An elite VO2 max is associated with a significantly lower hazard ratio for all-cause mortality compared to a low VO2 max.

“the other thing I think that argues in favor of sorry argues against the J curve is the v2x data that we just discussed correct which is an enormous cohort probably the largest cohort after the Copenhagen cohort and far more balanced in terms of the number of people in each group and has been repeated in other populations yeah and so so there you have to ask the question how is it that people in the top 2.3% of the population for v2 Max have the lowest mortality by a long shot if they're not training significantly”

“the relationship is monotonic and it does not Plateau so corre it's that's that's an important thing to to appreciate which is this is a more is better phenomenon”

“I share studies showing individuals with elite VO2 max had an 80% reduction in mortality risk compared to the lowest performers (they performed in the bottom 25% on the fitness test).”

“Elite athletes had an 80% decrease in mortality risk.”

“Meanwhile, elite-level athletes in the top 2.3% of VO2 max enjoy an 80% reduction in all-cause mortality compared to those at the low end”

“There's a really, I think, important paper that was published in JAMA in 2018 that showed there was an inverse relationship between VO2max and all-cause mortality with no apparent upper limit. And the elite performing athletes or the elite performers had a 80% reduction in all-cause mortality compared to the lowest performers with their VO2max.”

“there was a really important study published in Jama back in 2018 um that I just like to mention because it it kind of established that there was no upper limit to the mortality reduction of having a high cardiorespiratory Fitness”

“people that were in the elite group of VO2 max so this is we're talking like the top 2.1% those people had a 80% lower all cause mortality compared to people that were in the lower 20% or so V2 max”