Achievement of V[Combining Dot Above]O2max Criteria During a Continuous Graded Exercise Test and a Verification Stage Performed by College Athletes

ABSTRACTMier, CM, Alexander, RP, and Mageean, AL. Achievement of V[Combining Dot Above]O2max criteria during a continuous graded exercise test and a verification stage performed by college athletes. J Strength Cond Res 26(10)2648–2654, 2012—The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of meeting specific V[Combining Dot Above]O2max criteria and to test the effectiveness of a V[Combining Dot Above]O2max verification stage in college athletes. Thirty-five subjects completed a continuous graded exercise test (GXT) to volitional exhaustion. The frequency of achieving various respiratory exchange ratio (RER) and age-predicted maximum heart rate (HRmax) criteria and a V[Combining Dot Above]O2 plateau within 2 and 2.2 ml·kg·min (