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I started cycling at age 57 after dropping about 60 pounds. I had a fitness evaluation from my trainer at the health club at the end of 2002 and went on a biking/lifting/spinning/core training program. This week, I re-tested and had mixed results. I dropped to just under 200 from 211 and switched from 23% to 17% body fat. I was a bit disappointed w/ the VO2max test results. I scored a 38 which was almost the same as my earlier test. The difference this time was that I actually rode the bike to failure instead of just a plot of estimated failure the last time. I also found that my max H/R was higher than the 177 mark I've been using for training. A person can survive at 185 and even hold it for a short period...LOL. Short of dropping more weight, how can you increase the VO2max reading? What zones and what time in zones should I concentrate on to improve