At BSc, we believe performance should be measured, not guessed.
Recently, we brought some of the world's best athletes together with members of the BSc Science Advisory Board for a human performance testing session designed to better understand how athletes train, recover and perform.
These sessions move us beyond assumptions and into measurable insights that help guide training, nutrition and recovery strategies.
Great People. High Standards.
One of the most striking things about the session wasn’t the data. It was the athletes. The feedback from the testing team was simple. They are great people first, athletes second.
What stood out most was their genuine curiosity about improvement, their openness to being tested, and their willingness to push themselves physiologically in pursuit of better performance.
That mindset is often the difference between athletes who continue to evolve and those who stop challenging their limits.
Why Testing Matters in Human Performance
High-performance environments rely on more than instinct. Testing allows coaches and performance specialists to quantify key physiological and neuromuscular characteristics that underpin athletic performance.
Measures such as VO₂ max, countermovement jump performance, and body composition profiling provide valuable insight into how an athlete’s body is responding to training.
These metrics help us understand:
- How efficiently the cardiovascular system delivers oxygen during exercise
- How effectively the neuromuscular system produces force and power
- How body composition supports the energy demands of sport
When these metrics are combined with observations around training load, recovery behaviour, and nutrition strategies, they begin to paint a much clearer picture of an athlete’s overall performance profile.
Performance Is Built Through Small Improvements
One of the consistent findings in human performance science is that elite performance rarely comes from a single large change.
More often, it is the accumulation of many small improvements across multiple areas.
Aerobic capacity. Power output. Recovery quality. Training consistency. When these areas improve incrementally over time, the combined effect can be significant.
Testing helps identify where those gains are most likely to come from.
Pushing the Limits
High-quality testing only provides meaningful insights when athletes are prepared to push themselves. Reaching true physiological limits during testing allows scientists and coaches to see where an athlete’s current ceiling sits and where the next layer of potential may lie. It’s not always comfortable, but it is where some of the most valuable performance insights are discovered.
An Ongoing Process
This session was not designed to be a one-off event.
The goal is to continue building on this work over time, tracking changes in performance markers and observing how training, recovery and nutrition strategies translate into measurable improvements.
Long-term monitoring allows athletes and coaches to better understand what works, what needs adjusting, and where the next opportunities for development may be.
Collaboration Behind the Scenes
These sessions rely on the collaboration of athletes, scientists, coaches and support staff.
A special thank you to Dr Dan Ferris for his leadership and expertise in human performance, as well as to the teams involved in organising and supporting the day.
Together, these partnerships help ensure that the insights generated are both scientifically grounded and practically useful for athletes working to improve their performance.
Performance should be measured. Not guessed.
Built for What You Have to Repeat
At BSc, the product sits downstream of behaviour. The goal isn’t to add complexity. It’s to support the routines athletes already rely on to train, recover, and perform consistently.
BSc Hydrate matters when sessions run long, conditions are hot, or sweat loss is high. Replacing fluids and electrolytes helps maintain output and supports recovery between efforts.
BSc High Protein plays a role after training, where the body is repairing and adapting to the work completed. Having a simple, repeatable option post-session helps remove friction from that process.
BSc Pure Creatine is less about single sessions and more about the long game. Used daily, it supports strength, power output, and high-intensity performance over time.
No shortcuts. No hype. Just tools that fit into the behaviours that drive performance forward.
