The unit also conducts performance-based research and provides support to businesses, helping them to enhance workforce performance and boost productivity through methods and practices underpinned by world-leading research. This has previously included sessions on coaching, nutrition, strength & conditioning, and sports psychology.

Services available through SportsLab include:

Laboratory-based testing:

• VO2 Max - Provides an indication of the maximum capacity of your body to transport and use oxygen whilst performing exercise.
• Lactate threshold – Assesses accumulation of lactate in the blood to find an individuals threshold so training can be structured to improve performance.
• Haemoglobin and haematocrit – Measures the body's ability to transport oxygen to the exercising muscle.
• Motion capture - the ability to digitally capture human or animal mechanical movement across a space.

Nutrition support:

• Body composition assessment
• 1-on-1 Nutritional advice
• Nutritional strategy workshops
• Meal planning
• Hydration status

Strength & Conditioning:

• Strength, power and speed assessments
• Functional movement screening
• Training plan design
• Flexibility assessments

Sport and exercise psychology support:

• Manage motivation
• Enhance skill acquisition
• Control focus
• Enhance confidence
• Manage emotions

Equipment:

• Altitude chamber
• Antigravity treadmill
• Blood analysis equipment
• BodPod body composition analyser
• Cardiac analysis equipment
• ECG, EEG and EMG analysers
• Force platforms
• Gas analysis equipment
• Isokinetic dynamometers
• Light gates and reaction timers
• Spirometry equipment
• 3D analysis equipment

To explore opportunities with our Plant and Food Science technical services, contact our Enterprise & Engagement Team.