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From Wikipedia: "The measurement of V̇O2 max in the laboratory provides a quantitative value of endurance fitness for comparison of individual training effects
by dsiegel2275 5y ago
From Wikipedia:
"The measurement of V̇O2 max in the laboratory provides a quantitative value of endurance fitness for comparison of individual training effects and between people in endurance training. Maximal oxygen consumption reflects cardiorespiratory fitness and endurance capacity in exercise performance. Elite athletes, such as competitive distance runners, racing cyclists or Olympic cross-country skiers, can achieve V̇O2 max values exceeding 90 mL/(kg·min), while some endurance animals, such as Alaskan huskies, have V̇O2 max values exceeding 200 mL/(kg·min)."
So maybe it is a measurement of "endurance capacity"...
[edited for clarity]
- nradov 5y agoNo it's not a direct measurement of endurance capacity. It is, as the units imply, a measurement of your maximum rate of oxygen metabolism over a very short period, as normalized by body mass. There is some correlation with endurance capacity. But that relationship gets progressively weaker as you go out to longer efforts.
- gameswithgo 5y agoWikipedia's entry is overly simplistic. It is true that many people use VO2 in this way, but many of us feel it is silly. Some people are able to get more power to their legs at a given metabolic consumption, for instance. Two athletes may run the same time because one is more efficient with a lower VO2 Max, and the other has a higher VO2 Max but is less efficient. Interestingly no elite athlete has both things maxed out, perhaps because it is impossible, they are at odds with each other.