Any ideas on how to adopt training setup for different age groups in masters?
Former Member
My idea was that 25-30 year olds should maybe not train in the same way as 40-45 or 65-70 ideally (if given same amount of available time for practice).
Should you typically go down on yardage per day but keep number of days?
Should you typically go down on yardage and increase weight lifting?
etc
etc
Any input anyone?
/Per
Parents
Former Member
Is there anything to the idea that a larger heart muscle will beat slower when under stress than a smaller one?
It's not quite as simple as that. In part, the answer depends on whether the larger heart contracts normally. Cardiac output is the product of stroke volume (the amount of blood pumped out of the heart in one cycle) and heart rate. That is, CO = SV x HR. If your stroke volume is greater (because you have a larger but normally contracting heart), you can achieve a given cardiac output (expressed in liters/minute) at a lower heart rate. Typically we increase our cardiac output by increasing our heart rate. Unfortunately, the max HR you can achieve declines with age.
Is there anything to the idea that a larger heart muscle will beat slower when under stress than a smaller one?
It's not quite as simple as that. In part, the answer depends on whether the larger heart contracts normally. Cardiac output is the product of stroke volume (the amount of blood pumped out of the heart in one cycle) and heart rate. That is, CO = SV x HR. If your stroke volume is greater (because you have a larger but normally contracting heart), you can achieve a given cardiac output (expressed in liters/minute) at a lower heart rate. Typically we increase our cardiac output by increasing our heart rate. Unfortunately, the max HR you can achieve declines with age.
