Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("Member", "Client", "you") and Gorilla Strength LLC, a company registered in the United Arab Emirates, operating under the trade name Vanguard Man ("Vanguard Man", "we", "us", "our").

By submitting a membership application, executing a Master Service Agreement, making payment for any membership tier, or accessing any part of our platform, coaching, or services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms in full.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use our services.

These Terms should be read alongside our Privacy Policy at vanguardman.co/privacy and our Medical Consent Agreement at vanguardman.co/medical-consent. Together these three documents constitute the complete legal framework governing your membership.

2.1 Platform Role

Vanguard Man is a private performance longevity platform that coordinates advanced biomarker diagnostics, health coaching, nutritional programming, training programming, and clinical protocol management for high-performing men. Vanguard Man operates as a coordinating and coaching platform. Vanguard Man is not a licensed medical clinic, hospital, or healthcare provider and does not itself provide medical diagnoses, treatment, or prescriptions. All clinical services including physician consultations, diagnostic result reviews, and where applicable the prescription and management of therapeutic protocols are delivered exclusively by independent, board-certified medical professionals licensed in the applicable jurisdiction. These physicians exercise sole independent clinical judgement and are not employees or agents of Vanguard Man.

2.2 What We Deliver

Subject to your membership tier, Vanguard Man coordinates the following services:

Vanguard Foundation — Tier 1: Coordination of one comprehensive custom biomarker baseline audit of 100+ markers through accredited laboratory partners; a single physician review of your baseline results by a board-certified longevity physician directly; biological age mapping and longevity protocol analysis; a personalised longevity protocol covering nutrition, movement, sleep, supplementation, and recovery; daily dedicated health coach access; monthly performance reviews; clinical-grade supplementation recommendations; and travel-adapted protocol management. Foundation does not include ongoing physician oversight or prescription therapeutic protocols.

Vanguard Advanced Longevity — Tier 2: Everything included in Tier 1, plus continuous advanced biomarker monitoring with a minimum of 350 biomarkers tracked throughout the membership year with testing at Month 1, Month 3, and as clinically indicated thereafter; continuous physician oversight and direct physician access for the duration of membership; clinically managed hormonal optimisation including testosterone replacement therapy where medically appropriate; GLP-1 metabolic protocols with lean mass preservation programming; advanced peptide therapeutics; prescription cognitive enhancement protocols where clinically indicated; safety audit and clinical management of any pre-existing hormone, supplement, or peptide protocols; and compounding pharmacy coordination with direct-to-door prescription delivery.

2.3 What We Do Not Deliver

Vanguard Man does not provide emergency medical services, primary care, acute clinical treatment, mental health diagnosis or treatment, inpatient or residential care, or insurance billing. Nothing in our services constitutes a second opinion on an existing diagnosis or a replacement for primary medical care in your jurisdiction.

2.4 HSA/FSA Eligibility

Vanguard Man services are private performance and longevity optimisation programs. They are not qualified medical expenses under IRS definitions or equivalent rules in applicable jurisdictions and are not eligible for reimbursement under Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), or equivalent tax-advantaged health accounts. Members are solely responsible for determining the tax treatment of their membership fees in consultation with their own qualified tax advisor. Vanguard Man makes no representation regarding the tax deductibility or reimbursability of membership fees under any applicable tax regime.

2.5 Sample Reports and Protocols

We may provide potential members with sample biomarker reports, protocol documents, and longevity blueprints for illustrative and demonstration purposes prior to or during the sales process. Any such samples are either entirely fictional or have had all personal identifying data, health data, and biomarker values permanently removed and replaced with illustrative figures. These samples do not represent any individual's actual results, actual protocol, or actual diagnostic findings. They are provided solely to illustrate the format, depth, and structure of Vanguard Man's deliverables and should not be relied upon as representative of the outcomes any individual member will receive.

Your membership term commences on the earlier of the date you complete your baseline biomarker blood draw, or fourteen days from the date of digital execution of your Master Service Agreement and receipt of cleared payment.

4.1 Fees

Membership fees are as stated in your Master Service Agreement at the time of enrolment. Vanguard Man reserves the right to revise membership fees for renewal terms with a minimum of 30 days written notice to your registered email address.

4.2 Non-Refundability

All membership fees are non-refundable once your membership has commenced, except where required by applicable mandatory consumer protection law in your jurisdiction that cannot be excluded by contract. Upon execution of your Master Service Agreement and receipt of payment, Vanguard Man immediately incurs non-recoverable costs on your behalf including physician network onboarding, laboratory framework activation, and dedicated coaching capacity allocation.

Where a courtesy deposit is accepted prior to full membership payment, that deposit is non-refundable and will be credited in full against the total membership investment upon receipt of cleared full payment within the agreed timeframe. The courtesy deposit does not constitute commencement of membership. No coaching access, clinical onboarding, physician allocation, or laboratory scheduling is initiated until full membership payment has been received and cleared. If full payment is not received within the agreed timeframe communicated at the time of deposit, the courtesy deposit is forfeited in full and the reserved start date, coach allocation, and laboratory scheduling window are released without further obligation on the part of Vanguard Man.

4.3 Mandatory Consumer Rights

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes any statutory rights you have under the mandatory consumer protection laws of your jurisdiction that cannot be lawfully excluded, including but not limited to rights under the UAE Consumer Protection Law, UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, EU Consumer Rights Directive, or applicable US state consumer protection statutes. Where such mandatory rights apply, they take precedence over these Terms to the extent of any inconsistency.

4.4 Payment Processing

Payments are processed by our third party payment processor. By providing payment details you authorise us to charge the applicable membership fee. You are responsible for ensuring payment details remain current and accurate.

4.6 Instalment Payments and Operational Costs

4.6.1 Front-Loaded Expenses. Where a member elects to pay their membership fee in instalments, the member acknowledges that Vanguard Man incurs highly concentrated, front-loaded operational and clinical costs within the first thirty days of enrolment. These costs include but are not limited to the procurement of multi-biomarker laboratory panels, concierge phlebotomy dispatch, and dedicated physician review allocations. These costs are incurred immediately upon membership activation and cannot be recovered.

4.6.2 Non-Refundability of Initial Instalment. The initial instalment payment is strictly non-refundable upon deployment of laboratory requisitions, phlebotomy scheduling, or client dashboard initialisation. The initial instalment directly funds immediate third-party clinical and diagnostic costs that are irreversible from the point of activation.

4.6.3 Default and Acceleration. In the event that any scheduled instalment payment remains unpaid for more than forty-eight hours past its agreed due date, Vanguard Man reserves the immediate right to: (a) suspend and deactivate all access to the private client dashboard at vault.vanguardman.co; (b) cease all ongoing coaching access, clinical oversight, and medical protocol updates; and (c) declare the entire remaining balance of the full membership fee immediately due and payable as a legally enforceable debt.

4.6.4 Approved Instalment Structures. Vanguard Man offers two approved instalment structures at its discretion. Two-instalment plan: first payment due on membership activation, second payment due 30 days from activation date. Three-instalment plan: first payment due on membership activation, second payment due 30 days from activation date, third payment due 60 days from activation date. No other instalment arrangements are valid unless confirmed in writing by Vanguard Man prior to membership activation.

4.6.5 Fixed-Term Commitment. Selection of any instalment structure constitutes a binding commitment to the full financial obligation of the selected membership tier as confirmed in writing at the time of enrolment. An instalment plan is a financing convenience only and does not constitute a month-to-month, rolling, or cancellable subscription. The total financial obligation remains fixed regardless of the payment structure selected.

Where your membership renews, whether on the same tier or a different tier, these Terms and our Medical Consent Agreement apply in full to the renewed membership term as if executed on the date of renewal. You will receive written notice to your registered email address no less than 14 days prior to your renewal date confirming the applicable terms and fee. Continuation of your membership beyond the renewal date constitutes your acceptance of these Terms for the renewed term. If these Terms have been updated since your original enrolment, the version in effect at renewal governs the renewed term. You retain the right to withdraw from renewal at any time prior to the renewal date by notifying us at concierge@vanguardman.co.

You agree to provide truthful, accurate, and complete information about your health, medical history, medications, supplements, and lifestyle at all times; disclose any changes to your health status, medications, or relevant medical history to your coach and affiliated physician promptly; maintain continuous synchronisation of any integrated wearable devices; engage with your health coach and follow your personalised protocol with a minimum 95% adherence rate as evaluated through your integrated data tracking; attend all required physician check-ins and complete required follow-up diagnostic testing; use our platform and services for personal, non-commercial purposes only; and not share your access credentials or platform access with any third party.

Vanguard Man reserves the right to suspend or terminate your membership immediately and without refund in the following circumstances: you fail to maintain the 95% adherence standard for a period of 30 consecutive days without reasonable explanation; you provide false, misleading, or materially incomplete health or medical information; your affiliated physician determines that continuation of your protocol presents a clinical risk; you engage in conduct that is abusive, threatening, or disruptive toward any member of the Vanguard Man team or affiliated physicians; you breach any material term of these Terms or your Master Service Agreement; or you use our platform or services for any unlawful purpose.

In non-urgent circumstances we will provide written notice and a reasonable opportunity to remedy the breach before termination. In urgent clinical or safety situations, suspension may be immediate.

You acknowledge and confirm that you are voluntarily participating in a performance longevity programme and have not been directed to do so by a medical professional treating you for a serious medical condition; you have disclosed or will disclose before your first laboratory draw all known medical conditions, diagnoses, medications, supplements, and allergies relevant to your health; you understand that Vanguard Man's coaching team provides lifestyle and performance guidance, not medical advice, and that clinical guidance is provided by independent physicians; you understand that no health, body composition, hormonal, cognitive, or longevity outcome can be guaranteed and that individual biological responses vary; you understand that Vanguard Man services are not emergency services and that in a medical emergency you must contact local emergency services immediately; you are aware that certain therapeutic protocols available through the Advanced Longevity tier carry potential risks and side effects which will be discussed with your affiliated physician prior to initiation; you will seek independent primary medical care in your jurisdiction for conditions outside the scope of Vanguard Man services; and you authorise Vanguard Man to facilitate a referral to an appropriate specialist or in-person provider if your affiliated physician determines that your condition requires care beyond the scope of our platform.

Vanguard Man membership may not be appropriate for individuals with certain active medical conditions. Your affiliated physician will conduct an eligibility assessment as part of your onboarding. Vanguard Man reserves the right to decline or suspend membership, at the recommendation of an affiliated physician, where a member presents with conditions that make participation clinically inadvisable. This includes but is not limited to active malignancy undergoing treatment, recent major cardiac events, active psychosis or severe psychiatric instability, and pregnancy. This is not an exhaustive list.

If you experience any unexpected, concerning, or adverse physical reaction that you believe may be related to your Vanguard Man protocol, prescription, or supplementation, you must contact emergency services immediately if the reaction is severe or life-threatening; notify your Vanguard Man health coach by direct message as soon as practicable; and contact our concierge team at concierge@vanguardman.co. We will escalate your report to your affiliated physician immediately upon receipt. You must not discontinue a prescribed therapeutic protocol without first consulting your affiliated physician except in an emergency.

All content, protocols, system designs, training architectures, nutritional frameworks, software, branding, copy, and educational materials developed and distributed by Vanguard Man are the exclusive intellectual property of Gorilla Strength LLC, protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and trade secret law across all jurisdictions in which we operate.

You are granted a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use our materials solely for your personal performance development during the term of your active membership. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, sublicence, white-label, sell, or commercially exploit any Vanguard Man intellectual property in any form or medium without our prior written consent.

12.1 Liability Cap

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Vanguard Man's total aggregate liability to you for any claim arising from or in connection with these Terms, your membership, or the services delivered to you shall not exceed the total membership fees paid by you to Vanguard Man in the twelve months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

12.2 Excluded Losses

Vanguard Man is not liable for loss of profit, loss of revenue, loss of anticipated savings, loss of business opportunity, or indirect or consequential loss of any kind; the independent clinical decisions of affiliated physicians; outcomes resulting from information you failed to disclose; adverse events arising from your non-compliance with your prescribed protocol; or circumstances outside Vanguard Man's reasonable control including laboratory errors by independent partners, force majeure events, or regulatory changes affecting the availability of any therapeutic protocol.

12.3 Independent Physician Liability

Affiliated physicians are independent professionals and are not employees or agents of Vanguard Man. Vanguard Man accepts no liability for the clinical decisions, advice, prescriptions, or errors of affiliated physicians. Any clinical liability rests with the individual physician and their professional indemnity arrangements.

12.4 No Exclusion of Mandatory Rights

Nothing in this clause limits liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot be lawfully excluded under applicable mandatory law.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Gorilla Strength LLC, its directors, employees, coaches, and contracted partners from any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses including reasonable legal fees arising from your breach of these Terms; your provision of false, misleading, or incomplete health or medical information; your failure to seek appropriate emergency or primary care when required; or your misuse of our platform or services.

Vanguard Man shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performing its obligations under these Terms where such failure or delay results from circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to pandemic, natural disaster, war, civil unrest, regulatory action, laboratory closure, supply chain disruption, or failure of third party infrastructure providers. In such circumstances we will notify you as soon as practicable and use reasonable endeavours to resume normal service delivery.

These Terms, together with your Master Service Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Medical Consent Agreement, constitute the entire agreement between you and Vanguard Man in relation to your membership and supersede all prior representations, negotiations, understandings, or agreements whether written or oral.

If any provision of these Terms is found by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, that provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or severed from these Terms if modification is not possible. The validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

No failure or delay by Vanguard Man in exercising any right, power, or remedy under these Terms shall operate as a waiver of that right, power, or remedy. A waiver of any breach does not constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other term.

You confirm that clicking to accept these Terms, ticking an acceptance box, digitally executing your Master Service Agreement, or making payment for a membership constitutes a valid and legally binding signature equivalent to a handwritten signature, and that agreements executed in this manner are fully enforceable under applicable law including the UAE Electronic Transactions and Commerce Law, the US Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-SIGN), the UK Electronic Communications Act 2000, and the EU eIDAS Regulation.

These Terms are executed in the English language. Where a translation is provided for convenience, the English version shall prevail in the event of any inconsistency or dispute.

These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), United Arab Emirates.

Any dispute that cannot be resolved through good faith negotiation within 30 days of written notice shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the rules of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, which rules are deemed incorporated by reference. The seat of arbitration shall be the DIFC, Dubai. The language of arbitration shall be English. The decision of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding.

Notwithstanding the above, where applicable mandatory consumer protection law in your jurisdiction confers on you rights to bring proceedings in your local courts or before your local regulatory authority, those rights are not affected or excluded by this clause.

If you are a consumer habitually resident in the European Union, you may also have the right to submit a complaint through the EU Online Dispute Resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/odr.

Vanguard Man reserves the right to update these Terms at any time to reflect changes in our services, applicable law, or commercial arrangements. Material changes will be notified to active members by email to their registered address at least 14 days before taking effect. Continued use of your membership following the effective date of any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. The current version will always be available at vanguardman.co/terms.

Gorilla Strength LLC — Vanguard Man

concierge@vanguardman.co

vanguardman.co