A simple 5-minute power test and a bit of mathematics will spare you a costly trip to a performance lab for specialist VO2 ...

If it seems like everyone in your run club is talking about VO2 max these days, we wouldn’t be surprised. This metric—which is essentially a measure of your cardio fitness—is a zeitgeisty topic, ...

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First, let’s look at the term itself. “V” stands for “volume.” “O2” stands for “oxygen.” And “max,” of course, means “maximum.” Put together and given context, VO2 max refers to the maximum volume ...

Until recently, VO2 max testing has been inaccessible to most everyday athletes. Unless you had an in with an exercise physiology lab, you had to rely on back-of-the-envelope calculations or wearable ...

Most of us are curious about how fit we actually are. The gold-standard answer usually comes from a sports lab, where aerobic ...

In one clip, he’s standing on a treadmill in a lab with his face covered by a mask and eyes on a monitor displaying his performance. The display shows his VO2 max at 101.1. To put that into ...