gull80:
As Comrade Beza has latched onto you like a bad cold since he can't provide his own source of expertise, I have some questions for you:
Assuming all things being equal, how much of an advantage could an early blooming swimmer expect to see over a late bloomer DUE SOLELY to V02Max? If the early bloomer and late bloomer trained equally now and were of the same age, height, weight, etc what do you think the advantage to be?
I realize this is a horrible question and nearly impossible to answer but Beza has hung his swim cap rather significantly on this theory alone. In fact, at one point he suggested that V02Max made 90% difference.
Conversely, if an early bloomer like myself trains 1/3 of what Ion does (yet smokes him in times), has poor training habits and is generally a slacker, would a late bloomer who obsessively trains and has no life other than swimming still be at a disadvantage DUE SOLELY TO V02Max?
gull80:
As Comrade Beza has latched onto you like a bad cold since he can't provide his own source of expertise, I have some questions for you:
Assuming all things being equal, how much of an advantage could an early blooming swimmer expect to see over a late bloomer DUE SOLELY to V02Max? If the early bloomer and late bloomer trained equally now and were of the same age, height, weight, etc what do you think the advantage to be?
I realize this is a horrible question and nearly impossible to answer but Beza has hung his swim cap rather significantly on this theory alone. In fact, at one point he suggested that V02Max made 90% difference.
Conversely, if an early bloomer like myself trains 1/3 of what Ion does (yet smokes him in times), has poor training habits and is generally a slacker, would a late bloomer who obsessively trains and has no life other than swimming still be at a disadvantage DUE SOLELY TO V02Max?
