Horyzen Performance
“Take the Guess Work Out of Training Preparedness, Programming and Performance Readiness”
The Horyzen Anatomical Assessment includes anthro-musculoskeletal and body composition measurement to facilitate physical capacity, optimization of athletic and sports performance and injury risk mitigation service delivery model that is unique to the high performance industry globally.
Our
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Horyzen Performance was created for strength and conditioning coaches, high Performance practitioners and the health and fitness industry professionals to improve on standard body composition measurement techniques with a view to determining optimal lean body mass for performance and injury risk mitigation using an evidence-based practice approach to the integration of anatomical and body composition profiling.
Key to the establishment of the Horyzen Performance was a genuine desire to develop a valid, reliable, accurate and logistically deliverable method of body composition measurement to meet the needs of the athletes, coaches, and performance professionals.
With that goal in mind, the Horyzen Anatomical Assessment method and workshop series was established to provide coaches, health and fitness professionals, allied health practitioners, clinicians, and therapists with an unprecedented method of determining optimal body composition to support health outcomes, facilitate performance and mitigate injury risk for athletes and clients.
Horyzen Anatomical Assessment Profiling clientele
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Professional, Semi Professional, college and amateur athletes, sporting teams and organizations
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Commercial health and fitness centers and corporate health providers
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General fitness / CrossFit enthusiasts / recreationally active individuals
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Athlete development pathway providers
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Tactical, military and emergency services
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Corporate Organizations and Executives
The Horyzen Performance Team
The Horyzen Performance Anatomical Assessment Process
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On site team measurement of anthropometric and anatomical characteristics by Horyzen Performance staff
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Optional training for team staff to enable ongoing in-house athlete management for existing and new players
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Teams are provided a comprehensive anthropometric and anatomical profile for each individual athlete that identifies key performance variables that include:
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6 Breadth Measures
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6 Skinfold Measures
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10 Girth Measures
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Body Weight
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Standing and Seated Height
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Muscle:Bone Ratio (MBR)
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Proxymorphy Index (PMI)
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Body composition: muscle mass, fat mass and skeletal mass
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Anthropometric characteristics
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Follow up overview with Team staff by Horyzen Performance includes:
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Determining the maximal muscle mass carrying capability of the athlete
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Optimal Muscle to Bone Ratio for each athlete
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Identification of individual injury risk profiles including soft tissue injuries such as hamstring, adductor, hip flexor and calf strains.
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Skeletal Ratios as predictors of performance including Shoulder-Hip Ratio (SHR), Biiliocristal (Hip) measurement.
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Comparison with normative data regarding muscle mass values according to the skeletal characteristics.
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Maximal hypertrophy potential for each individual athlete
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Recommendations regarding optimal muscle mass for individual athlete performance and injury risk mitigation.
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Staff Training (Optional)
The Level 1 Horyzen Anatomical Assessment Foundations Course is designed for strength and conditioning coaches, exercise physiologists, physiotherapists, dietitians, personal trainers and other allied health and medical professionals with an interest in the theoretical and practical application of establishing skeletal structure, body composition and lean body mass development potential for athletes.
The 1-day (8 hour) HORYZEN ANATOMICAL ASSESSMENT workshop includes a comprehensive overview of muscle anatomy, body composition and musculoskeletal profiling, anatomical body composition profiling. Participants will learn to:
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Measure an individual’s skin-folds & girths
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Calculate an individual’s % body fat
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Determine an individual’s Horyzen Anatomical Assessment profile
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Establish individual Muscle:Bone ratio for lean body mass projections and injury risk mitigation profiles
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Develop an Horyzen Anatomical Assessment report for coaches, clients, athletes and fitness professionals
The Horyzen Anatomical Assessment method of 5 Way Fractionation and Muscle-to-Bone Ratio
The Horyzen Anatomical Assessment Method incorporates 5-Way Fractionation to establish muscle to bone ratio to improve performance, mitigate risk of injury, and for purposes of talent identification.
This unique method considers the the five anatomically-defined tissues in the body:
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Adipose tissue
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Muscle
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Viscera & organs (residual)
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Skeleton
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Skin.
The muscle to bone ratio behaves in a normal gaussian fashion, with clear cutoff points for high and low ends of individual muscle mass development to:
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Determine the maximal muscle mass carrying capability of the athlete
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Establish an optimal muscle to bone ratio for each athlete
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Identify and mitigate Injury Risk
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Incorporate skeletal ratios as predictors of performance
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Provide a guide to maximal hypertrophy potential (natural)
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Report ideal amount of muscle mass for each sport, playing position, and each skeleton.
The Horyzen Performance Vision and Mission
Horyzen Performance specializes in anthro-musculoskeletal profiling tailored for strength and conditioning coaches, performance specialists, medical professionals, training staff and athletes.
Our mission is to enhance organizational, team and individual performance through comprehensive and bespoke anthro-musculoskeletal profiling for performance optimization, athlete development and injury risk mitigation.
Services
Team based pricing- Team based pricing
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