If you’ve ever bonked during a race, cramped up mid-exercise or felt something wrong despite following standard fueling advice, you’re not alone. These issues aren’t bad luck, they’re often signs of fueling and hydration strategies that aren’t on par with your body’s actual needs. Everyone is different and these generic plans often miss the mark.
To train and perform effectively, athletes need more than general advice. They need real data about how their bodies respond to stress, lose fluid and burn energy. That’s where physiological assessments like Sweat Analysis and Lactate Threshold testing can offer a major advantage and save you from hitting a wall during a race.
Leave the guesswork in the past and uncover the game-changing insights that these assessments offer.
No one sweats the same way. Some runners lose significantly more sodium than others, which impacts how well they stay hydrated, their susceptibility to cramping, and how they feel throughout a long run.
There is little margin for error when it comes to hydrating during a race or long run. During long-effort exercise, under-hydrating can lead to dizziness, headaches and serious complications like heat stroke. In contrast, over-hydration can cause swelling, stomach pain and seizures, making it just as serious.
This is why understanding how your body is losing fluids is crucial and can make or break a workout. With Sweat Analysis Testing, these issues can be a thing of the past.
A Sweat Analysis evaluates the composition of your sweat, giving you a clear picture of what your body needs to stay balanced. It’s not solely about drinking more water; it’s about knowing how much electrolyte replacement you need based on the sodium concentration of your sweat.
In addition to measuring the composition of your sweat, Sweat Analysis also measures the volume of your sweat while exercising, which can be helpful when creating a hydration plan for intensive training.
This kind of insight can prevent hydration-related issues and help runners maintain performance during long or high-intensity efforts.
At Human Powered Health, you’ll work with a performance physiologist to develop a hydration plan tailored to your specific sodium and volume loss, so you’re prepared and avoid hitting the wall. This hydration plan will take into account the distance, weather, pace and a variety of other factors of training or an upcoming race to ensure the most accurate and effective plan.
Your lactate threshold is the intensity of exercise at which lactate starts to accumulate rapidly, at a faster rate than it can be removed. For athletes, it marks the transition point between sustainable aerobic effort and the point where fatigue sets in quickly.
It’s one of the best indicators of endurance performance. Athletes with a higher lactate threshold can maintain a faster pace for longer without fatiguing. This measurement is highly individualized and can’t be accurately estimated with pace calculators or heart rate formulas alone.
Lactate Threshold Testing identifies specific exercise intensities that you can train at in order to optimize training and performance. The testing pinpoints your aerobic thresholds, which provides precise training zones that help improve endurance, speed and overall performance.
With this knowledge, you can target workouts to build endurance, improve speed and train more efficiently, instead of relying on pace charts or guesswork.
What if you knew exactly how your body is using carbs and fats during exercise? That’s what Gas Exchange Analysis provides.
Measured alongside Lactate Threshold Testing, gas exchange data reveals how your body burns different types of fuel at various intensities. This is especially crucial for endurance events or training, where improper fueling leads to bonking, GI issues or energy crashes.
Understanding your fuel utilization allows you to adjust carbohydrate intake based on actual metabolic needs, delay external fueling if you’re efficient at fat burning and optimize pre-race meals and mid-race nutrition with precision.
Every athlete is different, and your hydration and fueling plan should reflect that. Sweat Analysis, Lactate Threshold Testing and Gas Exchange Analysis provide the blueprint for personalized performance.
Together, these assessments give you a full understanding of how your body manages fuel, fluids and intensity. At Human Powered Health, you’ll receive specific, actionable data that tells you exactly what to eat, when to fuel and how much to hydrate, all based on your unique physiology and goals.
Without this data, athletes risk underperforming, overtraining and missing out on safer, more effective progress. Say goodbye to generic advice, say hello to precision training, better recovery and fewer race-day hiccups.
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