Athlete Performance Testing & Analysis
Our athlete-centred packages provide multi-disciplinary support to optimise performance.
What we do
At the Performance Laboratory at Newcastle University, 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 Newcastle University students, 10% discount for non-NU students, NU staff and NU alumni
Fundamental Performance Assessments - £150
- Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) test (£50 for VO2max test only)
- Lactate profile test or fuel utilisation test
For further informaton or to make a booking contact [email protected]
Progression Monitoring Package - £360
- 3 x maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) test and lactate profile/fuel utilisation test
For further informaton or to make a booking contact [email protected]
Endurance Runner Package - £270
- Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) test
- Lactate profile test or fuel utilisation test
- Kinematic and gait analysis
- Body composition
For further informaton or to make a booking contact [email protected]
Cyclist Package - £306
- Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and maximal workload (Wmax) test
- Lactate profile test or fuel utilisation test
- Kinematic analysis
- Body composition analysis
For further informaton or to make a booking contact [email protected]
Triathlete Package - £516
- Treadmill maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) test and lactate profile test/fuel utilisation test
- Bike maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and maximal workload (Wmax) test, maximal aerobic power test, and lactate profile test/fuel utilisation test
- Treadmill kinematic and gait analysis
- Bike kinematic analysis
- Body composition analysis
For further informaton or to make a booking contact [email protected]
Team Sport Athlete Package - £216
Three assessments from:
- Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) test
- Maximal anaerobic power test
- Muscular strength and speed assessment
- Kinematic and gait analysis
- Body composition analysis
For further informaton or to make a booking contact [email protected]
Skill and Striking Athlete Package (golf, tennis, cricket etc) - £198
Three assessments from:
- Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) test
- Muscular strength test
- Kinematic and gait analysis
- Body composition
For further informaton or to make a booking contact [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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.
