Running faster with less effort probably sounds like the dream. When quicker paces become manageable, suddenly even your loftiest PR goals feel within reach. For many runners, a lot of what determines ...

On this week’s episode of The Amazing Runner’s World Show, Jeff and Aly talk about getting fast—and why improving VO2 max is one of the most important ways to do so. We discuss a recent RW article, ...

What is VO 2 max? VO 2 max is short for "Volume of O2Maximum" where O2 stands for oxygen. Actually, it's supposed to be written as "VO 2 max" where the V stands for "Volume per unit of time." This ...

A.V. Hill was a 4:45 miler and already had a Nobel Prize for work in muscle physiology when he and Lupton began studying VO2 max. The experiments involved subjects running around Hill’s back garden in ...

VO2 max, the measure of how much oxygen the body consumes during exercise, has become a ubiquitous tool for professional athletes, but health experts increasingly say it's a measurement worthy of ...

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CU Anschutz sports cardiologist William Cornwell, MD, says there are meaningful benefits for every person knowing how much oxygen they absorb during exercise University of Colorado School of Medicine ...