The Ultimate Athlete Blueprint

Most performance testing just tells you how fit you are today. This profile tells you why, and gives you a clear road map of what to do next.

Your athletic performance is built from a complex web of physiological systems. If you are only focusing on FTP, standard heart rate zones, or training purely by feel (RPE), you are missing the accuracy and efficiency needed to truly unlock your potential.

By mapping your unique metabolism with medical-grade precision, we take the guesswork out of your schedule. Every sport performance is predictable when broken down to its fundamental elements. We provide the scientific foundation and exact predictability you need so that every single workout has a clear purpose.

Exclusive to Canterbury: INSCYD is the advanced metabolic testing trusted by WorldTour cycling teams and Olympic champions to predict training and racing outcomes. Tristar is proud to be the only certified practitioner in Canterbury bringing this elite sports science directly to local athletes.

What You Get From Your Data

Instead of a generic training zones printout, you get answers to the questions that actually matter to your daily training and racing:

• Your True Performance Limiters: We balance your aerobic engine (VO²max) against your anaerobic power (VLaMax). Knowing this relationship tells us exactly what type of training will move the needle for you, preventing you from wasting weeks on the wrong intervals.

• A Bulletproof Fuelling Strategy: Stop guessing how many gels to carry. Discover your exact carbohydrate and fat burn rates at every intensity. You will know precisely how many grams of carbs your body demands per hour to maintain your performance at race pace.

• Your Exact Training Zones: No generic, age-based formulas. You get precision thresholds (LT¹ and LT²) dialled into your current heart rate, pace, or power.

• Your Metabolic Phenotype: We identify which of the five athletic blueprints matches your body. Two athletes can share the exact same race times but require completely opposite training to improve. We show you yours.

The Metrics That Shape Your Performance

Through our advanced performance platform, we look deep under the hood at the exact metrics that dictate your speed, power, and endurance:

1. VO2MAX, YOUR ENGINE SIZE, ESTIMATED FROM YOUR TEST DATA

Your maximum aerobic capacity, VO2max, is one of the most important markers in endurance sport. Within your INSCYD Metabolic Analysis, we calculate a modelled VO2max from your power, time, and lactate data across the test. This gives you a strong working estimate to track against future tests and monitor how training, intensity work, and nutrition are shifting your aerobic ceiling over time.

If you want your true VO2max measured directly, rather than modelled, we offer a standalone VO2max test as an add-on, done fresh on a separate day for the most accurate ceiling reading.

2. VLaMax - The Glycolytic Secret Weapon

VLaMax is your maximum lactate production rate, the ultimate measure of your anaerobic power. While you might have never heard of it, it is the single most important measurement to enhance your performance. VO²maxis your aerobic ceiling, but VLaMax is the anaerobic piece that turns out to be at least as important, even in endurance events.

• A low VLaMax increases your anaerobic threshold, supercharges your fat combustion, and drastically shortens your recovery time from hard efforts.

• A high VLaMax gives you the explosive power needed for attacks, surges, and short sprints.

• Knowing your VLaMax allows Tristar to tailor your intervals perfectly so you don't waste time training the wrong way.

"You really know what to work on if you know the VLaMax."

— Dan Lorang, High-Performance Coach to IRONMAN World Champions.

3. Anaerobic Threshold (AT) - The True Baseline

By testing with Tristar, we define your threshold by its true scientific meaning: the exact point where lactate combustion equals lactate production. This reduces the standard error of your threshold determination to less than 3% and allows us to calculate exactly how much your threshold will improve by adjusting a single metric.

4. Lactate Clearance & Economy - The Speed Hacks

• Lactate Recovery: In sports with repeated intervals, sprinting causes rapid lactate accumulation. Tristar measures how efficiently your body recycles that lactate and uses it as a primary fuel source to sustain high power.

• Movement Economy: Economy is how efficiently you convert raw energy into speed or power. We capture the exact performance impact of your training adaptations and equipment choices.

Go Beyond the Lab: Field & Track Testing Available

Because we use the completely wireless, hose-free VO² Master Pro metabolic analyser alongside portable lactate meters, our testing lab is 100% mobile.

We don't have to restrict your data to a stationary room. If you want the most realistic real-world metrics possible, we can run your testing protocol out in the elements where you actually compete:

• Cyclists: Take the test out on your local regular climbing route or time-trial road.

• Runners & Triathletes: Run the step-test directly on an athletics track to capture your natural stride and real-world pacing mechanics.

• Teams & Clubs: We can bring the testing kit directly to your training ground or field for group testing sessions.

Interested in a field testing session or booking for a team? Contact us directly to discuss location logistics and custom group rates.

How We Test & The Equipment

We closely match our testing protocols to how you actually train and compete. Tell us your discipline when you book, and we will match the protocol to how you compete.

• Cycling: Ride our Wattbike Proton, or bring your own bike to hook up to our Wahoo KICKR Core so you can test in your exact training and racing position. (We have Look Keo, SPD, and Shimano pedals on-site).

• Running: Test on our Impulse RT700 Treadmill.

• Rowing: Test on the industry-standard Concept2 RowErg.

During the session, you'll complete a structured step-test while wearing a lightweight VO² Master breath analyser, with quick, simple finger-prick blood lactate samples taken at each stage.

Your 48-Hour Precision Blueprint

An elite metabolic analysis shouldn't be rushed. We take the time after your session to meticulously process your gas exchange and lactate data through the INSCYD engine.

Within 48 hours, your bespoke training blueprint arrives in your inbox:

1. Your Custom INSCYD PDF Report: Clean, visual charts detailing your metabolic metrics, zones, and combustion curves.

2. Personalised Video Walkthrough: A 5–10 minute video from your Tristar practitioner sharing their screen, breaking down your charts into plain English, and explaining exactly what the data means for your upcoming training.

3. Actionable Training Focus: Clear, practical guidance on what your physiological targets should be for your next block of training.

All prices NZD inclusive of GST.

Includes full lab testing, comprehensive results report, and personalised video debrief.

Eliminate the gueswork!