On the Wattage Google group I subscribe to they found this nifty calculator to figure out your VO2 max from your 5 minute best power.
VO2 max= 1.8*((P5min*6.12/Kg)+3.5)+3.5
Have fun with it!! I wont divulge mine because honestly if its right...I might as well quit racing AND I am so glad I never had a lab done VO2max test done. I am NOT saying its inaccurate at all. My point is just racing is about more than just numbers....haha...did I just say that out loud? Whoo hooo.
Ray
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- Ray Huang
- Hello fellow racers. I am a racer from old back again for a 2nd try. I raced in the late 80's and early 90's before a decade in the Hotel and Restaurant business and 70 to 90 hour weeks stopped my racing. Finally in the summer of 2006 I got the bicycle bug again and it wasnt even a few rides when I said "I'm gonna race again!!" So here I am on my way back to a healthier lifestyle and what I love almost more than anything else, Racing!!!
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If that IS the case, why do you analyze numbers so much??
I think we should take away ALL your measuring devices so you can just ride!
Okay, I did mine and if I understand the formula correctly, I am at 53.7. Now, tell us yours!!!
Funny you bring this up. I just had a chest x-ray done yesterday. (Yeah, no pneumonia!) The radiologist said I have some of the largest lungs she's ever seen. She said I should get the lab VO2 Max test.
This is nice to know, but does me no good when I'm getting dropped by the pack! :)
Wouldn't it be nice to be on this list...even at the bottom...VO2 Max Records:
http://fitness.testing.8m.com/vo2max-test.htm
JC-great link. Thanks!! Understand that Andrew Coggan has proposed that the equation is wrong and it should read: VO2 max= 1.8*(P5min*6.12/Kg)+3.5 which Basicaly lowers everyones original numbers by 6.3. After a hard 5 min effort today using my current weight mine is (Jim??) 62.43 today.
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