What is submaximal vo2 testing?
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What is submaximal vo2 testing?
Submaximal tests use heart rate response to submaximal power output to estimate VO2max ; thus, any factor that alters heart rate response reduces the accuracy of the test. Non-exercise tests are as accurate as sub maximal tests, but require a self-report rating.
What is submaximal exercise testing?
Submaximal exercise testing is the testing option for those individuals that do not wish to undergo VO2max testing, or, for whom VO2max testing is inappropriate. Gas analysis is performed utilizing the HPL’s ParvoMedics metabolic analyzer while the participant exercises at less-than-maximum efforts.
What is the purpose of the YMCA cycle ergometer test?
The YMCA cycle ergometer test is a nationally used submaximal test that measures heart rate response to an increasing exercise workload. Two exercise heart rates are used to estimate maximal physical working capacity. A workload guide was established to make testing more efficient.
What is the YMCA VO2 max test?
The YMCA fitness test predicts the maximum rate of oxygen consumption (VO2max) during incremental exercise via measuring heart rate changes in response to an increase in resistance. It is an extrapolation method whereby heart rate workload points are gathered and extrapolated to age-predicted maximal heart rate [54] .
Why can a submaximal bike test predict VO2max?
The YMCA Sub-Maximal Cycle Ergometer Test is a submaximal cycle ergometer aerobic fitness test. Based on the participant’s heart rate response to several submaximal workloads, we can predict what workload, and therefore VO2max, they would have reached if they had continued until their maximum heart rate.
What is the Chester step test?
The Chester Step Test (CST) is a submaximal, multistage aerobic capacity test. The test requires a low step, heart rate monitor, instructional CD with stepping beat rhythms, rating of perceived exertion (RPE) chart and CST software calculator.
How do I calculate VO2max?
Calculating VO2 Max
- VO2 max = maximum milliliters of oxygen consumed in 1 minute / body weight in kilograms.
- VO2 = (milliliters of air inhaled per minute)(percentage of oxygen in the air inhaled) / (milliliters of air exhaled per minute)(percentage of oxygen in the air exhaled)
- VO2 max = 15.3 x (MHR/RHR)
How do you do the Harvard step test?
Test Protocol The client steps up onto, and back down from the step at a rate of 30 completed steps per minute (one second up, one second down) for 5 minutes or until exhaustion. Exhaustion is defined as when the client cannot maintain the stepping rate for 15 continuous seconds.
