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 ...

If you're a fitness fiend or working to improve your health, you're probably always looking for ways to run faster and farther, train harder and push your limits. You might even already track a number ...

We always did the 12-minute run on the third day of cross country practice, a sure sign the fun of summer had ended. My high school coach, Greg Wilson, would bring dozens of students to a local track ...

VO2 max is a measure of the maximum amount of oxygen your body can utilize during intense exercise. It's an essential component of peak aerobic fitness and optimal metabolic health. The higher your ...

Not only is grip strength important for countless daily tasks, like opening jars and carrying groceries, but it’s a good measure of your overall strength The Cooper Test Aerobic fitness has been ...

From Apple Watches to Oura Rings, many of us have become obsessed with tracking our health—but experts say there is one key metric we may be overlooking. For fitness fanatics chasing personal bests, ...

FOR ABOUT A a year, an exercise physiologist I know kept offering to do a VO2 max test on me. For more than a year, I’d been resisting it. Not because it’s not important. Plenty of trends have come ...