Podcast 330: Improving VO₂ Max with Dr. Greg Grosicki

Looking to improve your VO₂ Max? This week’s episode gives you everything you need to know about one of the latest WHOOP Metrics. WHOOP Global Head of Human Performance, Principal Scientist, Dr. Kristen Holmes sits down with WHOOP Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Greg Grosicki to define VO₂ Max and offer insights on its importance for healthspan and human performance. 

As part of the How To Series, Dr. Grosicki shares his knowledge on how VO₂ Max affects musculoskeletal load, metabolic flexibility and aerobic capacity, and the important training tips to improve this metric. 

Episode Chapters:  

00:50: How WHOOP Captures VO₂ Max

05:04- Studying VO₂ Max: Creating The Dataset 

6:05- Developing The WHOOP VO₂ Max Feature

9:08- How WHOOP Studies VO₂ Max

10:46- Defining VO₂ Max

12:08- Impact of Musculoskeletal Load on VO₂ Max

19:32- The Physiological Factors Determining VO₂ Max

26:40- What Is An Optimal VO₂ Max

31:27- Performance and Increasing VO₂ Max

40:13- Metabolic Flexibility

41:39- Training For VO₂ Max

48:16- Quality of Reps As It Relates to VO₂ Max

49:39- Impact of Training Consistently