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 ...

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

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

VO2 max is a trendy stat for measuring your fitness, and it can help improve longevity too. Having a higher VO2 max is good, but more important for health is how the number changes over time.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Until recently, VO2 max testing has been inaccessible to most everyday athletes. Unless you had an in ...

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

Patients with UAB Sports and Exercise Medicine and the UAB Highlands Family and Community Medicine clinic now have access to VO2 Max testing, which can give both patients and providers a more precise, ...

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

Physicians routinely monitor cholesterol, blood pressure, and glucose levels to get a clearer picture of their patients' overall health. But a group of experts argues that having an accurate read of a ...

My summer of running workouts has been, in a word, comfortable. I haven't had any real interest in doing virtual races created by this pandemic. My last virtual competitions were Pella's Klompen ...

A DEXA produces a color coded image of you body composition to let you know where the fat and muscle are located “Michigan faces some of the highest rates of preventable chronic conditions, by making ...