Originally Posted by
buddy
My Max heart rate was 167 bpm - When I am going up a hill my heart will go up to around 180 bpm - maybe I did not push my self hard enough.
Your number is not a VO2 max score. It's just a number that came up on a screen while you were exercising. VO2 max means maximum exertion. If your not totally going for it, it's not your max.
Every time I was tested (college years) my HR made it over 210.
And my VO2 max was 28.82 VO2/kg STPD L/min.
The units used for VO2 are ml/kg/min. Increase your O2/CO2 exchange, or decrease your weight, and the number goes up.
The BORG scale is a good way of measuring perceived exertion, but good lab techs should be able to tell if a subject is maxing out.