Understanding your VO2 max can give you powerful insights into your cardiovascular fitness. And you don’t need a lab to find ...

Back in the late 1970s when I found an interest in running, I kept hearing the name of Dr. Kenneth Cooper. Then recently in our just completed spring beginning runners class, one of the younger ...

Almost every major smartwatch or sports watch will now estimate your VO2 max without you having to take a gruelling lab test. It’s often branded differently from ‘VO2 max’ on your device or ...

Results showed an increase in distance covered during the 12-minute run and a reduction in heart rate during the step-up test. On average, VO2 max increased by 12.5 per cent, and the anaerobic ...

That was accompanied by improvements in other measures, like the NYHA Functional Class (NYHA FC), Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ), cardiopulmonary exercise test (VO2 max ...