Increasing VO2 max is beneficial for athletes and non-athletes alike, as it is associated with longevity and can improve overall physiological capacity.

“athletes should be concerned about increasing their view to Max not only for the health reasons that you just mentioned you know it's associated with longevity which is great you want to avoid that decline with age — and maintain it as long as possible but again you know you can see significant improvements when you do improve your view to Max which can be thought of as your ceiling you know if you move your ceiling up everything below that is is going to improve”