Additional Services
One of the best measures of cycling/running fitness is lactate threshold (LT), which is the pace, power or heart rate at which lactate — an intermediate product of aerobic metabolism in the muscles — begins to accumulate rapidly in the bloodstream. If your training program is working, two things are sure to happen. One is that you will be faster at the point where your blood lactate level spikes. The other is that your heart rate at this threshold will increase (i.e., your lactate threshold heart rate will move closer to your maximum heart rate).
In addition to being useful as a measure of fitness, lactate threshold is also useful for establishing individual intensity zones for training. That’s because LT happens to fall at a moderate intensity level. Efforts that are more than a little faster than the pace or heart rate that corresponds to LT are defined as high intensity and offer a different set of benefits than moderate-intensity training. Efforts that are more than a little slower than the pace or heart rate that corresponds to LT count as low intensity and offer yet another set of benefits.
This service is for local athletes, those within an hour driving distance and best done in conjunction with a NIX hydration test.
NIX Hydration and Electrolyte Testing through Infinit Nutrition
Personalized, Nutrition Coaching Designed to Improve Your Performance
Nutrition Coaching is a comprehensive service experience for athletes of all levels and disciplines looking for an expert-guided, scientifically-backed approach to hydration and fueling. Catalyst Multisport has teamed up with Infinit Nutrition and Nix Hydration to take all the quesswork out of your fueling and hydration needs.
Eliminate the Guesswork.
INFINIT Nutrition Coaching packages give you tools and support to dial in the ultimate personalized sports nutrition plan.
Your nutrition coach will tailor a solution to your unique energy, electrolyte, and fluid needs, giving you the confidence and peace of mind that your nutrition plan is dialed in to fuel your best performance.
Simplify your Nutrition.
Our philosophy is simple: Complete liquid nutrition made for YOU.
One bottle an hour contains everything you need to go all day long. No gels, bars, or even food needed.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
State-of-the-art sweat testing tools (your to keep and alone costs $129 and can be used for future workouts and testing)
Guided workouts & nutrition to use during testing
One-on-one nutrition coaching session(s) with a Certified Sports Dietitian
Personal Nutrition Analysis Roadmap — Your complete fueling and hydration plan, shared with your coach
Custom Formula(s) precisely tailored to your specific needs
Functional Threshold Power or FTP is, in theory, the maximum power an athlete can hold for one hour or as we term it your 'Hour Power'. Now with being said no one wants to go out and ride a bike for one hour at an all out effort, so FTP testing protocols were developed. CWP utilizes smart trainer protocols to test your FTP and from there can establish your power training zones. Additionally, if you also wear a HR strap can establish baseline heart rates zones as well. This test is invaluable for benchmarking, determining improvement and establishing your training zones for the best utilization for your training time.
Lactate Threshold Testing
One of the best measures of cycling/running fitness is lactate threshold (LT), which is the pace, power or heart rate at which lactate — an intermediate product of aerobic metabolism in the muscles — begins to accumulate rapidly in the bloodstream. If your training program is working, two things are sure to happen. One is that you will be faster at the point where your blood lactate level spikes. The other is that your heart rate at this threshold will increase (i.e., your lactate threshold heart rate will move closer to your maximum heart rate).
In addition to being useful as a measure of fitness, lactate threshold is also useful for establishing individual intensity zones for training. That’s because LT happens to fall at a moderate intensity level. Efforts that are more than a little faster than the pace or heart rate that corresponds to LT are defined as high intensity and offer a different set of benefits than moderate-intensity training. Efforts that are more than a little slower than the pace or heart rate that corresponds to LT count as low intensity and offer yet another set of benefits.
This service is for local athletes, those within a 60 mile radius of Cape Cod and best done in conjunction with a NIX hydration test.
No more trial and error to identify your optimal hydration strategy. The revolutionary hydration biosensor platform quantifies fluid and electrolyte losses moment-by-moment and sends notifications to your phone, watch, or bike computer to tell you exactly when, what and how much to drink. So you can focus on what really matters - your workout.
Scientific: Evaluates the biomarkers in your sweat, like a portable lab without the needles.
Personalized: Analyzes your sweat moment to moment, not a generic calculation.
Actionable: Quantifies when, what, and how much to drink in real-time during your workout.
Convenient: Integrates with your phone, watch, or bike computer. Lightweight and easy to use.
The test in performed in conjunction with either a lactate threshold test or another form of threshold testing to help dial in your hydration and electrolyte needs for both training and racing.
$275-375 depending upon the coaching package you choose, click below to learn more and to sign up.
Functional Threshold Power Testing
Functional Threshold Power or FTP is, in theory, the maximum quasi steady state power an athlete can hold for approximately one hour or as we term it your 'Hour Power'. With that being said, no one wants to ride a bike for one hour at an all out effort, so FTP testing protocols were developed. CM utilizes smart trainer protocols to test your FTP and from there can establish your power training zones. In addition to the traditional FTP test we like to perform a second power profile test on separate day to help establish a complete picture of you as a cyclist. Additionally, if you wear a HR strap we can establish baseline heart rates zones as well. These tests are invaluable for benchmarking, determining improvement and establishing your training zones for the best utilization for your training time.
Swim Video Analysis
Swim Video Analysis is an amazing opportunity for an athlete to learn precisely what to improve and how to do it from a professional CM coach. The session will involve a brief overview followed by a warm up and then filming of the athlete's freestyle stroke. An immediate review of the video will follow allowing prompt feedback. Then it's back in the water for corrections, more instruction and new drills to learn and practice. This one-on-one in-person coaching is a phenomenal way to jump start your swim.
At the end of your Video Swim Analysis session, you will receive individualized comments and images of your swim stroke along with helpful tips, exercises, and critiques to help maximize your running performance.
Swim Video Analysis is an amazing opportunity for an athlete to learn precisely what to improve and how to do it from a professional CM coach. The session will involve a brief overview followed by a warm up and then filming of the athlete's freestyle stroke. An immediate review of the video will follow allowing prompt feedback. Then it's back in the water for corrections, more instruction and new drills to learn and practice. This one-on-one in-person coaching is a phenomenal way to jump start your swim.
Whether you are looking to set a new personal record or simply get started, CM is able to assist you in optimizing your running form and preparing your body for the thrill of running, bringing you one step closer to making your goals a reality.
CM uses video analysis software to make assessments of your running style. The software highlights biomechanical patterns with angles, measurements, and drawing shapes for precise feedback. We are able to make a powerful and objective gait and biomechanical analysis, which is easily communicated through high quality video footage.
At the end of your Video Gait Analysis session, you will receive individualized comments and images of your running gait along with helpful tips, exercises, and critiques to help maximize your running performance.
Run Video Analysis
Whether you are looking to set a new personal record or simply get started, CM is able to assist you in optimizing your running form preparing your body for the thrill of running, bringing you one step closer to making your goals a reality. CM uses video analysis software to make assessments of your running style. The software highlights biomechanical patterns with angles, measurements, and drawing shapes for precise feedback. We are able to make a powerful and objective gait and biomechanical analysis, which is easily communicated through high quality video footage.
At the end of your Video Gait Analysis session, you will receive individualized comments and images of your running gait along with helpful tips, exercises, and critiques to help maximize your running performance.
Remote Swim Video Analysis
What if you don't live in or around Cape Cod? No worries! CM is able to perform remote Swim Video Analysis sessions. All the athlete needs to do is to capture themselves in six different perspectives with video while in a pool and then send to CM. Detailed instructions will be sent to you via email as to how to go about capturing the proper videos. After reviewing the video, CM will contact the you to set up a video appointment to review the video, offer corrective drills and strengthening exercises. A detailed report will also be sent to you prior to the review session.
What if you don't live in or around Cape Cod? No worries! Team CM is able to perform remote Swim Video Analysis sessions. All the athlete needs to do is to capture themselves in six different perspectives with video while in a pool and then send to a CM. Detailed instructions will be sent to you via email as to how to go about capturing the proper videos. After reviewing video, CM will contact the athlete and set up a video appointment to review the video, over corrective drill and strengthening exercises. A detailed report will also be sent to you prior to the review session.
What if you don't live in or around Cape Cod? No worries! Team CM is able to perform remote Run Video Analysis sessions. All the athlete needs to do is to capture themselves in 4 different perspectives with video while running, either outside or on the treadmill and then send the videos to a CM. Detailed instructions will be sent to you via email as to how to go about capturing the proper videos.
After reviewing video, CM will contact the athlete and set up an appointment to review the video along with detailed report explaining corrective drills and exercises will be sent to you.
Remote Run Video Analysis
What if you don't live in or around Cape Cod? No worries! CM offers remote Run Video Analysis sessions. All the athlete needs to do is to capture themselves in 4 different perspectives with video while running, either outside or on the treadmill and then send the videos to CM. Detailed instructions will be sent to you via email as to how to go about capturing the proper videos.
After reviewing the video, CM will contact the you to set up an appointment to review the video along with detailed report explaining corrective drills and exercises will be sent to you.
Post Analysis Zoom Call
Sometimes a video review is just not enough, with the Post Analysis Zoom Call you get a chance to chat with your coach one-on-one, reviewing all aspects of your videos, ask questions and garner a little more insight into everything the little subtleties which are hard to convey through the voice over process.
Functional Movement Analysis helps identify functional limitations and/or asymmetries which can later lead to injuries. This analysis ensures you are qualified to do certain movement patterns in the absence of dysfunction. It is a vital component to creating a safe and effective training program. If this weak link is not identified, the body will compensate, causing inefficient movements patterns. It is this type of inefficiency that can cause a decrease in performance and an increase in injuries.
Functional Movement Analysis allow us to identify the weak link in the movement pattern and then design exercises to correct it. When this is accomplished, the triathlete will have greater movement efficiency, which will lead to improved performance and a decrease in injury potential.
Instructions will be sent as to how to perform the movement patterns and the appropriate video angles for each movement.
Simply email the videos to CM, where they will analyzed and the analysis will be returned to you with the finds along with recommendations for corrective strengthening and mobility exercises.
As an added service you may also purchase a post-analysis one-on-one Zoom call with the coach to go over the videos, ask questions and garner a little more insight into everything the coach saw like the little subtleties which are hard to convey through the voice over process.
Remote Functional Movement Analysis
Functional Movement Analysis helps identify functional limitations and/or asymmetries which can later lead to injuries. This analysis ensures you are qualified to do certain movement patterns in the absence of dysfunction. It is a vital component to creating a safe and effective training program. If this weak link is not identified, the body will compensate, causing inefficient movements patterns. It is this type of inefficiency that can cause a decrease in performance and an increase in injuries.
Functional Movement Analysis allow us to identify the weak link in the movement pattern and then design exercises to correct it. When this is accomplished, the triathlete will have greater movement efficiency, which will lead to improved performance and a decrease in injury potential.
Instructions will be sent as to how to perform the movement patterns and the appropriate video angles for each movement.
Simply email the videos to CM, where they will analyzed and the analysis will be returned to you with the results along with recommendations for corrective strengthening and mobility exercises.