The radio was out when I went to the gym. I decided to do one of the treadmill's programs, so it would not be the monotony of me running at the same speed the entire time. Fitness test sounded interesting, but it was the VO2 sub-max, because apparently the VO2 max can lead to unfit people dying, so they have a weaker version that is not supposed to kill anyone.
I scored 53.8. The treadmill told me that it was "superior," which was small consolation. It maintained the same pace, but increased the inclination from zero to twelve degrees, and said that it would end the test when I sustained 150 bpm for sixty seconds.
That is 80% of my maximum heart rate, what I consider to be barely warming up.
I think that I finished at 145, so presumably a real athlete could complete it at 130 or something.
According to Wikipedia:
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The average untrained healthy male will have a VO2 max of approximately 35–40 mL/(kg·min)
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Elite male runners can consume up to 85 mL/(kg·min)
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VO2 max - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So, 53.8 is 34.3% between 37.5 and 85.
So, I am 34.3% trained?
The world record two-mile run is 7:58.61 [
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_miles]