VO2 Max Testing
£149.99
VO2 max and economy testing are the most important tests for your aerobic performance, measuring how your body consumes oxygen and how well it utilises it to produce power.
Our Vo2 max tests are available on a treadmill, bike & rowing ergometers. For those wishing to use their own bike set-up, this is now available at our Marylebone location.
These insights are essential for optimising performance, so you can spot strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities to personalise your training.
For the most detailed assessment of your performance, we also offer a ‘Performance Package’ which combines VO2 max and Lactate Threshold profiling for £229.99
World-class testing - available for everyone.
Overcome your limitations…
Research suggests that oxygen utilisation accounts for up to as much as 70% of performance in endurance sports. Running economy is another essential component of performance we measure during VO2max testing.
Understanding your VO2 max, your body’s ‘engine size’, and economy, your fuel efficiency, are essential in understanding your limitations and how to overcome them.
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FAQs
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You should use a VO2 Max test because they're the most important way of measuring your aerobic endurance - a key factor in sports performance.
This is at the heart of most popular sports, with elite athletes in endurance sports scoring incredibly highly on VO2 Max tests.
This combines with other factors like your technical efficiency, skill, strength, and lactate threshold (anaerobic endurance).
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Anyone who has sporting goals that include endurance should get a VO2 max test. It provides the most useful way to measure performance for a wide range of sports.
The way we test VO2 Max also adds even more value: by breaking down your performance by intensity level, we can specifically identify your personal strengths, weaknesses, and needs.
When you come to your next training programme with this kind of knowledge, you can make data-driven decisions about improving your performance more effectively. It's key information for unlocking your potential.
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A VO2 Max Test takes 1 hour - though only 30 minutes of this time will be spent testing. The rest of the time is for warm-ups, discussion, cool-down, and a little bit of extra time so you're always on schedule.
This way, we know that you can get the test performed with additional expert insight and a time buffer so you're never going to struggle to fit an Athlete Lab UK physiology test into your day!
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VO2 Max testing improves performance by identifying strengths and weaknesses, informing your training, and then providing a reliable metric for progress.
Physiology testing is a way of setting a baseline of existing performance and checking in on your long-term changes by repeatedly measuring performance.