Physiology Assessments, West Midlands

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Physiology Assessments

Price normally of £249, intro offer of £175

At 3 Holland Street, Birmingham. B3 1QH at Birmingham College University, Floor 3

A physiology or fitness assessment allows us to find out how your body performs as it does, as well as where your strengths lie, and what aspects of your physiology might be limiting your progress.

We pride ourselves on providing you with a great experience on the day, as well as useable, relevant and easy-to-understand feedback. The main modes of exercise for the testing we offer are running and cycling.

The purpose of the testing is to give you specific, individualised training advice based on your physiology, so it is most suited to people who are training for a particular sport or event.

Within a week of your visit, you will receive a detailed written report, containing all the data we collected, with an explanation of what it all means, where your strengths and weaknesses lie, and what type of training could be done to target the relevant aspects of your physiology that will help you achieve your goals. You can then speak to one of our multi-discipline team in order to identify how to achieve your goals more efficiently and in a way that is adapted to your own physiology.

Our testing can assess:

• VO2max – the greatest amount of oxygen you can take in and use, which acts as a ceiling on your endurance/aerobic fitness
• Lactate thresholds – useful for developing training zones, event-specific training, and pacing strategies.
• Running economy – how efficient you are when running, particularly relevant for the longer-distance endurance athlete (running).
• Maximal aerobic power output – your highest power output for the last minute of the max test (cycling), acting as a ceiling to where you can get your threshold powers.
• Fuel utilisation – how much fat and carbohydrate you use in grams/min; particularly useful for endurance and ultra-endurance athletes