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, ...

Are you tracking enough of your fitness metrics yet? No? Great! Here's another one: VO2 max. It's a measurement that's traditionally been used by elite athletes, especially runners and cyclists, but ...

Essentially a measure of your cardiovascular fitness or aerobic capacity, your VO2 max is often considered a must-know metric if you’re a runner – especially if you’re looking to improve your running ...

On TikTok, VO2 max is going viral as the key to improving your endurance during a workout, but what exactly does it measure? In short, you can think of this metric as the maximum amount of oxygen your ...

In terms of differences, if you think about VO2 max as the size of your engine, lactate threshold is the size of the gears in ...

VO2 max has become ubiquitous in fitness circles. But what does it measure and how important is it to know yours? By Talya Minsberg Talya Minsberg took a VO2 max test while reporting this story. She ...

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Whoop has introduced VO2 max estimation, giving users access to one of the most important markers for assessing cardiovascular fitness and aerobic endurance. The feature is now available to Whoop 4.0 ...

Setting a new personal max is a great way to chart your progress toward your fitness goals—so what’s the easiest way to do that? One useful step is to improve VO2 max, which is a measure of how much ...