The Human Performance Laboratory
What can the Human Performance Laboratory do for you? Move your mouse over the image and find out....
Our lab aims to evaluate specific aspects of physical fitness to elite and club athletes. Each individual is carefully assessed by our professionals and information gathered is used to evaluate specific components of fitness; provide advice and exercises; identify factors that may lead to injury; provide advice about diet and work with the individual on their psychological training.
Client undergoes metabolic testing
We also treat sports injuries and have a dedicated sports scientist who will assist with other services available.
What is a Vo2 max test?
Vo2 max testing measures how effectively the body consumes oxygen during exercise.
It is a measure of a person’s maximum ability to transport oxygen from the air, and deliver it to active muscles.
VO2 Max testing
Vo2 max is dependent on several factors, including lung capacity and function, cardiac output, oxygen delivery and the oxidative capacity of muscles cells.
During exercise , in order to produce energy most efficiently, muscles require oxygen, When the work load increases and the muscles’ demand for oxygen exceed the body’s ability to deliver, energy must be produced through different means, via anaerobic metabolism. This is a highly inefficient process that also produces by-products associated with muscle soreness and fatigue.
One of the best ways to increase performance in endurance athletes is to extend the time, and workload, that the body can remain in aerobic metabolism.
Vo2 max testing gives athletes the information necessary to understand their body’s boundaries and push those boundaries through further training.
Latest advances at The Leinster Sports Clinic!
VO2 max testing
The Leinster Sports Clinic has recently purchased a wattbike.
Wattbike captures performance data up to 100 times per second across 29 parameters whilst its performance computer delivers the kind of data that, until now, has only been available to the world’s most elite athletes. And because every bike gives comparable data and has software that grows as you do, it means you can compare your performance with the best. Endorsed and used by British Cycling, it is used by them as part of their high performance and identification programmes. If you want to find out more about Wattbikes, follow this link.
At the Leinster Sports Clinic, subjects are fitted with a respiratory mask, covering their mouth and nose, and are connected to a gas analyser and heart rate monitor.
The test consists of a ramped, incremental effort to maximum exertion.
This is followed by a gentle cool down period and fluid and refreshments are given at this point, The Leinster Sports Clinic Sports Scientist then concludes the session with an in-depth explanation of the test results.
From the results the subject collects the following data;
Body Composition Analysis
At the Leinster Sports Clinic our Sports Scientist provide comprehensive Body Composition Analysis testing using bioelectrical impedance testing equipment.
What Body Composition Analysis Testing tells you;
Test results provide;