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My VO2max test: bogus results, or perhaps I'm a freak?

07 Apr 2012
by: snail_male
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Several months ago I had a treadmill-based VO2max test done, and the numbers that came out just don't seem anywhere near what I'd expect or had ever even heard of. Is it possible the following is feasible, and it just reveals some sort of outlier metabolism? If so, should I be proud or ashamed?! Or was it just simply a flawed test? Used the New Leaf system for this.

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10 Ways to Increase Your VO2 Max

14 Sep 2009
by: Ben Greenfield

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by: Neil L. Cook

"Never mistake motion for action." Ernest Hemingway

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A Science Primer

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