Clinical-grade VO₂ max and resting metabolic rate testing on the CardioCoach by Korr Medical Technologies. Direct measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic baseline — not the population averages your wearable assumes. Diamond members test quarterly, included.
WEF runs both VO₂ max and resting metabolic rate testing on the same clinical-grade analyzer — the CardioCoach by Korr Medical Technologies. The two tests answer different questions; we read them as a pair so the strength block, the recovery suite, and the nutrition plan are programmed against your actual physiology rather than against a population estimate.
Maximum volume of oxygen your body can use under peak effort, measured directly on a treadmill or bike. The single best validated predictor of cardiorespiratory fitness and all-cause mortality — the gold-standard cardiac-fitness assessment.
Resting metabolic rate — the calories your body burns at rest. The foundation of every honest nutrition plan. Measured by indirect calorimetry while you lie quietly with the mask in place; replaces the population estimates that most apps use.
The CardioCoach is a clinical indirect calorimeter manufactured by Korr Medical Technologies (Salt Lake City, UT) — an FDA-cleared, clinically validated metabolic analyzer used in research labs, hospitals, sports medicine practices, and high-performance training facilities. The same equipment category used at major academic medical centers and Olympic-affiliated training programs. Direct gas-exchange measurement is the only accurate way to assess VO₂ max and RMR; everything else is an estimate.
WEF chose the CardioCoach because the floor needed clinical-grade testing on premise — not a referral to an outside lab. The data lives in your member file the moment the test ends; the coaching bench reads it before your next training block.
Garmin, Whoop, Apple Watch, Oura — every consumer wearable estimates VO₂ max from heart rate response and population averages. The estimate is useful for trend-tracking; it is not the measurement. Direct testing on a metabolic cart returns the true number, plus the threshold curves and substrate utilization data that no wearable surfaces. For a member training seriously, the gap between the estimate and the measurement is meaningful — sometimes 5 to 15 percent off, in either direction.
For RMR, the gap is larger. Most diet apps and most coaches estimate RMR from the Mifflin-St Jeor equation — a 1990s population formula. Real RMR varies 20 to 30 percent from the estimate depending on body composition, training history, hormonal status, and metabolic adaptation. Members on a stall, members coming off a long restriction phase, perimenopausal members, and post-40 men in particular benefit from the actual number.
Results route into three places at once. The coaching bench — Imani, Amber, Cris — reads them before writing your next training block. Dana Kantara reads them alongside your cellular health panel for context on metabolic flexibility and mitochondrial function. Dr. Swet Chaudhari, MD reads them as part of the longevity-track panel review. The number is not a trophy; it is a baseline the rest of the practice programs against.
Diamond and Diamond Plus members receive a complimentary VO₂ max + RMR test every quarter as part of their tier. Other members access testing à la carte at the front desk. Non-members are not eligible — the value of the test compounds across blocks, which requires a membership relationship.
The maximum volume of oxygen your body can use under peak effort. The most validated predictor of cardiorespiratory fitness and all-cause mortality. Higher numbers compound across decades.
The calories your body burns at rest. The honest baseline of every nutrition plan. Measured directly — not estimated from a 1990s population formula.
The CardioCoach VO₂ / RMR analyzer by Korr Medical Technologies — the FDA-cleared, clinically validated indirect calorimeter used in research labs, hospitals, and high-performance training facilities.
WEF performs metabolic testing as part of a wellness assessment, not as a medical diagnostic. The clinical interpretation layer — Dr. Chaudhari and Dana Kantara — reviews data alongside lab panels for members on the longevity track. WEF is a wellness center, not a medical provider.
Quarterly is the standard cadence. Diamond and Diamond Plus members receive complimentary quarterly testing. Trend lines are the work, not single-day snapshots.
Pricing for à la carte sessions is shared at the front desk. Members can scope a quarterly cadence into their plan during the consult.
Diamond members schedule the quarterly test at the front desk or via Atlas SMS. Members on other tiers can scope a one-off test into their next block; non-members can begin with a consult and a tour.
Diagnostic data only earns its keep when the rest of the practice reads it. WEF members test, then sequence the result into the training block, the recovery cadence, and the cellular health protocol — quarterly, on a trendline.
"Their wellness area is beyond phenomenal. They have a sauna, cold plunge, red light therapy, and float therapy."
Tested directly. Read by the practice. Programmed against. Quarterly cadence on the Diamond tier.
