Sports genetic test

It couldn’t be easier. We will send you a DNA kit to take a sample of your saliva. In this video, you have detailed instructions. Follow the steps in the video and send the sample back to us. Our laboratory in the European Union will extract the DNA from your sample. With all the data obtained from the sequencing (this is the name of the process of extracting genetic information from your DNA sample), we will perform a complex computer analysis. The algorithm developed exclusively by 24Genetics will apply the latest genetic studies. Finally, it will generate the report that we deliver to you.

You can take our DNA sport test wherever you are, as we send our kits to any country in the world, and shipping is free of charge. We will ship your order from the 24Genetics distribution center closest to you to be as fast as possible. In addition, return shipping is included in several countries such as USA, Spain or France, and our All in One pack has free pick-up worldwide.

Your genes are very important and determine the predisposition of how your body functions. But your lifestyle influences it as well. In any case, knowing yourself well helps you to treat your body in the most appropriate way. That is what genetic testing for athlete ability gives you: information and, consequently, knowledge.

Whenever we improve our report, we will notify you. Please note that when we include a new trait in one of our reports, we perform multiple tests beforehand to ensure that the information is scientifically backed up.

Yes: anyone, regardless of age, can take our sports genetic test. However, when it is a baby or an elderly person who is going to take the test, we ask you to inform us when ordering so that we can send you a special kit that facilitates the collection of the saliva sample.

You will receive a detailed and personalized report at the email address you provided when registering your kit. If you wish, you can also request your raw data file with the content of your genetic map, and we will send it to you by email.

Not all genetic tests for athletes are the same. There are only a few biotech companies with the capacity to perform these complex analyses, and most of them give very poor conclusions in terms of the number of results. Thanks to our DNA sports test, with some 700,000 genetic markers and our complex algorithms, we can offer what we believe is, to date, the most comprehensive sports genetic study on the market. The genetic information provided by 24Genetics is valid for research, information and educational purposes. Under no circumstances is it valid for clinical use.

Because of the amount of useful information we offer you and the level of quality of that information. Other athletic tests are not able to identify as much useful information for your training, nor can they analyze it with the same quality as we can. But these are not the only reasons; if you want to know all of them, click here.

No, it is not valid for clinical or diagnostic use. For that, there are other types of tests that health professionals must prescribe.

Our tests are based on countless genetic studies with the highest recognition and acceptance by the international scientific community. The scientific studies are published, through prestigious institutions and organizations, in specific databases, as long as there is a certain level of consensus. These validated studies are used to create and update our algorithm, which we apply to our clients’ genetic data.

Absolutely not. Not having a higher genetic predisposition is not a guarantee that you will not get injured. These studies are carried out based on statistical data obtained from a sufficiently large sample of people – the genetic differences between people who have a particular pathology and those who do not are observed. The type of conclusion usually reached is that people who have a genetic alteration have a greater predisposition to suffer from a specific pathology. However, this does not mean that 100% of people with that alteration will have that pathology. Equally, it does not mean that 100% of people who do not have that alteration will not suffer from that pathology.

The report indicates the tendencies you have to respond to this trait regardless of whether you train this ability in your day-to-day life. This means that you have a more significant genetic advantage in developing this trait. However, genetic propensity is not the only factor that has an impact on your athletic development. 

Power activities are all those that have to do with explosive responses, such as lifting heavy weights with few repetitions or sprinting while running. In any case, from 24Genetics, we invite you to train in a personalized way by sharing the results of your report with sports professionals

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