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VO₂MaxUnderstand, measure and improve your cardiorespiratory fitness

Our mission and editorial policy

What we aspire to

Our ambition for Japan:a major boost to VO₂Max.

This expresses our ambition at Sense It Smart Corporation. We aim for a society where everyone can find exercise that suits them, keep doing it, and work on improving their cardiorespiratory fitness.

Understand VO₂Max. Check where you are now. Choose one form of exercise you can do today. Then make it part of daily life. We created vo2max.jp to support each of these steps.

Whether you are starting with walking or already exercise at a gym, we connect evidence-checked information with diagrams and practical actions so you can choose according to your fitness, health and everyday life.

Start with what you can do today, at your own pace.

See how to start exercisingCheck your current level

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Operator

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Visual guide

Check the evidence and explain how to read it

Check original sources

Verify numbers and equations in original research and official documents.

Explain populations and limits

Explain who was studied and distinguish that from what can be applied to an individual.

Provide references

Let readers check the evidence and the scope of our verification.

This diagram shows our editorial approach. The site currently has no expert review.

Editorial policy

  • We publish only numbers and equations checked against original research or official documents, and provide the sources.
  • We prioritize Japanese official guidance: MHLW's 2023 Physical Activity and Exercise Guide for Health Promotion.
  • We report study populations, durations and the magnitude of change. Findings from observational studies that follow many people are described as associations, not as cause and effect.
  • Study averages do not promise a particular result for any individual.
  • The estimation tool provides a guide, not a diagnosis.

Expert review status

The site has not currently undergone expert review. Articles explaining exercise and measurement include a footer stating that there has been no expert review and that sources are provided, together with the date the content was last checked. If a page undergoes expert review, it will name the reviewer.

Relationship with the operator's services

We provide both information and an app to explain how to start exercising and support everyday practice. Our articles are neutral: we check the evidence for exercise methods regardless of whether our app supports them. Promotions for our own app appear in a separate box from the editorial content.