The Fastest Age

Originally posted by Conniekat8 Also, I read that a larger part of the VO2Max capacity is due to heredity, rather than early sports development. So, how do we quantify just how much of an advantage early development gives to someone??? Through training you can increase your VO2max up to a limit that is probably hereditary. As pointed out earlier, VO2max is not the only determinant of athletic performance, but it does correlate. If you start late, have you forever lost the chance to reach your highest possible VO2max? If you start at a young age, then leave the sport for fifteen or twenty years, can you readily regain the VO2max (and/or other training adaptations) that you had when you were younger? Or is it the technique that stays with you? Does anyone still care?

Originally posted by Conniekat8 Also, I read that a larger part of the VO2Max capacity is due to heredity, rather than early sports development. So, how do we quantify just how much of an advantage early development gives to someone??? Through training you can increase your VO2max up to a limit that is probably hereditary. As pointed out earlier, VO2max is not the only determinant of athletic performance, but it does correlate. If you start late, have you forever lost the chance to reach your highest possible VO2max? If you start at a young age, then leave the sport for fifteen or twenty years, can you readily regain the VO2max (and/or other training adaptations) that you had when you were younger? Or is it the technique that stays with you? Does anyone still care?