1: “Let’s say you are a fifty-year-old woman, and you enjoy hiking in the mountains,”   Peter Attia MD writes in Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity..  

“That’s how you want to spend your retirement.”  

Yesterday, we examined the correlation between longevity and our VO2 max, the maximum rate at which our bodies can utilize oxygen.

VO2 max “turns out to be highly correlated with longevity,” Peter … continue reading

That’s one of the questions  Peter Attia MD explores in Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.

The answer is a technical one: Peak aerobic cardiorespiratory fitness, measured in terms of VO2 max.

So what exactly is VO2 max? It is the maximum rate at which we can utilize oxygen. The more oxygen our bodies are able to use, the higher our VO2 max.

And how is VO2 max … continue reading