VO2 max calculator

VO2 max from the Cooper 12-minute run, the Rockport 1-mile walk or the resting heart-rate ratio, rated against Cooper Institute norms for age and sex.

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最大酸素摂取量
mL/kg/min
最大酸素摂取量: 42.4 mL/kg/min
小数点以下の桁数:1;最も近い値へ、等距離なら末尾が偶数の値へ
Rating (Cooper Institute)
Fair
Maximal aerobic capacity
12.1METs
Cooper derived the equation from young male US Air Force personnel; pacing and motivation change the result a lot.

An estimated VO₂ max of 42.4 mL/kg/min (12.1 METs) rates “Fair” for men aged 30–39.

Men aged 30–39

PoorFairGoodExcellentSuperior30.540.54448.3546442.4 mL/kg/min
計算方法 S
  1. Cooper equation (distance in metres)

    VO2max⁡=2,400−504.944.73=42.37\text{VO}_2\max = \frac{2{,}400 - 504.9}{44.73} = 42.37
  2. Rate against the norms

    Men 30–39: Fair from 40.5, Good from 44, Excellent from 48.3, Superior from 54 mL/kg/min.

VO2 max calculatorについて

VO₂ max is the most oxygen the body can use during maximal exercise, in millilitres per kilogram of body weight per minute. Three field tests estimate it: Cooper's 12-minute run, (distance in metres − 504.9) ÷ 44.73; the Rockport 1-mile walk (Kline, 1987), from walk time, finishing heart rate, weight, age and sex; and Uth's ratio, 15.3 × maximum ÷ resting heart rate. The result is rated against Cooper Institute percentiles for your age and sex and converted to METs by dividing by 3.5.

People use it to track aerobic fitness without a laboratory test. A 35-year-old man who covers 2,400 m in 12 minutes scores 42.4 mL/kg/min, or 12.1 METs, which rates Fair for men aged 30–39.

Each test predicts a treadmill-measured value from a regression fitted on one group, so pacing, motivation and heat shift the result. The Uth ratio was validated only in 46 well-trained men.

計算例

Cooper: 2,800 m, man aged 25

Test
Cooper 12-minute run
Sex (for the formula)
Male
年齢
25 years
Distance covered in 12 minutes
2800 m
最大酸素摂取量
51.3 mL/kg/min
Rating (Cooper Institute)
Excellent

照合元:Python 3.8 decimal: (2800 − 504.9)/44.73 = 51.3101; Cooper Institute men 20–29: 51.1 ≤ v < 55.4 → Excellent

Rockport: man, 45, 190 lb, 14:30, 130 bpm

Test
Rockport 1-mile walk
Sex (for the formula)
Male
年齢
45 years
Weight
190 lb
Time to walk 1 mile
14:30
Heart rate at the finish
130 bpm
最大酸素摂取量
39.4 mL/kg/min
Rating (Cooper Institute)
Fair

照合元:Python 3.8 decimal: 132.853 − 0.0769·190 − 0.3877·45 + 6.315 − 3.2649·14.5 − 0.1565·130 = 39.42445; men 40–49: 38.5 ≤ v < 42.4 → Fair

Uth: max 190, resting 60, woman aged 35

Test
Resting heart rate ratio (Uth)
Sex (for the formula)
Female
年齢
35 years
Resting heart rate
60 bpm
Maximum heart rate
190 bpm
最大酸素摂取量
48.4 mL/kg/min
Rating (Cooper Institute)
Superior

照合元:Python 3.8 decimal: 15.3 × 190/60 = 48.45; women 30–39 ≥ 47.4 → Superior

Uth with the maximum estimated from age 30

Test
Resting heart rate ratio (Uth)
Sex (for the formula)
Male
年齢
30 years
Resting heart rate
55 bpm
Maximum heart rate used
187.0 bpm
最大酸素摂取量
52.0 mL/kg/min
Rating (Cooper Institute)
Excellent

照合元:Python 3.8 decimal: 208 − 0.7·30 = 187; 15.3 × 187/55 = 52.02

よくある質問

What is a good VO2 max for my age?

It depends on age and sex. In the Cooper Institute percentiles used here, men aged 30–39 rate Good (60th percentile) from 44.0 and Superior (95th) from 54.0 mL/kg/min, while women of the same age rate Good from 37.8 and Superior from 47.4. Thresholds fall with age: for men aged 60–69, Good starts at 35.5. These are percentile ranks within a tested population, not clinical cut-offs.

How do you calculate VO2 max from the Cooper test?

Take the distance covered in 12 minutes of running, in metres, subtract 504.9 and divide by 44.73. Covering 2,400 m gives 42.4 mL/kg/min, and 2,800 m gives 51.3. Kenneth Cooper published the equation in JAMA in 1968 after comparing 12-minute run distances with treadmill-measured VO₂ max in US Air Force men. It assumes an all-out, evenly paced effort.

Why does VO2 max matter for health?

Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts survival. A 2009 JAMA meta-analysis by Kodama and colleagues (33 studies, 102,980 participants) found that each 1-MET higher maximal aerobic capacity was linked with a 13 % lower risk of death from any cause and 15 % fewer coronary and cardiovascular events. People below 7.9 METs, about 27.7 mL/kg/min, had the highest risk.

How close are field tests to a laboratory VO2 max test?

Within a few mL/kg/min for the groups they were built on. Uth's heart-rate ratio estimated measured VO₂ max with a standard error of 2.7 mL/kg/min (about 4.5 %) using a measured maximum heart rate, and 4.7 mL/kg/min (about 7.8 %) using an age-predicted one, in well-trained men. Kline's Rockport equation was fitted on 343 healthy adults aged 30 to 69.

「VO2 max calculator」の精度はどのくらいですか?

精度は入力値と計算方法の前提に依存します。十進演算には有効数字50桁を使いますが、推定、数値計算手法、元データの精度はそれより低い場合があります。表示の丸め処理でこれらの制約がなくなるわけではありません。 独立した出典の解答と照合した計算例:6。 例えば、「Cooper: 2,800 m, man aged 25」はPython 3.8 decimal: (2800 − 504.9)/44.73 = 51.3101; Cooper Institute men 20–29: 51.1 ≤ v < 55.4 → Excellentと照合しています。

この計算方法の出典は何ですか?

Cooper KH. A means of assessing maximal oxygen intake. JAMA 1968;203(3):201–204; Kline GM et al. Estimation of VO2max from a one-mile track walk, gender, age, and body weight. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1987;19(3):253–259; Uth N, Sørensen H, Overgaard K, Pedersen PK. Estimation of VO2max from the ratio between HRmax and HRrest — the heart rate ratio method. Eur J Appl Physiol 2004;91(1):111–115; Cooper Institute VO₂ max percentiles, reprinted in Garmin's VO2 max standard ratings.

この計算機について

Cooper: d−504.944.73Uth: 15.3×HRmax⁡HRrest\text{Cooper: } \frac{d - 504.9}{44.73} \qquad \text{Uth: } 15.3 \times \frac{\text{HR}_{\max}}{\text{HR}_{\text{rest}}}

出典

  1. Cooper KH. A means of assessing maximal oxygen intake. JAMA 1968;203(3):201–204
  2. Kline GM et al. Estimation of VO2max from a one-mile track walk, gender, age, and body weight. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1987;19(3):253–259
  3. Uth N, Sørensen H, Overgaard K, Pedersen PK. Estimation of VO2max from the ratio between HRmax and HRrest — the heart rate ratio method. Eur J Appl Physiol 2004;91(1):111–115
  4. Cooper Institute VO₂ max percentiles, reprinted in Garmin's VO2 max standard ratings

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出典と照合済み

この計算機には、独立した出典の解答を使った計算例が 6 件あります。テストに組み込まれており、ここでも実行できます。

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