VO2max represents the maximum volume of oxygen consumed per minute per kilogram of weight and defines the personal cardiorespiratory and aerobic level.   The VO2max indicates the body's ability to bring oxygen to all parts of the body, through the circulatory system, in order to use it as part of the energy production process. In this video you can see an extract of VO2max test performed with...

Erkan Tortu, Sport Sciences And Technology-Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), performed a metabolic assessment with COSMED K5 to determine the athlete exercise domains (moderate-heavy-severe-extreme) and create specific training programs.   With COSMED K5 the metabolic assessment can be carried out practicing indoor or outdoor activities even with the most extreme weather conditions. K5 single-body...

Dr Alvaro Bondia, nutritionist and health professional at Mediterranean Health in Mallorca, trusts that to improve energy performance there is no better and more precise option than a metabolic assessment. The goal is to obtain real data (VO2max, daily energy consumption, efficiency of fat, hydrocarbon or protein metabolism) and thus knowing better how body works to help people obtaining the...

At Hacettepe University (Ankara), Faculty of Sport Sciences, Erkan Tortu measured the maximum oxygen consumption (VO2Max) with COSMED K5 to evaluate a young athlete's performances. VO2Max is considered to be the best criterion of cardiorespiratory endurance capacity of the athlete. Since the used O2 is used for the production of ATP by breaking down the nutrients taken into the body, the more...