Wow, that's amazing progress on your weight loss journey! Congrats on losing 15.9 kilos last year and 4.5 kilos so far this year. Keep up the great work, and I'm sure you'll reach your goal of 90-92 kilos soon!

How glad I am that you tested to do a Cooper test. No, not bad at all! Good work! I ran my first marathon with the time of 4:36, 15 years ago, and last year 3:13, so it's never too late to start running

Woo-Hoo- I'm sure you will! Good Luck

David Maletich, How did it go? It's August, did your Vo2max improve?

@@tessontherun Did his Vo2max improve?

@@mikevaldez7684 Nice of you both to inquire! Your name has the ring of familiarity Mike. I don't suppose we've met before? Anyway, I haven't scheduled my follow-up VO2max test at Dexafit yet but am steadily progressing with twice weekly treadmill runs - one an easy paced 1.5 - 2..0 miler and the 2nd more of an interval workout usually 6X400 - 4X800 meters. I've had to approach this a bit more patiently than I'm use to after noticing that I was experiencing a ton of PVCs after pushing the pace on the treadmill - hearts fine but the feedback was telling me I was definitely making it work in unaccustomed territory. So the 2 mile runs have been more Maffetone like but steadily increasing in pace and my intervals are definitely not high intensity at 6.5 -7.0 mph but stretch me enough to make progress towards the goal. The reason for the VO2max target dates back to a new years eve resolution I made going into my 30th year. Which was that I'd be in the best shape of my life by August 14th of the new year (1982) - my 30th Birthday. I would demonstrate that fact by running my 1st 10k. My wife joined me and by May of that year we completed our 1st 10k in 50+ minutes. Our lives were never the same after that. 20 year and many dozens of 10ks and countless ass-kicking workouts at the local gym later and approaching age 50, I rededicated myself to that original promise. I would be in the best shape of my life at age 50 and demonstrate this to myself by running my 1st marathon. Again my wife joined me and we actually ran 2 that year - Grandma's (4:15) and Virginia Beach (4:10). I Couldn't quite break the 4hr barrier - although my wife did! She'd actually run Boston Marathon twice by then! So...you can probably see whats coming. There were no more marathons for me during the next 20 years just a lot of very dedicated gym workouts always trying to strike a balance between strength training and cardio. I've always been a 'muscle head' at heart so strength training usually dominated the mix. Now approaching 70 and looking to make a similar statement regarding my fitness level, and having no desire for the long slow torture of endurance runs, I chose VO2max as my target. My 1st Dexafit assessment done with my wife and daughter established my baseline starting point and provided a ton of motivation to improve. Wife and daughter put dad to shame that day as they both tested in the excellent/superior category for their age/gender. Based on my recent treadmill runs I'm comfortably edging into the excellent category based on the 12 minute and 1.5mile run tables per ACSM. I'll probably schedule the maximal effort test for October. My weight has dropped from 189 to 181 which at 5'11" should also get me closer to the mark. I will share the results once I get tested - God willing - in October. Sorry for the long winded update! Dave

@@drdavid62 What was your diet? How about your lipid panel? What is your total cholesterol, ratio & Ldl? Are you on statins?

Aah! I can imagine you did your fair share of this test! Glad you found my channel :)

kind words! Thank you 😊

I'm nearly 64 - intermittent fasting and collagen are two things I highly recommend :-)

Then this test is perfect! Because no matter what number you get, you have something to compare with over time. It can be motivating to have something to strive for. Good luck!

Thank you for watching and I hope to be able to contribute more worthwhile videos!

@@tessontherun you are an inspiration. Impressive VO2 max! Good luck with your running goals this season.

Thanks! 😊

Wow it was a tough winter. Nice now when you can run on bare ground without snow. I think your session next week will give you some answers. Try running at max for 12 minutes at some point. It is fun. And in addition to the workout itself, you get a good workout that lets the heart work hard.

Ralph Stoever, How did it go? What did the test reveal?

..Or recording a KZfaq video at the same time ;) That also help you dig deep 😁

@@tessontherun Hahah - yeah - you can't really quit or you will have no video.

Thank you! You can probably do a version of this on other equipment but I don't know how to calculate it though. :)

Wow! Hehe you should always go for a proper warm up ;)

Thanks! No, but read and watch at things about running. In order to be able to develop despite increasing age, I try to be well-read.

Thank You!

If you can run at that pace then you have a good Vo2max. Well done! I think your Garmin in that case is a bit misleading. But Mr "Garmin" may need a few more months to establish a more accurate Vo2max. Good luck with your running!

Thank you! Yeah you can do a Cooper test on a treadmill. But if you want it to be accurate, the treadmill must have been calibrated. Sometimes it can be to slow or to fast.

@@tessontherun ok, good to know, I hadn't thought of that. Thanks again.

Thanks! 😊 I think I would have as I was not that fast as I usually am. As an example, I ran a 5k in 20 min 5 weeks ago. Did a video about that too 😀😉

5k in 20mins Geez that’s crazy pace . I do 38-40 minute 5k But I’m a fast twitch Horrible runner lol

Oh my Garmin is pretty accurate. I can see that when I run on a running track, Ran a 5 k yesterday on a track and my garmin 5,01 :)

I was surprised to. It doesn't say that they were young , but it does say that they were "healthy"

Its accurate with a caveat - you need to be a bit practiced at running 3K pace. If you tend to do Half-Marathon or even 10K, you may struggle. Some practice is beneficial as is doing it in a loop with a group of people or spectators for encouraging

Congrats to a great Vo2! Not bad at all :) 👍

Good question! When I did the test, I was at 58 according to Garmin. It's usually around 56-60 according to Garmin. Garmin says my fitness age is 39 right now. The watch knows how to make me happy;)

FWIW, I had my VO2 Max tested in a lab on a treadmill with breathing apparatus and it measured 53.3. My Garmin said 54 at that time. Pretty close! I will do the Cooper Test sometime soon to see what that yields.

@@johnclarke4843 Yes it was really close to Garmin. I also thought I would do a Cooper test and a lab test pretty close to each other and see the comparison. Would not it be fun; a video comparing Lab, Cooper and Garmin? If you do a Cooper test, feel free to tell us how it went in comparison with the lab test.

Hi, yes I think you could do a version of this on a bike, but I'm not sure how to go about. thanks for watching! :)

cheated with a bike ;)

Hello! It's great to hear that you have a goal of running a marathon and that you're motivated to make positive changes in your fitness journey. The most important thing for you right now is probably just getting into the routine of daily movement. Don't set too high a goal and ignore the number of kilometers. Think in minutes instead. That you go out and run for 20 minutes or even shorter. When you get the routine in, it becomes easier to get in longer sessions. Remove the threshold that makes it difficult for you to run. I'm also very unmotivated sometimes, but think that for 10 minutes I can run no matter how unmotivated I am and that way I don't lose the routine of running. If you think you're going to go out and run 8k, it can feel overwhelming. Good luck and don't have too much respect for a marathon. You will stand there on the starting line one day!

@@tessontherun Thanks for your nice words, I will consider your thoughts and soon I will start running in this year.

Hi Mark! ”VO2 max is expressed either as an absolute rate in (for example) litres of oxygen per minute (L/min) or as a relative rate in (for example) millilitres of oxygen per kilogram of body mass per minute (e.g., mL/(kg·min))." VO2max measures oxygen uptake capacity per minute and usually has a value of 2-6 liters / minute. Vo2max / kg is measured in milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body weight and minute. It doesn’t have to mean that someone with a higher value runs faster than someone with a lower or vice versa. It’s true as you say that if a heavy person and a lightweighted person run the same distance at the same pace, the lighter person gets a higher Vo2max/kg but since they get the same time, the one with higher Vo2max is not really better. The most important thing as I say in the video is to take these numbers and to compare it with your own numbers in order to see if you develop or not. Thanks for watching!

@@tessontherun Thanks, that explains it. By the way, your running style is SUPER smooth, because you don't look like you were running fast enough to cover almost 2 miles (1.78) in 12 minutes?!!! That's fast!