{"id":17761,"date":"2018-04-17T21:42:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T20:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoffjones.com\/?p=17761"},"modified":"2018-04-17T21:42:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T20:42:11","slug":"a-testing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=17761","title":{"rendered":"A Testing Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Geoff<\/a>
Biking Fitness Test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During Cambridge Science\u00a0 Week Sally<\/a> and I visited\u00a0the stand of Anglia Ruskin University where they were promoting their Physiological testing, we had a quick go on their stationary bikes. Being the sort of guy I am I immediately booked in for a real physiological assessment.<\/p>\n

So today I found myself in the Compass building on East Road undergoing a 45min bike fitness test!<\/p>\n

My height has now dropped a couple of inches down to 1.75 metres and they couldn’t quite pinch an inch only 21mm around my midriff although my weight is now a shocking 84.05kg (13stones 3 lbs) definitely on my upper limit with body fat at just under 26%. My heart rate in the morning was 51bpm and pressure 150\/80<\/p>\n

Then it was onto the very posh bike complete with gas mask, strap heart rate sensor & someone to prick my finger every 3mins to do a lactate test. I set off at a cadence that I had to keep constant during the test I chose 75rpm and 100watts. Every 3 minutes the wattage is increased by 25watts whilst I tried to keep the 75rpm with the guy taking a blood sample at each setting.<\/p>\n

Really weird not to experience any air movement when working out plus my mouth rapidly dried up inside the face mask making it uncomfortable I eventually reached 250 watts at which point I was feeling knackered.\u00a0 The results showing my heart rate was now up to 157 bpm and the blood Lactate at 4.5 mmol Litre,<\/p>\n

\"Geoff<\/a>
Physiological Assessment Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a shower, they went through the results with me saying I was deemed fit for an old man \ud83d\ude42 but showing I really need a power meter to do workouts in the 200-watt range with a heart rate of 105 to 116 bpm.<\/p>\n

An interesting and worthwhile experience with lots of pretty graphs below:<\/p>\n

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Addendum:
\nSally reminded me that we first met the ARU guys at the Cambridge Half Marathon check-in\u00a0on the 3rd March at ARU.<\/p>\n

Richard reminded me the actual date of the test was on Monday 9th April<\/p>\n

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