just had my VO2 testing done and although i haven't got the offical result back its around about 49.15. does anybody know of any analysis on t'internet or know themselves
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eddie
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eddie - [nope] cartel
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what do you want to know?
last time i had mine done it was 62ml/kg/min or roughly 3.5litres and then depends on whatever i weigh at the time!!
bjornar valstad's is 85 ml/kg/min apparently
when the squad got tested a while back the guys in the squad were all between 83 and 60 ml/kg/min on peter foxdal's protocol but the result can vary quite a bit depending on which protocol is used. i assume it was a treadmill test you did (?) as well, cos if you do it on a bike or a rower it will be different too because of specificity of training and different muscle masses used.
49 is about average for a reasonably fit guy. I used 17 guys for a study i did last year all were doing about 2-5 hrs exercise a week and got values between 45 and 65. the top end were good cross country runners, the bottom end just played a bit of football.
to a certain extent it's genetic but can be improved with training and reduces with age
last time i had mine done it was 62ml/kg/min or roughly 3.5litres and then depends on whatever i weigh at the time!!
bjornar valstad's is 85 ml/kg/min apparently
when the squad got tested a while back the guys in the squad were all between 83 and 60 ml/kg/min on peter foxdal's protocol but the result can vary quite a bit depending on which protocol is used. i assume it was a treadmill test you did (?) as well, cos if you do it on a bike or a rower it will be different too because of specificity of training and different muscle masses used.
49 is about average for a reasonably fit guy. I used 17 guys for a study i did last year all were doing about 2-5 hrs exercise a week and got values between 45 and 65. the top end were good cross country runners, the bottom end just played a bit of football.
to a certain extent it's genetic but can be improved with training and reduces with age
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harry - addict
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It is pretty much useless to compare your VO2 Max against anyone elses - they recon that there is a difference of up to 15% between labs. The only valued to it really is to compare it to the labs averages and to your own results from the same lab on an ongoing basis. The protocol used for the squad in the forest a few years ago was very different and therefore probably not a good one to use for comparative purposes either.
Interestingly the MTBO team are interested in getting some testing done this year to start preparing for Slovakia next year - can I ask where you got the testing done and how much it cost? They have already had quotes from Loughborough as that is where I work.
Toni
Interestingly the MTBO team are interested in getting some testing done this year to start preparing for Slovakia next year - can I ask where you got the testing done and how much it cost? They have already had quotes from Loughborough as that is where I work.
Toni
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My study with lots of men was to do with performance in a hot environment.
We also did some head upright tilting. Ask Supersaint because he was one of my subjects.
The VO2max protocol used on the squad wasn't done in the forest it was a hill protocol done on a treadmill, similar to the Bruce protocol which I used which can be found in any Sports Science textbook but a faster protocol. The field testing Toni was talking about was to measure oxygen cost (running economy) in the terrain and was not maximal, it was done at different intensities and used a telemetric portable gas analysing device (like K2, maybe it was K2 i can't remember) the data from this can be used to predict VO2max, as many many things can, but didn't measure it directly. But she's right protocols can give different results, as i said before.
sorry, i am a geek.
ok ok i said eddie was reasonably fit. i meant aerobically. are you trying to get me in trouble samsonite? i never said he was the fittest moderator.. but that's another thread i think
We also did some head upright tilting. Ask Supersaint because he was one of my subjects.
The VO2max protocol used on the squad wasn't done in the forest it was a hill protocol done on a treadmill, similar to the Bruce protocol which I used which can be found in any Sports Science textbook but a faster protocol. The field testing Toni was talking about was to measure oxygen cost (running economy) in the terrain and was not maximal, it was done at different intensities and used a telemetric portable gas analysing device (like K2, maybe it was K2 i can't remember) the data from this can be used to predict VO2max, as many many things can, but didn't measure it directly. But she's right protocols can give different results, as i said before.
sorry, i am a geek.
ok ok i said eddie was reasonably fit. i meant aerobically. are you trying to get me in trouble samsonite? i never said he was the fittest moderator.. but that's another thread i think
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Sports testing etc was one of the items (always has been) on the agenda for SEDS trainings when I was the boss. It might be something to discuss again now there is a bit of knowledge floating about in Scotland. Problems seemed to stem form a) lack of money and b) sports politics. a) will always be a problem but can be overcome. b) caused more hassle than it was worth... athletes would need to travel from Edinburgh to Glasgow or Irvine or wherever and we couldn't be guaranteed consistancy in testing.... and if anything is required it is consistancy within individual testing.........
Hope you can include this subject in your discussions at SEDS in a couple of weeks
Hope you can include this subject in your discussions at SEDS in a couple of weeks
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always thought it came down to the fact that, in the junior squad at least, most people were coming out with very similar results, so it was decided that it was unneccessary to spend so much money having people tested, when general conclusions could be drawn. obviously this is less true for the top-end seniors, and i know jamie and others were working very closely with foxdal.
this has led to a new focus of self-assessment by using a set route (PB run)to test fitness, rather than lab tests.
this has led to a new focus of self-assessment by using a set route (PB run)to test fitness, rather than lab tests.
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don't know about junior squad stuff... I was talking about SEDS... and some of the sports politics used to be that you had to include some kind of sports science in any programme to get any money... things have moved on now though.
Interestingly in the early days of NEDS we established a standard route for PB measurement at Glenmore covering various types of terrain. Thought was that people could use this as a self assessment method.... but then they cut the forest down
Interestingly in the early days of NEDS we established a standard route for PB measurement at Glenmore covering various types of terrain. Thought was that people could use this as a self assessment method.... but then they cut the forest down
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My HRM has this VO2max predictor thingy on it that is based on weight, activity level, resting HR to come up with an answer (mine was 40 - but then I'm a lardarse) Anyone have any experience of how good an indicator this is when compared to actual tests?
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