VO2 Max Reading

This information comes from:

https://www.cultofmac.com/610268/vo2-max-apple-watch-aerobic-fitness/

Apple Watch may log your VO2 max, but you can’t currently check it on the watch itself. To see your stats, you must use the Health app on your iPhone. Go to Health Data > Activity and scroll down to find it. If you have readings for the current month, they will be highlighted in a big orange box. If you have no VO2 max data, it will be languishing at the bottom of the list, under No Recorded Data.

If you can’t find any VO2 max readings in the Health app, that is probably because you have not yet logged the right kind of workouts with your watch. Only two workout types can produce an estimated VO2 max on Apple Watch: Outdoor Walk and Outdoor Run.

VO2 max relates to maximal exertion. So you’ll need to log a pretty intensive workout to generate a reading. And you’ll need to sustain it for at least 20 minutes.

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I had the same issue but the last update to iOS 14.2 on my phone seemed to fix the issue. Still wondering if the VO2 max readings are accurate though.

I have the same problem on my S6 Watch under WatchOS 7. Only in my case a VO2 Max reading has not been recorded after several 30-minute runs and two 22-minute walks. I notice that the Apple Watch is not listed as under Data Sources and Access in the Health App. Did I forget a setting somewhere?

I’m also very curious about this. I’m a runner and it actually used to record VO2 max for me even after a 10 minute run. I actually just finished a. 35 minute run and it didn’t record anything. It’s been spotty after watch 7.0.1 and very frustrating.

I’ve done several walks since upgrading my Watch 2 to the Watch 6, and I too have issues with the VO2 readings.

1. My W2 has regular VO2 in the Health App, right up until I activated the W6 on the 13th. Despite taking several walks since that day, the only reading that appears is the last one on the 13th.
2. The Activity App, however, shows readings. But that data apparently isn’t being synced to the Health App.
3. I’ve paired and repaired the W6 to the iPhone (X... v14.1) and even did a complete phone reset. At this point I’m stumped and completely frustrated.

Mine stopped recording with iOS 14 and watchOS 7, and I was also hit by the infamous GPS issue. After restoring BOTH the phone and the watch everything *except* VO2 Max works. I even reset the fitness data twice to recalibrate it, but nothing seems to help. I'm not an avid fitness user so I don't care that much about the data in itself, but it irks me that it's broken, especially as Apple showcases it as a metric in the Fitness app!

I actually just double checked all my settings and they appear to be correct as well.

Mine started working again a while back also. As far as accuracy, Apple used predicted VO2 max so you should definitely take it with a grain of salt lol.