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Fitness

My cardio fitness (VO2 max) is in the low range (source: Apple Watch). I’ve been working out the last few months and slowly increasing the frequency of exercise but VO2 max hasn’t budged. I’m mostly doing stair steppers and elliptical and some weight training. I also walk a lot, fairly regularly.

Any tips?

It's been a few months and I'm happy to report the gym habit is now sticky! I've been going multiple times a week every week (minus 2 weeks during the holidays).

The cardio fitness number hasn't budged but I'm mostly ignoring that, overall feeling healthier which is ultimately the goal.

Independent researcher and software engineer.

I have a back injury (still bad but improving with gym, therapy and conservative treatments haven't helped) so I'm extra cautious about not flaring things up.

How do you folks prevent injury / speed up recovery? One thing I'm doing is taking cold showers after exercise (something something lactic acid?). What else?

I'm starting to pay a bit more attention to some macros now, like protein. I don't want to lose any muscle as my weight goes down so I've added more weight training (slightly increasing the weight, but mostly doing more reps and targeting different groups).