Over the past few years, smartwatches have become so advanced that they can now predict our race times by just doing a few runs wearing them.
More recently, these watches have started predicting your VO2 Max as well! But how accurate are these readings?
Mark goes to the lab and finds out how accurate the smartwatch is!
00:00 How accurate is your VO2 max reading on your watch?
00:32 What is VO2 Max?
01:05 How is VO2 Max measured in a lab?
02:46 The logistics of measuring VO2 Max in a lab
03:29 How a watch calculates VO2 Max
04:19 The results
05:24 Is VO2 Max important?
05:54 In summary
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