This HiPAC, at St Mary's College in Twickenham, is one of five centres in the UK dedicated to improving the performance of UK athletes in the countdown to the 2012 Olympics. As well as the G-Trainer Pro and the VO2 max machine you see here, each HiPAC has a raft of other futuristic bits of kit that sportsmen can use to up their game.

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