How to Use VO{inf}2{/inf} max in a Sentence

VO2 max

noun
  • So any gain in VO2 max is a win.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The higher your VO2 max, the better your endurance.
    — Danielle Zickl, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025
  • VO2 max is measured as milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body weight per minute of exercise.
    — Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Between those two extremes, there’s a sweet spot that maximizes your time near VO2 max.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Mar. 2026
  • VO2 max, a tool once reserved for elite athletes, is becoming more mainstream.
    — Teresa Maalouf, Verywell Health, 26 June 2026
  • Much of that loss will be in your VO2 max, or the amount of oxygen your body can take in while exercising.
    — Alyssa Ages, Outside, 23 Oct. 2025
  • That's why a high VO2 max is a good indicator of a high fitness level.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • VO2 max is an important way to measure your overall fitness and see how well your heart and lungs are working.
    — Lauren O'Connor, Health, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Clark pushed his players hard with VO2 max tests and two-mile runs, among other conditioning drills.
    — Jay King, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Endurance training, such as fast walking or slow running for an hour or more, can help increase your VO2 max.
    — Lauren O'Connor, Health, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Next, Equinox will run its own fitness tests, including VO2 max, strength, and movement range.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024
  • Zone 2 is widely framed as the aerobic base that makes a higher VO2 max possible.
    — Allison Palmer june 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
  • This includes the use of metrics like VO2 max, heart rate, and power output during cycling and running.
    — Sam Holness, Men's Health, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The runners experienced a steeper VO2 max decline with age than the non-runners.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 July 2024
  • VO2 max Testing your VO2 max is not exclusive to elite athletes.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Many apps and wearables now help track your VO2 max range, which is the best way to measure cardiorespiratory fitness.
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 29 Feb. 2024
  • VO2 max is a key marker of your cardiorespiratory fitness.
    — Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 1 Feb. 2026
  • For me, that increase in time above 90 percent of VO2 max isn’t necessarily the selling point.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2022
  • VO2 max, which tests the maximum amount of oxygen used up during exercise, typically declines with age.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2025
  • To assess VO2 max, participants were asked to perform a 20-meter shuttle run test.
    — Julia Ries, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Now, many wearable fitness users have access to estimates of their VO2 max, sparking interest in this once-niche health metric.
    — Teresa Maalouf, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2026
  • On the other hand, unfit people, those with lower VO2 max, had a two to three times higher risk of dying from any cause of heart disease, regardless of their weight.
    — Alyssa Hui, Health, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Pushing all that cold air through irritated breathing passages doesn’t make for efficient heart rates, VO2 max numbers or smooth racing.
    — Lori Nickel, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2022
  • For examples, men tend to have more muscle mass, a larger store of fast-twitch muscle fibers, and a higher VO2 max, or the maximum rate of oxygen intake.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Endurance scores assess your overall stamina, wrist power, VO2 max, recovery, and—of course—sleep quality.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026
  • So having average or even above-average VO2 max has long-term ramifications.
    — Ben Court, Men's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The dog’s VO2 max, or the body’s maximal oxygen uptake, increases to support more aerobic endurance.
    — Brian Lynn, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Elite cross-country skiers score sky-high on VO2 max tests, which measure how efficiently the body uses oxygen, and are routinely called the fittest athletes on the planet.
    — Darrell Hartman, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2020
  • By the end of that time, participants’ VO2 max had improved and their cardiac stiffness—a major risk factor for cardiovascular events—was down.
    — Caroline Tien, SELF, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Aerobic capacity, which is often referred to as VO2 max, is the maximum amount of oxygen your body can use while exercising.
    — Lauren O'Connor, Health, 20 Sep. 2025

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