therapist, potential investor, healthcare organization, or someone ready to start walking — Katherine would love to hear from you.
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