/ preparation
Three calm days — and the number will be truly yours
The test measures the maximum your body can reach today. If you had a hard session or a sleepless night the day before, you will see your fatigue rather than your ceiling. Preparation is short — three calm days are enough.
Together with Physio Check-Up — UAH 7,000. With a marathon certificate — 50% off the check-up.
/ why
Not because «the rules say so». Every point affects a specific number you came here to measure.
/ preparation
Nothing complicated: most points come down to «leave everything as it is and get some sleep».
Races, intervals, long runs and heavy strength work are better left for after the test. Your heart, breathing, muscles and nervous system will recover — and show their full range.
A new type of training, electrical stimulation, a fresh diet — all of it is stress for the body, even when the load feels light. Start new things afterwards.
Cutting water, sauna or diuretics reduce plasma volume — the heart pushes less blood per beat, and the number falls through no fault of yours.
Keto, fasting or carb loading three days before the test will make it measure your diet rather than your endurance.
Even one glass spoils sleep, hydration, heart rate and reaction speed. It is the cheapest way to lose a few points of your result.
Several nights in a row under seven hours and you will stop earlier than you could. Not because of the body — because of the head.
Something light with carbs — porridge with fruit, for example. Neither hungry nor straight after a heavy lunch.
A cold, fever, headache or a brutal week at work are reasons to reschedule. The test will wait; a spoiled number stays in your history.
A day or two of calm work in zone one or two. Lying down is not the answer either: the body enters the test better when it has been moving.
If you drink coffee daily, drink it as always. If you do not, today is not the day to try a pre-workout: you will get tremor and an inflated heart rate.
Two or three days of easy movement, full sleep, your usual food and normal hydration. That is all.
/ in short
The same thing in one paragraph.
The last three days: no hard training and no alcohol, nothing new in food or supplements, seven to eight hours of sleep, water as usual.
On the day of the test — a light carb meal 1.5–3 hours before the start, comfortable clothes and running shoes. Coffee in your usual amount, or none at all.
/ when to reschedule
Just tell the administrator — we will reschedule. It is a normal situation, not a cancelled booking.
A maximal test is a serious load. Feeling unwell, you will simply stop before reaching your ceiling and get someone else’s number. Better to come a week later and see the real you.
/ booking
The test takes about an hour including the debrief. You leave with your VO₂max, heart-rate and lactate thresholds, and the paces to train at.
VO₂max test — UAH 4,000 · together with Physio Check-Up — UAH 7,000
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