Question

A 51 year old has picked up cycling as a hobby. He is 6’1” tall and 195 pounds. You have him cycling on a Monark cycling ergometer (6 meters per revolution).

If you started at 60 rpm with 3 kg of resistance and added 0.5 kg every 3 minutes while he maintains 60 rpm and he failed after 12 minutes and 5 seconds. What would you predict his VO2max to be?

29.9 ml/kg/min

31.3 ml/kg/min

36.4 ml/kg/min

39.9 ml/kg/min

Answer 1