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. 

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 Today’s Plan, 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.

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.

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.