Test your engine, or estimate it.
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in Manila hospitals, and the home estimate that gets you most of the way.
Testing
Energy
the protocol it funnels to
Before you start.
- This page covers the laboratory test of aerobic fitness and the home estimate that gets most people most of the way.
- VO2 max is the most oxygen your body can use per minute per kilogram. It is one of the numbers that tracks with how long and how well people live, and it rises with training.
- You leave knowing where the formal test is offered in Manila and how to estimate it with a watch or a timed effort.
The formal test is a cardiopulmonary exercise test: you breathe through a mask on a treadmill or a bike while the effort rises to your limit, and the gas analyser measures the oxygen you use. It is done in hospital cardiology or pulmonary departments and some sports science laboratories, usually with a physician's request. The entries below are providers whose public page names the test; where a price is published it is shown with the date.
The home estimate is good enough for most people: a sports watch that estimates VO2 max from heart rate and pace during runs, or a timed effort such as the distance covered in twelve minutes, entered into a published formula. The estimate is less exact than the mask and far more repeatable, because you can do it every month.
2 entries, verified.
Each one fetched from its own public page on the date shown, and its whole services menu checked for anything injectable. Listed by area, not ranked.
BGC
St. Luke's Medical Center
BGC · QCA hospital whose Institute of Pathology runs haematology, chemistry, serology and microbiology, with total body DXA and cardiopulmonary exercise testing on the procedures list.
- Laboratory tests
- Total Body DXA
- Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Test (CPEX)
- Treadmill stress test
- Executive check-up packages
Ask for current pricing.
stlukes.com.ph · read 2026-09-07 · menu checked 2026-09-07Global City on Rizal Drive, Taguig; Quezon City on E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue. Outpatient procedures can be ordered and paid online. No home service page found.
Online
Garmin Philippines
OnlineThe maker's own Philippine store for its watches, which list resting heart rate, sleep, HRV status and a VO2 max estimate among the features, with prices in pesos.
- Watches with VO2 max estimate
- Sleep and HRV tracking
Forerunner 570, 42 mm ₱33,490 garmin.com · read 2026-09-07 · menu checked 2026-09-07The .com.ph domain is not Garmin's; the maker's store is garmin.com under en-PH.
Whichever you use, test in the same conditions: same route or same treadmill, same time of day, not in the heat of the afternoon. The zone 2 page is where the number goes up.
How it fits your protocol.
The energy protocol, built on NAD+ and MOTS-c, works at the level of the cell's fuel and how it is made, and the change people report is capacity: steadier afternoons first, then more in the tank when they train. VO2 max is the number that describes that capacity, which is why the energy protocol's sheet asks you to log training output from week one and compare at week eight.
The Tracker takes the weekly energy score and the weight; put the VO2 estimate in the note on the day you test it, and the trend is on one page.
Energy protocols here are built on NAD+ and MOTS-c. Yours starts with three minutes.
Get startedQuestions
Do I need the laboratory test?
No. A watch estimate or a timed effort, repeated in the same conditions, shows the trend. The laboratory test is for people who want the exact figure or whose doctor asks for it.
Is the test safe?
It is a maximal effort under supervision in a hospital or a laboratory, with a physician's clearance where the provider requires one. Ask the provider what they need from you.
How often should I estimate it?
Monthly is plenty. Fitness changes over weeks, not days, and testing more often measures the weather and your sleep.
What is a good number?
This page does not say. It depends on age, sex and training history, and the point on a protocol is the direction, not the figure.
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Longevity Manila builds your protocol from your answers. We are not a clinic. Fulfilment is by Primara Labs, our partner and supplier. Take it to a doctor who knows you before you begin.