Felix Baier
I'm Felix, founder of StoaVita. Not a doctor, not a therapist, but someone for whom a healthy lifestyle was never a conscious decision ; it was simply a given.
The name StoaVita joins Stoa, the philosophy of inner strength, and Vita, the Latin word for life.
For more than 17 years I've been a dedicated competitive amateur athlete. It started with martial arts : years of Muay Thai and Wing Tzun taught me discipline, body awareness and mental toughness.
That turned into CrossFit, with competitions like the Fitness Bundesliga, German Throwdown, Hyrox and international team events in Switzerland and the Netherlands. At some point my focus shifted : from performance to longevity. The question was no longer how I get faster, but how I stay healthy until my sons are grown.
The system that doesn't help you
At the sports institute of the University of Tübingen I took a VO2max test. The result was strong, but the doctors asked why I was doing this at all, I was fit after all. My family doctor at the time advised me against a comprehensive blood panel. After all, I was healthy. That is when it became clear to me : our system is not a health system, it is a sick care system. It only reacts once something is broken.
Frustration turned into expertise
So I took matters into my own hands. Hundreds of hours of podcasts and lectures, plus countless expert talks and interviews. But listening alone was never enough for me : I took notes, tracked down the primary sources that were cited and read the original studies myself. Together with my wife Jessica I spent years digging into longevity research, working through peer-reviewed studies and testing every insight on myself before passing it on.
Your best self. For life.
StoaVita brings it all together : blood diagnostics, performance testing, training programming, nutrition, supplementation, recovery and sleep. From a single source, evidence-based, at a fair price.
I do not make diagnoses and I do not treat illnesses. What I do : I read your values, put them in context, show you where you stand and give you a concrete plan. Blood draws are handled by certified laboratories such as Synlab, performance testing runs in cooperation with CrossFit Tübingen.
And most importantly : you are not on your own. I do not hand you a report and wish you good luck. I walk the path with you, explain every step, answer your questions and adjust the plan when things change. Exactly the guidance I would have wanted back then.
Lived, not read about.
Everything I pass on I have tried on myself first. These are moments from competition and from training.
Three principles.
Grounded in science
Your strategies are based on current findings from longevity research and evidence-based methods.
Mental strength
Inner clarity and resilience alongside your physical capacity, inspired by stoic philosophy.
Holistic
We look at body, mind and lifestyle as one unit for lasting health and vitality.
Shall we look at your values?
A free initial conversation, no obligation. We look at where you stand and what would actually be worth measuring.