Wisløff is Professor at NTNU and Head of the Cardiac Exercise Research Group. He is the world’s most cited researcher in exercise physiology, with nearly 400 publications and over 130,000 citations. He studies how cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max) shapes health and longevity.
He invented the Fitness Calculator, the most documented and validated tool of its kind, which estimates VO2max and Fitness Age without lab testing. He also invented AQ (Activity Quotient), which he calls the most important Q of all. AQ is a novel way to measure physical activity from heart rate and tells you when you have been active enough for your health. VO2max is the goal. AQ is the tool that lifts you above average for your age and sex.
Wisløff co-leads the Generation 100 Study, the largest and longest randomised exercise trial in older adults, and NorEx, the largest exercise trial ever, with over 9,500 myocardial infarction patients.
