If You're Not Active, You're Sick – You Just Don't Know It Yet

Re:If You're Not Active, You're Sick – You Just Don't Know I... by jaggederest on Sunday November 09, 2025 @08:51PM (#45871353)

Don't feel bad about your VO2 max, the baseline and ceiling are largely genetic. Most people can only bump VO2 max by about 10-15% even with absurd training regimens. Same goes with many of the markers people track - you can control them to an extent, but some people just have high blood pressure or poor lipid profiles and thus need intervention.

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Re:If You're Not Active, You're Sick – You Just Don't Know I... by trjordan on Sunday November 09, 2025 @10:03PM (#45871909)

Appreciate it. The Apple-Watch-measured version came up to 44 since I’ve started running. I’ve been pleased.

None of my markers are high enough to trigger a doctor to care.

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Re:If You're Not Active, You're Sick – You Just Don't Know I... by jaggederest on Monday November 10, 2025 @02:23AM (#45873329)

44 is nothing to sneeze at, that's a solid upper end of average range.

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Re:If You're Not Active, You're Sick – You Just Don't Know I... by port11 on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @07:09AM (#45978601)

Thanks for saying that. Even when I ran every day — with the occasional VO2max sprint day —, my Apple Watch never placed me anywhere but Below Average for VO2max. It was disheartening. Some of these metrics actually put you off training.

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