Peter O’Brien & Andrew Sellars, Building VO2 Master, Applied Science, Lactate Theory || Episode #143 [EN]

GUESTS:
Peter O’Brien: Most of my experiences are from a little freelance software development, a brief foray into the oil fields, and then VO2 Master. I’ve become a generalist in all things like corporate development, business development, marketing, promotion, sales, customer support, technical support, international shipping, accounting, grant writing, fundraising, legalities like patents, trademarks, and minute books, engineering, software/firmware development, project management, circuit board design, mechanical design, small-scale manufacturing, Human Resources, sysadmin, web hosting and Wordpress. I’ve first-hand learned how to start a company from nothing in your parent’s basement to a scaling business that can stand on its own two feet with millions of dollars in funding both from grants and private equity, and with strong, increasing sales performance globally. One of my favourite accomplishments is in building a solid team, and somehow attracting a sizeable group of world-class people into the VO2 Master community.

 
Personally, I swam for years in high school, got into cycling and triathlon, then rock climbing and multi-day backpacking. At two different points in my life I could ride 200+km on the bike and just barely do a one-handed chin-up. Second to athletics I love anything with an engine and have done some basic mechanical work on cars I’ve owned. Oh - in high school I serviced and cleaned people’s bikes for a little cash that I used to build myself a mini bike shop. I started ripping apart old computers when I was 12, and started building simple circuits. I learned the very basics of coding in grade 8, self-taught. Released a PDF generating tool for Balance Point Racing when I was 17. Freelanced a little at 18-19 in C# WPF.

Andrew Sellars: After 5 years as a competitive swim coach, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Performance, I pursued a Masters Degree in Education (coaching studies) at the University of Victoria, where I was Assistant Coach to Dr. Peter Vizsolyi at the Varsity Level. I then pursued a career in Medicine, and completed specialized training in Anesthesia, where I continued to develop a deeper understanding of cardiopulmonary physiology.

My passion for endurance sport, and coaching, led to the development of the Balance Point Racing Team, where the primary focus was on applying the most up to date research and testing methods to the development of individualized training plans for endurance athletes. As we continued to push the boundaries of what the testing equipment was capable of, I shared a vision with a young athlete, Peter Obrien, about what the future of physiologic testing could look like. With Peter, we went on to found VO2 Master, in order to create the first ever wireless, portable, and affordable VO2 testing equipment in the world.

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TOPICS:
0:00 - Intro
3:07 - Start
3:31 - Background
14:58 - Building the VO2 Master
47:42 - Science Hitting The Road
1:10:17 - Lactate Theory
1:29:22 - CO2 Sensor
1:35:18 - Future Implementation

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