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What a VO₂max test actually tells you

It gets quoted like an IQ score for fitness. Here is what the number is really measuring, why your watch's version isn't the same thing, and the three questions it answers well — plus the ones it can't touch.

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Strength & ageing

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Understand the bigger picture.

Research explained: women’s training, heavier lifting and the ageing motor system.

STRENGTH & AGEING / 7 MIN READ

Why women deserve more from strength training

Heavy lifting, muscle quality and the bigger picture of ageing well.

PAPER EXPLAINED / 6 MIN READ

Sarcopenia is more than a muscle problem

Orssatto and colleagues’ case for looking at the whole ageing motor system.

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