How To Explode Your VO2 Max To Live Longer (Doctor Explains The Evidence)

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  @DrAlexWibberley · 3 months ago · pinned

  Hello everyone and thank you for watching! I really hope you found this video useful. I read as many of your comments as possible and try to reply to as many as I can every day across the channel. The community on this channel is absolutely fantastic.... people sharing their stories, supporting each other, and learning together. It&apos;s amazing to see. <br> <br>It means a lot to me that this has become a space where people are interested in the simple things that keep us healthy and prevent problems before they ever reach the hospital. If there’s a topic you’d like me to explain in a future video, please let me know in the comments. <br> <br>If you’d like to support me, the best thing you can do is click the like button and subscribe. It really helps these videos reach more people who might benefit from them, and it allows me to keep making them! <br> <br>My goal with these videos is simple: to help as many people as possible stay healthier and avoid ending up in the emergency department if we can. <br> <br>And just in case there&apos;s any doubt... any AI-generated videos of me are completely fake and not affiliated with me in any way. I’m actively reporting these channels, and I’d encourage you to do the same if you see them. <br> <br>Dr Alex 😊

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  @DonRogers-s9d · 2 months ago

  I&apos;m 79, had a serious heart attack 2 years ago with serious heart damage. I have done HIIT for 15 years but my damaged heart reduced my VO2 Max to 24. After doing Tabata routine on an elliptical for &nbsp;2 years it is now 37.

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  @Pomegranateater-i9t · 3 months ago

  my VO2MAX was 34 only 3 months ago, now its 41 and climbing. i almost never get tired during my daily tasks and my cardio performance keeps improving everyday!

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  @VitalityinBrief · 3 months ago

  The concept of &apos;reserve&apos; really hit home. Building a bigger engine now to prepare for future setbacks in older age makes perfect sense.

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  @OnlinePlague · 3 months ago

  I have just started to run and this is what I am doing. 3 walks in zone 2 for 1 hour or 7km each, 1 Tempo/Threshold run and 1 Vo2Max HIIT run every week. I have gone from a 29 VO2MAX in 20th of April to a 34 today. Keep pushing.

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  @marccarlton2163 · 2 months ago

  Well, I&apos;m 71, an endurance runner who does half marathons. Garmin says my Vo2 Max is 38. But is it accurate? It can be wildly wrong with hr and I prefer to wear a heart rate monitor strap. I echo comments that running is the most wonderful activity to keep you sane, happy, and healthy. It is pure joy.

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  @jamesdonnelly8888 · 3 months ago

  Great advice as ever Doctor Alex. &nbsp;I think it&apos;s worth mentioning that there is a range of DNA profiles that determine how much the appropriate training regime will impact VO2 max. &nbsp;The late Dr Mosley made a great documentary which touches on this called The Truth About Fitness, that is well worth a watch. &nbsp;As you have touched on before the central nervous system needs to be developed and bone density also,. My advice to anyone building a low risk fitness program is to reap the benefits of lower impact to build strength, bone density and CNS. &nbsp;I would always highlight that doing HIIT while cycling, as per Dr Mosley&apos;s documentary is less likely to cause injury than running. I am a fan of running HIIT, and feel you could have extended the story by describing heart rate zones as the ideal way to do HIIT. &nbsp;Also more and more research and consensus on rucking is emerging. Lower RPE, impact and injury risk, but measurable impact on key markers including VO2 max. &nbsp;Don&apos;t get me wrong, I am not criticising your material at all, just trying to add to it. You are doing an amazing job

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• HB

  @hbuk24601 · 3 months ago

  It’s so true that an injury ie even an illness has such an impact on emotional health. It definitely can impact mood, motivation and confidence to resume exercise. Especially if you have had pain.

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• MP

  @mpdeviney · 3 months ago

  52yrs old, I&apos;ve gone from 42 to 49 V02 chasing 50. All through consistent V02 cycling 👌

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  @D_4xe · 3 months ago

  The good doctor is reading my mind, I had this on my list to research

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  @Ralph-i9o · 3 months ago

  After have ng heart stents I took up walking 5km every day. Lost 10kg and got plantar fasciitis and a heel spur. Took 2 years to recover. &nbsp;Really need to mix your exercise regime and push within your limits.

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  @HDenise7170 · 3 months ago

  I am glad you recognized importance movement, just keep moving. &nbsp;Today, I was unable to go for my walk or exercise as a result, I monitored my movement , &nbsp;I was surprised how &nbsp;similar sweeping with a broom is to rowing. &nbsp;My heart muscle was engaged for sure as I I swept my patio, , repotted plants, bending and standing, going up and down stairs several times. &nbsp;Meal prep while listening to this video &nbsp;Never taking a break except for breakfast and now <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1gxsof7n54&amp;t=285">4:45</a> I am stopping for dinner. &nbsp; 8 hours non stop, at least on the job I had a lunch break. &nbsp;House work is a good work out. Thank you, I don’t feel so guilty when I don’t go to the gym, And I worked up a sweat too,!!

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