VO2 max is important as it can be used as a representation of the oxygen your body uses during exercise with maximum effort. In other words, how much oxygen can your heart pump and how much of this oxygen can your skeletal muscles use?
Incremental Test to Maximal Exertion on an Hp Cosmos treadmill (H / P Cosmos, Nussdorf Traunstein, Germany). The modified heck protocol was used for the assessment of VO2max. Gas exchange measurements were monitored and recorded throughout the tests by using the Cosmed quark breath by breath system.












