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Miami, FL, est. 2023

ONYX
PERFORMANCE
LAB

Onyx Performance Lab is a strength and conditioning facility in Allapattah, Miami, near Wynwood and Midtown, for adults, youth athletes and teams. Our coaches combine structured training with regular testing on force plates, sprint timing, bar velocity tracking, and metabolic and body composition tests, and they monitor each athlete's progress. Your first class is free.

Onyx is founded and directed by Alejandro Garcia, CSCS, an adjunct professor of kinesiology at Florida International University and a PhD candidate and graduate assistant in exercise physiology at the University of Miami.

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Force Plates
Velocity Tracking
Sprint Timing
Metabolic Testing
Body Composition
3D Motion Capture
Training Equipment
Onyx Performance OS
Athlete App
Active Research Site
University of Miami
Doctoral Research Site
Doctoral research in sports science and biomechanics is conducted at this facility.
Florida International University
Graduate & Undergraduate Research Partner
Graduate and undergraduate sports science research programs utilize this facility and its equipment.
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What We Are

A SPORTS SCIENCE
PERFORMANCE
LAB.

Onyx Performance Lab is a sports science and coaching facility in Allapattah, Miami. Coaches run structured strength and conditioning, and regular testing shows how each athlete responds to the training.

Force Plate Testing
Peak force, rate of force development (how fast you produce force) and left-right asymmetry
Velocity-Based Training
Real-time bar speed, power output, and load-velocity profiling
Sprint & Speed Analysis
Split times over set distances, acceleration and maximum velocity
Metabolic Testing
VO2 max and ventilatory thresholds from breath gas analysis
Technology

THE TESTING ARSENAL

Testing at Onyx depends on your membership. Onyx Performance members do a force plate jump test every Friday and can book a body composition scan each month, and Onyx Protocol and Onyx Private start with the Onyx Assessment. Your coach uses the results to set and adjust your training.

KNOW
YOUR
NUMBERS.
RFD / Impulse / Asymmetry

Force Plates

Hawkin Dynamics force plates record force over time during jumps, on both legs or on one. We use them to track rate of force development (how fast you produce force), impulse, left-right asymmetry and reactive strength.

Velocity / Power / Load Profile

VBT System

A GymAware sensor reads bar speed in real time and measures a load-velocity profile as a test. Your coach uses it during sessions to set the load.

Split Times / Max Velocity

Sprint Timing

Freelap magnetic timing records split times over distances from 10 to 40 meters. We use the splits to track acceleration and maximum velocity.

VO2 max / Ventilatory Thresholds

Metabolic Testing

The KORR CardioCoach analyzes the air you breathe out during a graded test to measure VO2 max and ventilatory thresholds. We use the results to set conditioning intensities.

Fat Mass / Lean Mass

Body Composition

The Seca mBCA 554 estimates fat mass and lean mass by bioimpedance. We use it to read strength and power relative to body mass and to track change between scans.

Quality / Mobility / Control

Movement Screen

A coach reviews how you move through basic patterns and ranges of motion. The screen shows compensations and mobility limits that guide exercise choice, and it does not diagnose injury.

How It Works

The Process

How It Works
01

Test

We measure before we program. Depending on your membership and goal, that means force plate jumps, bar speed, sprint splits, metabolic testing or body composition.

02

Analyze

Your coach reads the results in context, against your sport, position, age and training history, and decides which qualities to prioritize.

03

Program

In Onyx Protocol and Onyx Private, your coach writes your plan from those results. Onyx Performance classes follow a program the coaches write in advance for the whole group.

04

Train

A coach runs every session, corrects technique and adjusts the load. Bar speed is tracked in the sessions where it fits.

05

Retest

Onyx Performance members do a jump test on the force plates every Friday and can book a body composition scan once a month. In Onyx Protocol and Onyx Private, your coach chooses when to retest and updates the program from the new numbers.

Onyx Performance OS

The app you train with.

The app keeps six things about you, and each one reads from the others.

01

Train

A program chosen from your goal, experience and days, with a recommended load on every set and the reason beside it.

02

Recover

A morning check-in that explains its scales, and a recovery reading from your own sleep and heart rate after seven nights.

03

Eat

A diary that finds the product by brand, carries the vitamins and minerals, and explains any nutrient you tap.

04

Your sport

Practices, classes, matches, runs and walks in your week, with distance and pace, logged up to three months back.

05

Test

Lab results with your Onyx Score, and a home test day scored against published norms every six weeks.

06

Your week

A report every Monday, and a Progress tab that opens with your week and then your strength on every lift.

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Who We Serve

Every athlete
to one standard.

Build the Foundation

Long-term athletic development for young competitors. Coaches teach age-appropriate movement, coordination and strength, and the plan is structured so the athlete keeps developing through the teenage years.

Movement skills for sport
Speed and agility foundations
Gradual strength development
Supervised, age-appropriate loading
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