You may have overheard the term "VO2 max" at the gym or on a trainer’s social media page recently—but what is this fitness ...

This workout can get you a better run – and maybe a longer life, too.

The best smartwatches are great for keeping tabs on your health, providing basic data like calories burned and underlying ...

But while measuring oxygen uptake is more frequently used for athletes, is not just for athletes. It is a way to determine cardiorespiratory fitness in anyone. Medical professionals can use it to ...

The more oxygen you can transfer, the fitter you are. To measure VO2 max ‘properly’, you need to run on a treadmill in a lab test and build up to total exhaustion—all while wearing a mask ...

Back in the late 1970s when I found an interest in running, I kept hearing the name of Dr. Kenneth Cooper. Then recently in our just completed spring beginning runners class, one of the younger ...