Fitness Testing: Your success starts here...
The trainSharp Fitness Test - £250
The first step to improving your performance is understanding your physiological profile.
Testing in our trainSharp lab allows you to accurately baseline your current level or starting point and draw a line in the sand from where all training must begin. Your training is not one-size-fits-all, it is specific to you and your goals because what is right for one rider is not right for the next.
Testing will formally determine your fitness level, and in turn enable your correct training intensities to be established.
Whilst power and heart rate training zones can be calculated from do-it-yourself tests at home or estimated using platforms such as Garmin or Training Peaks, at best these only give you an approximation of the intensity you should be training at in each zone. If the power you ride at is wrong, this in turn usually means your easy zones are too hard and your harder zones are too easy, or vice-versa. Either way, it is not conducive to getting the best out of yourself.
Even being out by a few percent on your power could result in you blowing up mid-race or being unable to complete training sessions.
At trainSharp we use high-quality precision SRM German engineered power meter technology for our physiological testing. SRM is the industry standard benchmark, trusted by sport universities and Pro teams alike, and allows your maximum aerobic power and lactate threshold to be measured much more accurately and reliably than using other systems. Analysis of the baseline established allows us to help you to play to your strengths and train your weaknesses. With blood lactate, crucially we can work out the point where you start to shift towards burning fats and carbohydrates. This is critical for the endurance athlete and can make or break an endurance training block.
As well as an overall view of your fitness, a trainSharp physiological assessment provides one-to-one time with an exercise physiologist, bespoke training zones and optimal training paces to mitigate potential over-training and accumulated fatigue, and recommendations for any changes needed to ensure you hit your goals.
Testing is ideally designed to be carried out at various points throughout the year, including but not limited to; when you first join trainSharp, at the start of your training year, to assess and consolidate performance improvements, or if you are looking to reset training zones. By retesting at regular intervals, we can quantify how your training is progressing, and importantly, modify your plan as needed to keep you on track with reaching your goals.
The trainSharp full physiological assessment is designed to provide an overall assessment of your fitness. It is designed to be carried out at various points throughout the year, including but not limited to; the beginning of your training year, when you first join trainSharp as a new client, if you are looking to assess performance improvements or if you are looking to reset training zones.
Fitness Test : What is Tested?
The trainSharp full physiological assessment is comprised of four main segments: an incremental sub-maximal blood lactate test, a maximal aerobic power test, peak power testing and body composition analysis.
All testing is completed on a fully adjustable SRM test bike. Blood lactate, heart rate and expired gases are measured throughout to assess your endurance capabilities. Namely, lactate thresholds, maximal aerobic power and VO2max. These data are used to provide you with accurate training zones and specific training paces.
All testing is completed on a fully adjustable SRM test bike. Blood lactate, heart rate and expired gases are measured throughout to assess your endurance capabilities. Namely, lactate thresholds, maximal aerobic power and VO2max. These data are used to provide you with accurate training zones and specific training paces.
Your assessment will be run by an expert exercise physiologist and includes:
Anthropometric measurements (Height and Mass)
Sub-Maximal blood lactate test(Lactate Threshold 1 and 2)
Maximal Aerobic Power test(MAP and VO2 Max)
Peak Power test(Peak and 10s power)
Body Composition(Body fat percentage)
Other tests are also available upon specific request
Your physiological assessment: includes a fully comprehensive report, detailing key performance data as above and more, including:
Power-to-weight ratios
Bespoke training zones
Analysis on your strengths and weaknesses
Expert guidance on how to move forwards
Why complete a trainSharp full physiological assessment test?:One-to-one chat with an exercise physiologist
Identification of your strengths and weaknesses
Assesses current performance levels
Provides bespoke training zones
Highlights optimal training paces
Informs design & modification of your training plan
Helps mitigate potential over-training and accumulated fatigue
What happens when I pay? After you add your package to the basket and pay, you will be emailed a payment receipt. Within this receipt, you will find a link to complete a coaching questionnaire. Once you complete the questionnaire, we will contact you to arrange a call. During this call we will arrange your preferred coaching start date and answer any additional questions.
Why complete a trainSharp full physiological assessment test?:
What happens when I pay? After you add your package to the basket and pay, you will be emailed a payment receipt. Within this receipt, you will find a link to complete a coaching questionnaire. Once you complete the questionnaire, we will contact you to arrange a call. During this call we will arrange your preferred coaching start date and answer any additional questions.
