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The Top Fitness and Health Metrics to Track, Optimize, or Ignore

The Top Fitness and Health Metrics to Track, Optimize, or Ignore

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Brady Holmer
Jun 14, 2025
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This week on the Run Long, Run Healthy podcast, Thomas Watson and I walk through 30 of the most popular running metrics - whether it's weekly volume, cadence, HRV, or VO2 Max - discuss the merit of each one and attempt to sort them into three buckets: Optimize, Track, or Ignore!

We also discuss the deluge of metrics in recent years, how to separate signa…

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