The Human Performance Laboratory is a teaching and research facility located in the Department of Health and Human Performance at the College of Charleston. The Human Performance Laboratory (HPL) is designed and equipped to allow undergraduate students to obtain hands-on experience in all aspects of exercise science while also supporting faculty and student research.

The HPL consists of 2,500 sq ft of space divided into four rooms that contain state of the art equipment for assessing oxygen consumption (VO2), muscular strength, power and endurance, body composition, heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and most any hormones, proteins or metabolites (lactic acid, glucose, creatine kinase, etc) in the blood.

Members of the HPL work closely with the coaches and trainers of numerous athletic teams on campus as well as athletes from the community. These collaborations are geared to provide the coaches and athletes the most current state of the art data possible to be used to increase athletic performance.