VO2 Numbers

jclguru

I recently had my VO2 assessment done at Lifetime Fitness on a treadmill.

My number was 21.7 (I'm 6', 46 years old).

Unless I'm reading the table wrong, that's a really, really, really bad number.

I guess I'm disappointed that number isn't higher taking into account that I bike,
jog, strength train, etc.

I know these tests are suppose to be accurate, but is there anything that I could've
done to skew the number? For example, I was told to breathe in/out of my mouth,
not the nose while the mask was on, but there were times where I breathed from
my nose. I did follow all of the prerequisites to a letter before the test.

Thanks
Doug

BoresEasily

I'm not sure as I have never done one but I'd like to. What did they tell you about the number and did you ask them afterward if you could do anything to improve upon it?

dinos

I've never done a test in a lab, so I can't really tell.
I did calculate it based on my Cooper test results (http://www.brianmac.co.uk/gentest.htm) and it was a little over 30, which is average. I read somewhere that VO2 score can improve by specific training.

According to this test, your score suggests that you can run about 1,450 m (less than a mile) in 12 minutes. Is that so?

jclguru

Yeah, that's me, about a 12 minute mile.

Kinda makes me wonder what my VO2 number was at 298 ...like a -17? :sad:

One thing's for sure, it was a real eye opener.

Doug

dinos

:laugh: It doesn't seem very likely that you could run 12 minutes when you were 298. I was about 280 and the longest I could run was from the couch to the kitchen.

jclguru

Sorry, thats 12 minutes at my current weight at about 215.
I think it was 12 hours at 298

Doug