What is PNOE?
The PNOE Metabolic Testing Device is an accurate mobile tool used by major sports teams, Olympic athletes and university research programs to assess oxygen usage and carbon dioxide clearance at rest and during exercise. It is so precise, that it has medical grade accuracy in metabolic testing.
This measurement allows your Trainer, Physiologist or a doctor to determine your ability to burn carbohydrates and fat for fuel, how to exercise for fitness and weight loss, how to improve the longevity of your lungs and heart and how to become the best at your chosen sport or activity.
What is a V02 Max Test?
Whether you are trying to maximize your cardiovascular performance, improve your endurance, start an exercise program, or lose weight, this assessment performed by one of our exercise physiologists can help you reach your goals. The results from this assessment will fine tune your target heart rate zones. You will learn your ideal aerobic and anaerobic training zones, as well as the number of calories burned during every level of exercise. This information is vital to any athletic performance, exercise training and/or weight loss program.
This measurement allows your Trainer, Physiologist or a doctor to determine your ability to burn carbohydrates and fat for fuel, how to exercise for fitness and weight loss, how to improve the longevity of your lungs and heart and how to become the best at your chosen sport or activity.
Why Test Your V02 Max?
Whether you are trying to maximize your cardiovascular performance, improve your endurance, start an exercise program, or lose weight, this assessment performed by one of our exercise physiologists can help you reach your goals. The results from this assessment will fine tune your target heart rate zones. You will learn your ideal aerobic and anaerobic training zones, as well as the number of calories burned during every level of exercise. This information is vital to any athletic performance, exercise training and/or weight loss program.
This measurement allows your Trainer, Physiologist or a doctor to determine your ability to burn carbohydrates and fat for fuel, how to exercise for fitness and weight loss, how to improve the longevity of your lungs and heart and how to become the best at your chosen sport or activity.
Metabolism and Cells
Analyze how fast or slow your metabolism is, determine optimal calorie intake for your goal, and measure how effectively your cells burn fats and carbohydrates at rest and during exercise. This information also reveals the risk for metabolic disorders such as Type II Diabetes.
Biological Age
Analyze your biological age as well as how long and well you are estimated to live. According to the American Heart Association this test provides the most reliable and accurate measure of longevity and mortality risk.
Fat Burn and Recovery
Analyze how effectively your cells utilize oxygen, burn fat as a fuel source, and clear fatigue metabolites during exercise. This information is also used to determine the optimal macro intake during exercise.
Heart and Lungs
Analyze your cardiovascular and lung fitness with gold standard accuracy and understand how these vital organs impact your health and wellbeing. Your lung fitness is evaluated through four distinct metrics that paint the most complete picture of how fit your lungs are and how well you utilize them.
Brain and Posture
Analyze how your breath affects cognitive performance, lower back pain and myoskeletal health. Breathing is the most vital function for maintaining high levels brain activity and avoiding injuries such as lower back pain.
Who Can Benefit From Metabolic Testing?
PNOE gives us the ability to prescribe precision exercise programs. It also allows us to assess key organ function in chronic disease and shows us the reasons for plateau or difficulty losing weight in those who have struggled with their weight loss programs in the past. We are truly treating the cause in these cases thanks to this tool.
Here are a few examples of how Alpha 1 Personal Training has used PNOE for both assessment and therapeutics:
• Precision weight loss – building exercise plans, training for fat loss, avoiding burning, diagnosis the cause of a plateau
• Chronic fatigue – mitochondrial health
• Cardiovascular disease – VO2 Max, aerobic fitness, tissue oxygenation
• Respiratory disease – ventilation exchange ratio, breathing frequency, O2 volume, VO2 max
• Post-concussion syndrome – mitochondrial health, posture, breathing efficiency
• Cancer therapy – metabolic efficiency, weight loss
• Metabolic disease/Diabetes – weight loss, building an effective exercise plan for glucose control
• High Performance Athletes – event prep, training schedules, live training
How do I Test?
The PNOE Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) and VO2 Max (Active) Tests at Alpha 1 Personal Training are both included during the PNOE Metabolic Analysis.
Testing is extremely easy and only takes between 30 – 90 minutes – depending on which tests you would like to have completed. Here are the steps you need to follow to have your metabolism testing:
1) First, book an appointment for a test or information session.
2) Before your test make sure to follow these instructions:
Fast for 12 hours before the test
Avoid caffeine for 12 hours before the test
Avoid intense exercise greater than 1 hour for 24 hours before your test
Avoid smoking for 4 hours before your test
3) Arrive at Alpha 1 Personal Training 15 minutes before your test time. Relax in our waiting area.
4) Complete your resting metabolic test with your trainer – You will be fitted with the PNOE device and asked to lie on a table quietly for 15 minutes. The device will track your oxygen intake and CO2 expired.
5) Complete your VO2 Max test with your trainer – After your resting metabolic rate test you will be asked to choose between the stationary bike, treadmill or elliptical for your active metabolism test. After a 3-minute warm up you will be guided through a ramped exercise test. Each minute the test will become more difficult until you are too exhausted to continue your pace.
6) Results will be calculated via the PNOE cloud and presented by your Physiologist. You will be given resting metabolic rate and VO2 Max values during this review (and how they compare to normals for your age, height and gender).
7) An exercise plan will be developed by your Physiologist to support your health and wellness goals. You will be asked to complete 8-12 weeks of this plan before your PNOE Metabolic retest.
8) A report will be generated by PNOE assessing your overall health. Please see below for an example graphic. This report will outline your lung, heart, mitochondrial, mechanical, breathing and fat burning health and ability. This report will include your exercise zones (for zone specific training) and a general exercise plan to help you reach your goals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes – both Snap Fitness/Alpha 1 Personal Training clients and non-clients can elect to complete a test.
For both the active (AMR) and the resting (RMR) tests, you will get a physician certified breathwork report and a nutrition report. Staff at the club will go over the results with you.
We can analyze some data immediately, however it normally takes 2-3 days to get the physician certified test results back. We will contact you to schedule a results interpretation meeting to go over the breathwork and nutrition repots with you.
There is a team of experienced exercise physiologists and physicians that go over every single test submitted multiple times to validate the test. No less that two separate team members at Pnoe’s headquarters review the data for accuracy prior to sending the results back to us. The results are medical and scientific grade accurate.
Sometimes there is an issue with the equipment or the test: while we take precautions to ensure that this doesn’t happen, should the physician not be able to provide a report based on the data, we will re-do the test for you free of charge.
No – this amplifies your training program. With the breathwork and nutrition reports, your trainer can dial in your training program to a medical and scientific level to get you precision results custom tailored just to you.
All tests include both a breathwork and nutrition report:
Resting – RMR Only Test:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $175.00
Active – AMR (VO2 Max):Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $199.00
Dual Test (RMR + AMR): Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $275.00
Dual Test + InBody:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $299.00
We recommend limiting your testing to once per month. While it is safe to test more frequently, we want to give you body a chance to change in between tests.
We recommend limiting your testing to once per month. While it is safe to test more frequently, we want to give you body a chance to change in between tests.