Suzanne’s Training Center
Elite Training Systems is a 5,000 square foot facility equipped with men's and women's locker rooms with showers, three treatment rooms for sports massage and physical therapy, a personal training room, a group exercise room, and a group cycling room with a movie screen. The core of the facility is the physiology lab for human performance. Elite Training Systems is a unique training center catering to sport enthusiasts, goal oriented athletes, health improvement clients, and those achieving weight loss.
Physiology Lab: Know Your Training Needs
The ability of an athlete to reach a peak performance during an athletic event requires precise training of specific energy systems for a particular race distance and type of course. This takes fine tuning so the athlete can generate the highest amount of energy per unit of time during a race. Proper training accomplishes this. Maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) and threshold testing for the endurance athlete lets the coach and the athlete know if this balance is being obtained. Each energy system (dependant upon the event) must be trained properly in order to reach full personal potential.
V02max testing at Elite Training Systems is administered on our medical grade metabolic cart. The tests are performed on either a treadmill, a Concept2 rowing ergometer, your own bike mounted on our lab calibrated Computrainer or a stationary lab cycle ergometer, depending on your sport..
Clients interested in weight loss begin with a complete Body Composition Analysis performed in our lab using Biospace technology. Results are printed and graphed. Tests include %body fat, lean body mass, basal metabolic rate, body max index, hip-waist ratio, along with skinfold measurements and circumference measurements, height and weight. Based on your body type and test results, we determine your ideal weight and the pounds of muscle and/or body fat to gain or lose. Caloric intake and expenditure is then determined. From here your training plan is developed.