VO2 max testing requires a mask to measure oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output to determine your cardiovascular fitness. When you think about how fit you are, you might think about how far you can ...

Your watch’s VO2 max isn’t perfect, but you can improve its accuracy with better data and heart-rate tracking.

By most measures, Norwegian triathlete Kristian Blummenfelt is the standard of peak performance in athletics. He won the gold ...

Team UAE training chief leads chorus of top physiologists questioning the 'record' VO2 Max figure achieved by triathlon star Blummenfelt.

VO2 max, the measure of how much oxygen the body consumes during exercise, has become a ubiquitous tool for professional athletes, but health experts increasingly say it's a measurement worthy of ...

Ever wish you could breathe easier and sustain more intensity mid-workout? You may have overheard the term "VO2 max" at the gym or on a trainer’s social media page recently—but what is this fitness ...

VO2 max has long been a measure of aerobic fitness valued by endurance athletes, but it’s not a stat that should just be of interest to keen sportspeople, because a high VO2 max is also linked with ...

VO2 max is an intimidating word for an easy-to-understand biometric: It’s how well your body uses oxygen when you push yourself. Short for “maximal oxygen uptake,” it’s been the gold standard for ...

After running for over a decade, I wanted to see how healthy my heart is. I got an active metabolic assessment at Life Time, measuring my VO2 max and heart rate. I also learned which running speeds ...

I was having a great conversation with one of our fit, longtime members about VO2 max. I told him that I should do a column on it. When you Google VO2 max, it states: VO2 max is the measure of the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." FOR ABOUT A a year, an exercise physiologist I know kept offering to do a VO2 max test on me. For more ...

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