The record champion club FC Bayern started pre-season with intense performance tests under the guidance of head coach Thomas Tuchel. At the training facility Säbener Straße in Munich, 28 players underwent CPET analysis with COSMED Quark CPET as well as different other tests including agility, coordination and strength testings. Quark CPET is powered by OMNIA, the new generation of COSMED software...

Fitness level assessment for Panserraikos athletes pre-season. Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Tests were performed using COSMED Quark CPET and h/p/cosmos treadmill. CPET tests are an accurate and reproducible measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness and performance providing physiological and functional indices which are key variables in the assessment of athletes. Quark CPET is powered by OMNIA,...

Jesse Coyle, Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science, from Nero Coaching (Australia), recorded a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test with Quark CPET conducted on a junior cyclist at the Exercise Physiology Lab of the Australian Catholic University (ACU). Information about the heart and lungs is collected to understand if the body’s response to exercise is normal or abnormal. On the bike, the pedaling...

Eldad Yaakobi, Clinical Exercise Physiologist at Sagol Research Center (Israel), tells about Chris Froome VO2 Max test performed with COSMED Quark CPET. Froome is a British road racing cyclist, winner of several stage races, including Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España, currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Israel Premier Tech. He has also won two Olympic bronze medals in road time...