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Don't feel bad about your VO2 max, the baseline and ceiling are largely genetic. Most people can only bump VO2 max by about 10-15% even with absurd training reg
by jaggederest 1y ago
Don't feel bad about your VO2 max, the baseline and ceiling are largely genetic. Most people can only bump VO2 max by about 10-15% even with absurd training regimens. Same goes with many of the markers people track - you can control them to an extent, but some people just have high blood pressure or poor lipid profiles and thus need intervention.
- trjordan 1y agoAppreciate it. The Apple-Watch-measured version came up to 44 since I’ve started running. I’ve been pleased. None of my markers are high enough to trigger a doctor to care.
- jaggederest 1y ago44 is nothing to sneeze at, that's a solid upper end of average range.
- port11 1y agoThanks for saying that. Even when I ran every day — with the occasional VO2max sprint day —, my Apple Watch never placed me anywhere but Below Average for VO2max. It was disheartening. Some of these metrics actually put you off training.