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02/11/2026

How a VO2 max test can help you achieve your race PB’s!

26/10/2026

Weight loss slowing down? Your metabolism isn’t necessarily broken. 👇
As you lose weight, your body changes, and so does the amount of energy you need each day.

Resting metabolic rate (RMR): A smaller body generally requires fewer calories at rest.

NEAT: You may unconsciously move less throughout the day when dieting.

Exercise expenditure (EAT): The same workout can burn fewer calories as your body weight decreases.

Thermic effect of food (TEF): Eating less means your body uses less energy digesting food.

Individually, these changes might seem small. Together, they can narrow your calorie deficit and make progress slow down.

The answer isn’t automatically to slash your calories further. It’s to understand what’s happening in your body and adjust your approach accordingly.

Stop guessing with your fat loss. Build your plan from your own body data.

At My Vital Metrics, we use objective testing to help you make more informed decisions about your health, body composition and performance.

Get in touch to find out how we can help.

21/10/2026

Are you training at the right intensity to optimise fat burning?

Your body uses a combination of fats and carbohydrates to fuel exercise, but the contribution of each changes depending on exercise intensity.

At lower intensities, a greater proportion of energy typically comes from fat. As exercise intensity increases, your body becomes increasingly reliant on carbohydrates.

However, **your optimal fat-burning zone is unique to you.**

Factors such as aerobic fitness, training history and metabolic adaptations all influence how efficiently your body uses fat as fuel.

Through our VO₂max and FatMax testing, we measure oxygen consumption (VO₂) and carbon dioxide production (VCO₂) to assess how your body uses energy at different exercise intensities.

This allows us to identify:

• **Your FatMax:** The exercise intensity at which your body burns the greatest amount of fat per minute.

• **Your individual training zones:** Based on your physiological response rather than generic heart rate formulas.

• **Your fuel utilisation:** How your body shifts between fat and carbohydrate oxidation as exercise intensity increases.

Understanding your individual physiology allows you to take a more targeted approach to training, whether your goal is to improve aerobic fitness, increase endurance or optimise your body’s ability to use fat as fuel.

*rain with data, not guesswork.

14/10/2026

How we can use metrics from multiple tests to assess if there is an immediate need for improvement- or just a value to be aware of as you age!

We cannot give you a medical diagnosis nor give you a specific % risk of falls, these metrics just allow us to further individualise the feedback and recommendations we give to clients to ensure they are living healthier!

07/10/2026

A little educational video on how a sweat test is performed!

05/10/2026

As we age, physical capacity becomes increasingly important.

Strength, mobility, balance and cardiorespiratory fitness all play a role in how well we move, perform and function over time. And maintaining them doesn’t require complicated training.

Squats help preserve lower-body strength and mobility. Push-ups develop upper-body strength. Dead hangs challenge grip and shoulder capacity. Stair work and step-ups combine strength, balance and cardiovascular demand. And walking remains one of the simplest ways to support long-term cardiovascular health.

The important part is continuing to train the qualities you want to keep. What you do now helps determine what your body is capable of later.

28/09/2026

We’re heading to the CCR Medical Longevity Summit this week 🧬

And this year, our Founder, Owen Hutchins, will be taking to the stage to discuss something we’re passionate about at My Vital Metrics:

With more health measurements available than ever before, which ones actually matter?

Owen will be exploring the growing world of health and performance testing. What’s worth measuring, what can genuinely help move the needle, and where we should be focusing our attention.

📍 ExCeL London 📅 Thursday 1 October ⏰ 10:00–10:15 🎟️ Free to attend

The Medical Longevity Summit is open to all, so if you’re interested in the future of health, longevity and personalised testing, register on their website and come along and say hello! https://www.ccrlondon.com/medical-longevity-summit/

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25/09/2026

Your VO₂ max number is actually only one small part of what you can get from a VO₂ max test 👀

This test also shows you what fuel your body is using at different intensities, which can be really useful for working out where your Zone 2 actually sits and how efficiently you’re using fat as a fuel.

In this case, the runner thought their easy runs were in the 130s–140s, but their data showed their aerobic work was actually sitting much lower.

This is why I love looking at the full data rather than just giving someone a VO₂ max number.

21/09/2026

Some of the things people say because they think they’re being healthy are actually red flags.

Here are three we hear all the time.

“I’ve stopped doing anything that gets me really out of breath now that I’m older.”
Red flag.

Your cardiorespiratory fitness naturally declines with age, which is exactly why it needs to be challenged. You don’t need to train like an athlete, but regularly getting your heart rate up and working at higher intensities can be an important part of maintaining health and fitness as you get older.

“I lost four kilograms in a week.”
Red flag.

That doesn’t mean you’ve lost four kilograms of body fat. Rapid changes on the scales are often driven by water, glycogen and gut contents, and if your calorie deficit is too aggressive, you can also start losing lean tissue. Faster weight loss is not automatically better weight loss.

And finally:

“I haven’t had a day off exercising this year.”
Red flag.

Training is the stimulus, but recovery is where adaptation happens. Your muscles, connective tissue and nervous system all need time to recover. More training isn’t always better training, and consistently ignoring recovery can eventually compromise performance and progress.

Health isn’t about pushing harder all the time.

It’s about giving your body the right stimulus, then giving it the opportunity to adapt.

16/09/2026

Is all protein made equal? Not necessarily.

When evaluating protein, total intake is only part of the picture. Protein quality is also influenced by its essential amino acid profile, leucine content and digestibility.

Proteins are made from amino acids, nine of which are classified as essential amino acids (EAAs) because they cannot be synthesised by the body in sufficient quantities and therefore must be obtained through the diet.

For skeletal muscle, these EAAs are particularly important because they provide the substrate required for muscle protein synthesis (MPS).

Leucine plays a key regulatory role by helping activate the signalling pathways involved in MPS. However, leucine alone is not sufficient: the remaining essential amino acids must also be available to support the synthesis of new muscle protein.

This is why two foods containing the same number of grams of protein may not produce the same physiological response.

High-quality proteins generally provide:
• All nine essential amino acids in adequate proportions • A relatively high leucine content • High digestibility and amino acid availability

Whey, dairy, eggs, meat and fish typically perform strongly across these measures.
Plant proteins can also support muscle protein synthesis effectively, but individual sources may contain lower concentrations of certain EAAs, have a lower leucine density, or be less digestible. In practice, this can often be addressed by consuming a larger dose, combining complementary protein sources, or choosing higher-quality plant proteins such as soy.

So while total daily protein intake remains fundamental, the source of that protein also matters.
The key question is not simply “how many grams of protein am I eating?” but also “what amino acids does that protein provide, and how effectively can the body use them?”

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