The Fastest Age

Originally posted by mattson ... He is expressing a sentiment ("the key in swimming is VO2Max"). I have yet to see data to support this point. ... Like I pointed out in the thread on VO2Max that was deleted, the data that "the key in swimming is VO2Max" doesn't exist, it's my theory based on empirical data that approaches but not quite touches my claim. The theory is consistent with facts like: .) the window for best aerobic development in one's life is 13-19 for boys; .) the three more cardio-vascular sports are in order -from highest down-, cross country skiing, swimming, marathon running; .) swimmers at the Olympic level, even sprinters, do overdistance training for developing their cardiovascular shape; (in 1976 sprinter John Naber (U.S.) did it, in 2004 sprinter Alex Popov (Rus.) does it, and in 2004 sprinter Pieter van den Hoogenband (Ned.) -ranked in in the 20s in the world in 400 free last year- does it in order to swim a 48.96 in 100 meter free a few days ago.) .) the percentage that one gets from VO2Max in a sport is sports specific, with such an example as one triathlete being able to score in VO2Max 75 when running -thus physiologically running well- and 52 when swimming -and physiologically couldn't swim equally well-. In this thread, gull did agree that this is possible. I run my theory by a sports medicine doctor a few days ago and he thinks that this is possible providing that biopsies on athletes' muscles show that the muscles developed in that sport have cells with a greater absorption of oxygen developed during a certain age span.

Originally posted by mattson ... He is expressing a sentiment ("the key in swimming is VO2Max"). I have yet to see data to support this point. ... Like I pointed out in the thread on VO2Max that was deleted, the data that "the key in swimming is VO2Max" doesn't exist, it's my theory based on empirical data that approaches but not quite touches my claim. The theory is consistent with facts like: .) the window for best aerobic development in one's life is 13-19 for boys; .) the three more cardio-vascular sports are in order -from highest down-, cross country skiing, swimming, marathon running; .) swimmers at the Olympic level, even sprinters, do overdistance training for developing their cardiovascular shape; (in 1976 sprinter John Naber (U.S.) did it, in 2004 sprinter Alex Popov (Rus.) does it, and in 2004 sprinter Pieter van den Hoogenband (Ned.) -ranked in in the 20s in the world in 400 free last year- does it in order to swim a 48.96 in 100 meter free a few days ago.) .) the percentage that one gets from VO2Max in a sport is sports specific, with such an example as one triathlete being able to score in VO2Max 75 when running -thus physiologically running well- and 52 when swimming -and physiologically couldn't swim equally well-. In this thread, gull did agree that this is possible. I run my theory by a sports medicine doctor a few days ago and he thinks that this is possible providing that biopsies on athletes' muscles show that the muscles developed in that sport have cells with a greater absorption of oxygen developed during a certain age span.