Anyone?
Anyone?
Virginia Department of Transportation
That part of a girl's body in between her legs.
(vagina)
Try this link
I know...I've seen the link, understand the principle and am just trying to find out what the actual word/acronym or whatever stands for?
Ready for a serious answer:
In exercise science VO2max is supposed to be written so that there is a small dot over the "V". V is for volume. Thus "VDOT".
VDot is a way of saying VO2 max, which is the amount of oxygen in liters that your body uses in a minute.
more specifically, the "dot" is an indication that a unit of time is involved; the minute. Same idea as Q with a dot over it...cardiac output = HR x SV - L/min.
snaxx wrote:
more specifically, the "dot" is an indication that a unit of time is involved; the minute. Same idea as Q with a dot over it...cardiac output = HR x SV - L/min.
that's a dash, not a minus sign...i meant HRxSV expressed as L/min
DANIELS says on Page 46 of second edition \"We shortened V-dot-O2max to VDOT\".So,it is not an acronym.
The first (time) derivative of velocity, which is acceleration.
Several answers put forth are correct. To properly say VO2max, you would say V DOT O2 MAX. The dot over the V indicates a timed volume -- typically considered a 1-minute volume. When Jimmy Gilbert and I wrote the first computer program (in the 1970s using Fortran) that used a representative economy regression equation to describe running economy, we also came up with a regression equation that determines what fraction of VO2max a runner averages in races of different duration (not distance, but race duration). By working backwards from a performance time over a known distance, we could calculate the aerobic demand of running at the pace that was averaged in the race and also what fraction of max was demanded of that performance. Dividing the aerobic demand by the fraction of max gave us a pseudo VO2max, and not wanting to call it VO2max, we gave it the name "VDOT". If you look up your VDOT and compare it to a test you may take in a lab, the VDOT may not match your VO2max. If your measured max is higher than the VDOT we give you , that means you are not as economical as we gave you credit for, and if your measured max is lower than the VDOT we give you, that means you are more economical than we gave you credit for. Still, I believe using race performances to calculate a reference number (VDOT) is a better way to determine relative performance and training intensities than are the data that are spit out of a computer in a lab setting, because race performances also include your psychological attitude about racing (which the lab test usually doesn't do). I hope this provides what you are seeking
jtupper wrote:
Several answers put forth are correct. To properly say VO2max, you would say V DOT O2 MAX. The dot over the V indicates a timed volume -- typically considered a 1-minute volume. When Jimmy Gilbert and I wrote the first computer program (in the 1970s using Fortran) that used a representative economy regression equation to describe running economy, we also came up with a regression equation that determines what fraction of VO2max a runner averages in races of different duration (not distance, but race duration). By working backwards from a performance time over a known distance, we could calculate the aerobic demand of running at the pace that was averaged in the race and also what fraction of max was demanded of that performance. Dividing the aerobic demand by the fraction of max gave us a pseudo VO2max, and not wanting to call it VO2max, we gave it the name "VDOT". If you look up your VDOT and compare it to a test you may take in a lab, the VDOT may not match your VO2max. If your measured max is higher than the VDOT we give you , that means you are not as economical as we gave you credit for, and if your measured max is lower than the VDOT we give you, that means you are more economical than we gave you credit for. Still, I believe using race performances to calculate a reference number (VDOT) is a better way to determine relative performance and training intensities than are the data that are spit out of a computer in a lab setting, because race performances also include your psychological attitude about racing (which the lab test usually doesn't do). I hope this provides what you are seeking
Whoever this guy is, he's just way way off. Not even close.
David Brent wrote: Whoever this guy is, he's just way way off. Not even close.
You new here, or just being funny?
In case you're new here, jtupper is Daniels. If you're trying to be funny, well, better luck next time.
I actually thought it was kind of funny...GJ Mr. Brent.
Actually Virginia and Vermont Departments of Transportation have both made a pitch (after first asking if it was OK with us)
Is that supposed to be funny?
Or can refer to it as my training group does:
"Hey Bob, how'd that 6 by bone track workout go"
"Killed it, ran a Tupper of 58"
"Wow, a 58 Tupper is great."
Just like we name all our courses after people, gave weird names to our workouts, we decided to honor Jack Tupper Daniels by refering to the VDOT level of our workouts as Tupper #'s.
Blaze wrote:
I actually thought it was kind of funny...GJ Mr. Brent.
B.J. is the only thing he does regularly.
Vermont Agency of Transportation no longer is called the Department of Transportation. It now goes by the name of VTrans, with the slogan "working to get you there".