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9 SURPRISING REASONS YOUR VO2 MAX IS DROPPING – EXPLAINED

9 SURPRISING REASONS YOUR VO2 MAX IS DROPPING – EXPLAINED

Why is your VO₂ max decreasing? Discover how heat, fatigue, detraining, weight, ageing, altitude and watch errors can make your score fall. Your watch gave you a VO₂ max of 52 last month. Today, it says 49. You have not stopped running. You may even be training more. Yet according to the number on your […]