Approximately 45 minutes

Before completing the test, we start with a short <10-minute consultation with one of our team to understand your goals and explain the process. The test involves wearing a gas sampling mask and being sat in a reclined position in a quiet room for 15-20 minutes.

To complete this test as accurately as possible, we ask you to arrive in a fasted state (only water for 12-hours prior to the test). 

Following significant weight loss, and/or an increase in exercise, it is important to have your RMR re-tested. The body adapts to changes in weight and exercise by increasing or decreasing your RMR. A consistent accurate measure of your RMR is crucial for establishing an appropriate calorie intake for a desired goal, and allows further programmes to adjust for the variations in RMR caused by the change in bodyweight. 

• Measured Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) - kcal/day
• Estimated total daily energy expenditure breakdown (RMR, digestion or TEF, and activity)
• Weight-loss plan (required kcal/day intake to achieve target weight)
  • Macronutrient (carbohydrate, fat, and protein) breakdown for required kcal/day intake
• Information about energy balance

All information is included in a detailed ~9-page report you will receive following the test.

Approximately 30 minutes

Using the ISAK (International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry) methods for obtaining measurements, a pinch of skin (subcutaneous body fat) is taken and measured for its thickness using skinfold calipers at various sites across the body. 

Objectively assessing body composition can provide you with baseline information that can be used, following reassessment, to show the effectiveness of an intervention or training programme. Individual skinfold measurements, girth measurements, and sum of skinfolds (4 site or 7 site) are also useful to look at when comparing pre- and post-intervention. 

To obtain the measurements, we require access to the bicep, tricep, upper back, hip, thigh, abdomen, and calf. Please wear appropriate clothing so that this is possible.

• Body fat %
• Lean mass %
• Girth measurements

All information is included in a detailed report you will receive following the test.

Approximately 60 minutes

See above individual tests for information

• Measured Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) - kcal/day
• Estimated total daily energy expenditure breakdown (RMR, digestion or TEF, and activity)
• Body fat %
• Lean mass %
• Girth measurements
• Detailed weight-loss plan (required kcal/day intake to achieve target weight)
  • Macronutrient (carbohydrate, fat, and protein) breakdown for required kcal/day intake
• Information about energy balance

All information is included in a detailed ~12-page report you will receive following the test.