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

A central metric in Dr. Goel's framework is VO2 Max, the measure of how much oxygen the body can use during exercise. Studies ...

VO2 max testing requires a mask to measure oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output to determine your cardiovascular fitness. When you think about how fit you are, you might think about how far you can ...

Experts explain why this measure of cardiovascular health isn’t just for ‘fitness people,’ and how improving your VO2 max ...

Your Vo2 max is a measure of the maximum amount of oxygen your body can use during exercise. The best way to increase your Vo2 max is to exercise near your maximum heart rate. Vo2 max is a measure of ...

According to Dr Malhotra, focusing on VO2 max levels is not enough while thinking about health, instead we should consider ...

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Outside’s Sweat Science columnist, covering the latest research on endurance and outdoor sports. The headline findings are ...

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

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Maximal oxygen uptake, or VO2-max, tells you how fast you can deliver oxygen for use by your muscles. Its basic units are volume (i.e. litres of oxygen) per unit time (i.e. minutes). But the VO2-max ...

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Outside’s Sweat Science columnist, covering the latest research on endurance and outdoor sports. Earlier this year, scientists in ...

When runners talk physiology, two terms tend to dominate the conversation: VO2 max and lactate threshold. Although the two metrics are related, they are not the same – and they shape performance in ...