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.

Hardcore endurance athletes have tracked the metric for decades, but it is increasingly touted as a measure of fitness and ...

VO2 max, the measure of how much oxygen the body consumes during exercise, has become a ubiquitous tool for professional ...

This article is purely theoretical. Some readers will think that the theory is obvious on its face, and others will think that it's wrong. The joy of talking about training theory at the intersection ...

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 ...

"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.V. Hill was a 4:45 miler and already had a Nobel Prize for work in muscle physiology when he and Lupton began studying VO2 max. The experiments involved subjects running around Hill’s back garden in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new study, involving nearly 800 older adults, points out the factors most associated with higher VO2 ...

The most effective exercise routines include both cardio and strength training.Cardio exercise is critical to maintaining ...

Ageing doesn't have to be synonymous with physical deterioration and loss of vitality. But when we hit 50, should we prioritise cardio or strength training to maintain our health? Maybe it's even ...

We sat down with HYROX master coach Tiago Lousa to break down the real method to race-day speed, the mistakes holding athletes back and the fixes that make you faster without blowing up. Whether ...