A magic number to tell how young you are

All that beauty makes smart researchers

Norwegian researchers studied 9,000 people and have determined a rating system to show you how fit/healthy you actually are.

Below you will find (1) the calculator for that fitness/health level and (2) the workout they recommend for people who currently don't exercise but want to improve their heart health.  This can be done with as little as one-17 minute exercise session a week.

(1) Use the calculator the researchers invented. - this gave me a rating (VO2MAX) of 57.  It said my fitness age is younger than a 20 year old, nice.  (for the calculator you will need to convert your waist measurement to centimeters.

(2) Here is the workout they outlined.

10 minute warmup
4 minutes where your heart rate is 90 VO2Max.
3 minute cool down.

This could be done on a stationary bike or treadmill.  Effectively, you need to be working out at 90% of your max heart rate. This can be calculated by: 220-your age.

More on the research here.

Enjoy,
Brian