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Bupa Fitness Assessment

Understand your fitness and achieve your peak performance


Whatever your sport, a scientific measurement of your fitness can be the first step to dramatically improving your performance. With a Bupa Fitness Assessment you will discover your VO2 max score – the fitness indicator relied on by elite athletes – and be given a number of key fitness measures to help you understand and achieve your potential.

Fitness Assessment in more detail

Key benefits of the Bupa Fitness Assessment

  • Provides a comprehensive analysis of all your cardio-respiratory responses to exercise, including your anaerobic threshold and an accurate VO2 max calculation.
  • The VO2 max calculation, long considered the gold standard measure for professional athletes
  • With the combined results we can understand how best to formulate your ideal training intensities.
  • Monitor your cardio-respiratory and metabolic efficiency, checking your heart and lung responses to exercise and the fuels your body utilises.


Introductory price £149

Total duration: 60 minutes
Time with Exercise Physiologist: 60 minutes

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Just some of the tests included Hide
  • 60 minute consultation and examination with a Bupa Exercise Physiologist
  • A range of tests will be completed before putting you through your paces to assess your current condition including lung function, key health metrics and comprehensive body composition analysis
  • A series of 13 tests and measures including a VO2 max calculation, strength assessment, flexibility test and anerobic threshold
  • ECG tests will be carried out throughout the assessment, monitoring your heart and measuring your blood pressure responses to exercise
  • After the test you will have a consultation with a Bupa Exercise Physiologist who will take you through and explain your results
  • As a result the physiologist will help you develop an action plan showing you how to make the most of your workouts and follow a detailed path to peak fitness
Our doctors and health advisers Hide

We choose our doctors carefully; normally they will have been qualified for at least five years and have a broad background of medical experience. Many will have a higher degree – MRCGP, MRCP or equivalent. All will have undergone a training programme to familiarise them with the concept of health assessment and Bupa protocols. All are subject to an initial three-month appraisal and then annual appraisals thereafter, with regular notes audits and report checks. Our health advisers are all either registered nurses, degree qualified exercise physiologists or hold other health related degrees. All have been specially trained by Bupa so that they have an in-depth understanding of wellbeing and health as it can be influenced by lifestyle. All health advisers are subject to regular appraisal.

Available at selected Bupa Centres Hide

The Fitness Assessment is available at 18 Bupa Centres nationwide. Search by service to find your nearest Bupa Centre.

The Fitness Check is not appropriate for everyone - ask us about whether it might be for you when you call us.
 

Next steps

  • *Please note that calls may be recorded and may be monitored.
     
    ¹The current offers outlined on this page apply to the new Bupa Health Assessments only, and are available to those booking and attending by 31 May 2012. These offers cannot be used in conjunction with any other Bupa offers. Bupa reserves the right to withdraw this pricing at any time.

    Health Assessments are not available to under 18's.

    Bupa Centres and the health assessments offered at each Bupa Centre may vary from time to time.

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  • Telephone

    For more information or to book your discounted assessment please call

    0845 600 3458*

    quoting H0044. Lines are open 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday, and 8am to 1pm on Saturday.

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