Tutorial - Garmin Tips: Measuring VO2 max

Garmin Tips is a video series created to explain terms and features useful to anyone, from sports enthusiast to casual user, and from beginner to professional. Learn how to calculate VO2 max with Garmin devices by this video.

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[leonal]

I have done all the steps and followed instructions but my Garmin 245 doesn't show any VO2 max reading. The same statement is displayed run 10 min outdoors with HR.

[paktechnica]

Is there anyway to record VO2 max at home without running outside?? Covid lockdown.

[SonnyDarvish]

1:41 that poor cyclist on the right side 😞

[frankgeppert]

In my case this does not work well. My VO2max increases, when I run shorter and faster sessions and when I run my slow long distance in zone 2 the measurement becomes worse again. Also when I run a course with some hills or trails it gets worse. From my point of view it needs a clear test like tempo run near your threshold for 10 or 20 minutes on a flat ground. Everything else is bad magic.

[hermozart]

I love this max. I have forgotten my favorite one measure of max.

[DHOLRZ]

Have run for 10 minutes, but why it is not updated?

[asmcriminaL]

Why does the watch allow you to measure your VO2MAX when you're walking if you have to maintain a HR of 70% or above?

[JesterHammer]

I pedaled for 20 minutes an the guided test remained in warm-up. Is there anything to do to kick the tires in intervals?

[TheReneepruitt]

Mine says I am like a 77 yr old! This is wrong! I am 52 and jog 3 Xanax a week hike 13 miles once In a while and lift. 4 times a week! How to fix it?

[hangiul]

I start to run few months ago and until now I did only cycling. My run was terrible on the beginning but then, step by step I managed to make the 5k in less than 30 min.
But the Garmin5x and than 6X watch was decreasing all the time my VO2Max until 39 or something like this.
Even if I run more and I am faster, the watch calculation it is a mess. A shame for garmin!

[raman]

Misleading advertising. No Garmin watch can actually measure VO2max. They just can calculate it model based with some individual data as input. Though the result might be close to the real VO2max, it cannot be called or claimed a VO2max measurement. Same goes for EPOC...

[bjornkullberg]

What is the wathcface 24 seconds into the movie?

[hermozart]

I believe this is one of the best ways to measure your body's fitness

[champybh]

this feature is unfortunately garbage, i wish it wasn't. my race predictor stats are all significantly faster than anything ive ever run

[msganga]

Let's be honest. We are all happy when Garmin increase our VO2 after a work out session but the sad true is that it is absolutely overestimated . The Race predictor is hilarious and considering the price of a Garmin watch quite disappointing. I do not blame Garmin to not succeed in detecting a delicate value as an individual VO2 through a watch, I blame it because it adds it on top of good features without caring if it is accurate

[jessedavis]

I can’t believe you got to buy a damn 1, 000 dollar meter to measure it for cycling. Lol I mean I been away from running for shin issues now I got to run again to get my VO2max max lol

[DHOLRZ]

Have run for 10 minutes, but why it is not updated?