20
21
Gerkin Scoring
Males:
Females:
VO2 max (ml/kg/min)
VO2 max (ml/kg/min)
Age
Age
Percentile
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
Percentile
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
SUPERIOR
99
>58.8
>58.9
>55.4
>52.5
99
>53.0
>48.7
>46.8
>42.0
95
54.0
52.5
50.4
47.1
95
46.8
43.9
41.0
36.8
EXCELLENT
90
53.9
52.4
50.3
47.0
90
46.7
43.8
40.9
36.7
80
48.2
46.8
44.1
41.0
80
41.0
38.6
36.3
32.3
GOOD
70
48.1
46.7
44.0
40.9
70
40.9
38.5
36.2
32.2
60
44.2
42.4
39.9
36.7
60
36.7
34.6
32.3
29.4
FAIR
50
44.1
42.3
39.8
36.6
50
36.6
34.5
32.2
29.3
40
41.0
38.9
36.7
33.8
40
33.8
32.3
29.5
26.9
POOR
30
40.9
38.8
36.6
33.7
30
33.7
32.2
29.4
26.8
20
37.1
35.4
33.0
30.2
20
30.6
28.7
26.5
24.3
VERY POOR
10
37.0
35.3
32.9
30.1
10
30.5
28.6
26.4
24.2
5
31.6
30.9
28.3
25.1
5
25.9
25.1
23.5
21.1
PROGRAM CHARTS
Conversion Table for Gerkin Protocol
Stage
Total Time
Predicted VO2 max ml/kg/min
Speed (mph)
% Grade
0 (warm-up)
0:00 - 0:30
13.3
1.0
0.0
0:30 - 1:00
13.3
1.5
0.0
1:30 - 2:00
13.3
2.0
0.0
2:00 - 2:30
13.3
2.5
0.0
2:30 - 3:00
13.3
3.0
0.0
1
3:00 - 3:30
15.3
4.5
0.0
3:30 - 4:00
17.4
2
4:00 - 4:30
19.4
4.5
2.0
4:30 - 5:00
21.5
3
5:00 - 5:30
23.6
5.0
2.0
5:30 - 6:00
27.6
4
6:00 - 6:30
28.7
5.0
4.0
6:30 - 7:00
29.8
5
7:00 - 7:30
31.2
5.5
4.0
7:30 - 8:00
32.7
6
8:00 - 8:30
33.9
5.5
6.0
8:30 - 9:00
35.1
7
9:00 - 9:30
36.6
6.0
6.0
9:30 - 10:00
38.2
8
10:00 - 10:30
39.5
6.0
8.0
10:30 - 11:00
40.9
9
11:00 - 11:30
42.6
6.5
8.0
11:30 - 12:00
44.3
10
12:00 - 12:30
45.7
6.5
10.0
12:30 - 13:00
47.2
11
13:00 - 13:30
49.0
7.0
10.0
13:30 - 14:00
50.8
12
14:00 - 14:30
52.3
7.0
12.0
14:30 - 15:00
53.9
13
15:00 - 15:30
55.8
7.5
12.0
15:30 - 16:00
57.8
14
16:00 - 16:30
59.5
7.5
14.0
16:30 - 17:00
61.2
15
17:00-17:30
63.2
8.0
14.0
17:30-18:00
65.3
16
18:00-18:30
67.1
8.0
16.0
18:30-19:00
68.9
17
19:00-19:30
71.1
8.5
16.0
19:00-19:30
71.1
T7.1
T7.1
T7.1
ENGLISH
ENGLISH
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