Inscyd Performance Testing

THE WORLD’S MOST ADVANCED PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE

INSCYD is for all athletes. It will benefit your training schedule and performance with both a scientific foundation and precise predictability. 

INSCYD will:

• provide you with a comprehensive look at the layers of your physiology that enable your actual performance.
• explain you how your performance is composed and what you can do to increase it.
• let you project further performances based on training improvements.

If you can not afford to play an expensive, time consuming and potentially inaccurate guessing game, start training with INSCYD! 

The coaches of best athletes in the world – such as Peter Sagan, Tony Martin and Jan Frodeno – use INSCYD to plan, manage and monitor the training of their athletes. Now you can too!

The performance you are looking for is composed of a variety of components and metrics, but if you only focus on FTP, heart rate zones, or keep training only according to your Rate of Perceived Exertion, you’ll miss accuracy and efficiency. 

For example, with INSCYD you can finally understand the interactions between your aerobic system and your fuelling needs. Do you wonder, “How much should I consume per hour in order to maintain my performance?” With INSCYD, you’ll know.

INSCYD takes into account, and connect to one another, the most important metrics for training purposes:

• VO_2max

• Anaerobic threshold

• Lactate accumulation and recovery

• Fat and carbohydrates combustion

• Recovery 

• VLa_max (or glycolytic capacity)

Each of the above metrics measured by INSCYD is critical to performance and remember, each sport performance is predictable and can be broken down to these fundamental elements.

VLAmax // Elite Coaches secret weapon disclosed

VLAmax can be looked at from two different sides. From one side, a low VLamax would increase your anaerobic threshold, your fat combustion and it would shorten your recovery time from hard efforts. 

On the other hand, a high VLamax increases the power available for attacks, sprints and short efforts. The anaerobic capacity can actually make the difference between winning and losing a race: the final lap, the final sprint, the final push – they are all decided by your glycolytic power.

Vlamax is the most important metric you should focus on and train according to. You may have never heard of it because up until last year it was used only by pro teams and national federations. But now its benefits are opened to everyone and you can finally start connecting all the dots that compose your performances: metrics, training adaptations, race predictions …

Don’t waste your time training the wrong way. Get tested with Success Cycling , we – know your VLamax – and tailor your training according to it. 

“You really know what to work on if you know the VLamax”

FAQ

What is INSCYD?

A tool for analyzing endurance performance in athletes. INSCYD gives you a full metabolic performance profile including aerobic capacity, glycolytic capacity, anaerobic threshold, energy cost of locomotion, fuel contribution (Fat vs. Carbohydrate), lactate accumulation & recovery, aerobic vs. anaerobic energy contribution and many more performance metrics. The results are as good as if you’d been tested in the most advanced human performance labs.

What’s involved?

We will test you using INSCYD’s Power Performance Decoder (PPD) protocols. Using your powermeter you will work through a series of critical power tests. As long as your powermeter is accurate and calibrated the data can be collected remotely in the field. The sensitivity of the algorithms within INSCYD are robust and the accuracy of analysis is on a par with the best metabolic carts used in high quality, human performance labs.

Why do I need testing?

Once we’ve received your data we can create your full performance profile. With this information you (or your coach) will be able to prescribe much more specific and focused training. INSCYD will provide you with a comprehensive look at the layers of your physiology that enable your actual performance. It will explain how your performance is composed. Are you an anaerobic athlete or a great fat burner? Are your strengths short explosive efforts or longer steady state work? Are you accessing the highest percentage of your VO2 when working at FTP? All of these questions can be answered and more importantly give you an understanding of what to change and what you need to improve upon.

Why use Success Cycling for INSCYD testing?

At Success Cycling we have always understood that no two athletes are the same. We use INSCYD testing to ensure training is targeted towards your unique physiological and metabolic profiles.

How much does it cost?

We offer the option of report only at £180 or report plus consultation at £250. At this 1 hour consultation you will receive a full explanation of your results plus information on how to adapt your diet and/or training in order to maximise performance.