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RELATIVE FITNESS CLASSIFICATION FOR WOMEN
Women Estimated VO2 Max (ml O
2
/kg/min) Per Age Category
Rating 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Elite 47+ 44+ 42+ 37+ 35+
Excellent 45-46 42-43 40-41 35-36 33-34
Very Good 43-44 40-41 38-39 33-34 31-32
Above Average 38-42 36-39 34-37 30-32 27-30
Average 33-37 31-35 30-33 26-29 24-26
Below Average 31-32 29-30 28-29 24-25 22-23
Low 28-30 27-28 25-27 22-23 20-21
Very Low <28 <27 <25 <22 <20
Life Fitness developed this rating scale based on VO2 max percentile distributions referenced in American College of
Sports Medicine's "Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription" (7th Ed. 2006) which were obtained from the data
collected by the Cooper Institute Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, 1970-2002. It is designed to provide a qualitative
description of a user’s VO2 max estimation; and a means of guiding assessment and tracking improvement.
CREATE YOUR OWN
CREATE YOUR OWN workouts enable the user to design personalized workouts based on LEVEL INTERVAL or on
HEART RATE INTERVAL. CREATE YOUR OWN WORKOUTS may be disabled through the manager’s configuration
screen (See Section 5.2, Configuration Menu, Manager’s Configuration 2, Create Your Own Manager Configuration, for
details). Users cannot name and save their workout.
CUSTOM WORKOUTS
These training programs are preset custom workouts created by the facility training professional. The workouts may be
LEVEL INTERVAL or HEART RATE INTERVAL workouts created for specific results. Each Custom Workout can have
up to four different setups. The training professional can create customized workout names for each setup. Consult the
facility training professional for details on individual Custom Workouts.
