Day at the spa -- cycling concept
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TriOnLife posted 1 year ago.
solidad;61173 wrote:
An all inclusive package (would need a good name)- Morning resting metabolic test
- followed by an exercise metabolic/vo2/lactate test
- Midday could have flexibility, core, and body fat analysis
- An 8 week training program explained from previous test and analysis.
- Then afternoon spinscan biomechanical fit.Possibly could offer coaches deals, etc...
Tell me what you think?
How much of that was included in the biomechanical fitting you had? If that was $150 then this all day event would have to be at least twice that.
Not sure I understand your 8 week training program. What previous test and analysis are referring to? Would having the test done a couple of a months ago be a pre-requisite to this full day cyclist-at-the-spa experience?
There seems to be no end to how much money people will spend to improve performance but I can't quit get a handle on what you are proposing.
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solidad posted 1 year ago.
Isn't really my proposal. He may be thinking the 8 week lan would be based on the tests from the morning - i.e. after testing vo2 max, and others plus some interview questions... not totally sure.
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kylie posted 1 year ago.
I think it's a cool concept. I'm not sure if there is a big enough interested group to really support it. However, if a coach added it to the options of getting set up with him (a different "setup fee" or some such) I could see that going well.
Not sure how much $$ it would be worth though... seems to depend on your area.
* Not sure what is involved in this testing... so we'll call it $MRMFee :)
* Here it is about $150ish to get all the vo2 etc testing.
* The flex/core/body fat sounds like what many gyms here do for members for free with the pincher type body fat test. With that type of test, call it $30? (not sure on this one, and would change greatly depending on the type of body fat test).
* The 8 week program I'm guessing would just be a set of templates. Pick the one this athlete needs (body fat reduction, vo2 increase, etc) and plug in this athletes #s from the testing. I wouldn't be willing to pay much for that personally. Especially since most people interested in this level of testing and fit probably have a coach or are happy to research everything on their own and selfcoach. I'd say it would be more beneficial to be an existing coach that offered this package (minus a plan) as part of the setup with that coach.
* You said your fit was $150.
So I'd say a coach could offer this as an additional $300+MRMFee in the setup fees. Rounded to $300 to keep it a bit simple, and because really the $$ for the coach would come from the monthy fees. This would just help them get in tune with the athlete and get a starting point, and would show strong interest in the althete, increasing the coaching effectiveness and encouraging the athlete to stay with the coach.
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AdventureBear posted 1 year ago.
I think the fitting session would have to be done on a different day. A VO2/lactate threshold test is a decent workout and can stand alone, and would also affect the body fat analysis due to dehydration.
I can see a 2 part package, or just 2 different services
Package A:
1) Resting metabolic test
2) Body fat analysis
3) threshold/subthreshold test
4) Go home with some training plan ideas.
Package B
1) Biomechanical fit & spin scan.
I guess the bottom line is that I would not do the fitting /spin scan and the threshold/max testing on the same day. Any other combo could work, but of course the 8 week plan has to go with the threshold/max test.
I know of a coach who brings his wattage measuring trainer (not a computrainier) to a local bike shop, does a threshold power test with the athlete, sits down and punches some numbers into a spreadsheet and sends the athlete home with a workout guide. Not a full trianing plan...that would take a lot more interview time. But based on the testing you could crank out a few key workouts and have a preset template on your laptop. I think he charges around $50 just for this.
The shop benefits b/c it brings people in to do the testing and to hang out and watch the athlete being tested & everbody goes home happy.
Before I replied to this post I looked to see where you were from b/c I'm thinking of doing something similar. Maybe I shouldn't have shared. ;)
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I posted about the great fit experience I had and was telling a friend at work about it and he jokingly said, sounds like a spa visit for cyclists. I pitched that back to the shop and he thinks its a great idea. So here's my question. What would it be worth or would you pay to get a full day of the following:
An all inclusive package (would need a good name)
- Morning resting metabolic test
- followed by an exercise metabolic/vo2/lactate test
- Midday could have flexibility, core, and body fat analysis
- An 8 week training program explained from previous test and analysis.
- Then afternoon spinscan biomechanical fit.
Possibly could offer coaches deals, etc...
Tell me what you think?