Shape looks at cutting-edge fitness in Denver

Shape covered groundbreaking health performance testing at the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center.

Excerpt:

In fall of 2013, the Vail Vitality Center and the Human Performance Lab at Anschutz Health and Wellness Center in Denver debuted a performance test to the public that had previously only been offered to elite and professional athletes. Developed by Basque doctor Iñigo San Millán, it goes beyond discovering VO2 max (an indicator of your aerobic fitness) and lactate threshold (an indicator of your anaerobic fitness), and does what no other test has done before: It gives you an exact number range for your six heart rate training zones and pinpoints the exact beats per minute (BPM) when you stop burning fat and start burning carbs.

That's a big deal.

For well-trained athletes, it’s an exact science that reins in overtraining and prevents injury. In one collegiate team, San Millán and his crew decreased injuries threefold. For the rest of us, it's even more helpful: It proves that most people trying to get in shape push themselves too hard to burn fat.

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