Executive Health Edge vs. Function Health: which one do you need?

Function’s clinicians add written explanations and a suggested protocol. The program’s panel is drawn at month 0, 6, and 12, and the program includes a WHOOP or Oura, a Withings scale, and a program physician for anything hormonal or pharmaceutical. If you will execute a protocol alone, Function is enough. If the last three years of results said the same thing and nothing changed, the program is the missing piece. Some men use both.

Two different products, often shopped together

Function Health and Executive Health Edge get compared because both start with a large blood panel. They end in different places.

Function Health is a membership for testing. As of September 2026 it offers 160+ lab tests drawn at least twice a year, results reviewed by clinicians who flag issues, written explanations, and a personalized protocol, for about $365 a year. Add-ons include imaging and a multi-cancer screening test. It is HSA and FSA eligible. It does not include a coach, a wearable, or anyone who follows up with you on a Tuesday.

Executive Health Edge is a twelve-month coached program for men aged 40 to 65. It draws a 75+ biomarker panel at month 0, 6, and 12, provides a WHOOP band or Oura ring and a Withings scale, assigns one dedicated coach for the full year, and puts a program physician behind the coach for anything hormonal, pharmaceutical, or lab-dependent. The coach responds to every logged workout, sends a Monday analysis report and a Friday check-in report, and rebuilds the plan against the panel and the daily data.

Compared on	Function Health	Executive Health Edge
What it is	A membership for testing	A twelve-month coached program for men aged 40 to 65
Blood testing	160+ lab tests drawn at least twice a year	A 75+ biomarker panel at month 0, 6, and 12
What happens with results	Clinicians review and flag issues; written explanations and a personalized protocol	A written analysis and a biological age analysis after each draw; the coach uses each result to change the plan
Coach	None	One dedicated coach for the full year, a response to every logged workout, a Monday analysis and a Friday check-in
Wearable and scale	None	A WHOOP band or Oura ring and a Withings scale, provided
Clinical oversight	Clinician review of results	A program physician behind the coach for anything hormonal, pharmaceutical, or lab-dependent, by written handoff
Cost	About $365 a year; HSA and FSA eligible	Covered on the strategy call; no self-serve tier

What Function Health does better

Breadth of testing, at a price a man can pay without thinking about it. If you want the widest possible baseline and you are disciplined enough to act on a written protocol for twelve months without accountability, Function delivers that and Executive Health Edge would be over-buying.

What Executive Health Edge does better

Everything after the results arrive. The panel is smaller because it is scoped to the markers the program can move through training, nutrition, sleep, and stress, and to the markers that explain plateaus and fatigue in men who train. The value is the year of coaching between the three draws, the daily data that shows whether the plan is working before the next panel does, and the standard that does not pause when you travel.

The honest recommendation

If you have never had a full panel, Function is a fine first step, and what to do once the results arrive is its own question. If you have had two or three panels that said “improve your lipids, lose the weight, sleep more” and none of it moved, testing is not the constraint. Follow-through is, and that is what the program is built to supply. Some clients keep a Function membership for the extra breadth and bring the results to their coach. That works.

How Executive Health Edge is structured

A 75+ biomarker panel at month 0, 6, and 12 with a written analysis and a biological age analysis after each. WHOOP or Oura, client’s choice, and a Withings scale, provided. One dedicated coach for twelve months. A program physician by written handoff. It is not primary care and it does not replace your physical.

This page is coaching information, not medical advice. Questions about medication, hormones, or peptides go to the program physician.

Is Function Health a coaching program?

No. As of September 2026 its membership includes lab testing, clinician review of results, written explanations, and a personalized plan. It does not include a dedicated human coach who adjusts your training and nutrition week by week, and it does not include wearables.

Does Executive Health Edge test more markers than Function Health?

No. Function's panel is larger (160+ tests versus 75+). The difference is what happens between draws. Executive Health Edge draws its panel three times in twelve months and uses each result to change the plan; the coach reads direction against your own baseline, and daily wearable and scale data fills the gap between panels.

Can I bring Function Health results to Executive Health Edge?

Yes. Bring them to the strategy call. They help establish history. The program still draws its own month 0 panel so that all three draws in the year use the same markers under the same conditions.

Which is cheaper?

Function Health, by a wide margin, because it is a testing membership rather than a coached program. Executive Health Edge pricing is covered on the strategy call because the program is scoped to the individual; there is no self-serve tier.

Does either one replace my physician?

Neither. Function Health says so and so does Executive Health Edge. Keep your primary care physician and your annual physical. Both products are useful inputs to that relationship.

Next step

Start with a call.

Forty-five minutes with an advisor: where you are, what the data would show, which coach fits, and whether the program is right for you. If it is not, you will be told.

Book a call

The call is free. HSA and FSA funds may apply to the program, depending on your plan.