Age-management practice
Micah Olson, MD - Age Management Biltmore
Phoenix, AZ
- VO2max testing
- Hormone therapy (HRT / BHRT)
- Peptide therapy
- DEXA body composition
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VO2max testing
Measures cardiorespiratory fitness, the strongest single predictor of all-cause mortality.
DiagnosticEvidence A1 providers documented
What happens
A graded exercise test on a treadmill or bike while expired gas is measured breath by breath, until oxygen uptake plateaus. The result is millilitres of oxygen per kilogram per minute.
How to read the result
Cardiorespiratory fitness is the single strongest modifiable predictor of all-cause mortality in large cohorts. Your value is interpreted against age and sex percentiles; moving up one percentile band is the goal.
Where it stops
A true maximal test requires effort to volitional exhaustion and medical supervision. Estimates from wearables or submaximal step tests are not the same measurement and should not be labelled VO2max.
Before you book
Three questions to ask
- 01Is this a maximal test with gas exchange, or an estimate?
- 02Who supervises the test, and what is the screening before it?
- 03Will I get the raw data and my ventilatory thresholds?
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