Todd Reichert, performing a one-minute flight-simulation test and a zone check power test at the Peak Centre for Human Performance in Ottawa. Todd is the pilot for the Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter, a helicopter designed to capture the famed Sikorsky Prize by achieving an altitude of 3 metres and sustaining flight for 1 minute.

Todd has been working with the Peak Centre since 2010 for physiological testing and training program development. The first test in the video is a baseline test where blood lactate is measured at three minute intervals as the power is slowly increased. The test is used to determine aerobic threshold, anaerobic threshold, and to develop appropriate training zones for the next round of training. The one-minute power test is meant to simulate the flight of the Atlas helicopter, which starts at a relatively high power during the climb and then drops down to a more reasonable 500-600 Watt range for the remainder of the flight.

The test were performed on October 5th and 6th, 2012, following an intense taper, weight loss program and peak at the end of August, and then a 2 week recovery phase. The results were lower than Todd's personal best (1 minute into the 460 Watt stage, and 773 Watt average for the minute power test), but as expected given the training phase.

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