September 13, 2023
In this edition of the VO2 Master Education Series, performance coach Sean Seale chats with Dr. Andrew Sellars, Co-Founder of VO2 Master, about… Read the story
September 11, 2023
In this edition of the VO2 Master Education Series, performance coach Sean Seale chats with Dr. Andrew Sellars, Co-Founder of VO2 Master, about… Read the story
September 3, 2023
In this edition of the VO2 Master Education Series, performance coach Sean Seale interviews Dr. Andrew Sellars, Co-Founder of VO2 Master, about what… Read the story
September 3, 2023
From Garmins to Apple Watches and beyond, if you own a fitness tracker, you already know that it measures your heart rate during physical… Read the story
July 20, 2023
Whether you’re an athlete looking to take your performance to the next level or a fitness enthusiast striving to achieve your own personal goals,… Read the story
November 17, 2020
Welcome to the first article of our Introductory Series. If you’re new to metabolic analysis or need a refresher on the subject, then this… Read the story
December 1, 2020
This is the second article of our Introductory Series. If you’re new to metabolic analysis or need a refresher on the subject, then this… Read the story
January 23, 2021
This is the third article of our Introductory Series. If you’re new to metabolic analysis or need a refresher on the subject, then this… Read the story
February 15, 2021
In this fourth installment of our Introductory Series, we examine how to accurately measure maximal oxygen consumption, as well as discuss some of the… Read the story
March 15, 2021
In this fifth article of our Introductory Series, we identify and discuss factors that affect athletic performance in team sports.
Athletic Capacities
Without question,… Read the story
November 27, 2019
Elite level endurance performance is thought to be dictated by a combination of an athlete’s VO2max, metabolic threshold, and efficiency/economy.
This combination results… Read the story
February 18, 2022Train.Red—a world leader in scientific, wearable (f)NIRS equipment—is excited to announce that it will be collaborating with VO2 Master. Joining forces will lead… Read the story
August 29, 2020
There is an existence of a finite rate of oxygen consumption that exists during intense exercise, of which no further effort will increase. A.V. … Read the story
July 29, 2020
Maximal Oxygen Consumption
Maximal oxygen capacity (VO2max) describes the bodies’ ability to maximally uptake oxygen from the atmosphere, and utilize it in the skeletal… Read the story
August 8, 2022
Introduction. One of the most significantly limiting aspects of measuring maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) testing is that, until very recently, it had to be… Read the story
November 29, 2020
Maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) describes the bodies’ ability to uptake and utilization oxygen during intense/maximal full-body exercise. Measuring VO2max is critical to understanding one’s… Read the story
May 26, 2020
Maximal oxygen consumption (VO₂max) and its relationship to whole-body health and performance.
The Basics
Maximal oxygen consumption (VO₂max) is the maximal rate of oxygen… Read the story
January 29, 2021
Introduction
After determining VO2max, the next step is to create a training plan to improve VO2max and other aspects of fitness, (i.e. efficiency… Read the story
December 29, 2020
In the last blog posts the physiology and proper testing protocols for maximal oxygen consumption have been discussed. The purpose of this post is… Read the story
January 27, 2020
Elite level endurance performance requires an athlete to have a large (>70 ml/kg/min) aerobic engine (VO2max) of which a high percentage (75-90%) of that… Read the story
September 29, 2020
Exercise efficiency, or economy of motion describes the bodies’ ability to translate chemical energy into locomotion. In this post, the best practices for measuring… Read the story
December 18, 2020
Welcome to the VO2 Master Advanced Series of articles. In this collection of compositions, we will visit some of the more complex aspects of… Read the story
August 8, 2022
Introduction. The three major predictors of endurance performance are maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), fatigue thresholds (e.g., ventilatory and/or critical power), and efficiency or economy… Read the story
May 13, 2021
Many physiologic testing protocols in use today are based on poor science, and do not make use of the available evidence, which has proven… Read the story
