THE NEW VITAL SIGNS
Jul 07, 2021
3 minutes
BY CASSIE SHORTSLEEVE
NEW VITAL SIGN #1
Heart-Rate Recovery
Can tell you about: HEART HEALTH
our body’s ability to ferry oxygen to your muscles during bouts of intense of exercise – known as cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) – is such a powerful predictor of how long you’ll live that the American Heart Association has suggested making it an official vital sign. The gold standard for measuring CRF is a VO2-max test (in an exercise lab or with a fancy watch). But there’s a way to estimate it easily
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