The most accurate way to calculate your VO2 max is in a clinical setting, says Tanayan. “A CPET (cardiopulmonary exercise test) is the gold standard of estimating someone’s VO2 max,” he says. In the ...

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

Biological markers of cardiac damage are not related to measures of cardiac systolic and diastolic function using cardiovascular magnetic resonance and echocardiography after an acute bout of ...