The term “VO2 max” might sound like a complex scientific metric. But it's actually one of the most important indicators of athletic performance, fitness, and overall health. A lot of athletes focus on ...

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.

On TikTok, VO2 max is going viral as the key to improving your endurance during a workout. In short, you can think of this metric as the maximum amount of oxygen your body uses during exercise – V ...

If you want the best measure of your fitness, it’s time to check out your VO2 max. VO2 max is the maximum amount of oxygen your body can utilize during intense exercise, measured in milliliters of ...

“VO2 max is the best measure of cardiorespiratory fitness,” says Andrew Getzin, MD, head team physician of USA Triathlon and sports medicine physician at Cayuga Health in Ithaca, New York. “To have a ...

High-intensity interval training is important, but coming back to your breath can be crucial to helping you train.

You have your runners on, your FitBit is charged, but now what? When you exercise, your heart and breathing rates increase, delivering greater quantities of oxygen from the lungs to the blood, then to ...

Ascension St. John’s Human Performance Lab helps people measure heart health and build fitness plans for the year ahead.

NEW ORLEANS — When I was previously asked, what’s the difference between moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA) and vigorous physical activity, my simple answer was mild to moderate exercise is not breaking a ...

NEW ORLEANS — In the September issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, researchers from the Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health at the University of Texas at ...