Saturday, April 10, 2010

VO2 Max Test (2) - results

Finally, I received my VO2 Max. test results. Quite interesting!
Stage Speed HR Lactates VO2 Total Fat
km/h bpm (mMol) (ml/kg/min) kcal/min kcal/min
1 6.5 116 1.36 22.4 11.5 7.8
2 7.5 135 1.73 30.1 13.4 6.7
3 8.5 142 1.74 35 15.2 5.6
4 9.5 150 1.58 37.8 16.8 3.03
5 10.5 158 2.58 44.6 19.2 2.01
6 11.5 165 3.78 48.7 22.2 2.2
7 12.5 173 5.3 50.9 24.6 0
8 13.5 179 7.82 54.2 25.6 0
What does this mean? First, that my VO2 Max is 54.2 or superior, for my age.
Lactates (causing fatigue) and VO2 Max rise regularly, which means that I am in excellent physical condition. The anaerobic threshold is around HR of 167 beats, or when lactate exceeds the value of 4.
The last two columns show respectively the total consumption of calories per minute and how much fat I burn per minute. We can conclude that I burn the most calories from fat at low speeds (this is known), but the total calories burned are highest, of course, in the upper zones.
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The graphs show the same things. We see that the curve of lactate (No. 1) rises suddenly after 4 mMol.
The other graph shows the linear rise of HR and Vo2 Max.
What surprised me the most was the distribution of my training zones.
Zone1 116-154
Zone 2 155-163
Zone 3 164-171
Zone 4 172-179
Zone 5 >180
Zones 1 and 2 (aerobic) are relatively high. My anaerobic threshold is in the middle of zone 3. So I can train more with FC high enough, without generating lactic acid. A lot more than what I was doing so far. And the more I train, the more I'll delay the onset of blood lactate and fatigue. Wow! This test was really worth it.

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