Physical Fitness DNA Test
$249.00
The Physical Fitness DNA Test provides valuable insights into how your genetics affect your athletic abilities, exercise response, injury risk, and pain tolerance. By understanding your genetic predispositions, you can design a personalized fitness plan that plays to your strengths and mitigates your weaknesses. Whether you’re aiming to boost endurance, build muscle, or prevent injuries, this test helps you optimize your exercise routine for better results.
- Discover how your genes influence athletic performance.
- Non-invasive cheek swab sample collection at home.
- Secure and private online access to your personalized fitness insights.
Summary
Genes and Gains: Fitness and Athletic Performance
Staying active is key for a healthy heart, strong muscles, and sturdy bones. No matter your exercise style, physical activity is good for you. But your unique response to exercise depends on a mix of factors, including genetics, lifestyle, and personal history. Some people are naturally better at endurance activities, while others thrive in power-based sports.
Genes and Athleticism
Did you know that your genes can affect your athletic performance and how your body reacts to training? Many successful athletes have specific gene variations that give them a natural advantage in either endurance or power activities. The Physical Fitness DNA Test can identify key variants related to endurance, power, and strength training, helping you understand which activities suit you best and how to get the most out of your workouts.
Physical Fitness DNA Test
This test examines genes that influence athletic performance, offering insights into your genetic potential for exercise, muscle development, and injury risk. It covers a broad spectrum, including your ability to burn fat for energy, oxygen delivery to muscles, blood pressure’s effect on endurance, adrenaline’s impact on endurance, and more.
Athletic Endurance
Endurance refers to the ability to sustain physical activity over a long period. Endurance athletes typically excel in activities like long-distance running, cycling, and swimming. Genetic variations in specific genes can influence how efficiently your body uses energy, regulates oxygen supply, and manages muscle fiber composition, all of which contribute to endurance.
PPARD: This gene regulates how the body burns fat for energy during endurance activities. Variants in PPARD can enhance your ability to use fat as a fuel source during prolonged exercise, improving endurance performance.
VEGFA: The VEGFA gene is involved in forming new blood vessels, improving oxygen supply to muscles. Variants in this gene can increase your body’s capacity to deliver oxygen to working muscles, enhancing endurance performance.
ACE: The ACE gene influences blood pressure regulation and muscle efficiency. Variants in ACE have been linked to improved endurance performance, as they help regulate how your body responds to prolonged exercise.
ADRB2: This gene affects how your body turns off the fight-or-flight response after intense physical activity. Variants in ADRB2 can influence recovery after endurance exercise, affecting how quickly your body returns to a resting state.
PPARA: The PPARA gene regulates the balance between slow-twitch (endurance) and fast-twitch (power) muscle fibers. Variants in this gene affect the proportion of slow-twitch fibers, which are crucial for endurance-based activities.
Athletic Power
Power refers to the ability to exert force quickly, combining both strength and speed. Power-based activities include sprinting, jumping, and throwing. The ability to generate power is influenced by genetic factors that affect muscle contraction and explosive strength.
ACTN3: Known as the “sprinter gene,” ACTN3 influences fast-twitch muscle fibers, which are responsible for generating rapid, powerful movements. Variants in ACTN3 are strongly associated with enhanced performance in power-based activities such as sprinting and jumping.
AGT: The AGT gene is involved in regulating blood pressure and growth hormone levels, both of which play a role in power-based athletic performance. Variants in this gene can influence strength and the ability to perform explosive movements.
Strength Training
Strength training involves exercises that use resistance to induce muscle contraction, promoting muscle mass and increasing strength. Genetic variations affect how your muscles grow and respond to strength-based activities.
ACVR1B: This gene is involved in the muscle-signaling cascade that controls muscle mass and strength development. Variants in ACVR1B can influence how effectively you build muscle during strength training.
IL6: The IL6 gene is a messenger molecule that plays a role in muscle growth and repair. Variants in IL6 can affect how well your muscles recover and grow in response to strength training exercises.
Response to Exercise
Not everyone responds to exercise in the same way. While some individuals may see improvements in endurance through aerobic training, others may benefit more from strength training. The following genetic variants are associated with how your body responds to different types of exercise:
PPARGC1A: This gene regulates aerobic capacity improvements. Variants in PPARGC1A influence how effectively your body can increase its aerobic capacity through endurance training.
PPARD: In addition to influencing fat metabolism during endurance exercises, PPARD also plays a role in raising HDL cholesterol (the “good” cholesterol) levels in response to exercise.
MCT1: This gene helps transport lactate to be used as an energy source. Variants in MCT1 can influence how well your body uses lactate during exercise, contributing to endurance performance.
Motivation, Recovery, Injury Risk, and Pain Tolerance
Certain genetic factors can influence how motivated you are to exercise, how quickly you recover, your risk of injury, and your ability to tolerate pain during physical activity.
BDNF: This gene influences motivation to exercise. Variants in BDNF can affect your drive to engage in physical activity, which is essential for maintaining a consistent exercise routine.
CRP: The CRP gene influences how quickly your heart rate recovers after intense physical activity. Variants in this gene affect heart rate recovery, which is an important factor in overall cardiovascular fitness.
COL1A1: This gene is involved in collagen production, which affects the integrity of soft tissues. Variants in COL1A1 are linked to a higher risk of soft tissue injuries, such as tendon and ligament injuries.
COL5A1: This gene is associated with the risk of Achilles tendinopathy, a common injury in runners and athletes. Variants in COL5A1 can increase the risk of injury to the Achilles tendon.
COMT: The COMT gene affects pain tolerance and the amount of morphine required for pain relief. Variants in this gene can influence how well you manage pain during and after exercise.
The Physical Fitness DNA Test provides a comprehensive analysis of genetic variants that affect your body’s response to exercise. Whether you’re focusing on building endurance, strength, or power, the insights provided can help you optimize your workout routine based on your unique genetic makeup.
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