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 ...

If you haven’t heard us prattling on about VO2 max by now, we’re here once again to tell you just how important this metric is. Once the preserve of elite performance athletes, VO2 max is increasingly ...

Growing consumer interest aligns with rollout of new benchmark in lab-grade metabolic testing for everyday wellness consumers with SpiroFit Active metabolic testing shows members how many calories ...

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 ...

VO2 max is an intimidating word for an easy-to-understand biometric: It’s how well your body uses oxygen when you push yourself. Short for “maximal oxygen uptake,” it’s been the gold standard for ...

Not long ago, getting your VO2 max tested felt like something reserved for Olympians, research subjects, or anyone lucky enough to know someone with keys to an exercise physiology lab. For most ...

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If you're a fitness fiend or working to improve your health, you're probably always looking for ways to run faster and farther, train harder and push your limits. You might even already track a number ...

If you think of ways to measure your overall health, certain benchmarks likely come to mind. The bloodwork you get done at your annual physical, maybe. Your body mass index. Perhaps how much you can ...