Combined Lactate Threshold & VO₂ Max Test (Treadmill)

The combined Lactate Threshold and VO₂ Max assessment is the most comprehensive physiological test to provide guidance to your training and performance. By measuring how your body responds to increasing intensity, Elevate removes the guesswork from your training, allowing you to train with absolute precision.

What to Expect During Your Assessment

During this session, you will complete multiple stages on a treadmill at incrementally increasing speeds. Throughout the test, your breathing is measured via metabolic gas analysis to track oxygen consumption. At the end of each stage, a small, sterile blood pinprick sample is taken from your earlobe or finger to monitor lactate accumulation.

The protocol progresses through your aerobic and anaerobic thresholds, concluding when you reach your maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂ max). This process allows for the mapping of your entire physiological spectrum, from recovery intensities to maximal effort.

What data will you gain?

This assessment provides a complete blueprint of your current fitness and your future potential. Your results include:

• Full Lactate and Heart Rate Profile: Pinpoint exactly how your body reacts to different intensities.
• Maximal Oxygen Uptake (VO₂ max): Discover your cardiorespiratory capacity.
• Velocity at VO₂ (vVO₂ max): The functional performance aspect that relates your VO₂ max to performance. 
• Precision Training Zones: Get definitive heart rate and pacing zones based on your unique biology, not generic formulas.
• Running Economy: Measure how efficiently you use oxygen at race speeds.
• Fuel Utilisation (Fat & Carbohydrate Oxidation): Understand your body’s energy expenditure to optimise your race-day nutrition and metabolic efficiency.
• Sub-maximal Oxygen Responses: Insights into your aerobic base and endurance durability.

What this assessment gives you

By identifying your exact physiological markers, you move away from heart rate formulas and towards evidence-based training. Your results include:

• Multi-Stage Blood Lactate & Heart Rate Profile: A clear map of your physiological response to exercise. 
• VO₂ max: The absolute value and the performance function of VO₂ max.
• Submaximal oxygen uptake: Measurement of your running economy and oxidation of fat and carbohydrates.
• Physiological Training Zones: Precisely defined zones based on your physiological demands, not your age or estimated max heart rate.
• Endurance Performance Indicators: Data-led insights into your ability to sustain intensity over long distances. 
• Expert Training Guidance: Personalised recommendations on how to use these results to adjust your current training volume and intensity.

Personalised reporting and scientific strategy 

Following your session at Hustle Wymondham, you will receive an individualised summary report within 48 hours. Every report is bespoke, based on your specific physiological responses and your primary performance goals.

Before and after the test, we will have a brief discussion to ensure your results are contextualised for your sport and based on your information that is relevant and important to you.