Stress Test

Today I had the priviledge of participating in a stress test.  The one that they ran me through is called the Bruce Protocol Treadmill Stress Test and follows the guidelines below.

Each stage is 3 minutes long and you simply go as long as you can.  I maxed out into the 5th interval (just after the 12m mark).  The incline is really hard to run on, so you are better off to try and speed walk for as long as you can.  I was informed that getting into the 12m mark is considered really good and better than average … good start, I suppose.

My blood pressure stayed pretty even throughout the test and my end result was 60%.  Peak athletes are between 70-90%.  The results don’t mean that much to me, so I will have to go back and ask some more questions.  All the stuff I’ve read up on have the results in ml/kg/min …