I tried a VO2 max + lactate test - how accurate is my Garmin watch?
I did a number of fitness tests to see how fit and healthy I am, and compared the results to my Garmin watch.
Tests included:
- Resting metabolic test
- Body composition & skin fold test
- ECG
- Spirometry
- Lactate threshold test
- Vo2 Max test
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Some notes about this video: 1. My Tanita scales that I use at home were surprisingly accurate compared to the scientific scales at the lab. The main thing was they followed the same pattern, _and_ showed my muscle was too low and fat too high, so they are a really useful tool for me to have. 2. Something I forgot to mention, regarding the Vo2 max score on my watch, I think it's taking into account my previous lighter weight (61kg) , instead of the weight I'm currently at (65kg). This would cause the Vo2 max predictor to be off because the score is given in comparison to body weight. 3. Since making this video I have learned that being strong (as in strong muscles) is better for long term health than being fit (as in being able to run fast and having a high Vo2 max). I will explain more about this in a future video soon. Thanks for watching! I appreciate you 🙏🏼
I can’t wait for you to address point 3 in a video! Give us some hints about learning to love strength training please 😂
@@sunnysidey I started liking it, after I'd been doing it for a little bit and could start to feel the difference. I liked when I upped the weight (because I could tell I was getting stronger), and I really liked how I could do things with ease that I would have found difficult before. For instance, I remember once I had to move a bunch of bankers boxes full of paper (heavy) and I didn't struggle at all. I could lift the box in front of me with little effort, and I could actually feel my muscles in my arms/shoulders/back engaging. It was very interesting sensation. Another time, I was brushing my hair in front of the mirror, and had turned away from the mirror because I wanted to check the back of my hair, and was totally shocked that when I moved my arms up and down, I could see the muscles moving in my back! I was like, "WHAT??!!" such a cool feeling. I guess I didn't look particularly muscle-y as nobody ever commented on it, that is until one day I picked something up, and my friend that I used to go to the gym with over lunch (and then we'd go off and do our own things, so didn't workout together) said to me, "I had no idea your arms were that big" and I was like "yep!" because I knew 'cause I'd flexed many times in front of the mirror LOL.
That's fantastic Celtic Lass! You have given me the encouragement I need to get myself a proper strength training plan instead of faffing about with the least possible effort.
@@sunnysidey That's amazing! It was nice for me to be reminded too. :)
Super cool stuff, wish these services were offered in my area.
Never worry about your video being too long: they tend to, in fact, be just as long as they should be. You keep them entertaining and informative, it seems to be your style which is handy don't you think?
Thank you!!!! I just write a video as I would like to watch one I suppose...
I wasn't planing on sitting through the whole thing nor was I expecting to want to see it all. Yet I watched it all. It was great! Clear, informative, and even when it was long, it went direct to the point. Thank you for taking the time to document everything.
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Me too
This was so interesting, thanks Laura! I’m really glad you’re back.
You're an absolute inspiration! Thank you for your videos and all the work you put into them :)
I loved this, the honesty, the information, all of it was so down to earth solid. Thanks for the great vid.
Love these kind of videos Laura! Can't wait for the next one :D
Absolutely fantastic video. No filler. All good info
Love love love this video!!! I love all of the information and how you are sharing your journey while encouraging us to consider the big picture of our future health! Spot on!!! Dang! And, WELL DONE!
One of the most interesting and honest health and fitness videos on KZhead. Good luck with your future health journey and thanks soo much for sharing 😊👍
This video was so enlightening. I think a yearly body MOT should be done by everyone so that we can keep track of things going on in our body. It's definitely got me thinking! Great video and I'll be subscribing 🙂
Absolutely loved this! Very clear and informative as always. Looking forward to the one on blood testing.
Thanks for all you do in making these videos.
wow! Thank you so muck Ken, this is so kind of you and really helps. I really appreciate your support 🙏🏼
Thanks so much for doing this comprehensive video. It provided me with valuable insights for my own health journey.
That was a great video, really informative and you explained things in a really nice way. I'm very keen to try these tests now myself, going to start saving up for a package deal.
Kudos, this was awesome and very informative!
Great video ❤. Highly informative and greatly put together. Superb
Great video, really enjoyed it and full of information. First one watched and subscribed.
Great detailed video. It really is crazy how close a watch can get that just sits on your wrist
Thank you very much for posting this video. Very thoughtfully done and insightful and encouraging g for someone like me who has never done a proper fitness test.
Amazing journey, thanks so much for this video mate! Much love from Australia.
I didn't expect that video to be so open and honest about your own health condition. You are a brave woman !
❤️your video content…especially in the sense that the data is based on your age, not of the expectations of a “ fitness model 21 years of age”… Learned so much from your video🌸
Fantastic video Laura. I love the way you approach these subjects, with curiosity, humility and an analytical eye. Whenever I see a video of yours drop I can’t wait to watch, and I’ve never been disappointed. Keep them coming! 👍
Thanks Dave 🙏🏼
I second that. Laura has been my favourite YTer since the first video I saw. In fact, my life has changed because of her inspiring and motivating me.
Love your videos. Thank you for these so informative 👏
Super usefull video!!! Love You Laura!
I did a VO2 MAX test recently and the scores were really close to my Garmin Enduro. So glad I did the test. The info has been beyond amazing for me
It's strange that they first did a threshold test and right after it the VO2 max, no worden she didn't score high. When I did this test I did one test and the got VO2max and lactate threshold from this one test.
Excellent video. Thanks Laura! As a former road racing cyclist, I lived by my power numbers for quite a few years, and also did some lab tests too so your experience resonated with me. Now, I don't even have a computer on the bars and just enjoy riding.
I’m not sure what it is, but I cannot stop watching this. There is something about this video’s simplicity that is really a joy to watch.
Very insightful, thanks for this!
I'm just a few minutes into the vid and I know I will love it. Thanks .
Great video! Enjoyed it from start to finish
I'm pleased you liked it Williem 👊
Really well put together video, clear and concise with good explanations about each test. There are many different aspects to our overall health that you cover in this video. I'd really like to have the same tests taken just to see where I am at. Hope you can show great improvement in a years time, although you are already doing well 👍😇
Great video Laura! You inspire so many people, myself included and it’s a good wake up call for this late 50s recreational runner that the older I get the more I need to strength train. I will have to find a way to enjoy it as much as I love my daily running and walking adventures 😂 Incidentally I switched watches from a Garmin to a Coros and overnight my estimated VO2 max dropped 15 points so I do suspect that Garmins use historic data. Thank you for doing these great videos, keep them coming! Best wishes from AU.
Hey sunny, its great to get your comment. Yes, I feel the same about finding the love for strength like I do for runs, but know I can make it happen. In fact, I am just off to the gym now for a weight training session.
Good to see your still at it Laura, I was elite athlete once upon a time swimmer then later a triathlete some 25 years ago , We had lots off different performance bench marks we had to achieve :- Range of movement in deg ,flexibility, strength testing , lactate , Max heart rate test skin fold, vo2 , Pyramid builds and High intensity interval training in my opinion was the best . Even thought I was a 1500m freestyler , we did lots of explosive training ie 40 by 50m on 40sec I use to cruise in on around 32 sec and 8 sec rest , however some of the folks that were at Olympic level were doing there 50s on 28-29 sec . Keep up the good work I wish I had your enthusiasm to get back into it . Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
Awesome video LT
Great content LT! I've watched my 80 y.o. mum suffer from the triple whammy of sarcopenia: she eats less protein, her body processes less of the protein she does eat and she exercises less. She has gone from a fit regular walker to a frail old lady. Having read up on it and listened to podcasts, I started doing a regular strength and conditioning routine and within a few weeks could feel myself get stronger. I've also started adding protein powder to my smoothies. It is amazing how my body strength and confidence have improved. I look forward to following your journey. Thanks
wow, thank you for writing this comment. It actually brought tears to my eyes. I totally get it! May I have your permission to use your comment in my next video please? I would understand if you said no. And are you a woman too?
@@LauraTryUK Yes, you can and no I'm not! I got seriously ill in 2020 and due to covid and other complications I couldn't get a diagnosis. I spent 9 months in bed before getting diagnosed with coeliac and systemic sclerosis. After 9 months in bed I looked like a skeleton, had lost all my fitness (I was a 200 ml per week cyclist) and most of my muscle. Going from very fit to profoundly weak was beyond shocking. I'm now obsessed with building my strength and fitness. Life is too short as it is, we need to be strong in our Third Age
I used to do yoga 4 times a week, but was feeling the strain in my wrists, elbows, and tendons. I now do yoga only twice a week, and have swapped out the other 2 times for HIIT strength training with dumbbells and kettlebells. My body has definitely responded well to this change, feeling much better. This happened after my last visit to my dietitian, where the InBody scan highlighted the fact that I had lost 600g of muscle since a year prior. We are lucky to have such health metrics available for us to navigate safely into our 50s.
wow, I love this comment, especially the 600g of muscle part. Well done you for recognising that and taking action. Have you managed to gain it back? And may I ask please, what gender are you? You don't have to answer if you'd prefer not to. I ask as I am learning so much about the female body, muscle, bone density and hormones right now.
Thanks for your work and for this video
Great vid. Learned a lot
This was such a great video! Debating on getting these tests done myself (actually scheduled them for the end of April) so its really interesting to see the difference.
Very cool! Are you going to see the guys at Surrey University?
That was a lot of information to take in, it was very interesting to do but as an overall price that very expensive but so is having PT, I really love wating you vid they just get more interesting as time go on, thanks for the very informative vid ❤
The things I do can be pricey Graham. My hope is that not everyone needs (or wants) to do them, but instead can take some value from them. And a bit of entertainment too. Although having my fat pinched perhaps doesn't class as entertainment 😆
Even though I am Dutch you are very easy to follow and listen to. I watched the whole video. A lot of information that got me thinking a couple of times and inspires me to work on myself.
Wooo LT still pounding it out also great content sister 👌🏽 Loving your Chanel - great inspiration to all of us 🙏🏽
Thanks so much Keef, I am pleased your enjoying the videos.
First time I've seen your videos. Excellent stuff. New subscriber!
Hey Lee, it's great to have you here, thanks so much for commenting and subscribing 🙏🏼
Great video. You are absolutely right. I started cycling again four years ago to build my long-term health. It has paid off my VO2 Max has increased, now it’s at 48, and at 67 years old, I’m happy with that, and will do what I can to hang on too it for as long as I can.
That's fantastic!! Congratulations
@@maxc7198 thank you! Since posting that, I’ve been doing much more elevation work, over 6,000m last month. VO2 Max currently at 50. So I’m pleased I can still build fitness. There’s hope for many of us!
Superbly done! Enjoyed watching and learning. I gotta get back to doing my squats, did them most of my adult life. Unfortunately my love of mountain biking seems to override all other forms of exercise!
Great video. My wife was getting worried about muscular mass and osteoporosis and now I will have something to show her hoping it will motivate her. Thank you :)
Thank you for sharing. Well done. Buen Camino 🙏
Thanks Josh. ha! odd you say Buen Camino... how come?
I started working out this year after several surgeries and old injuries - Happy to see you taking care of your body. Good job, LT
Great work Sam, and thank you!
Laura you are excellent and I love your content.
Thank you for making this informative video. You did a great job illustrating what someone can expect and how the results correlate to your personal health. I am 47 and lately I have noticed my exercise levels falling off. After watching your video, I feel more confident scheduling the fitness testing offered at my local university. Plus I have been considering purchasing a watch to supplement my Wahoo TickrX, and it looks like the Garmin watches are very accurate. 👍👍
So interesting and chock full of helpful information.
Awesome content!
Excellent video, Laura! Thanks for putting your body through the paces, for our education. I’m a year+ into my fitness journey (43yo), and I think I’m also “skinny-fat”, with good VO2 of 39.😢
Very good video. Please continue
Really enjoyed this scientific test and a hard to face but honest review. I wish we could all do these tests. But we'll done on you for being positive about looking for a healthy long term outcome.
💯 great video. Really interesting and plenty of takeaways (not fish n chips!). Looking forward to how the series continues. I’m on a similar health improvement journey and would love to do these tests, but for now I’ll rely on my Garmin for the data.
I think the Garmin is a good tool. And get your body composition measured if possible to see how much muscle you have - that is a great baseline.
This was randomly suggested to me. You have a new subscriber. I really enjoyed this very data driven factual and open video, it must have been difficult to be so transparent about your weight. You look very good and are in excellent health, I think. I will work on weight lifting too!
great video!💗💥
Thanks for such an interesting video. Fantastic!
You are so welcome Alice, thank you!
Well done!
Thanks!
Very good 👍 video amazing to see and hear these test. I look 👀 forward to doing some research to see how my body responds Thanks ☺️
Very interesting video! I have around a year to go before I hit the big 40, and am worried about my performance deteriorating on the roads and trail running. I smashed all my PB's except the 1km during my 30s, so for me personally I got stronger in this decade than I was in my 20s. I would love to do these tests next year when I enter the next decade, and loved watching your tests and particularly the ones where you compare the results with your Garmin. Going to watch the blood tests video next...
excellent fitness and excellent video
Thanks! Since I live in Canada, I don't have access to even a family doctor even less all of these tests, but I do have a Garmin. I am a dozen years older and male and close to overweight after too much Christmas and winter food, but often lose some kilos during my atheist lent. It's very good to know the lactate threshold test is so good. I have been relying on Jack Daniel's VDot system so far and am looking forward to compare the two once the snow and ice have melted enough for a flat running surface to become available. I have heard that Garmin overestimate VO2Max before, but my scientific mind still thinks that multiple measurements should be better than a single test. However, for the watch to be accurate it ought to know the level of effort of each run (max or not) as well as your precise weight on each day. I guess these measures will all improve with time. As for pushing harder, the limit is in our mind and I learned this in an aikido class 20 years ago. After an exhausting warm up, we were asked to turn around and carry the person behind us once around the mat. Behind me was one of the super muscular coaches and I felt like I couldn't even walk around. He told me I had this and I did, thrice in fact as we took turns with that exercise. It was all in the mind. I do need to do more strength training too. XC-skiing in the winter has helped me since it is very intense and I could literally see the triceps growing, but I don
Hello Laura, thank you for this video❤ I used to be like this-lil’ muscle mass, more fat than is needed. I switched to macros counting two years ago-I counted for around 3 months and learned how to eat more protein and calories overall. This leads to massive recomposition in my body due the last two years. So now I’m on my highest muscle mass and lowest point in fat. Now I’m eating intuitivelly, but these 3 months of counting and learning was a big gamechanger, even that I’m exercising for over 10 years (running, HIIT, cycling, weights…etc.😊) Can’t wait to another video from you!
Another fab vid, Laura...you're becoming my Guru 😂🤣
I'm just passing on the information I am being told by the experts.
Excellent video... and the hidden lesson is: don't ever ignore Garmin's HRV reading. In my experience a sudden dip in HRV is an ultra-reliable indicator of illness / short-term underlying issue. Perhaps go again on the VO2 Max test ;-)
Laura, you're the best, thanks for doing this, it's certainly an eye opener for me, I'm 56 and have copd so fitness is a real struggle
sorry to hear you have that Ralfy. Is there anything you can do to make it better? And can you do any exercise at all?
@Laura Try There's nothing I can do for the lung disease, I'm on the strongest meds I can have I'm active, walking 9000 steps most days, working in my workshop But grandad body is starting to take over I also have Fibromyalgia, so don't seem to have the energy to push myself too hard, or I crash and have to recuperate, I tried weight training for a few months, but just got more exhausted I thought about Yoga, but watching this video made me think it might not cut it? Any help I can get would be appreciated 🙏
Thanks checking the lactate threshold, if used right on the Garmin device it is very useful to set up heart rate zones. Best of luck lossing those few kg of weight, you will feel much better and will see an improvement on training.
Great video thank you
Excellent video, really helpful for us amateurs and great message for long term health …. Yes I love sugar, no it’s not good for long term quality of life
Hey, Laura - wow such fascinating information. Also - so great to watch YOU do it. I can't imagine taking the VO2 MAX much less filming myself doing it so I really appreciate you showing us all how it's done. I wonder, though, are you having to mouth breath throughout the test? That would definitely make it a tougher challenge. Please let me know if you could breath though your nose or not. Thanks!
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Love the outfit and the advice!
Much appreciated, sounds like the home scale and watch works.
For sure, I am so impressed with both and gives me even more confidence than I already had in using them.
super interesting ... and thorough. I also recently had a lactate test and it is reassuring to have some kind of objective measure to train against. Having lost a bunch of weight in the last two years, I discovered that hiding underneath the fat, I had lost a significant amount of muscle mass. Consistent and progressive weight training improved it tremendously in a matter of months. One curious bit in your chart of zones is where it says that the lower end of zone 4 should be sustainable for ~60min, but describes it as "over a marathon". I think that is a misleading mistake. Realistically -- and from personal experience -- the lower end of Zone 3 (on the cusp of Zone 2) in this chart is more appropriate for a marathon distance in a reasonably trained athlete.
Thank you so much ❤
You are so welcome, thank you 🙏🏼
Awesome video
Interesting vid..... thanks!
You are such an amazing woman - so honest and open - I true inspiration and role model for all woman (and men !)
You are so kind, thank you so much 🙏🏼
I loved this video. All those tests take me back to my Sports Science study days. And oh my goodness a VO2 max tests are awful. I also have been thinking about getting my bloods done with Phil Richards for a number of years now, so I'll be checking that video out next.
Really informative & interesting video. I'm hoping there's going to be an update and the series you mention builds over time.
I’m pleased you liked it. There will be an update in about 4-5 months. And yes to the ongoing series 😀
Thanks for including prices, charts and all that data. I'd just heard about the Cooper test, and I'd love to see you do a video on that. After watching this video, I researched fitness watches, and I think I want a better one. :-)
Hey Ken, I will do the Cooper Test in a few weeks and make a video about it 👍 which watch do you currently use?
run Forrest, Run !! 😂. très intéressant Merci ! vidéo intéressante et humble.
You are amazing. What Garmin watch do you use? Keep it up, Lara.
you did a nice video 👍 thanks
I haven’t watched yet but I think will be really interesting ❤
Hello! Great video ❤❤ what garmin watch do you use? I love how accurate it is to most of your stats! Love your videos btw 😊🌸
Just discovered you after looking for a Garmin watch - and I am glad I did. I'm 59 and starting my fitness journey.... I've pretty much decided to so 5K each day - but I'm also looking at being a KZheadr (Not Fitness - LOL - that would be a little embarrassing at this stage) - and I've funnily enough got the Sony ZV1 - and Rode Microphone - Adobe Premier Pro. So your videos have been hitting multiple areas of interest for me. Skinny Fat was interesting - I am wondering if it's possible to Run and build muscle (not Body Building muscle - just looking fit). Anyway I've subscribed. Thanks.
thank you very much for this video I was looking for a comparison of lactate threshold Garmin vs reality I run with garmin VOmax I don't care much it doesn't change but the lactate threshold is a bit important to me Because I run according to it and I'm very happy that it measures approximately the same Again thank you very much for this video
should i ... get a garmin and a fitness membership. Looks like it 😅 Thanks for the test of the watch and all the insight on what is important about health and fitness
16:15 that's my favorite part... but maybe i'm biased. Great video!!
😜 it was very helpful for me in my research to make this video.
Super ! Thank you for your data and feelings sharing. Exhaustive report ++++ If you can compare with Polar RI, Fitness test ?
Thank you for sharing, I find all of this fascinating & would love to do similar tests, I'm 65yrs now & would like to get into peak condition in training for my 80's 😆 I will try out anything, yoga, handstands, deadlifting, sprinting, kettlebells, diving & underwater swimming (for breathhold training) trapeze (for fun) Your videos are so educational I look forward to what's next 👏👏👏
You sound fit as a fiddle, and also curious like me. Give some of the tests a try, they are fascinating. I recommend the body composition and lactate threshold.
"No but it's fine" sums it up. Brilliant. Well done.
Thank you Maria 🙏🏼
Good video Laura. I'm sure it shocked quite a few people to hear that you are clasiffied as overweight, despite looking fitter than most people your age. That's the thing, we are used to setting low standards, I mean after we hit 35 or so, we are expected to slow down, "we're not 20 anymore" we say. So it's OK, as long as we're not proper fat, we see ourselves as "normal", not overweight! When in reality when we are 40, the body can still perform say at 80% or even 90% of what it could at 20yrs old, but we accept a much larger drop as normal cause it takes dedication and organization to still to exercise when you have a family, work etc. But it's not that the body can't do it. Regarding the 10 point discrepancy between he watch and the lab, one possible reason can be the HR reading. Those people who report close agreement beween their watch and the lab test use chest HR straps, so their watch uses accurate HR readings (that are essential for the VO2 max calculation). Do you use a a chest strap, or optical arm strap? Because the watch HR reading can be very wrong for many people. If you were using an external strap, then yeah, the 10 point difference is weird.
Bit of a shock to the system for eny one aging...... self included.... Great video @LauraTry keep'em rollin' and stay positive ! ! !