HOP Lab / Assessments / AMR
The Resting Metabolic Assessment measures your basal metabolic rate by indirect calorimetry: lying down, at rest, breathing into a gas analyser. It is the real basis for any nutrition, weight-loss or energy-management plan, without generic formulas.
The calmest test in the laboratory: you lie down, eyes closed if you like, breathing normally. The analyser does the rest.
You come in the morning, having not eaten in the preceding hours and with no caffeine or training that day. A few minutes of rest let your body settle.
Lying down and relaxed, you breathe into the gas analyser for about 20 minutes. We measure the oxygen you consume and the carbon dioxide you produce.
From the ratio between the gases we get your basal energy expenditure and the fuel your body prefers at rest: fat, carbohydrates or a mix.
Your measured basal metabolism, the daily expenditure estimated from it and the substrate profile go into the HOP platform, and we go through the results with you.
The calories your body burns per day at rest, measured rather than estimated. The difference from formulas can reach hundreds of kcal.
Whether your body mainly burns fat or carbohydrates at rest, and what that means for your diet and metabolic flexibility.
How many calories your body burns at rest, per day, measured from the oxygen it consumes — and the total daily expenditure estimated from that value. It is the basis for knowing how much you should eat.
Tell us your goal (weight loss, energy, nutrition, weight management) and we'll suggest a date — usually the same working day. We explain the preparation in our reply.
Your measured basal metabolism becomes the reference for everything: eating plans stop starting from formulas and start from your real value. The app shows the fuel profile (how much of what you burn at rest comes from fat vs carbohydrates) and turns that into concrete daily targets.
We use these numbers to design deficits for losing weight without stalling, or surpluses for building without accumulating.
Metabolic Ratio
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Fuel profile at rest
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Daily targets · weight-loss plan
Digestion uses energy and would change the measurement. For the value to be truly basal, we ask for a fast of about 8 hours, with no caffeine or exercise before the test.
No. You lie down, covered and comfortable, breathing normally. Many clients nearly fall asleep.
For people who want to lose weight without guessing deficits, for those who feel fatigue or stagnation, for serious nutrition plans and for athletes managing their weight.
Apps estimate using equations based on population averages. We measure your real value. For metabolisms that are slower or faster than average, the difference changes the plan completely.