What is it about?
Given that direct or indirect VO2max measurement requires expensive equipment, a great deal of time, and a sufficiently motivated test participant, many researchers have attempted to find a simpler way of predicting VO2max based on prediction equations derived in different ways. The aim of this study was to develop a non-exercise regression model for predicting maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) using age, body mass, and resting heart rate as predictor variables.
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Why is it important?
The results from this investigation suggest that using the newly formulated regression equation, based on the non-exercise variables of age, body mass, and resting heart rate, may significantly predict an athlete’s aerobic endurance (VO2maxPred).
Perspectives
It is suggested that in situations where it is not possible to measure VO2max using exercise variables (maximal or submaximal tests), coaches and trainers may utilize the above mentioned non-exercise variables to predict the approximate VO2max values of athletes.
PhD Agron M Rexhepi
Institute of Sports Anthropology
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This page is a summary of: Prediction of vo2max based on age, body mass, and resting heart rate, Human Movement, January 2014, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.,
DOI: 10.2478/humo-2014-0003.
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