Your VO2 max can help assess heart health, while muscle mass and balance are key to staying active. VO2 max is a measure of how much oxygen your body can use during exercise. Research suggests that the higher your VO2 max, the better your endurance and odds of living longer. "VO2 max is one of our best indicators of life expectancy." Sports-medicine experts suggest mixing steady cardio work at a conversational pace and interval workouts with short bursts of high-intensity exercise to improve VO2 max.

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