Most fitness testing for busy professionals solves the time problem by cutting corners on the assessment. This does something different: every test in this battery was chosen specifically because it’s likely to reveal something in this population \u2014 a desk-bound, high-stress, inconsistently-trained body carries a recognisable pattern of dysfunction, physical and metabolic, and this screen is built to find it precisely.<\/p>\n
Who this is for<\/strong><\/p>\n Executives, entrepreneurs and anyone whose lifestyle means long hours sitting, disrupted sleep, high stress, and training that happens when there’s time rather than on a consistent schedule. Particularly relevant if you suspect something specific is off \u2014 tight hips, a stiff back, glutes that never seem to switch on, energy that doesn’t match effort \u2014 but have never had it actually measured against what’s driving it.<\/p>\n What’s included<\/strong><\/p>\n – Foundational movement screen (4 targeted tests) \u2014 Thomas test for hip flexor tightness, thoracic rotation for screen-posture stiffness, step-down test for glute and hip control, and side plank for the core and postural endurance prolonged sitting quietly erodes. What you get<\/strong><\/p>\n One integrated report built around the specific pattern this battery is designed to catch \u2014 hip flexor tightness read alongside glute control and posterior-chain strength tells a coherent story about your kinetic chain; RFD, reactive balance and RMR together tell you how much your nervous system and metabolism are actually carrying. Every recommendation is matched precisely to what your results show \u2014 the specific mobility work, activation drill, recovery focus or nutrition adjustment this particular pattern calls for.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not a generic fitness test \u2014 a battery specifically chosen for what a high-stress, desk-bound, inconsistently-trained body is most likely to be hiding: tight hip flexors and a stiff thoracic spine from sitting, glutes that have gone quiet, a nervous system running on poor sleep and chronic stress, and a metabolism that’s quietly shifted while your weight stayed roughly the same. Seven targeted tests, each picked for relevance to exactly that pattern.<\/p>\n[ameliastepbooking service=41]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[91,176,90,85,244],"product_tag":[],"retreat-category":[144,197,243],"class_list":["post-29249","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-assessment","product_cat-performance","product_cat-service-types","product_cat-services","product_cat-strength","retreat-category-performance","retreat-category-services","retreat-category-strength","first","instock","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"booking_location":null,"booking_location_type":null,"booking_duration":null,"booking_duration_unit":null,"booking_buffer":null,"booking_cost":null,"booking_resources":null,"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n– Max Strength Testing (1 targeted test) \u2014 isometric mid-thigh pull, the posterior-chain and hip-extension test most directly relevant to an inactive kinetic chain.
\n– Power Training Assessment (1 targeted test) \u2014 isometric rate of force development, used here as a nervous-system-readiness marker. Poor sleep and chronic stress measurably blunt rate of force development \u2014 this gives you an objective read on what that’s actually costing you.
\n– Neuromuscular Control Assessment (2 targeted tests) \u2014 single-leg dynamic balance (hip, glute and core control) and reactive perturbation response (postural control under unexpected demand, also sensitive to fatigue and sleep debt).
\n– Bone density screening (heel ultrasound) \u2014 fast, and relevant to a desk-based lifestyle and long-term resilience.
\n– Body composition (bioelectrical impedance) \u2014 lean mass versus fat mass, a genuinely more useful number than the scale.
\n– Resting metabolic rate \u2014 measured calorie burn at rest, read alongside your stress and sleep pattern \u2014 chronic stress and disrupted sleep can shift metabolic rate and fuel use in ways that show up here directly, not just as a vague sense that “something’s off.”<\/p>\n