This is Your Quick Training Tip, a chance to learn how to work smarter in just a few moments so you can get right to your workout. If you’re an endurance athlete, you’re likely familiar with the term ...

VO2 max, the measure of how much oxygen the body consumes during exercise, has become a ubiquitous tool for professional athletes, but health experts increasingly say it's a measurement worthy of ...

Ever wish you could breathe easier and sustain more intensity mid-workout? You may have overheard the term "VO2 max" at the gym or on a trainer’s social media page recently—but what is this fitness ...

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 ...

Increasing your vo2 max can be simple, but that doesn't mean it's easy. It has many names: "maximal oxygen consumption," "maximal oxygen uptake," "peak oxygen uptake," "maximal aerobic capacity." ...

I’ll never beat the “runners can’t shut up about running” allegations – I’m always rattling on about how ‘Jeffing’ upped my race pace and how helpful strength workouts have been for my recovery. And ...

Ever wondered what VO2 max is all about? We’ve roped in a bunch of experts to explain what it means for our fitness (and how to track it properly). Sports watches used to tell us how far we’d run.

When it comes to understanding your fitness and overall health, VO2 max is often heralded as the most important metric. And there’s some truth to that: “It actually is a very useful tool in terms of ...

If you wear a running watch, you might have noticed a function that estimates your VO2 max score. If your running is in a good place, you might have seen this number rise over the past few months or ...

The most famous endurance athletes in the world have a jaw-droppingly high VO2 max. While the big numbers sound impressive, what does it actually mean? It stands for Volume O2 (oxygen) maximum – which ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Whoop, the screenless ...