USING VO2RESERVE TO
CALCULATE INTENSITY
VO2reserve (VO2R) is the difference
between VO2max and resting VO2. (VO2R
provides a more accurate estimate of
actual exercise intensity than VO2max pre-Resting VO2 is constant for everyone and
is equal to 3.5 milliliters per kilogram of
body weight per minute.VO2max is predicted
from a submaximal test you administer
to your client. (For a quick review
of submaximal test options, refer to “Cardiorespiratory
Fitness Testing,”Parts I and
II, in the September and November–December
2004 PFT 101 columns.) VO2 or
VO2max can be reported in liters of oxygen
consumed per minute (L/min), milliliters
of oxygen consumed per minute
(ml/min), or milliliters of oxygen consumed
per kilogram of body weight per
minute (ml/kg/min).