Gain the insights you need to progress your health and fitness journey with the Lincoln University Sport and Exercise Science Laboratory in the LU Gym.
We provide fitness testing and health assessment services to help you find your health and fitness levels, whether you are an elite athlete or just stepping foot into the gym for the first time.
Working with LU Gym staff, we can design a tailored training programme to enhance your sporting performance
and assist you to achieve your health and nutrition goals.
Our sophisticated equipment measures movement, speed, force production, muscle and body fat mass as well
as arterial health, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose.
Tests available include:
General Health Testing
Body Composition
Understand and monitor changes in your body weight. Measures the proportion of muscle, fat and water in your body.
Blood Pressure
Knowing your blood pressure is crucial to understanding your risk of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular diseases.
Arterial Stiffness
Provides lifestyle tips to reach a “young arterial age.” Great for over 40 years olds.
Blood tests via finger prick
• Cholesterol: LDL/HDL cholesterol and lipids
• Blood glucose: sugar in blood to help understand and manage diet
• HbA1c: 3 month average of blood sugar to know long term diet impacts on health
• Ferritin: stored iron levels related to fatigue, dizziness, and chronic headaches.
Sports Testing
• Lactate Threshold
• Maximal Oxygen Uptake
• Oxygen Utilization (Economy)
• Submaximal Aerobic Testing
• Wingate Testing
• Other Power Tests (including cycle test, vertical jump etc.)
• Skinfold testing
• Altitude Training.
See website for pricing and testing hours.
Sport and Exercise Science Laboratory Located in the Lincoln University Gym, Calder Dr, Lincoln University Campus, Ellesmere Junction Road.
Hours: See website for individual testing hours. Email us to organise group/team testing times.
E: LUgymtesting@lincoln.ac.nz P: 03 423 0550