What's your fitness age?

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  • MonaRaeHill
    MonaRaeHill Posts: 145 Member
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    your VO2MAX is calculated to be

    50

    and your estimated "fitness age" is

    younger than 20

    Unlikely, but too funny. :)
  • helenjon752
    helenjon752 Posts: 55 Member
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    Fitness age 39 ..... Wahooo I am 63 !!!
  • tessiebear40
    tessiebear40 Posts: 39 Member
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    Your VO2MAX is calculated to be

    47

    and your estimated "fitness age" is

    younger than 20

    Now THAT'S made my day :drinker:
  • D8vidFitness
    D8vidFitness Posts: 104
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    There is no answer to this, fit = good cardiovascular, as well as muscle endurance, strength, flexibility, etc.

    At one point or another, high school sports will or have conditioned one area or the others very well to meet the demand of that particular sport, but don't mistake it for being your fittest era.

    As you get older and develop into those areas, you'll only get more fit.

    p.s I didn't do the counter, doesn't seem beneficial, but just for kicks :)

    Good luck.
  • jillianbeeee
    jillianbeeee Posts: 345 Member
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    younger then 20! This is awesome, I am 43! :)
  • S3r3knitty
    S3r3knitty Posts: 159 Member
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    Fitness age = 26
    Real age = 53

    VO2 max from online calculator = 53
    VO2 max when I tested on a Concept2 rower = 48

    Guessing my fairly low resting heart (49 bpm) rate skewed the figures a bit.

    Same issue with the low resting heart rate...

    Fitness age = less than 20
    Real age = 35

    VO2 max from online calculator 47

    Resting heart rate 44-48 bpm....for no reason other than genetics! I've only recently (past 3 weeks) given up a 20+ year smoking habit and taken up regular exercise, so I know my resting heartrate is not down to a lifetime of great lifestyle choices!
    Same here. I only started exercising at the end of this summer but my resting heart rate is below 50 and always was very low.

    Your VO2MAX is calculated to be 48
    and your estimated "fitness age" is
    younger than 20

    Real age 31
  • tyediri
    tyediri Posts: 183 Member
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    Fitness age is less than 20, and my actual age is 26.

    However, I do not see how this will make a big difference between a skinny fat person and a skinny fit person? Maybe from the resting heart rate?

    I know a lot of people who have skinnier waist lines than me who haven't got the same level of cardio fitness (and I am not claiming to be very fit. I can last an hour long intense Zumba class without too much discomfort, that is about it).
  • lts42uk
    lts42uk Posts: 162 Member
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    Actual age; 43
    VO2MAX; 46
    Fitness age; less than 20 :happy:
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
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    Not sure i trust the calculations but mine says younger than 20.

    This
  • donnam40
    donnam40 Posts: 246 Member
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    Your VO2MAX is calculated to be


    49


    and your estimated "fitness age" is


    younger than 20

    Real age is 44
  • jessicapk
    jessicapk Posts: 574 Member
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    Alrighty, here's a response from someone who isn't fit yet...
    Actual age = 31
    Fitness age = 52

    I currently weigh 237 lbs, down from 278, workout 3-4 times a week for more than an hour (cardio AND strength) and can do 10 miles on a bike at a fast pace without stopping. If I keep itup, one day, my fitness age will be less than my real age :)
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
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    There's no way my VO2 Max is 56...
  • Binkie1955
    Binkie1955 Posts: 329 Member
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    Your VO2MAX is calculated to be 48 and your estimated "fitness age" is 41.
    this is the answer I got. how for real is this and what is VO2MAX mean?
    I'm 58.
  • joolywooly33
    joolywooly33 Posts: 421 Member
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    younger than 20 - surprised!
  • TeamDale54
    TeamDale54 Posts: 186
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    My actual age is 58.

    Your VO2MAX is calculated to be
    56

    and your estimated "fitness age" is
    20
  • JcMey3r
    JcMey3r Posts: 431 Member
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    Your VO2MAX is calculated to be

    56

    and your estimated "fitness age" is

    20
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
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    and what is VO2MAX mean?

    It's a measure of fitness - the maximum amount of oxygen in millilitres someone can use in one minute per kg of body weight. The higher your VO2Max the higher the level of intensity you can work at over the same time frame in comparison an untrained individual.
  • ayalowich
    ayalowich Posts: 242 Member
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    Apparently, Norwegian researchers have created a fairly accurate formula for figuring out VO2 Max. Thought I would share :)

    http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/how-old-is-your-health/?_r=0

    Mine is age 20, woot!

    So this was not very accurate at all.

    Vo2 Max of 58 is probably high by 5, so not terrible
    But fitness age of 'younger than 20' is ridiculous given I am 56.

    I am very fit these days, but if they had said upper 30's or young 40's I would have been flattered. Younger than 20 is not the case at all.
  • bobf279
    bobf279 Posts: 342 Member
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    I think the online calculator is designed to give people a boost as most fitness ages seem to be lower than actual age
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
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    Using my last spare tire measurement it came up with a fitness age of 28 and a V02 max of 42. Using my "real" waist measurement (actual waist is an inch or 2 above navel - at least that's what I read somewhere), my fitness age is under 20 with a V02 max of 46. Either way, not bad as I'm almost 40.

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