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 aquageek
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I don't think that VO2 max enters into it all that much. There isn't a very
close relationship at all between VO2 max and performance in swimming (unlike
running and cycling and x-c skiing, where there is a significant relationship).
It's more related to the "redness" of the swimming muscles...how many
capillaries, how many mitochondria, how much myoglobin (all things which make
red muscle red).
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Speak to geek in his native language and he doesn't get it.
The doctor refers to the VO2Max as a whole, constant and genetic to each one and traditionally measurable as a direct correlation in runners.
The capillaries that he is mentioning that develop best in young swimmers is what I -in my first post of this thread nonetheless, geek!- and Craig emphasized enough here -even for geek's abilities- as being the percentage of the VO2Max that one gets when swimming, percentage that fuels oxygen in one's swimming muscles:
Originally posted by Conniekat8
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I agree
with your friend that part of his problem is the undercapillarization of his triceps, lats, etc., relative to swimmers like...
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building up a rich capillary bed around muscle fibers which were previously "white" and relatively avascular.
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Originally posted by aquageek
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I don't think that VO2 max enters into it all that much. There isn't a very
close relationship at all between VO2 max and performance in swimming (unlike
running and cycling and x-c skiing, where there is a significant relationship).
It's more related to the "redness" of the swimming muscles...how many
capillaries, how many mitochondria, how much myoglobin (all things which make
red muscle red).
...
Speak to geek in his native language and he doesn't get it.
The doctor refers to the VO2Max as a whole, constant and genetic to each one and traditionally measurable as a direct correlation in runners.
The capillaries that he is mentioning that develop best in young swimmers is what I -in my first post of this thread nonetheless, geek!- and Craig emphasized enough here -even for geek's abilities- as being the percentage of the VO2Max that one gets when swimming, percentage that fuels oxygen in one's swimming muscles:
Originally posted by Conniekat8
...
I agree
with your friend that part of his problem is the undercapillarization of his triceps, lats, etc., relative to swimmers like...
...
building up a rich capillary bed around muscle fibers which were previously "white" and relatively avascular.
...
