VO2/Lactate Test Report - Carlsbad CA

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Hello All,

Here are some pics from my VO2/Lactate test today.

I found out that I am fat (need to lose 10 lbs to climb hills), that I am not going to the Olympics and also that Lance Armstrong has nothing to fear from my engine … ever.

However the good news is that if I train in the right zones for the distance I want to race I have enough ‘improvement room’ to do well in my age group.

A booklet of test data shows a lot of information; most of which I have not absorbed yet.

Ken took time to go over a lot of it … one interesting chart showed the load when my body switched from fat burning to glycogen burning. (do not want to go there much)

All in all, very interesting session and a seemed worthwhile and helpful to me.

I am on the bike and Ken (the coach) is reading some information.

Also one side benefit was that I found my Ergomo factory watt readings correlated well with the lab wattmeter.

Oh … the seat was too high … and Ken’s water heater is ready for the earthquake.

Cheers,

Neal

If interested here is the address:

Ken Nicodemus
Exercise Physiologist / Director
The Fit Stop Human Performance Lab
Tel: (760) 634-5169 Fax: (866) 409-5888
www.fitstop-lab.com

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I worked with Ken years ago. he is very knowledgable, and one of the best guys in the business.
Great to hear it was worthwhile.

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I’ve had the opportunity to work with Ken over the past year and done the testing on the bike and the treadmill. Great info on dialing in your training. I look forward to going back and checking my progress.

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did he also measure you metabolic eff because that what you train for
and if so what is it ,i can not see it?

in otherwords it has no use in having 8 liters oxygen lung capacity
if you only use 3 liters

to increase the max capacity has no use then ,then its better to increase the eff of the 3 liters

and the top athlete´s i have seen does not had a huge vo2 max better a extremly high eff
most are around 6.5 liters and eff about 97
that where absolute world class athlete´s

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Hello Cees,

I do not know the answer to your question.

It may be in the booklet of test results I received but have not finished reading yet.

Cheers,

Neal

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Now THAT’S A GARAGE!!!