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Performance Diagnostics in Elite Sports

In elite sports, the right intensity at the right time decides. CPET shows where the individual thresholds lie and whether the last training block did what it was supposed to. Measurement happens in the lab and wherever the sport takes place.

Questions

  • 01

    Training zones that are truly individual

    The breath gas analysis determines VT1 and VT2 and divides exercise into zones that match the athlete's measured metabolism instead of a percentage formula based on heart rate. Base training stays base training, even when daily form fluctuates.

  • 02

    Did the training block work?

    Repeated measurements with the same methodology show whether oxygen uptake and thresholds have shifted. Coaches plan the next block based on measured change rather than impressions.

  • 03

    Measure where the sport takes place

    Lab values do not transfer one to one into the boat, onto the track or up the mountain. In a field test, the athlete wears the measurement system on the body without cables, telemetry transmits the values over more than 1,000 m, and the measurement works in cold, in heat or at altitude.

  • 04

    Compare lab and field values directly

    Lab and field measurements are taken with the same methodology and end up in the same evaluation. Results from the field can be compared directly with lab values, and over the season this grows into one continuous dataset.

Parameters

V̇O₂max
Maximum oxygen uptake: uptake reaches a plateau even as the load continues to rise.
VT1
First ventilatory threshold: from this point, CO₂ output rises disproportionately to oxygen uptake.
VT2
Second ventilatory threshold: from this point, minute ventilation rises disproportionately to CO₂ output.
RER
Respiratory exchange ratio during exercise: ratio of CO₂ output to oxygen uptake.
Running economy
Oxygen uptake at a defined submaximal running speed.
Substrate utilization
Share of carbohydrates and fats in energy expenditure, calculated from the respiratory quotient.

System recommendation

The C2in1 performance as a combined platform, the MetaMax® 3B for mobile measurement, the MetaLyzer® 3B for the lab.

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"We have relied on the professional, dependable systems from CORTEX Biophysik GmbH for many years and are very satisfied with both the product quality and the service and support. We use the MetaMax® most of all and value it for its mobility, compatibility and ease of use. We look forward to many more successful years of working together."

Olympic Training Center Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg)

"As a Bundesliga club, we aim to offer the highest standard in performance diagnostics. In CORTEX Biophysik we found the right partner for that. Working together runs smoothly."

Günther Stoxreiter

Athletic Performance Coach, Werder Bremen

"For us, the C21 combines a lab analyzer and a mobile unit in a single device, with no loss in measurement accuracy and no compromise in handling."

Peter Rüdrich, Fr. Mesecke

IAT Leipzig

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The systems are intended for use by trained, qualified personnel.

METAMAX® 3B and METALYZER® 3B are medical devices. C2in1 performance is not a medical device.

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