This easy test can help you get a gauge on your VO2 max—without a watch.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. VO2 max testing requires a mask to measure oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output to determine your cardiovascular fitness.

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

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 ...

Professional triathlete Kristian Blummenfelt registered a mind-bending score.

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 ...

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

"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 ...

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 ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Whoop, the screenless ...

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- MetaLab by Confidia highlights VO2 Max testing through the PNOĒ system, a diagnostic tool widely used in clinical research and specialized performance centers, ...