Some notes about this video: 1. My Tanita scales that I use at home were surprisingly accurate compared to the scientific scales at the lab. The main thing was they followed the same pattern, _and_ showed my muscle was too low and fat too high, so they are a really useful tool for me to have. 2. Something I forgot to mention, regarding the Vo2 max score on my watch, I think it's taking into account my previous lighter weight (61kg) , instead of the weight I'm currently at (65kg). This would cause the Vo2 max predictor to be off because the score is given in comparison to body weight. 3. Since making this video I have learned that being strong (as in strong muscles) is better for long term health than being fit (as in being able to run fast and having a high Vo2 max). I will explain more about this in a future video soon. Thanks for watching! I appreciate you 🙏🏼

I wasn't planing on sitting through the whole thing nor was I expecting to want to see it all. Yet I watched it all. It was great! Clear, informative, and even when it was long, it went direct to the point. Thank you for taking the time to document everything.

Love love love this video!!! I love all of the information and how you are sharing your journey while encouraging us to consider the big picture of our future health! Spot on!!! Dang! And, WELL DONE!

This was so interesting, thanks Laura! I’m really glad you’re back.

Never worry about your video being too long: they tend to, in fact, be just as long as they should be. You keep them entertaining and informative, it seems to be your style which is handy don't you think?

I loved this, the honesty, the information, all of it was so down to earth solid. Thanks for the great vid.

You're an absolute inspiration! Thank you for your videos and all the work you put into them :)

One of the most interesting and honest health and fitness videos on KZfaq. Good luck with your future health journey and thanks soo much for sharing 😊👍

This video was so enlightening. I think a yearly body MOT should be done by everyone so that we can keep track of things going on in our body. It's definitely got me thinking! Great video and I'll be subscribing 🙂

Fantastic video Laura. I love the way you approach these subjects, with curiosity, humility and an analytical eye. Whenever I see a video of yours drop I can’t wait to watch, and I’ve never been disappointed. Keep them coming! 👍

Absolutely fantastic video. No filler. All good info

Love these kind of videos Laura! Can't wait for the next one :D

Thanks so much for doing this comprehensive video. It provided me with valuable insights for my own health journey.

Absolutely loved this! Very clear and informative as always. Looking forward to the one on blood testing.

Thanks for all you do in making these videos.

Kudos, this was awesome and very informative!

I didn't expect that video to be so open and honest about your own health condition. You are a brave woman !

❤️your video content…especially in the sense that the data is based on your age, not of the expectations of a “ fitness model 21 years of age”… Learned so much from your video🌸

Amazing journey, thanks so much for this video mate! Much love from Australia.

Love your videos. Thank you for these so informative 👏

That was a great video, really informative and you explained things in a really nice way. I'm very keen to try these tests now myself, going to start saving up for a package deal.

Great video Laura! You inspire so many people, myself included and it’s a good wake up call for this late 50s recreational runner that the older I get the more I need to strength train. I will have to find a way to enjoy it as much as I love my daily running and walking adventures 😂 Incidentally I switched watches from a Garmin to a Coros and overnight my estimated VO2 max dropped 15 points so I do suspect that Garmins use historic data. Thank you for doing these great videos, keep them coming! Best wishes from AU.

Great video ❤. Highly informative and greatly put together. Superb

Thank you very much for posting this video. Very thoughtfully done and insightful and encouraging g for someone like me who has never done a proper fitness test.

Excellent video. Thanks Laura! As a former road racing cyclist, I lived by my power numbers for quite a few years, and also did some lab tests too so your experience resonated with me. Now, I don't even have a computer on the bars and just enjoy riding.

Great detailed video. It really is crazy how close a watch can get that just sits on your wrist

Really well put together video, clear and concise with good explanations about each test. There are many different aspects to our overall health that you cover in this video. I'd really like to have the same tests taken just to see where I am at. Hope you can show great improvement in a years time, although you are already doing well 👍😇

Super usefull video!!! Love You Laura!

Very insightful, thanks for this!

Good to see your still at it Laura, I was elite athlete once upon a time swimmer then later a triathlete some 25 years ago , We had lots off different performance bench marks we had to achieve :- Range of movement in deg ,flexibility, strength testing , lactate , Max heart rate test skin fold, vo2 , Pyramid builds and High intensity interval training in my opinion was the best . Even thought I was a 1500m freestyler , we did lots of explosive training ie 40 by 50m on 40sec I use to cruise in on around 32 sec and 8 sec rest , however some of the folks that were at Olympic level were doing there 50s on 28-29 sec . Keep up the good work I wish I had your enthusiasm to get back into it . Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

I’m not sure what it is, but I cannot stop watching this. There is something about this video’s simplicity that is really a joy to watch.

This was such a great video! Debating on getting these tests done myself (actually scheduled them for the end of April) so its really interesting to see the difference.

Great video! Enjoyed it from start to finish

I did a VO2 MAX test recently and the scores were really close to my Garmin Enduro. So glad I did the test. The info has been beyond amazing for me

I started working out this year after several surgeries and old injuries - Happy to see you taking care of your body. Good job, LT

That was a lot of information to take in, it was very interesting to do but as an overall price that very expensive but so is having PT, I really love wating you vid they just get more interesting as time go on, thanks for the very informative vid ❤

Thanks for your work and for this video

Superbly done! Enjoyed watching and learning. I gotta get back to doing my squats, did them most of my adult life. Unfortunately my love of mountain biking seems to override all other forms of exercise!

I used to do yoga 4 times a week, but was feeling the strain in my wrists, elbows, and tendons. I now do yoga only twice a week, and have swapped out the other 2 times for HIIT strength training with dumbbells and kettlebells. My body has definitely responded well to this change, feeling much better. This happened after my last visit to my dietitian, where the InBody scan highlighted the fact that I had lost 600g of muscle since a year prior. We are lucky to have such health metrics available for us to navigate safely into our 50s.

Thank you for making this informative video. You did a great job illustrating what someone can expect and how the results correlate to your personal health. I am 47 and lately I have noticed my exercise levels falling off. After watching your video, I feel more confident scheduling the fitness testing offered at my local university. Plus I have been considering purchasing a watch to supplement my Wahoo TickrX, and it looks like the Garmin watches are very accurate. 👍👍

Great video, really enjoyed it and full of information. First one watched and subscribed.

Even though I am Dutch you are very easy to follow and listen to. I watched the whole video. A lot of information that got me thinking a couple of times and inspires me to work on myself.

Great vid. Learned a lot

Great video. You are absolutely right. I started cycling again four years ago to build my long-term health. It has paid off my VO2 Max has increased, now it’s at 48, and at 67 years old, I’m happy with that, and will do what I can to hang on too it for as long as I can.

I'm just a few minutes into the vid and I know I will love it. Thanks .

Thank you for sharing. Well done. Buen Camino 🙏

💯 great video. Really interesting and plenty of takeaways (not fish n chips!). Looking forward to how the series continues. I’m on a similar health improvement journey and would love to do these tests, but for now I’ll rely on my Garmin for the data.

First time I've seen your videos. Excellent stuff. New subscriber!

Awesome video LT

Excellent video, Laura! Thanks for putting your body through the paces, for our education. I’m a year+ into my fitness journey (43yo), and I think I’m also “skinny-fat”, with good VO2 of 39.😢

Great content LT! I've watched my 80 y.o. mum suffer from the triple whammy of sarcopenia: she eats less protein, her body processes less of the protein she does eat and she exercises less. She has gone from a fit regular walker to a frail old lady. Having read up on it and listened to podcasts, I started doing a regular strength and conditioning routine and within a few weeks could feel myself get stronger. I've also started adding protein powder to my smoothies. It is amazing how my body strength and confidence have improved. I look forward to following your journey. Thanks

Wooo LT still pounding it out also great content sister 👌🏽 Loving your Chanel - great inspiration to all of us 🙏🏽

This was randomly suggested to me. You have a new subscriber. I really enjoyed this very data driven factual and open video, it must have been difficult to be so transparent about your weight. You look very good and are in excellent health, I think. I will work on weight lifting too!

Very interesting video! I have around a year to go before I hit the big 40, and am worried about my performance deteriorating on the roads and trail running. I smashed all my PB's except the 1km during my 30s, so for me personally I got stronger in this decade than I was in my 20s. I would love to do these tests next year when I enter the next decade, and loved watching your tests and particularly the ones where you compare the results with your Garmin. Going to watch the blood tests video next...

Really enjoyed this scientific test and a hard to face but honest review. I wish we could all do these tests. But we'll done on you for being positive about looking for a healthy long term outcome.

Great video. My wife was getting worried about muscular mass and osteoporosis and now I will have something to show her hoping it will motivate her. Thank you :)

Thanks for such an interesting video. Fantastic!

So interesting and chock full of helpful information.

Laura you are excellent and I love your content.

Hello Laura, thank you for this video❤ I used to be like this-lil’ muscle mass, more fat than is needed. I switched to macros counting two years ago-I counted for around 3 months and learned how to eat more protein and calories overall. This leads to massive recomposition in my body due the last two years. So now I’m on my highest muscle mass and lowest point in fat. Now I’m eating intuitivelly, but these 3 months of counting and learning was a big gamechanger, even that I’m exercising for over 10 years (running, HIIT, cycling, weights…etc.😊) Can’t wait to another video from you!

Very good video. Please continue

Awesome content!

Very good 👍 video amazing to see and hear these test. I look 👀 forward to doing some research to see how my body responds Thanks ☺️

Hey, Laura - wow such fascinating information. Also - so great to watch YOU do it. I can't imagine taking the VO2 MAX much less filming myself doing it so I really appreciate you showing us all how it's done. I wonder, though, are you having to mouth breath throughout the test? That would definitely make it a tougher challenge. Please let me know if you could breath though your nose or not. Thanks!

Thanks! Since I live in Canada, I don't have access to even a family doctor even less all of these tests, but I do have a Garmin. I am a dozen years older and male and close to overweight after too much Christmas and winter food, but often lose some kilos during my atheist lent. It's very good to know the lactate threshold test is so good. I have been relying on Jack Daniel's VDot system so far and am looking forward to compare the two once the snow and ice have melted enough for a flat running surface to become available. I have heard that Garmin overestimate VO2Max before, but my scientific mind still thinks that multiple measurements should be better than a single test. However, for the watch to be accurate it ought to know the level of effort of each run (max or not) as well as your precise weight on each day. I guess these measures will all improve with time. As for pushing harder, the limit is in our mind and I learned this in an aikido class 20 years ago. After an exhausting warm up, we were asked to turn around and carry the person behind us once around the mat. Behind me was one of the super muscular coaches and I felt like I couldn't even walk around. He told me I had this and I did, thrice in fact as we took turns with that exercise. It was all in the mind. I do need to do more strength training too. XC-skiing in the winter has helped me since it is very intense and I could literally see the triceps growing, but I don

Thanks checking the lactate threshold, if used right on the Garmin device it is very useful to set up heart rate zones. Best of luck lossing those few kg of weight, you will feel much better and will see an improvement on training.

Well done!

Thanks for including prices, charts and all that data. I'd just heard about the Cooper test, and I'd love to see you do a video on that. After watching this video, I researched fitness watches, and I think I want a better one. :-)

Laura, you're the best, thanks for doing this, it's certainly an eye opener for me, I'm 56 and have copd so fitness is a real struggle

Excellent video, really helpful for us amateurs and great message for long term health …. Yes I love sugar, no it’s not good for long term quality of life

Hello! Great video ❤❤ what garmin watch do you use? I love how accurate it is to most of your stats! Love your videos btw 😊🌸

excellent fitness and excellent video

Excellent video... and the hidden lesson is: don't ever ignore Garmin's HRV reading. In my experience a sudden dip in HRV is an ultra-reliable indicator of illness / short-term underlying issue. Perhaps go again on the VO2 Max test ;-)

great video!💗💥

Thanks!

Another fab vid, Laura...you're becoming my Guru 😂🤣

Great video thank you

I loved this video. All those tests take me back to my Sports Science study days. And oh my goodness a VO2 max tests are awful. I also have been thinking about getting my bloods done with Phil Richards for a number of years now, so I'll be checking that video out next.

Much appreciated, sounds like the home scale and watch works.

You are amazing. What Garmin watch do you use? Keep it up, Lara.

super interesting ... and thorough. I also recently had a lactate test and it is reassuring to have some kind of objective measure to train against. Having lost a bunch of weight in the last two years, I discovered that hiding underneath the fat, I had lost a significant amount of muscle mass. Consistent and progressive weight training improved it tremendously in a matter of months. One curious bit in your chart of zones is where it says that the lower end of zone 4 should be sustainable for ~60min, but describes it as "over a marathon". I think that is a misleading mistake. Realistically -- and from personal experience -- the lower end of Zone 3 (on the cusp of Zone 2) in this chart is more appropriate for a marathon distance in a reasonably trained athlete.

Love the outfit and the advice!

Really informative & interesting video. I'm hoping there's going to be an update and the series you mention builds over time.

You are such an amazing woman - so honest and open - I true inspiration and role model for all woman (and men !)

Interesting vid..... thanks!

Thank you for sharing, I find all of this fascinating & would love to do similar tests, I'm 65yrs now & would like to get into peak condition in training for my 80's 😆 I will try out anything, yoga, handstands, deadlifting, sprinting, kettlebells, diving & underwater swimming (for breathhold training) trapeze (for fun) Your videos are so educational I look forward to what's next 👏👏👏

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Just discovered you after looking for a Garmin watch - and I am glad I did. I'm 59 and starting my fitness journey.... I've pretty much decided to so 5K each day - but I'm also looking at being a KZfaqr (Not Fitness - LOL - that would be a little embarrassing at this stage) - and I've funnily enough got the Sony ZV1 - and Rode Microphone - Adobe Premier Pro. So your videos have been hitting multiple areas of interest for me. Skinny Fat was interesting - I am wondering if it's possible to Run and build muscle (not Body Building muscle - just looking fit). Anyway I've subscribed. Thanks.

Thank you so much ❤

Awesome video

Thanks for sharing Laura. A great insight into ones physiology. Those tests were worth it for you as youre both interested and concerned about your health and fitness, in that order. When we exercise, whether its lifting weights, running or cycling ws experience some discomfort which is normal. Today, many people in developed countries find exertion too much to bear and so many people become too heavy and unfit , then its a vicious circle. It seems you had a very good idea of where you were with regard to your own body. Looking foreward to the next installment.

you did a nice video 👍 thanks

Thank you for this detailed video. It is so interesting and inspiring! I am looking forward to your muscle building journey! Unfortunately I must have missed one detail, what is your muscle mass? Thanks again and take care , lots of love and encouragements from Germany Anna

run Forrest, Run !! 😂. très intéressant Merci ! vidéo intéressante et humble.

Super ! Thank you for your data and feelings sharing. Exhaustive report ++++ If you can compare with Polar RI, Fitness test ?

I haven’t watched yet but I think will be really interesting ❤

thank you very much for this video I was looking for a comparison of lactate threshold Garmin vs reality I run with garmin VOmax I don't care much it doesn't change but the lactate threshold is a bit important to me Because I run according to it and I'm very happy that it measures approximately the same Again thank you very much for this video

Hi Laura, That looked like an interesting but tough day. I know I need to start strength training. I would love to score as high as you did on those tests.

Interesting stuff LT. I studied sports science at uni and we did some of those tests in the lab, the VO2max one is disgusting! I’ve been doing more strength training in the last 5 years to offset sarcopenia, though running and yoga still feature in my weekly workouts. It’s all about getting a balance, and you’re right in that the exercise we dislike is often the best for us!

16:15 that's my favorite part... but maybe i'm biased. Great video!!