Exercise Physiology Crash Course - Fick's Equation to Calculate VO2 during Exercise

A quick look at Fick's equation, calculating VO2 and how it relates to exercise.

Textbooks - I hope you found this informative. If you are starting classes this semester or just looking for a good textbook on exercise physiology, check out the book I use in the link below.

7th (Newest edition) - If you want the most up to date information...Or you professor makes you buy it....

6th edition - The one I use

5th edition - Cheaper but probably nearly as good!

[danchan]

Thank you for sharing. Your sharing rescue me from struggling with vo2max lab report 🤙🏽🤙🏽

[beckyjoy]

Helpful!! Thanks for going into the step by step math :) It had been awhile since I did those kinds of equations 😆

[tinameier]

Hiya, I wonder if VO2max can somehow be approximated using only ventilation data and not drawing blood during an exercise test. I'm interesting how sensitive Fick's Equation is. Say cardiac output and oxygen uptake are way above average, but oxygen use very poor. Say a person who's been running for many years but has inborn muscle and energy creation problems. Would it be possibly to still get a normal VO2max?