Quotes About VO2max

Aerobic capacity (VO2max) declines. •?Maximal heart rate is reduced. •?The volume of blood pumped with each heartbeat decreases. •?Muscle fibers are lost, resulting in decreased muscle mass and less strength. •?Aerobic enzymes in the muscles become less effective and abundant. •?Blood volume is reduced.

There is an emerging consensus among exercise scientists that runners and other endurance athletes invariably encounter a limit to how much suffering they are willing to tolerate before they encounter any hard physical limit (such as their true VO2max