Context and goal
We clarify what you are preparing for and which result you need to achieve.
REMOTE ASSESSMENT · ONE HOUR
Cycling performance assessment using your power data
Understand your limiter and what to work on first.
A one-hour consultation to interpret your power, training load and progress. Leave with a written summary of your limiter and priorities for the coming weeks.
Two decades of applied cycling science.
One hour, and you leave knowing what to do.
The consultation is remote and works anywhere in the world: we review your training history, your power data and your context, and you leave with the limiter identified and a concrete priority. It is not a sales call under another name — it is the analysis session.
Investment
USD 90 / 1-hour sessionapprox. COP 280,000
- Prior review of your history: power, load, recovery and whatever you have recorded.
- One-hour video session, in English or Spanish.
- Identification of the limiter and the intervention priority, with the reasoning.
- Written summary with the decisions and the next steps.
If you go on to a training plan afterwards, this session doubles as the initial assessment and is not repeated.
Cycling physiology
We measure how you produce and sustain effort.
The assessment connects energy metabolism, power, physiological response, recovery and training history to identify how you sustain effort, where the main limitation appears and what to develop next.
- Format
- In-lab or remote
- Assessment
- Metabolic, physiological and performance signals
- Deliverable
- Profile, priorities and next step
Performance assessment
Not every limit is solved by training more.
The assessment shows what your goal demands, what your data reveals and which factor should be addressed first.
01What we analyze
What we analyze
- 01Energy metabolism, bioenergetic demand and physiological response during cycling effort.
- 02Strengths and limiting factors observed in power, load and response.
- 03Training patterns, consistency, fatigue and recovery.
- 04Relationship between the goal, available data, human context and individual response.
- 05Priorities for the next training block.
02Who it is for
Who it is for
- 01Cyclists with data history but limited interpretation.
- 02Athletes preparing a specific goal.
- 03Cyclists who need a second expert reading before changing plan, bike or strategy.
- 04Athletes with power, recovery or training-load data who need clearer signals.
Process and delivery
From scattered signals to a working path.
The price on this page covers the one-hour remote consultation. If force, anthropometry or biomechanics measurements are needed in the lab, their scope and fee are quoted separately before booking.
Available data
We organize power, load, recovery, history and relevant response signals.
Demand profile
We compare the goal requirements with your observable response.
Priorities
We translate the analysis into criteria for the next block of work.
What you receive
- An understandable summary of the observed profile.
- Strengths, limiting factors and signals that require follow-up.
- Priorities for training, technique or strategy.
- A recommended next step, remote or in-lab depending on the case.
Frequently asked questions
Questions before an assessment.
How is this different from an FTP test?
An FTP test returns a number: the power you can hold. The assessment explains where that number comes from and what is limiting it, cross-reading energy metabolism, power, load, recovery and history. They serve different purposes — the test measures, the assessment interprets and decides what to work on first.
Do I need a power meter?
It helps considerably, but it is not required. With power the analysis is finer; without it the work is based on heart rate, perceived effort, history and context. How far the interpretation can go with the data available is stated before starting.
Can it be done remotely?
Yes. The price on this page covers a one-hour remote consultation using your data, history and context. In-lab measurements such as dynamometry or ISAK anthropometry require a separate scope and quote; they are not included in this remote consultation.
How does this differ from Diagnosis One?
The performance assessment focuses on your power and training files. Diagnosis One is an optional broader review when questions about position, history and goals overlap. Neither requires booking the other first; if you only need help choosing a service, contact ONE.
Is it useful if I already have a coach?
Yes, and that is one of the most frequent uses. It works as an independent second reading before changing plan, bike or race strategy. The deliverable is written so your coach can work from it, not to replace them.
Can I get a sense of my zones beforehand?
Yes. The Alto de Patios Challenge estimates power and heart-rate zones, VO2max and FRC from your FTP and body composition, free and without sign-up. These are estimates from formulas, not measurements: useful to orient yourself and to understand what each variable means before measuring it properly.
Turn data into priorities.
Diagnosis One helps define whether a performance assessment is the right next step for your case.
Choose how to start
The method behind the assessment
The method behind the assessment · 5 primary sourcesView the full citationsJones et al. 2019 · Halson 2014 · Thomas et al. 2016 · Mountjoy et al. 2023 · Böning et al. 2010
The sources behind the criteria used to read a performance profile.
- Jones, A. M., Burnley, M., Black, M. I., Poole, D. C. and Vanhatalo, A. (2019). The maximal metabolic steady state: redefining the ‘gold standard’. Physiological Reports.
- Halson, S. L. (2014). Monitoring training load to understand fatigue in athletes. Sports Medicine.
- Thomas, D. T., Erdman, K. A. and Burke, L. M. (2016). Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada and the American College of Sports Medicine: nutrition and athletic performance. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
- Mountjoy, M., Ackerman, K. E., Bailey, D. M. et al. (2023). 2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). British Journal of Sports Medicine.
- Böning, D. et al. (2010). Limiting factors of maximal oxygen uptake at altitude. High Altitude Medicine & Biology.