Health & Sports Performance Testing

Advanced fitness testing to help people of all fitness levels improve daily function, optimise performance and invest in long-term health and longevity.

Clear Data, Not Guesswork

We provide gold-standard health and performance testing to help you understand your fitness, metabolism, and long-term health. Using advanced, laboratory-grade assessments including VO2 max, lactate, and resting metabolic rate testing, we deliver precise, personalised insights into how your body functions.
While often associated with elite athletes, these tests are just as valuable for everyday people. Fitness directly impacts your energy, daily function, weight management, and ability to stay active as you age, with strong links between cardiorespiratory fitness, better health outcomes, reduced disease risk, and increased longevity.
Our testing provides a clear baseline and removes guesswork by offering objective, measurable data. Whether your goal is to improve health, boost energy, optimise training, manage weight, or invest in long-term wellbeing, we deliver tailored guidance to support you.
We work with all individuals - from beginners to athletes - offering a professional, supportive, and personalised experience so you can understand your body, take control of your health, and build lasting performance, wellbeing and longevity.

  • Health & Sports Performance

Clear Data, Not Guesswork

Our testing removes guesswork by providing objective, measurable data about your physiology. Whether your goal is to improve your health, increase energy, optimise training, support weight management, or invest in your long-term health and longevity, we provide clear answers and guidance tailored to you.

We work with individuals of all backgrounds and abilities - from those new to exercise and focused on improving their health, to recreational exercisers and competitive athletes. Our approach is professional, supportive, and personalised, ensuring every client feels comfortable and confident throughout the process.

By understanding your body at a deeper level, you can take control of your health, train with purpose, and build a foundation for lasting performance, wellbeing, and longevity.

Evidence-Based Testing

Testing Services

Aerobic Engine Assessment (V02 Max Test)

VO₂ max testing measures your body's peak ability to use oxygen during intense exercise; it's the gold standard for assessing cardiovascular fitness. It's a powerful look under the hood of your performance engine, revealing your aerobic capacity, endurance potential, and how efficiently your body turns effort into results.
VO₂ max isn't just a fitness metric, it's one of the strongest objective markers of overall health and longevity.

  • V02 max test on bike or treadmill
  • V02 max score and age/sex percentile
  • Heart rate and pace/power zones (Zone 1-5)
  • 15-minute post-test explanation
  • Summary report

Endurance Performance Profile (Lactate Threshold Test)

Your Lactate Threshold is the point where your body starts to fatigue faster than it can recover. Knowing exactly where that line is helps you train right on it, pushing performance without burning out. During the test, we track your blood lactate levels as exercise intensity increases.

  • Lactate threshold test using step protocol
  • Determination of lactate threshold heart rate and pace/power
  • One to one consultation to interpret results

Metabolic and Body Composition Check (REE + Body Composition)

Our Cosmed Q-NRG+ means we are able to offer individual metabolic assessments of your resting energy expenditure. Indirect calorimetry using a canopy hood is the gold standard for measuring REE, and will give you an accurate insight into the amount of energy your body requires at rest to sustain vital functions.

  • Resting energy expenditure (REE) test
  • Body composition assessment using Marsden Body Composition Scale
  • Accurate daily energy needs and suggested calorie ranges for maintenance, loss or gain
  • 20-minute feedback session

Annual Performance MOT

Can be taken as three separate visits over 12 months

  • One Aerobic Engine Assessment
  • One Endurance Performance Profile
  • One Metabolic and Body Composition Check
  • Annual summary letter for the athlete and, if they wish, their coach

Please follow this pre test standardisation if you have booked in for a V02 max or lactate threshold test:

You must be a minimum of 3 hours post meal when you do your test

No caffeine or stimulants 3-4 hours prior to test

No intense training 24 hours prior to test

Arrive hydrated and well rested

Please note: you are able to rearrange or cancel up to 48 hours prior to your appointment. After this time we will be unable to rearrange or refund what you have paid.

We advise you to download the 'My-NRG' app prior to your appointment as this will allow you to access your results after your test.

Introductions

Lucy Potter-Wilson

Lucy is a sports performance analyst whose perspective is shaped by her own training experiences in swimming, running, and walking in mountainous environments. Spending time across these disciplines has given her first hand understanding of the rhythms of endurance training — the balance between progression and recovery, the accumulation of fatigue, and the importance of consistency over time.

Through her own training, she has become increasingly interested in how athletes adapt to workload and environmental demands, and how performance data can be used to better support that process. Lucy is particularly drawn to using analysis to inform smarter training decisions, manage load, and promote sustainable performance rather than short-term gains.

Moving between structured training settings and unpredictable outdoor environments has reinforced the value of flexible, evidence-based approaches to performance. Lucy aims to translate complex information into clear, practical insights that respect both the data and the lived experience of the athlete, supporting long-term development, resilience, and enjoyment of sport.

Introductions

Max Munro

Max Munro has six years’ experience as a Military Physical Training Instructor (PTI), specialising in programme design to help personnel achieve and exceed military fitness standards. During this time, he was part of the military’s Human Performance team, working across four key pillars: nourishment, physiological performance, physical resilience, and rejuvenation. He holds qualifications as a Human Performance Coach and Tactical Performance Coach.

Max led the redesign of the Royal Air Force’s Advanced Movement and Recovery syllabus, supported by his qualification as a Functional Range Conditioning (FRC) Coach.

He is the co-owner of OP24, a Small Group Personal Training gym focused on long-term health, performance, and longevity. OP24’s approach emphasises key health markers such as VO₂ max, strength, and muscle mass as essential for lifelong wellbeing, not just athletic performance.

Max is currently completing a Diploma in the Future of Wellness, developing his practice as a Holistic Systems Practitioner with a systems-based approach to human wellbeing, performance, and resilience.

Introductions

Natalie Rouse

Natalie Rouse is a nutritionist, and exercise physiologist with over 20 years of experience supporting populations to optimise performance, fitness, and lifelong health.

With a strong interest in health, longevity, and lifestyle strategies that prevent disease while enhancing performance, Natalie has delivered performance testing, strength and conditioning programs, and lifestyle interventions across diverse settings, including fitness assessments for the UK Fire Services.

She specialises in evidence-based approaches helping individuals and teams achieve their peak potential while supporting long-term wellbeing.

Her approach combines scientific rigour with practical implementation, empowering clients from elite athletes to active communities to optimise performance, enhance health, and support a longer, more resilient life.

Introductions

Dr Teshk Nakshbandi

Teshk is a General Practitioner with a Postgraduate Diploma in Sport and Exercise Medicine from the University of Bath. He has experience in the diagnosis and management of sports-related musculoskeletal injuries, with a strong focus on evidence-based rehabilitation and return to activity planning.
Teshk is also skilled in joint injections and comprehensive pain management strategies to support recovery and optimise functional outcomes following injury.