Dr Alvaro Bondia, nutritionist and health professional at Mediterranean Health in Mallorca, trusts that to improve energy performance there is no better and more precise option than a metabolic assessment. The goal is to obtain real data (VO2max, daily energy consumption, efficiency of fat, hydrocarbon or protein metabolism) and thus knowing better how body works to help people obtaining the...

At Hacettepe University (Ankara), Faculty of Sport Sciences, Erkan Tortu measured the maximum oxygen consumption (VO2Max) with COSMED K5 to evaluate a young athlete's performances. VO2Max is considered to be the best criterion of cardiorespiratory endurance capacity of the athlete. Since the used O2 is used for the production of ATP by breaking down the nutrients taken into the body, the...

During Real Madrid's fourth day of pre-season, Carlo Ancelotti's players completed demanding high-intensity physical training wearing COSMED K5 metabolic system. The assessment was conducted by O2Up, a team of experts in Professional Training and Functional Evaluation.⠀⠀⠀To determine players cardiovascular fitness and performance capacity (VO2Max), the test intensity was progressively...