Body Health Gatwick

31/01/2026

VO2 max is a way of measuring maximal oxygen uptake. It’s one of the gold standard tests for indication of cardiovascular and overall physical fitness of an individual.

Through a graded intensity test. We put you on a treadmill to warm up for 10minutes and acclimatise (speed is dependent on the individual). Once warm, we will increase the speed every minute by 0.5km/hr until you cannot continue.

Once done and cooled down, we then go through your results giving your VO2 max score, training zones, max speed and much more. Advise on interventions you can put in place either with us or on your own to improve for in the future.

Stop guessing and start testing.

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31/01/2026

Wow how the hell is it 3 years since I got the unit already!!?!

Definitely a few more grey hairs later, but my god it was worth it. As always thank you everyone who helped get me here it’s truely a dream!

30/01/2026

Really excited to have been asked to be a guest on Secrets from a coach podcast this week!

Also on spotify just search Secrets From a Coach

Secrets from a Coach is a career and wellness coaching podcast which aims to help listeners thrive and maximise their potential in the evolving workplace.

30/01/2026

Struggling to book an appointment? Can’t do a weekend?

will be opening up his diary for late slots on alternate Fridays 🙌🏽

Sports Massage
Injury Assessment
RMR testing
Vald strength testing

Book in via the website www.bodyhealthgatwick.co.uk

25/01/2026

Excellent testing day with doing both his RMR and VO2.

Great score and as always super fun.

VO2 has a 10min warm up on the treadmill, the speed is pitched at your normal easy running pace after which every minute we increase the speed by 0.5km/hr and once you’re done you just stop and we do a cool down. No falling off treadmills either!

After, we go through the results, look at training zones and how your heart rate and breathing correlates with the intensity increases and give you feedback on how to improve so you can put in an intervention either with us or in your own time making you measurably better!

Book your RMR and VO2 test on the website now.

14/01/2026

Happy Tuesday 🙈

13/01/2026

Great afternoon with Vicky and Paul. Both opting to look at their Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) and VO2 testing. Getting their training zones to improve cardio fitness and calorie numbers to make sure they are fuelling their workouts.

Thanks for coming in!

If you want to know your numbers and how to improve your running drop us a dm.

08/01/2026

Are you tired of forever dieting and not losing weight? 🥦

Online calculators dishing you numbers with no basis to who you are, your lifestyle and your body. ⚖️

Perhaps you want to put on size but don’t know how?💪🏽

Stop guessing and start testing. ✔️

At Body Health Gatwick we now offer resting metabolic rate testing. This will give you ACTUAL numbers to help you understand your body. The test is very easy, we place a calibrated VO2 Master mask on you and let you sit and relax for 20min. After then we give you detailed feedback based on your needs and take home information to help you implement methods that will work. No more guessing calories or starving yourself needlessly, it’s unnecessary.

Even if you’re working with a nutritionist or dietitian this information is invaluable to them to help you.

We recommend minimum no food 5 hours prior and 24 hours off heavy exercise before testing. Please take all medications as normal.

Book online or drop us a message to book/ discuss.

06/01/2026

Our latest bit of tech in the performance centre is the VALD force frames. And today I’m going to show you one of the ways we can use them and make strength training more fun.

These are also great for analysing left vs right strength numbers in your body. So we can test, do an intervention and then retest.

Few months ago I had a look at my hamstrings which I know since my ACL surgery 7 years ago my left was 30% weaker than my right 😱. (To which my PT was asking how the hell have I fought and trained multiple times, with such a massive discrepancy 🤷🏽‍♀️). Important to note I did have a hamstring graft in my op so there is some tendon that was physically cut out also.

Body is an incredibly adaptable machine I guess 😅 💁‍♀️.

But equally it’s not doing me any favours, I know it’s weaker. I get increasingly tight calves and Achilles on the left side, as a compensation to it not doing its job. If I work my hamstrings hard i notice behind my knee feels like it wants to snap off the next day 😭. So now more than ever is the time to sort this!

Using the training mode I can ‘gamify’ my hamstring training, which using the ‘bridge’ movement, I hold a contraction for a certain amount of time. In this case, I did 5s on and 5s off 5x. I can increase this duration and rest period over time. This is on top of me doing my normal strength training.

But as I improve I can up the numbers of intensity of where I need to hit until it’s equal with my right.

So if you want to know your numbers, stop guessing and come get tested. Don’t think it might go away, because, quite frankly doing nothing is why nothing has changed.
Maybe even come do some structured strength training with us?

31/12/2025

Had the amazing in yesterday to do her Resting Metabolic Rate and VO2 max test yesterday. I know she’s an amazing runner but her results blew it out of the water. 😮

Videos coming soon! Thank you for filming.

Drop us a message if you’re interested in finding out your RmR (how many calories you need) and Vo2 max (how cardiovascular fit you are).