INSPO Fitness Journal April 2017

WAIKATO HUMAN
PERFORMANCE HUB
FOR WINTEC
Have you got big goals to
achieve this year? Whether
you want to improve your
health, enhance your training,
sort your nutrition, or levelup
your athletic prowess, the
Waikato Human Performance
Hub is here to help.
The hub (launching this month) will
be the first of its kind in Waikato. It
will provide exercise science services
to amateur, competitive and professional
athletes, as well as those looking to improve
their health and wellbeing. Services on offer
can be tailored to meet the needs of individuals,
groups and teams.
This is a paid service giving the community
access to expert staff, facilities and services
such as individually prescribed exercise
programmes for people with health issues;
sports nutrition and exercise programmes;
physiological and biomechanics testing and
advice; and strength and conditioning assessments.
Also on offer will be physiotherapy
assessment and treatment, sports psychology
services, food diary analysis and behaviour
modification through exercise programmes.
The hub will be run by expert staff within
Wintec’s Centre for Sport Science and
Human Performance. Wintec’s students
studying within the centre will also have the
opportunity to gain on-the-job experience.
Wintec’s Centre for Sport Science and
Human Performance director, Greg Smith
says: “The Waikato Human Performance
Hub has been developed in response to a demand
in the region for training, knowledge
and expertise in this area.
“There’s currently limited access to
services that allow people at all levels to
improve their performance or benefit from
clinical services.
“The Waikato Region is quickly becoming
the sporting and exercise epicentre of the
country. We have huge numbers of athletes,”
he says.
“We also have a lot of natural resources
like river tracks, cycle ways, bush walks and
hiking tracks that encourage physical activity.
“Our regional demographics and health
statistics, alongside the fact that we have
many developing and high-performance
athletes in Waikato, is evidence of the need
for these type of services to be made available
to the public.”
What’s on offer:
Sports consultancy
Exercise physiology
The testing and recommendations made will
be specific to your particular goal or sport.
You’ll be able to then make adaptations at
a cellular level which result in improved
performance.
Testing can include:
– VO2max test (aerobic capacity)
– Lactate threshold (how hard can you go
and still maintain a high intensity)
– Wingate test
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