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Knowing your current VO2 max is key to understanding and improving your fitness.

Muscle efficiency: The more your muscles can extract and use oxygen from your blood, the higher your VO2 score.

Capillary delivery: The more oxygenated blood your circulatory system can transport to your muscles, the higher your VO2 score.

Lung capacity and heart volume: The more oxygen your lungs can intake and the more oxygenated blood your heart can pump, the higher your VO2 score.

If you have a high VO2 max, you have a big engine.

A VO2 max score is a little like horsepower in a car-it’s a measure of the capacity your body (engine) has to use oxygen when exercising. VO2 max is the maximum volume (V) of oxygen (O2) your body can process. (Note that your first step, as it is with any training program, is, of course, to consult your physician.) This article will offer basics on measuring it, as well as training tips on how to improve it. Whether you’re a runner, a hard-training athlete or someone simply in pursuit of better fitness, VO2 max is a stat to understand and embrace.

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