Texas Triple Threat Fitness Testing

Fitness Testing

Lost 30lbs. but still can't get that last 10lbs. off? Seem to bonk in races of more than one or two hours? Feeling burned out from training and have constant fatigue? These are the types of issues we help people with every day using Vo2 Testing (Expired Air Testing), Resting Metabolic Rate, and Lactate Testing.

As humans, we have three energy systems (ATP, lactate and aerobic, also known as oxygen). The way our body uses these systems (fast twitch muscles or slow twitch muscles) dictates how you have to train for a specific goal. Whether its losing fat, becoming a 100 meter Olympic champion, winning the Western States 100 mile Endurance run, or completing your first 5K. Whatever your goal is, you are unique and those events require a specific type of training for you.

In other words, if you are a sprinter who wants to do Ironman, you would be considered a novice. You will have to work to alter your muscle fibers in your specific training zones. But if you wanted to become a 5K champion, where you would be considered advanced and ahead of the curve for that goal, you would not have to change how your body fuels itself. Rather you would just work smarter and harder with the zones you have at present physical condition.

Fitness testing is not new. It has been used for years, but equipment, along with very limited interest in the science of metabolic and endurance training, made it very obscure. Cost of the laboratory was also prohibitive. But this has changed today and allows for coaches, such as Texas Triple Threat, to work smarter with their athletes.

Olympians and professional athletes, like Lance Armstrong, test every week or month. It simply is a measurement gauge that tells you how your body uses these energy systems and at what effort level you should specifically be at (whether using heart rate, power or velocity as your parameter, rather than perceived exertion). Measured against a previous test of your own, you can track your fitness, move on to loftier goals, lose more body fat and avoid injury, soreness and fatigue that goes along with over training.

These tests give you a specific training roadmap and start you off with a clear chart of where you presently are and how to get to where you want to be. All fitness enthusiasts should find out their true numbers.

Texas Triple Threat Vo2 Test Description

The test will take approximately 50 minutes (includes warm up, cool down and a break to change disciplines). You will be wearing a mask over your mouth and nose to be able to capture all respiratory gases. Our general test includes 2 different exercises, with majority of the athletes using their bike on a trainer and a treadmill. We do have accessibility to an elipitical machine, spin bike, and stairmaster. We can test you on the equipment you use most to get you to your goal. Your metabolic training zones will be captured and reported to you at the end of the test.

Texas Triple Threat Resting Metabolic Rate Test Description

The test will take approximately 20 minutes. You will be breathing into a tube with your nose pinched for approximately 10 minutes. You will be seated in a relaxed position. This test is best done in the early morning as no food can be consumed 4 hours prior to the test. Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) will show you how to eat the maximum amount of food and still lose weight. Your target caloric zones will be calculated so you can "eat for your metabolism".

Cost
$200 Individually Scheduled Vo2 Test
$165 Group Vo2 Test (3 or more people scheduled in one day)
$100 Resting Metabolic Rate Test

Locations
Texas Triple Threat Studio
2615 Brandywyne Dr.
Carrollton, TX 75007

Texins Activity Center
13900 TI Blvd
Dallas, TX 75243

Frisco Athletic Center
5828 Nancy Jane Ln.
Frisco, TX 75035

Please contact Coach Kristen Warner (coachkdub@gmail.com ) or
Coach Francis P. Cortese (francort@gmail.com) for further information.