Athlete Performance Testing & Analysis
Our athlete-centred packages provide multi-disciplinary support to optimise performance.
What we do
At the Performance Laboratory at Â鶹´«Ã½, we can support you to optimise your performance. Our experts in exercise and environmental physiology, nutrition, and biomechanics use state-of-the-art facilities and equipment to deliver sports performance testing and analysis to meet the needs of elite athletes and active people.
Our testing will allow you to:
- Assess and monitor fitness, inform training, and predict performance capacity.
- Optimise training for injury prevention, better technique, and improved performance.
- Assess and monitor muscle function, muscle imbalance, and support rehabilitation and return-to-play.
- Prepare for competition and endurance challenges in the most extreme environmental conditions.
- Assess and monitor body composition, helping to achieve an optimal physique for your sport.
Our Packages
Our range of tests are packaged to you suit you, the athlete. Our athlete-centres packages provide multi-disciplinary support to optimise performance. Each package includes expert interpretation of your data and a written report.
15% discount for Â鶹´«Ã½ students, 10% discount for non-NU students, NU staff and NU alumni
Fundamental Performance Assessments - £135
- Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max)
- Lactate profile test or fuel utilisation test
For further informaton or to make a booking contact performancetesting@newcastle.ac.uk
Environmental Training and Acclimatisation Package - £540
- 3 x 1-hour monitored training session in the environmental chamber
For further informaton or to make a booking contact performancetesting@newcastle.ac.uk
VO2 Max - £65
For further informaton or to make a booking contact performancetesting@newcastle.ac.uk
BodPod Body Composition Analysis - £35
For further information or to make a booking contact performancetesting@newcastle.ac.uk
Isokinetic Dynamometer Strength Testing - £65
For further information or to make a booking contact performancetesting@newcastle.ac.uk
Resting Metabolic Rate Assessment - £45
For further information or to make a booking contact performancetesting@newcastle.ac.uk
Our Facilities
Our range of tests are packaged to you suit you, the athlete. Our athlete-centres packages provide multi-disciplinary support to optimise performance.
- State-of-the-art hypoxia and heat chamber capable of replicating extreme environmental conditions such as altitude, extreme heat and extreme cold.
- Performance treadmill and cycle ergometer.
- High-specification metabolic cart and gas analysis system.
- 34-camera, 3D motion capture system.
- 40-metre gait analysis track with embedded force plates.
- Isokinetic dynamometer and 14-unit EMG system for measuring muscle strength and activation.
