Looking to improve your VO₂ Max? This week’s episode gives you everything you need to know about one of the latest WHOOP Metrics. WHOOP Global Head of Human Performance, Principal Scientist, Dr. Kristen Holmes sits down with WHOOP Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Greg Grosicki to define VO₂ Max and offer insights on its importance for healthspan and human performance.
As part of the How To Series, Dr. Grosicki shares his knowledge on how VO₂ Max affects musculoskeletal load, metabolic flexibility and aerobic capacity, and the important training tips to improve this metric.
(00:50) How WHOOP Captures VO₂ Max
(05:04) Studying VO₂ Max: Creating The Dataset
(6:05) Developing The WHOOP VO₂ Max Feature
(9:08) How WHOOP Studies VO₂ Max
(10:46) Defining VO₂ Max
(12:08) Impact of Musculoskeletal Load on VO₂ Max
(19:32) The Physiological Factors Determining VO₂ Max
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(26:40) What Is An Optimal VO₂ Max
(31:27) Performance and Increasing VO₂ Max
(40:13) Metabolic Flexibility
(41:39) Training For VO₂ Max
(48:16) Quality of Reps As It Relates to VO₂ Max
(49:39) Impact of Training Consistently
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