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<\/a><\/p>\nAs I strolled into The Silver Sage Fitness and Sports Lab, already nervous as to what my immediate future held, I was greeted by a very sweet front desk girl, politely asking my name and reason for visit.\u00a0 I was asked to fill out the standard, \u201cIf we hurt or kill you we aren\u2019t responsible for it\u201d paperwork and I sat down.\u00a0\u00a0 Clipboard in hand, I went to fill out the typical doctor\u2019s office visit formalities, but as I peered around before the focus kicked in on the paperwork, I noticed something a little different about this doctor\u2019s office.\u00a0 Off to my left, a Trek Speed Concept 9 series Triathlon bike\u2026.an (ah hem), $11,000.00 bike\u2026seated next to it, a gentlemen, preparing the same paperwork as I was, looking to figure out how to make the most out of that ridiculously beautiful bicycle and match it\u2019s equally ridiculous efficiency, dressed in cycling shorts and a cycling jersey, clipless shoes already on his feet. A bike, let\u2019s remember, even an expensive one, is only as efficient as its rider, and this rider wanted the same knowledge I was seeking:<\/p>\n
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- How can I better train my body?<\/li>\n
- How can I choose the right amount of nutrition for that long run or ride?<\/li>\n
- And most importantly, what is my key fat burning heart rate zone?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I was soon taken to the standard doctor\u2019s office room, weighed, measured, and told to remove my shirt for my ECG clearance.\u00a0 This painless test is a standard for all athletes, essentially making sure the individual has a healthy enough heart for the upcoming test. This part was funny\u2026. New girl + Hairy Italian Daryl = need for a razor and a quick shave so the electrodes will stick.\u00a0 Unfortunately my first test was inconclusive, so our sweet new girl went for some assistance.\u00a0 As she re-entered the room, seasoned veteran in tow, they tested again only to find out that my electrodes are placed incorrectly.\u00a0 The two nurses played a cruel of game of \u201codds or evens\u201d pulling off the sticky electrodes, jokingly guessing if they got an odd or even amount of my chest hair stuck to the tape, shaved two new places, and re-attached them, this time with a successful reading.\u00a0 Six more pulls of Daryl\u2019s chest hair and I was allowed to get dressed, await my results, and move on to the next stage, the fun part!!<\/p>\n
I was escorted into a pretty normal room, normal for what I was testing for.\u00a0 There is a treadmill, a rolling computer desk, a bike trainer and Julie Young. THE Julie Young, a U.S cycling pro with one heck of a cycling resume. She stands there, her gentle demeanor and graceful presence, a gleam in her eye, with the knowledge of years of training and competing.\u00a0 This is not just our average Joe getting me ready for this Metabolic Efficiency test, this is a coach, a competitor and the sweetest cyclist I have ever met.<\/p>\n
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Daryl Hataway, Mayberry Athletic Club\u00a0General Manager and Personal Trainer, provides the first post in a series sharing his experience taking Silver Sage’s metabolic efficiency test…. I recently had the opportunity to have some pretty cool testing done, a Metabolic Efficiency Test at Silver Sage Fitness and Sport Lab.\u00a0 I have written a short, three part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletes-blog","tag-daryl-hataway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}