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

VO2 max is an intimidating word for an easy-to-understand biometric: It’s how well your body uses oxygen when you push ...

Hardcore endurance athletes have tracked the metric for decades, but it is increasingly touted as a measure of fitness and ...

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

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, the measure of how much oxygen the body consumes during exercise, has become a ubiquitous tool for professional ...

EXPERT ADVICE: What exactly is VO2 max testing? Who needs it? And what are the benefits? Xpress catches up with Sean Simonds, clinic director for Movement for Life Physical Therapy, to find out. Photo ...

I have, at my disposal, at least nine different devices that can estimate my cardio fitness. They all put it in terms of a number scientists call VO2max. But the only way to find your actual VO2max is ...

Danish medical device spinout VentriJect aims to revolutionise fitness assessment by providing a fast and accessible method for measuring cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), particularly VO2 max.

"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 ...

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 ...

My summer of running workouts has been, in a word, comfortable. I haven't had any real interest in doing virtual races created by this pandemic. My last virtual competitions were Pella's Klompen ...