VO2max Testing
Olympians and other top-level athletes have access to human performance labs, where cutting-edge science and top trainers and coaches work to help them wring every bit of excellence from their bodies and minds. Well-Fit's performance testing lab using the New Leaf's Metabolic Training Program is like having a performance lab right at your fingertips. Getting the inside info on your metabolism-- when you are burning calories most efficiently, how efficiently your body uses oxygen, what kind of gains are possible with the right training-- can give you the inside track on achieving your full athletic potential.
A lactate threshold test gives you an accurate presentation of your current metabolic efficiency. It establishes an accurate training zones and present exactly how many grams of carbohydrate versus fat your body is metabolizing at various exertion levels, allowing you to set accurate heart rate zones, so that you can avoid over-training and train with confidence. Knowing your zones-- and training within them-- is the key to achieving specific goals like losing weight and increasing top performance. A lactate threshold test also estimates your VO2max which many believe to be an objective measure of your genetic potential in endurance sports. This threshold test will also tell us where YOU need to train to improve your metabolic efficiency.
The test can be done on the bike or the treadmill. A USAT certified, and New Leaf trained, coach will lead you through the test in a little under one hour, provide you with a hard copy of the results, and interpret them so that you can apply them to your training. Register below and then call Well-Fit to set up a testing time that works with your schedule.