Fitness tests are often used in schools to measure students' cardiovascular and muscular health, and many districts rely on an assessment system called the FitnessGram to conduct those tests. But one ...

On TikTok, VO2 max is going viral as the key to improving your endurance during a workout. In short, you can think of this metric as the maximum amount of oxygen your body uses during exercise – V ...

Like an international spy, aerobic capacity goes under various aliases. You may have also heard it referred to as aerobic fitness or cardiovascular endurance. It’s all the same thing: the body’s ...

The 6-minute walking test (6MWT) assesses functional capacity by measuring the distance walked in six minutes. It provides ...

I recently read your explanation of VO 2 max. Can you now share training programs that can improve aerobic capacity? Can you do it on an elliptical, stationary bike, while weightlifting, etc.?

The FitnessGram Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. As students take the test they are required to run 20 meters and get to that ...

What does it mean to be a ‘fit’ runner? Most of us measure our fitness by our ability to complete races of different distances, or push our PBs forward. As we get older, we may look beyond simple ...

Metabolic function is integrally related to an individual's susceptibility to, and progression of, disease. Selective breeding for intrinsic treadmill running in rats has produced distinct lines of ...