Improving Health and Performance

The Frederick Community College Human Performance Lab (HPL) is housed in the newly renovated Linganore Hall and is the primary academic space to support teaching, learning, and hands-on experience in the Health and Exercise Sciences program.  This state-of-the-art lab allows students to perform physiological assessments to determine aerobic and anaerobic capacity, body composition and metabolic rate and the impact on health, performance, and recovery/rehabilitation.

Equipment and Technology

• BodPod Air Displacement Plethysmograph
• InBody770 Bioelectrical Impedance Analyzer
• Parvomedics True One 2400 Metabolic Cart
• GE Case Electrocardiograph
• Six Monark 626E Cycle Ergometers
• Two Trackmaster TMX428CP Medical Grade Treadmills
• Lactate Plus Blood Lactate Analyzer
• Biopac Systems Electromyograph