Building healthy habits with Functional Health | Business

Does the onset of a new year have you craving a healthy reset? If so, Kevin Till of Carpinteria has designed a system just for you. Till’s app Functional Health provides a platform to assess and build on healthy habits for mind and body. In the following interview, Till weighed in on his app, inspiration and healthy living. 

CVN: What does the term ‘functional health’ mean to you? 

Kevin Till: The term “functional health” represents our commitment to helping people develop and maintain their health through practical, purposeful fitness that enhances their ability to perform daily activities and live fuller lives. Rather than focusing solely on aesthetic goals, functional health emphasizes building strength and capabilities that translate into real-world benefits.

Please describe the objective of your app. What are some specific aspects of health that people will track? 

Our app’s objective is to help people live long, healthy lives by building and sustaining effective health habits while measuring their progress through functional assessments. Users track their daily habits and can measure their functional health improvements through various performance metrics. The app serves as both a habit-building platform and a progress tracking tool.

Based on your experience and research, what do you think are the top three elements of living a healthy lifestyle? 

Daily focus on consistent, healthy habits that compound over time.

Mind wellness through deliberate actions, mindful consumptions and beneficial environmental exposures.

Body fitness through purposeful movement, nutritious intake and positive physical exposures.

What type of devices do people need in order to utilize your app? How can it be downloaded? 

To use our app, people simply need a smartphone. The app can be downloaded from both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Visit functionalhealthapp.com/get-the-app.

Who (or what) inspires your health-conscious lifestyle?

My health-conscious lifestyle has been inspired by a personal desire to live long and well and also by several remarkable individuals in the functional fitness community. Particularly influential have been Teresa Till, who introduced me to functional fitness bootcamp classes; Dr. Erin Foster, owner of CrossFit Santa Barbara; Emlynn Hewitt, owner of Empower Fitness; and Dr. Omar Flores, owner of Carp Physio. Their expertise and dedication have significantly shaped both my personal journey and the development of this app.

Additionally, we’ve been influenced by thought leaders in the functional fitness space, including Ben Bergeron and Patrick Cummings of Chasing Excellence, EC Synkowski’s The Consistency Project, and Pat Sherwood and Adrian Bozman’s Varied Not Random podcast.