The tables below list fit test results.
R
ELATIVE
F
ITNESS
C
LASSIFICATION FOR
M
EN
Men
Estimated VO2 Max (ml O2/kg/min) Per Age Category
Rating
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Elite
55+
52+
51+
47+
43+
Excellent
53-54
50-51
49-50
45-46
41-42
Very Good
50-52
48-49
46-48
43-44
39-40
Above Average
45-49
43-47
42-45
39-42
35-38
Average
40-44
38-42
37-41
34-38
31-34
Below Average
38-39
36-37
34-36
32-33
29-30
Low
35-37
34-35
31-33
29-31
26-28
Very Low
<35
<34
<32
<29
<26
R
ELATIVE
F
ITNESS
C
LASSIFICATION FOR
W
OMEN
Women
Estimated VO2 Max (ml O2/kg/min) Per Age Category
Rating
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Elite
47+
44+
42+
37+
35+
Excellent
45-46
42-43
40-41
35-36
33-34
Very Good
43-44
40-41
38-39
33-34
31-32
Above Average
38-42
36-39
34-37
30-32
27-30
Average
33-37
31-35
30-33
26-29
24-26
Below Average
31-32
29-30
28-29
24-25
22-23
Low
28-30
27-28
25-27
22-23
20-21
Very Low
<28
<27
<25
<22
<20
Life Fitness developed this rating scale based on VO2 max percentile distributions referenced in
American College of
Sports Medicine's "Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription"
(7th Ed. 2006) which were obtained from the data
collected by the Cooper Institute Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, 1970-2002. It is designed to provide a qualitative
description of a user’s VO2 max estimation; and a means of guiding assessment and tracking improvement.
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