Optimize Performance

🎥 Running/Cycling in the heat and humidity? Stop chasing pace or wattage.

🥵 When temperatures rise, your heart has to work harder to cool your body. That means the same pace you run and ride in cooler weather can produce a much higher heart rate in the summer.

🌡️ So if you’re forcing yourself to hit your usual pace, you’re often turning an easy run or ride into a much harder workout than intended.

Instead of focusing on pace/wattage, focus on heart rate.

🛑 A slower pace with the right heart rate is often more beneficial than a faster pace that pushes you out of your target training zone.

‼️Why It Matters
✅ Better aerobic development
✅ Less unnecessary fatigue
✅ Improved recovery
✅ Lower risk of overheating
✅ More effective training

🔥Remember: fitness isn’t decreasing, your body is adapting to the conditions.

🔥Want to know your actual training zones instead of guessing?

⭐️Optimize Performance Testing can determine your true aerobic and lactate threshold heart rate zones, so you know exactly how hard to run in every season.

🤓Train smarter this summer. Let your heart rate guide your effort, not your pace.

Remote & In-Person Testing Available!
Any location, any time!

www.optimize-performance.com

🎥 HOUSTON RUNNERS : THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 👇

www.optimize-performance.com/houstontesting

We’re hosting a Performance Testing Event in Sugar Land May 2nd🔥

❗Only 6 athlete spots available (discounted pre-sign up 👀)
🔥$100 OFF PERFORMANCE TESTING

Ever wondered what you actually need to improve your running?

This is where you stop guessing.

👉 WHAT YOU GET:
✔️ Personalized Training Zones
✔️ VO2 (your aerobic strength)
✔️ VLaMax (your anaerobic power)
✔️ Heart Rate + Pacing Zones
✔️ Exact Carb & Fat burn (grams/hour)
✔️ Work-to-rest ratios for intervals
✔️ Your TRUE threshold + how to improve it

👉 HOW IT WORKS:
No lab. No treadmill.

We bring everything to YOU with real-world field testing, so you’re running with your own power, in a real environment.

👉 THE VIBE:
Snacks 🍌
Drinks 🥤
Music 🎶
Coaches + Run Clubs 🤝
Swag + community 🔥

Come for the data…
Or just come hang out and be part of the experience.

👉 HOW TO SIGN UP:
Claim your spot here:
www.optimize-performance.com/houstontesting

- OR reach out to Optimize Performance to lock in your spot.

⚠️ Only 6 athletes max
⚡ Discounted pre-sign up available ($100 OFF)
⚡ Same-day sign up (if spots remain)

Don’t miss this! This is how you start training with purpose.

🚨 THE MOST ACCURATE TRAINING ZONES — FROM ANYWHERE 🚨

Are your zones actually right… or just guesses?

❓ What is your TRUE Zone 2?
❓ Are you really burning that many calories?
❓ Fat vs carbs ➡ do you actually know the numbers?
❓ Are your intervals built on accurate work-to-rest ratios?

Most athletes train blind. Assuming the watch is accurate, or assuming "fast is the answer"
🔥Remote Performance Testing changes that. *Protocol in comments

👇 Here’s what you get:

✅ Accurate Training Zones (7+ zones)
✅ VO₂max – your true aerobic ceiling
✅ Anaerobic Threshold – where aerobic work ends
✅ Fat & Carb Combustion – grams burned at every pace, HR & wattage
✅ VLaMax – how strong your anaerobic system really is
✅ Recovery Ability – how fast you clear lactate
✅ Exact Work-to-Rest Ratios for interval training
✅ Race-specific nutrition needs at each intensity
✅ A complete training & racing profile built for precision

No lab.
No travel.
No guessing.

📍 Test from anywhere with data you already use.

Requirements:
🏃 RUN: GPS Watch
🚴 BIKE: Power Meter or Zwift Power

Train with facts, not feelings.
Precision = performance.

**PROTOCOL IN COMMENTS