High performing athletes may often describe “hitting a wall” when pushing themselves during training or competition. This occurs at the depletion of their glycogen (carbohydrate) stores, which causes a sudden onset of fatigue and loss of athletic performance. Performing too close (or above) your anaerobic threshold will bring this effect on quicker, as at these high heart rates most athletes have moved beyond fat metabolism as a fuel and are relying on carbohydrate stores.
Our metabolic testing provides an accurate insight into your metabolic profile and will provide your aerobic and anaerobic thresholds by measuring your consumption of oxygen and production of carbon dioxide while you train. The results from our Metabolic Efficiency Test will outline your optimal heart rate levels for your endurance training and will allow you to integrate this information into your existing training plan. Ultimately helping to create a very individualised and professional program that will see you avoid “the wall” and raise your athletic performance faster.
Our advanced testing can improve your fuel plan, maximise the effect of each session by outlining your optimal heart rate and fine-tune your training to improve your endurance levels. How you fuel yourself is a critical step in changing your metabolism to improve your performance, and we regularly suggest that a qualified and experienced sports dietitian is also involved in your nutrition planning.
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Aerobic and Anaerobic Thresholds
High performing athletes may often describe “hitting a wall” when pushing themselves during training or competition. This occurs at the depletion of their glycogen (carbohydrate) stores, which causes a sudden onset of fatigue and loss of athletic performance. Performing too close (or above) your anaerobic threshold will bring this effect on quicker, as at these high heart rates most athletes have moved beyond fat metabolism as a fuel and are relying on carbohydrate stores.
Weight Loss
Weight loss is a complicated topic that's filled with many opinions, fad diets and at times, misinformation. There's often an assumption that "one-size-fits-all", and the methods that were effective for one person will work for everyone else. If only it was that easy...
You should be aiming to achieve an "energy in / energy out" balance. This means balancing the food we consume to give us energy, to power us appropriately for all the activities that we do during the day. Ideally, if we took an average across several weeks, the input from our diet will match the output from our activities without a significant deficit or excess present.