Strength Testing
Are you actually getting stronger? Now you can know.
You show up. You put the work in. And if someone asked whether it’s working, your honest answer would be “I think so?” Almost nobody training today has real, measurable proof they’re getting stronger, which is strange, because for most of us that’s the whole goal. This 40-minute appointment with a physiotherapist replaces “I think so” with numbers, using the same testing technology as elite sport.
40 minutes with a physio · VALD technology, as used in elite sport · Track your strength over time · HICAPS on the spot
This isn’t a guess dressed up as a test. VALD is the strength-measurement technology used by professional sporting teams around the world, and our Yarraville and Hampton East studios run a full VALD testing suite. It measures you two ways, because real strength is both.
On the ForceDecks force plates and our VALD-equipped Iron Edge rack, you’re tested in the movements your life actually runs on: squats, deadlift-style pulls, calf raises and jumps. The plates read you thousands of times a second, measuring how much force you produce, how fast you produce it, and whether one side is quietly doing the other side’s work. It’s the same way the pros are tested, and none of it needs gym experience; every test is guided and controlled.
The same plates measure your stability and balance with a precision the eye can’t, including single-leg control, the thing that decides how confidently you move now and how safely you’ll move at eighty. Balance is trainable at every age, and measuring it is the first step.
The ForceFrame then isolates specific muscles in fixed positions, precision a gym machine can’t come near. Not “your legs”: your left quad against your right, your hamstrings, your glutes, your calves, your hip stabilisers, your shoulders, your grip.
A baseline today, a retest in a few months, and the honest answer in between, muscle by muscle, movement by movement. Getting stronger stops being a hope and becomes a number you watch go up.
Left-right imbalances and underpowered muscles are the quiet setup for many injuries. Finding them while they’re just numbers on a report is a far better day than finding them the other way.
Once you know exactly what’s weak, every class and session gets more useful, because you and the team know precisely what you’re building.
If you’re rehabbing, testing shows how the injured side truly compares to the other, and when you’re genuinely ready to return to running, sport or the gym, measured, not guessed.
Strength and balance are the two numbers that best predict how well you’ll move, age and stay on your feet. Knowing yours, against your age and gender norms, tells you exactly where you stand and what to build.
There is nothing quite like watching your own numbers climb. Most people book their retest before they’ve left the building.
Replace “I think so” with numbers.
Testing turns your recovery into numbers, and it’s the engine behind our OA Program’s re-testing and Return to Running assessments. Your physiotherapist can build it into your plan.
This is the answer to the question you can’t currently answer: is it working? Proof, muscle by muscle, of exactly what all those classes and sessions have built. If you train in Clinical Pilates, it turns your program into something you can measure.
Strength and balance are the two numbers that matter most for the decades ahead, and this appointment measures both properly. It pairs naturally with our Strong Bones program and Midlife Strength classes.
That’s a perfectly good reason. Most people have never been measured in their life, and the report tends to be the start of something.
Your goals, your history, anything you’re working around; this decides which movements and muscles we test.
Guided, controlled and surprisingly fun; most people leave wanting to beat their numbers.
Results against your age and gender norms, explained in plain English, with clear next steps, whether that’s a program, a class, physio, or simply a retest date to aim at.
Full Strength Testing runs at Yarraville and Hampton East, where the complete VALD suite lives: ForceDecks, ForceFrame and the VALD-equipped rack. Kensington offers handheld VALD DynaMo testing, ideal for quick, muscle-specific checks, with full testing seven minutes up the road at Yarraville. Appointments are 40 minutes with a physiotherapist, claimable on private health extras with HICAPS on the spot, and no referral is needed. Wear something you can move in.
Already been tested? Book a Strength Retest and see what has changed.
The complete VALD testing suite lives at Yarraville in the inner west and Hampton East in the bayside south east. Kensington runs handheld DynaMo checks, with full testing seven minutes up the road at Yarraville.
Book a Strength Test at Yarraville or Hampton East, and find out where you actually stand. Then retest, and watch what you’re building show up in black and white.
Forty minutes with a physiotherapist and the full VALD suite. Choose your studio below, or call us if you’d rather talk it through first.
A 40-minute appointment with a physiotherapist, sometimes called a strength assessment, using VALD technology, force plates, the ForceFrame and a VALD-equipped rack, to measure your strength in functional movements like squats and pulls, your balance, and the force specific muscles produce. Results are compared against norms for your age and gender and delivered in a full report.
This is the appointment that answers it. A baseline test now and a retest later show exactly what’s changed, muscle by muscle and movement by movement, in numbers rather than feelings.
No. The tests are simple, guided movements with no gym experience needed, and the comparison is against people of your own age and gender, not athletes. Curiosity is a completely valid reason to book.
Yes. The force plates measure stability and balance, including single-leg control, with far more precision than the eye. Strength and balance together are the best predictors of how well you’ll move and age.
No. Testing is open to anyone: members, physio patients, or people who’ve never set foot in the building before.
Your physio will suggest a retest window in your report, based on what you’re working on and how quickly it’s likely to change.
Yes. It’s a physiotherapy appointment, claimable on extras with HICAPS on the spot, no referral needed.
Full VALD strength testing runs at All for One’s Yarraville and Hampton East studios, home to our complete testing suite. Kensington offers handheld VALD DynaMo testing, with full testing seven minutes away at Yarraville. Book online or call your nearest studio.
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