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 ...

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

If it seems like everyone in your run club is talking about VO2 max these days, we wouldn’t be surprised. This metric—which is essentially a measure of your cardio fitness—is a zeitgeisty topic, ...

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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 ...

FOR ABOUT A a year, an exercise physiologist I know kept offering to do a VO2 max test on me. For more than a year, I’d been resisting it. Not because it’s not important. Plenty of trends have come ...

This is a transformational way of assessing VO2 max, which previously could only be assessed through a 3-minute step or a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET). This enhances accessibility, especially ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EHE Health, a national preventive healthcare provider, is introducing a first-of-its-kind VO2 max testing innovation to the United States to help patients better ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. VO2 max (maximum oxygen uptake) is the maximum rate at ...