Found this article on the net, it basically says that after a relative short amount of training a maximum is achieved and it has no added value to train harder and more. It works against you.
What do you think?
www-rohan.sdsu.edu/.../rushall1.htm
The very first line:
All physiological capacities have a limited level of development. Once maturational growth stops there is no possibility of improving VO2max or anaerobic capacity any further. In fact, the various physical capacities achieve their inherited limits at various times. For example, an athlete's ability to do endurance work is set in the early stages of the adolescent growth spurt. At the end of the adolescent growth spurt, anaerobic capacity is set.
I find this difficult to believe. I'd like to see the studies that back it up.
The very first line:
All physiological capacities have a limited level of development. Once maturational growth stops there is no possibility of improving VO2max or anaerobic capacity any further. In fact, the various physical capacities achieve their inherited limits at various times. For example, an athlete's ability to do endurance work is set in the early stages of the adolescent growth spurt. At the end of the adolescent growth spurt, anaerobic capacity is set.
I find this difficult to believe. I'd like to see the studies that back it up.
