VO2 Max Testing - at The Train Station

Due to standardized training heart rate formulas, the majority of training heart rate zones are inaccurately calculated and can be off as much as 30+ %. This lack of precision often leads to a loss of maximized fitness improvement and reduced body fat levels.

VO2 Max testing ultimately will provide you and your trainer your ideal heart rate training zone. (When your body starts to burn fat instead of glucose) which allows us to create training programs that are more efficient and result-oriented.

VO2 Max is the maximum amount of oxygen, in milliliters, that a person can consume per minute per kilogram of body weight. The test measures: 1) heart rate and 2) the ratio of carbon dioxide released to oxygen consumed. The higher your VO2 Max, the more efficiently your body handles oxygen.

What to expect

Our VO2 Max test will take about 20-30 minutes and is broken down into two parts.

VO2 Max Test

Explanation of Results

The VO2 Max Rate Test

For the test, you will use a treadmill and wear a breathing mask attached to a VO2 Max machine. Your trainer will monitor you as you start from a walk and work you way up to a run.

As the test progresses, the VO2 machine will measure the amount of oxygen in the air as you inhale and exhale.

What will you learn?

You will learn your exact point when your body cannot supply oxygen to your muscles - this point is called your anaerobic threshold. The closer you can train to it your threshold, the more body fat you will burn.

How much does it cost?

VO2 testing only (no follow-ups): $125
This program includes testing and program design with no follow-up appointments.

• Half hour consult: VO2 testing, personalized cardio program

VO2 and RMR testing with follow-ups: $375
This program includes:

• The initial hour nutrition consult,
  • Hour consult: RMR, personalized meal planning, and the big overview of how much exercise and nutritional change you must accomplish to achieve your goals, take your weight and body fat measurements and VO2 testing, personalized cardio program
• A half hour cardio consult
• 4 half hour follow-up appointments over the course of 6-8 weeks in which we cover respectively:
  • Half hour nutrition follow-up: food labels and organics, take your weight
  • Half hour nutrition follow-up: meal planning and recipe ideas, take your weight
  • Half hour nutrition follow-up: eating out and social events, take your weight
  • Half hour nutrition follow-up: setbacks and triggers, take your weight and body fat measurement