COSMED USA

Manufacturer of premier Cardio Pulmonary, Metabolic, and Body Composition diagnostic equipment for the Academic, Performance, Healthcare, and Wellness markets.

05/28/2026

Day 2 at ACSM 2026 in Salt Lake City is underway!

We’ve got a full day of activity at the COSMED booth - live demos, hands-on testing & plenty of opportunities to connect with our team.

Be sure to stop by & see what’s going on!

📍 Booth 205

05/27/2026

COSMED is heading to ACSM 2026 in Salt Lake City!

Join us at booth 205 for live demos & presentations highlighting our complete lab solutions.

📍 Salt Lake City Palace - May 26–29

✅ Daily demos
✅ Interactive lectures
✅ Product integration showcases

05/22/2026

Scientific update from Dr. Meucci … Is It the Lungs, the Heart, or Metabolism?

The 9-panel plot is a clinical tool that helps understanding which physiological system is limiting performance; respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, or a combination of all three.

For respiratory limitation, key questions include:

🫁 Is ventilation approaching maximal capacity?
A low or absent breathing reserve suggests the patient may be reaching their ventilatory ceiling.

📉 Does VE approach or exceed MVV?
When peak ventilation approaches the estimated maximal voluntary ventilation, the respiratory system may be limiting exercise.

🩸 Is oxygen saturation maintained?
A drop in SpO₂ may suggest gas-exchange impairment or exercise-induced desaturation.

But the real value of CPET is integration. A respiratory pattern should be interpreted together with:

❤️ Cardiovascular panels
HR response, oxygen pulse, and VO₂/work slope help identify whether cardiac output or oxygen delivery may be limiting performance.

🔥 Metabolic panels
The V-slope, ventilatory equivalents, and RER help identify ventilatory thresholds, anaerobic contribution, and test effort.

🌬️ Ventilatory efficiency panels
VE/VCO₂, PETCO₂, and PETO₂ provide insight into ventilation-perfusion matching and CO₂ clearance.

That is why CPET is such a powerful clinical tool: it turns exercise intolerance into interpretable physiology.

05/21/2026

Live Demo Lineup at ACSM 2026 📅
Presented by COSMED’s own Marco Meucci, PhD
Guest Speaker: Guy Leahy, M.Ed, ACSM CEP, NSCA CSCS*D*

Here's what we’ve got planned:
May 27 3-3:30 PM: Live Demo – Next-Gen VO2max: Advanced Workflows
May 28 10AM-10:15 AM: Live Presentation – The tactical edge: Outlining the benefits
of using the BOD POD
May 28 4-4:30 PM: Live Presentation – Building the future-proof lab: A blueprint for integrated assessment programs
May 29 11-11:30AM: Live Demo – Quantifying Metabolic Flexibility

Stop by booth #205 chat with our team!

05/20/2026

Mario’s Hidden Limitation: A Breathing Breakthrough 🫁 🏃‍♂️

Did you know that breathing limitations can go unnoticed in athletes? Even if you’re fit & strong your lungs might be holding you back.

This is Mario’s story: As a professional beach volleyball athlete, Mario pushed his limits daily, but his breathing never felt quite right during intense rallies. It was frustrating! Tired of this, he performed a spirometry test followed by a VO2max test & discovered that he had a respiratory obstruction limiting his performance.

😧 Breathing Reserve: -3.9% (values lower than 15% indicates ventilatory limitations).
📉 FEV₁: 67% of predicted (Z score -2.63)
📉 FEV₁/FVC: 69% of predicted (Z score -3.39)

Why is this important?
✅Some athletes may have hidden respiratory limitations during high-intensity conditions that may go unnoticed.
✅A maximal exercise ventilation that exceeds maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV) is a possible sign of airway obstruction. MVV can be calculated as FEV₁ * 40.
✅Early detection can prevent unnecessary performance declines, breathing difficulties, or even risks during exercise.

Takeaway:
✅For Mario, a spirometry test was a game-changer. He finally had proof that it wasn’t just in his head. Now, he has a plan to fix it.
✅Spirometry can reveal hidden respiratory issues even in fit individuals (even on a 32-year-old elite athlete with a 56.3 ml/kg/min VO2max.
✅If he manages his airway obstruction he could unlock unexplored potentials.

05/19/2026

Last July, Marco Camandona, a mountain guide from Valle d'Aosta, Italy, completed his climb of all 14 peaks above 8,000 m without supplemental oxygen—summiting two Gasherbrum peaks in just one week.

Tests conducted in early May at the Vitalia Sport Medicine Center by Massimo Massarini showed outstanding results, nearly identical to those recorded before his successful 2022 Karakoram expedition.

Proud to support elite international mountaineers with COSMED technology & solutions.

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05/18/2026

Scientific update from Dr. Meucci … Are Your Lungs Enhancing or Limiting Your Performance?

Fitness is not only about the heart and muscles. Your lungs matter too!

Spirometry is a simple test that measures how well you move air in and out of your lungs; and it can reveal hidden respiratory limitations, even in active and well-trained individuals.

Key values include:
📌 FVC: how much air you can forcefully exhale
📌 FEV₁: how much air you exhale in the first second
📌 FEV₁/FVC: how effectively air flows out, helping detect airflow limitation

Why does this matter? Because unexplained breathlessness, early fatigue, or reduced performance may not be “just fitness.” It could be airflow limitation.

Ask yourself:
😮‍💨 Do you feel unusually breathless during intense exercise?
📉 Does performance drop despite good training?
⏱️ Do you struggle to recover between efforts?
🫁 Have you ever tested your lung function?

The goal:
✅ Detect hidden respiratory limitations
✅ Better understand performance barriers
✅ Turn symptoms into objective data

Write your questions below & Dr. Meucci will answer them!

05/15/2026

Air displacement plethysmography (ADP) helps turn body composition data into practical outcomes for research, clinical, and performance settings by supporting:

🔹 Clinical research & longitudinal monitoring
Track %body fat, FMI, FFMI, and FM:FFM ratio over time.
Is the change larger than normal variability and consistent across visits?

🔹 Weight management & metabolic health
Separate FM loss from unwanted FFM loss.
Is weight loss coming primarily from fat mass while lean mass is preserved?

🔹 Sports performance & athlete profiling
Use FFMI, FMI, FM ratio, and FFM-normalized VO₂max.
Do changes in body mass support the athlete’s sport, position, and season?

🔹 Pediatric, aging & special populations
Apply age-, s*x-, and population-specific reference values.
Is body composition interpreted within the right biological and clinical context?

🔹 Nutrition, training & rehabilitation interventions
Measure ΔFM, ΔFFM, FMI, and FFMI alongside strength, function, RMR, or performance outcomes.
Is the intervention producing the intended physiological adaptation?

Meaningful progress is understanding what changed, why it changed, and whether that change supports better health, function, or performance.

05/14/2026

Flying a B-52 for 30+ hours across 8,800 miles is not just a mission, it is a major physiological challenge.

That is why the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is investing in advanced Human Performance testing to prepare aircrews for the mental & physical demands of long-duration operations.

Through the Comprehensive Readiness for Aircrew Flying Training (CRAFT) initiative, COSMED technology helps optimize pilot fitness & resilience:
✔️ BOD POD: provides accurate body composition data
✔️ K5 Wearable Metabolic System: delivers real-time metabolic & VO₂ max assessments

These tools support CRAFT’s holistic approach, combining exercise, nutrition & mental conditioning to keep aircrew alert, resilient & ready for mission success.

📸 Photos: US Air Force

05/13/2026

Looking forward to kicking off the Health & Performance Collective tomorrow, May 14th at 3:00 PM CT.

This will be an informal, peer-driven forum for professionals across health, fitness, and performance to connect, share ideas, and learn from one another.

We’d love to have you join us, and please feel free to invite any colleagues who may be interested in being part of the conversation.

👉 Register here: https://buff.ly/KAnaJ9H

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