What is the fastest age for a swimmer(mine seems to be faster as i get older and yes i swam as a youngster...now im 37..)?
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Originally posted by gull80
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?
yea, all very good quetions. I don't know the answers. It might be interesting to see them answered ... scientifically.
Originally posted by gull80
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?
yea, all very good quetions. I don't know the answers. It might be interesting to see them answered ... scientifically.
