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This package will provide you with an assessment of your both your maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and anaerobic threshold (AT).

VO2max is the gold standard measurement of aerobic fitness. It can be used to compare your aerobic status to normative values for age, gender and sport as well as tracking the impact of training programmes on development of aerobic fitness. 

The AT test will provide you with an assessment of your lactate threshold (LT) - the highest exercise intensity that you can sustain for a prolonged period without lactate substantially building up in your blood. LT is used to identify and optimise individual training intensities and programmes and to monitor progress to performance goals. When measured with VO2max it can provide a better assessment of training status and is a more sensitive indicator of adaptations to training and fitness improvement.

• The time required for the assessment of VO2max and AT is 90-minutes including pretesting preparation and testing time.

• Exercise will be specific to performance needs (i.e. running, cycling, etc) and involve progressive increases in intensity over time.
• Gas exchange responses will be measured using breath-by-breath analysis during exercise to measure oxygen uptake and other relevant physiological measures of intensity.
• Collection of finger or ear lobe blood samples will be taken to measure the blood lactate response over the exercise bout
• Assessment of whole-body and segmental body composition using bio-electric impedance analysis*.

Personalised report providing information on your VO2max and how it compares to others of the same age, gender, and athletic populations, along LT data and training and/or competition recommendations, will be provided via e-mail.

* Please note: Bio-electrical impedance analysis technology is not suitable for people with an electronic medical implant, such as a pacemaker, and pregnant individuals.

We will meet you at the reception area of our K2 building where our HPC clinic is located.

If you would like to book this service, please email lsbushortcourses@lsbu.ac.uk and let us know which service you are interested in and what your availability is. We will then work with you to organise a time for you to come to campus and complete the testing. Once the test has been scheduled, you can return to this website and purchase the service.

By booking your test, you are confirming you are fit to participate in the required tests/exercise,

For information on our policies (payment, cancellation, terms and conditions, etc.) visit our general information page.

If you have a question that we haven’t answered here, please contact lsbushortcourses@lsbu.ac.uk  and we will respond to your query within 24 hours.