William B. Stetson, MD

Stetson Powell
Orthopaedics &
Sports Medicine
201 S. Buena Vista St.
Suite 240
Burbank, CA 91505

Call (818) 848-3030
to make an appointment.

Fitness Manual: Appendices
 

ASSESSING CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS FROM THE GERKIN MAXIMAL TREADMILL TEST
(Appendix A)

(Chart below)

STAGE

TOTAL
TIME

SPEED
(mph)

% GRADE

PREDICTED
Max VO2
ml/kg/min

PREDICTED
Max VO2
METS

0 (warm-up)

1:00
2:00
3:00

3.0
3.0
3.0

0
0
0

13.3
13.3
13.3

3.3
3.3
3.3

1

3:30
4:00

4.5
4.5

0
0

15.3
17.4

4.4
5.0

2

4:30
5:00

4.5
4.5

2
2

19.4
21.5

5.5
6.1

3

5:30
6:00

5.0
5.0

2
2

23.6
27.6

6.7
7.9

4

6:30
7:00

5.0
5.0

4
4

28.7
29.8

8.2
8.5

5

7:30
8:00

5.5
5.5

4
4

31.2
32.7

8.9
9.3

6

8:30
9:00

5.5
5.5

6
6

33.9
35.1

9.7
10.0

7

9:30
10:00

6.0
6.0

6
6

36.6
38.2

10.5
10.9

8

10:30
11:00

6.0
6.0

8
8

36.6
38.2

11.3
11.6

9

11:30
12:00

6.5
6.5

8
8

42.6
44.3

12.2
12.7

10

12:30
13:00

6.5
6.5

10
10

45.7
47.2

13.1
13.5

11

13:30
14:00

7.0
7.0

10
10

49.0
50.8

14.0
14.5

12

14:30
15:00

7.0
7.0

12
12

52.3
53.9

14.9
15.4

13

15:30
16:00

7.5
7.5

12
12

55.8
57.8

15.9
16.5

14

16:30
17:00

7.5
7.5

14
14

59.5
61.2

17.0
17.5

15

17:30
18:00

8.0
8.0

14
14

63.2
65.3

18.1
18.7

16

18:30
19:00

8.0
8.0

16
16

67.1
68.9

19.2
19.7

17

19:30
20:00

8.5
8.5

16
16

71.1
73.3

20.3
20.9

 

Use the workload achieved during the last complete 30 second segment to predict Max VO2. DO NOT ALLOW HANDRAIL SUPPORT. If handrail support or assistance is needed, then revert back to the last unsupported workload to predict Max VO2.

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