11 Ways to Boost Oxygen and Live Longer (Increasing VO2 Max)

Today I'm going to talk about one of the best measurements for longevity. I mean I'm constantly trying to find out what can I personally do to live longer and one of the best tests that you can get done is called V2 max. Okay, so that's what I'm going to talk about today. I'm

also going to talk about how to increase this V2 max. First of all, what is V2 max? Well, it's the volume of oxygen or capacity of oxygen your body can consume for a certain amount of time. And it's measured in uh milliliters per kilogram per minute. And it is one of the best tests for aerobic uh

capacity or aerobic fitness and the capacity of consuming oxygen. And it's a test that you can get from certain doctors that specialize in uh sports medicine. And so if we look at the values of this V2 max, we have um three categories like sedentary, active, and very active. So if we look at these

three categories for men, an average V2 max for someone who's sedentary would be roughly about uh 35 to 40. And then when you go up to active, it goes like roughly on average 42.5 to 46.4. And then if you're really active, right, you're super athlete, it can go up to like 75 or 85. And then for a woman,

it's a little bit lower. Sedentary would be between uh 27 and 30. Active would be between 33 and 36.9. And then very active, you know, roughly on average, it's like 77. But what's interesting, if we look at some of the best scores for V2 max out there by top athletes, the top three scores apparently, which is

interesting, they're all from Norway. One is a cyclist and he's the top. Of course, he's 18 years old, but his V2 max was like 97.5. That is crazy high. And then the other two were cross-country skiers from Norway, very young, and both of their scores were like 96. So, I like these numbers because it always gives us a