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ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE TEST RESULTS

This test reveals the bioenergetic patterns influencing your strength, stamina, endurance, recovery, and overall physical performance. These findings are not medical diagnoses - they simply highlight where your system is bioenergetically working harder, under-performing, or compensating. These insights are designed to help you train smarter, recover faster, reduce injury risk, and perform at a higher level—both physically and mentally. 

Below are your results of the highest resonating priorities in relation to your athletic performance.

Stressed: Lactate Clearance

→ What it is: Lactate clearance refers to your body’s ability to buffer, convert, and reuse lactate as fuel during high-intensity exercise. Contrary to old beliefs, lactate is not “waste”— it’s a powerful energy source when your body can recycle it efficiently. The efficiency of this system depends heavily on mitochondrial density, CO₂ tolerance, cardiovascular conditioning, and electrolyte balance.

→ What this means for you: The body may be producing lactate faster than it can shuttle it back into energy pathways, which leads to early muscle burn, rapid fatigue, and difficulty sustaining power during sprints or intense intervals. When lactate clearance is stressed, your muscles lose their ability to contract explosively, your breathing rate rises quickly, and performance becomes inconsistent across repeated efforts.

→ How to balance naturally: Nasal breathing during training improves CO₂ tolerance, which increases your ability to buffer acid and recycle lactate back into usable fuel. This lowers the “burn” sensation and enhances endurance. By building your aerobic base this increases mitochondrial volume — and mitochondria are where lactate gets converted into energy. More mitochondria = better lactate recycling. By using structured intervals you train your lactate shuttle system, helping your body adapt to bursts of high output followed by controlled recovery. Minerals (especially sodium, potassium, and magnesium) help maintain proper pH balance, nerve firing, and muscle contraction…all necessary for clearing lactate efficiently. Light movement after intense training pushes lactate back into the oxidative system, turning it into fuel instead of letting it stagnate.

Imbalanced: Glutathione 

→ What it is: Glutathione is the body’s master antioxidant and primary tissue-repair molecule, produced inside your cells. It neutralizes free radicals created during exercise, reduces inflammation, supports tendon and joint health, and protects your mitochondria — the engines of your athletic performance.

→ What this means for you: An imbalanced glutathione system is showing signs that inflammation and oxidative stress are exceeding your resonating repair capacity. This may show up as lingering soreness, persistent stiffness, slower bounce-back after training, or feeling less resilient than usual. Low glutathione means tissues repair slower, inflammation stays elevated longer, and injuries become more likely.

→ How to support naturally: Consuming broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, garlic, and citrus provide sulfur compounds and antioxidants used in glutathione production. Zinc + selenium recycle glutathione so the body can keep using it rather than depleting it. Heat increases blood flow and boosts antioxidant activity, giving your recovery system a natural lift…think warm baths and saunas. Low-intensity days allow your tissues to repair fully without adding new stress — essential when the glutathione system is overwhelmed. Deep sleep is essential as 70–80% of glutathione regeneration happens at night, making consistent high-quality sleep one of the most powerful performance tools you have.

Stressed: Hip Flexor–Psoas Chain

→ What it is: The psoas is a deep core muscle that connects your spine to your legs and heavily influences posture, running mechanics, hip mobility, rotational power, and spinal stability. It also responds to stress and breathing patterns, making it both a physical and neurological performance muscle.

→ What this means for you: Resonating tension or stress in the psoas–hip flexor chain can limit hip opening, reduce stride length, tighten the lower back, and shift activation away from the glutes — which are the primary power generators. When this chain is stressed, the body compensates by overusing hamstrings or the lower back, reducing performance and increasing injury risk.

→ How to balance naturally: Movements like bridges and band walks retrain your glutes to fire first, reducing hip flexor overuse. Deadlifts and hip thrusts balance the front/back musculature of the hips and restore power transfer. The diaphragm and psoas are biomechanically linked; long exhales soften psoas tension and improve hip mobility. Daily walking keeps the psoas elongated and prevents chronic shortening from sitting, stress, or repetitive training.

In Need of: VO₂ Max Support

→ What it is: VO₂ max measures how efficiently your body can take in, transport, and use oxygen during exercise. It reflects the capacity of your lungs, heart, blood vessels, mitochondria, and respiratory muscles working together. Higher VO₂ max means more endurance, faster recovery between intervals, and higher peak performance.

→ What this means for you: Your body shows a resonating need for better oxygen utilization and cardiovascular efficiency. This may show up as early breathlessness, difficulty maintaining pace, slower interval recovery, or hitting a ceiling with cardio performance. When VO₂ max is low, your body relies more heavily on anaerobic energy — increasing fatigue and limiting endurance.

→ How to support naturally: Interval training 1–2x/week, as this challenges your heart and lungs to increase oxygen delivery and improves the efficiency of oxygen extraction at the muscle level. Nasal breathing during warm-ups can strengthen respiratory muscles and enhance oxygen utilization efficiency. Longer aerobic sessions (30–60 min) can build capillary density and expand stroke volume — both required for VO₂ max improvements. Hydration and minerals is essential as oxygen transport depends on blood volume and electrolyte balance; dehydration reduces oxygen delivery. Diaphragmatic breathing strengthens your primary breathing muscle, improving oxygen intake and lowering respiratory fatigue.

Imbalanced: Dopamine–Motivation Pathway

→ What it is: Dopamine drives motivation, mental focus, competitive instincts, reaction time, confidence, and consistency in training. It also influences how your nervous system responds to challenge, intensity, and reward.

→ What this means for you: This dopamine pathway shows signs of needing support bioenergetically. This can look like lower drive, mental fatigue, lack of excitement around training, or inconsistent workout intensity. When dopamine is low, the brain perceives effort as “harder,” making it difficult to push physically even when your body is capable.

→ How to support naturally: Protein at breakfast provides amino acids like tyrosine that become dopamine…stabilizing energy and motivation early in the day. Morning sunlight triggers dopamine release and regulates circadian rhythm, improving mood and drive throughout the day. Cold exposure (10–30 seconds) dramatically increases dopamine and norepinephrine, boosting alertness and performance. Reduced early-morning screen time since devices overload dopamine receptors, reducing natural drive and motivation. Train earlier when possible since dopamine is naturally highest in the morning; training then aligns with your neurochemical peak for better focus, power, and intensity.

PERSONALIZED CLIENT SUMMARY: 

Your results shows a body fully capable of higher output, but currently working against a few key bottlenecks that drain power and slow recovery. Your system builds intensity well but struggles to recycle lactate efficiently, clear inflammation fast enough, and maintain strong oxygen utilization under load. This creates early muscle burn, faster fatigue during intervals, and workouts that feel harder than they should. Combined with an imbalanced glutathione system, your tissues aren’t repairing at the same rate you’re training them. You’re also carrying tension in the hip flexor–psoas chain, which limits stride mechanics and glute activation, causing the body to compensate with the hamstrings or low back and reducing lower-body power.

Your results also shows your VO₂ max pathways and dopamine-motivation circuits need support, which can explain breathlessness, pacing challenges, and inconsistent drive even when your goals are strong. Low oxygen utilization pushes your body into anaerobic energy sooner, while low dopamine makes effort feel heavier mentally. The benefit is that every one of these patterns is highly trainable. Improving aerobic capacity enhances lactate recycling, glutathione support accelerates recovery, releasing the psoas restores hip power, and aligning with your natural dopamine rhythm boosts focus and consistency. Overall, your body is asking for targeted support so you can unlock significantly better performance with less strain and more resilience.

Next Steps: 

• Begin your custom-tested regimen - the remedies below are personalized to target the exact imbalances your body resonates with. This includes a personalized formula that is blended with each signature you resonated with above, for precise and unique-to-you balancing.
• Consider layering in the lifestyle hacks from each section above. These amplify the remedies and build resilience.