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RMR Testing: How to Measure Your Metabolism with an RMR Test
Your resting metabolic rate reflects the energy you require at rest – before work, exercise,...
The Benefits and Limitations of Fitness Testing for Personal Trainers
While acquiring new clients isn’t much of a problem for many PTs, data suggests that retaining...
How Accurate Are Body Fat Scales? Metrics Your Smart Scale Can’t Measure
As our smart devices get smarter, there are more options than ever for monitoring our health from...
How to Improve Your Aerobic Capacity with VO2 Max Testing
Aerobic capacity is a great indicator of your overall health and fitness. Not only is aerobic...
The Importance of Body Composition Testing for Health, Fitness, and Wellbeing
Understanding the composition of our body can be an invaluable tool when we’re working to improve...
What Does a Body Composition Scan Show?
From smart scales at home to BEI body composition scales at the gym, there’s an increased...
Achieve Peak Performance: The Benefits of Fitness Testing for Athletes
What does peak performance look like for you? Defined as “an individual's best theoretical...
Unlock Your Potential: The Power of Health and Fitness Testing
Over a third of UK adults wear a fitness tracker. Despite varying levels of accuracy, these...
Live Longer, Feel Better: A Review of Outlive by Peter Attia
In his groundbreaking book, "Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity", Dr. Peter Attia takes a...
Our New HbA1c Blood Test, and What it Can Do For You
The HbA1c blood test is a measure used to diagnose diabetes. However, even at pre-diabetic levels...
The Incredible Life-Changing Effects of Exercise
The Incredible, Life-Changing Effects of Regular Exercise The benefits of exercise aren't a...
Using a Dexa Scan – Turning a DEXA or RMR into an action plan
In our last DEXA blog, we went into all the detail that a DEXA Scan shows – but ultimately what...
DEXA Scan Results: Understanding Your DEXA Scan Report
Understanding your DEXA Body Scan Report: Body Composition and Bone Density ResultsOne of the core...
Can I Build Muscle and Lose Fat at the Same Time?
Choosing the Right Body Composition Goal for YouIt's the age-old fitness question: can you build...
Should I go on the Keto diet for fat loss?
One of the most common questions we get is what kind of diet our customers should follow. Of the...
Weights vs Cardio: Which is Better for Recomposition?
Weights vs. Cardio: Which should I be doing if my aim is to 'recompose'? The most common question...
Returning to work in the office and keeping your fitness on track
Returning to work in the office: How does it impact your health and fitness? After covid, the...
Preparing for your Spring-Summer fitness goals
How to start preparing for your spring fitness routine Spring is a time when people start thinking...
Bone Health and how to keep it
It’s fair to say that bone health often gets overlooked. When was the last time you considered it?...
Introducing our new team member: Matt Gardner
I have a decade of experience working as a nutrition practitioner. I started in elite sport with a
Why Mattdoesfitness is definitely leaner than 16.9% body fat (according to a DEXA Scan)
So everyone is talking about Mattdoesfitness at the moment for various reasons, as he prepares for...
Rethinking Fat: Body Composition, Visceral Fat, and Other Metrics to Measure
Being in the business of taking measurements, we get many people coming into My Vital Metrics who...
My Vital Metrics on Channel4’s Food Unwrapped
On 11th January 2021, My Vital Metrics was featured on Channel4's programme Food Unwrapped....
DEXA vs Bioelectrical Impedance Scales: Which is Better?
DEXA vs. Bio-Electrical Impedance Scales: Which is Better for Measuring Body Fat? By far the...
Body Changes and Progress Measurement during Lockdown
Short on time? We cover the following topics - click the links to skip down Introduction How will...
Why is Body Composition Important?
This post discusses why, if you haven’t already, you should change from using only your bathroom...
About DEXA and Body Composition
One of the key services which My Vital Metrics offers is the DEXA Scan. DEXA, (or sometimes just...