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Aerobic High-Intensity Intervals Improve VO₂max More Than Moderate Training
Helgerud, J. Høydal, K, Wang, E. Karlsen, T. Berg, P. Bjerkaas, M. It is important to know how different training intensities influence adaptations.
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App guide
How the app works 📲
By using Myworkout GO the next time you exercise, the app will calculate your maximum oxygen uptake (VO₂max) and The heart is our most important muscle.
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Health
The benefit of promoting health at the workplace
Imagine a future where your employees radiate vitality, your workplace culture flourishes, and a shared commitment to wellness sets your company apart. This vision isn’t a distant dream—it’s an achievable reality when you cultivate a culture of health with intention and strategy.
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Health
Strength training: more than big muscles
Do you know why you should work on your strength? And what is the most efficient way to increase your strength?
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Stroke volume response during prolonged exercise depends on left ventricularfilling: evidence from a beta-blockade study
Giuseppe Laginestra, F. Berg, O. Kwak Nyberg, Prolonged moderate-intensity exercise (15 min) leads to a progressive upward drift in heart rate (HR).
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Health
The advice Martin Ødegaard should listen to
– He must work out as much as Ronaldo have done for the past ten years to become as good as him.
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Health
The Best Training for Your Heart
A healthy, more efficient cardiovascular system is one of the biggest contributors to a long, healthy life — and it’s just as critical for endurance performance. Here's how you train your heart effectively.
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The Effect of Age on the VO₂max Response to High-Intensity Interval Training
Maximal oxygen consumption (VO₂max) is one of the strongest predictors for cardiovascular health and mortality and is observed to decrease with ~1% per year until old age where the decline may accelerate.
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Health
Powel and Myworkout - a partnership that Empowered Employees and Boosted Productivity
Myworkout, a leading provider of flexible and research-based training solutions, has partnered with Powel AS to develop customized fitness solutions for businesses worldwide. With financial support from Innovation Norway, this one-year IRD project aims to promote public health by empowering employees with easy-to-use training tools that improve overall health, wellbeing, and productivity. Learn more about this exciting partnership and how it can benefit businesses of all sizes.
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Health
The inactivity crisis
On the news the other day, I saw a feature about how the desert in Chile is used as a rubbish heap for our "useless" fashion clothes. Clothes we do not find necessary in our own wardrobe, which no one in the second-hand shops finds particularly useful either. I, like many others, decided to stop shopping.
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Health
The most important indicator of your health
Age affects your health, but your biological age, which links closely to maximum oxygen uptake, is the most important indicator.
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News
The Norwegian 4x4 Method Is Now Available on Kindle
We’re excited to share an important update: the story and science behind the training method that forms the foundation of the Myworkout app is now available to readers worldwide.
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What is VO₂max?
Learn why oxygen uptake is one of the clearest indicators of cardiovascular capacity.
What are 4x4 intervals?
Understand the research-backed interval method behind Myworkout 4x4.
How does the app calculate biological age?
See how Myworkout estimates VO₂max and biological age from app-based training data.
How to get started with Myworkout 4x4
Start with guided, measurable 4x4 training for personal health and fitness.