VO2 max is a valuable metric for scientists because it is theoretically independent of motivation, reflecting a physiological property rather than subjective effort.

“the nice thing about vo2 max is that in theory it's independent of uh of motivation that's why peop that's why scientists like it because it doesn't matter if the if if you know the the the subject doesn't really care about the study if you see a plateau you know that's that's a property of their body and not a product of whether they were excited about the study”

“there's all these factors that come into it the nice thing about vo2 max is that in theory it's independent of motivation that's why scientists like it because it doesn't matter if the subject doesn't really care about the study if you see a plateau you know that's a property of their body and not a product of whether they were excited about the study”

“the nice thing about V2 Max is that in theory it's independent of uh of motivation that's why PE that's why scientists like it because it doesn't matter if if if you know the the the subject doesn't really care about the study if you see a plateau you know that's that's a property of their body and not a product of whether they were excited about the study”