VO2 Max Testing in Austin

VO2 max is the ceiling on how much oxygen your body can use when you work hard. It's the single most useful number we take for cardiorespiratory fitness, and we read it next to how you actually move.

Why we run it beside a movement assessment

A fitness number on its own tells you where you are, not what to do. Run it beside posture and gait data and it becomes a plan: whether to add conditioning, whether the limiter is mechanical rather than aerobic, and what to re-test in twelve weeks. That's the difference between a number and a decision.

What the test actually involves

You'll work on a bike or a treadmill while the effort steps up, breathing through a mask that measures the oxygen going in and the carbon dioxide coming out. It runs until you're done, which for most people is somewhere between eight and twelve minutes. It's uncomfortable for a few minutes and it's over quickly.

What moves the number, and what doesn't

Sleep, illness, altitude and how recently you trained all shift a reading, so we run it under the same conditions each time. What doesn't move it is a single good week. Cardiorespiratory fitness changes on a scale of months, which is why we re-test against your baseline rather than chasing week-to-week noise.

What we don't claim

We're a training studio, not a medical provider. We do not diagnose, we don't bill insurance, and a VO2 max reading here is a training input, not a clinical assessment. If something in your history needs a doctor, we say so and refer out.

VO2 max testing sits inside our training for runners and for longevity. It pairs with body composition testing, and the InBody scan is also available on its own; DEXA vs InBody compares the two body-fat methods.