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Re:Cardio fitness is a strong, consistent predictor of morbi... by weatherlite on Friday May 03, 2024 @12:17AM (#40243982)
Why is Vo2Max important for people who aren't professional athletes? It's not that I'm not curious about my number I'm just not sure how helpful it is going to be - I need to understand what pace I can hold 5k, 10k, 21k and eventually 42k. I think the best way to know that is racing again and again and getting a good feel for your aerobic / threshold zone. Whether my Vo2max is 51 or 52 - does it matter to me?
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Re:Cardio fitness is a strong, consistent predictor of morbi... by FredPret on Friday May 03, 2024 @12:23AM (#40244018)
To me it's a measurement of roughly how not-dead I am
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Re:Cardio fitness is a strong, consistent predictor of morbi... by beezlebroxxxxxx on Friday May 03, 2024 @05:11AM (#40245677)
Unless you're getting it tested in a lab, the number is not very accurate. Genetics also plays a large part in how much you can raise it.

For most casual people it's just a single data point that seems all encompassing so they go:

number goes up = good.

Most professional athletes don't really care about vo2 max all that much.

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Re:Cardio fitness is a strong, consistent predictor of morbi... by bpizzi on Friday May 03, 2024 @05:24AM (#40245743)
> looking at VO2 max in relation to all-cause mortality, we see a very clear trend. Simply bringing your VO2 max from ‘low’ (bottom 25th percentile) to ‘below average’ (25th to 50th percentile) is associated with a 50% reduction in all-cause mortality. When you go from ‘low’ to ‘above average’ (50th to 75th percentile) the risk reduction is closer to 70%!

https://peterattiamd.com/category/exercise/vo2-max/

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Re:Cardio fitness is a strong, consistent predictor of morbi... by SirMaster on Friday May 03, 2024 @02:48PM (#40250923)
But isn't it one of those things where someone with a higher VO2 is likely doing healthy things that they have lower risk. Rather than a lower risk simply because their VO2 is higher.
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