{"id":16847,"date":"2026-07-26T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16847"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:59:23","slug":"my-birthday-i-took-the-rockport-vo2-max-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16847","title":{"rendered":"My birthday; I took the Rockport VO2 max test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a semi-significant birthday (actually all birthdays are significant…). So I decided to test my VO2 max, which is a measure of cardiovascular fitness – “the maximum rate of oxygen your body can absorb, transport , and utilize during intense physical activity. It stands as the gold standard measurement for evaluating cardiovascular fitness and aerobic capacity.” (GeminiAI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did not take the lab test – running on a treadmill, wearing a mask with other monitoring, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead I did the Rockport Fitness Test which is considered about 90% as accurate as the lab test, and was good enough for me. https:\/\/www.sport-fitness-advisor.com\/rockport-test-calculator.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On their table I came out with a score of 31.63, which they labeled as “fair”, just below the “good’ rating. Other tables I looked at <\/a>labeled my score “above average” as they broke the scores into 7 categories instead of five. If doing the test yourself on a treadmill you need to raise the treadmill one (1) degree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m glad I took the test; have thought about doing it for years. Will repeat on Labor Day weekend to see if I can get my score over 33.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used to be tough. 1981 the Cayman Islands v. Toledo Celtics Rugby. We (Cayman) won. Now I specialize in cocktails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a semi-significant birthday (actually all birthdays are significant…). So I decided to test my VO2 max, which is a measure of cardiovascular fitness – “the maximum rate of oxygen your body can absorb, transport , and utilize during intense physical activity. It stands as the gold standard measurement for evaluating cardiovascular fitness and … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,23,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-farandaville-family-stuff","category-health-and-fitness","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16847"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16851,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16847\/revisions\/16851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}