VO₂max Test:
The Gold Standard of Fitness
Discover how fit you really are with the most accurate measure of cardiovascular health and endurance. Get clear results in just 45 minutes.
Why VO₂max matters
VO₂max shows how much oxygen your body can use during exercise. It is the best measure of your endurance, cardiovascular strength, and overall health.
What you gain from knowing your VO₂max:
- A clear picture of your current fitness level
- Targeted guidance to optimize training
- Insights into fat burning and energy use
- Early detection of potential heart or lung issues
- A reliable predictor of long-term health and independence
Measure your fitness in 45 minutes
- Safe and supervised by professionals
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test on bike
- Immediate results with expert explanation
- Includes VO₂max, HRmax, thresholds, and FatMax
How VO₂max Changes Through Life
The accompanying graph shows the VO2max levels required for various everyday activities. It also shows how the VO2max value naturally declines with age, making once-simple tasks progressively more challenging. For instance, while moderate jogging for an hour might feel easy at age 30, it becomes more demanding by your mid-50s.
With the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET), we can determine your VO2max and identify ways to improve it, helping you maintain ease in sports and daily activities as you age.
The orange line in the chart shows the typical average decline of VO2max over time. The dashed turquoise line reflects what we aim to achieve with AYUN: enabling you to enjoy activities like hiking, gardening, or playing with your grandchildren—even into your 90s.
What metrics are assessed in a VO₂max test?
VO2max
This represents the maximum amount of oxygen your body can utilize during intense physical activity. A high VO₂max correlates with reduced cardiovascular risk, greater endurance, and improved longevity and quality of life.
Maximum Heart Rate (HRmax)
Your maximum heart rate (HRmax) is the highest heart rate achieved during the CPET. While it doesn't directly measure your fitness level, it helps determine training zones for your endurance workouts.ccc
Heart Rate at Ventilatory Threshold 1 (VT1)
This indicates when your body begins shifting from aerobic metabolism to a mix of aerobic and anaerobic metabolism—essentially when it starts relying less on oxygen for energy. Improving VT1 reflects enhanced aerobic capacity, better mitochondrial efficiency, and increased recovery and performance capabilities.
Heart Rate at Ventilatory Threshold 2 (VT2)
This shows when lactate accumulates faster than your body can clear it, leading to rapid fatigue. Improving your VT2 heart rate means you can perform more intense activities before relying heavily on anaerobic metabolism, indicating better aerobic capacity and higher performance levels.
Heart Rate at FatMax (Maximum Fat Burn)
This identifies the heart rate at which your body uses the maximum percentage of fat for energy. Training at this heart rate can effectively promote fat loss. Regular training improves your mitochondrial efficiency, enabling faster fat-to-energy conversion.
How the Test Works
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Frequently Asked Questions
Longevity Check-ups
At what age do you recommend the Longevity Check-up?
In general, a Longevity Check-up is recommended for anyone over the age of 25. The earlier you know what your individual health risks are, the longer you can benefit from small adjustments. But it is never too late to take charge of your health and optimize it in a targeted way, i.e. even at an advanced age, there is still a lot of potential for optimization.
How long does a Longevity Check-up take?
A Longevity Check-up lasts about 4-5 hours depending on the package chosen. It starts with a 30-45 minute anamnesis interview with one of our doctors, followed by an ECG, blood draw, and body composition analysis. You'll then have a brief snack break before completing the 1.5 hour session with our sports scientist. Afterwards, wearables such as the HRV monitor and the CGM are attached and set up.
What do I need to bring for my Longevity Check-up?
You should arrive fasted (empty stomach, water allowed) and bring your sports clothes for the sports and endurance test. Showers and towels are available.
How long does it take to get the results of my check-up?
The time between your check-up and receiving your results depends on external laboratories and the evaluation time required by our team of doctors, nutritionists, and sports scientists. The typical turnaround for all Longevity Check-ups is 4–5 weeks.
Do I have to come to your clinic to discuss my results?
The discussion of the results usually takes place at our clinic. If you prefer, the conversation can also take place via video conference.
The same applies to the nutrition counseling, which can take place either on-site or via video conference.
What makes you different from other check-ups?
Our focus is not just on identifying diseases at an early stage, but rather on understanding individual predispositions and determining what each individual needs to stay healthy in the long term. We don't look at individual values, but combine all the results into a holistic picture. We collect scientifically validated parameters for Longevity and combine them into a personalized, preventative Longevity Report.
Who performs the Longevity Check-ups?
We are a medical institution, so all check-ups are performed by trained and medically educated personnel. We employ doctors, medical assistants and sports scientists in our clinic.
What is the difference between the Essential Longevity Check-up and the Complete Longevity Check-up?
Both check-ups are designed to support long-term health and prevention, but they differ in depth and detail. The Essential Longevity Check-up provides the fundamental diagnostics needed to understand your current health status and genetic risks. It is well-suited as an entry point or for regular follow-ups.
The Complete Longevity Check-up goes significantly further. It includes a comprehensive blood analysis covering 63 lab parameters, advanced genetic mapping through SNP analysis, and a physical assessment of flexibility, balance, and reaction times. You’ll also wear a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) for 10 days, with personalised nutritional counselling based on your data. The check-up also includes in-depth nutrition and sports counselling to help translate your results into actionable lifestyle strategies. In essence, the Complete Check-up places a stronger focus on personalised coaching—especially around nutrition and physical performance.
What is the difference between the Complete and Extended Longevity Check-up?
The Extended Longevity Check-up includes everything in the Complete package and adds a deeper focus on biological aging, stress resilience, and gut health.
In addition to a broader blood analysis, it features a DNA aging clock (including Pace of Aging), HRV monitoring over one week, and a comprehensive gut microbiome analysis. These additional diagnostics are paired with targeted counselling for both your microbiome and aging profile, as well as a detailed stress analysis guided by medical expertise.
How are the findings evaluated?
Our team of doctors, nutritionists and sports scientists analyze the findings holistically, prioritize and make appropriate recommendations.
We compare the results with comparative values from your age and gender group. Our goal is for our customers to perform significantly better than the average, because the average person develops chronic diseases over the course of their life that significantly affect their quality of life.
Others
Everyone knows what is healthy: exercise, nutrition and sleep. What else do you offer?
That's right, healthy eating, regular exercise and enough sleep are the cornerstones of longevity. General recommendations are certainly suitable for the masses, but when it comes to looking at the individual, many individualized recommendations can be made depending on the individual disposition constellation. Our goal is to achieve the greatest possible health effect for the individual with the least possible effort. To do that, much more precise recommendations are useful and possible.
Can I bring my child with me?
Our services are only available to persons of legal age. However, you are welcome to bring a child with you as a companion. No childcare service is available.
Do you also offer payment by installments?
We're working on standardizing installment payment options in our checkout process. In the meantime, if you'd like to use an installment plan, feel free to give us a call, and we'll find a solution together.
