Hi! I have some problems with this protocol. do you understud it? in that case, could you give me some adviced for work with it? ha! TY Greetings from Argentina!
I am accustomed to V02max on a scale of 20-90, with most athletes in the 40s and 50s. What scale is this? I understand that 160 watts at 130 bpm is not the performance of an athlete (your subject was presumably going through the motions for this video) but surely he does not have a VO2max of 4 on that scale? Thanks for any clarification you can provide.
4 L/min is an absolute VO2max value. To get the numbers that you are talking about, you need to calculate the relative VO2max which is in mL/kg/min. To do that, you simply need to multiply the absolute value by 1000 (to get it in mL) and then divide it by the bodymass of the person in kg. E.g. if an athlete is 80 kg and has an absotute VO2max of 4.4 L/min, then their relative VO2max is 4.4 x 1000 / 80 = 55 mL/kg/min.
Terrible way to measure fittness, 160watts is not even a warm up for most cyclist, then to give him a measurement of 4L/min is unbelievable, and then to say if he weighed 80kg his VO2max would be 55ml/kg/min, is even more unbelievable.
For this video defined it as "the absence of physical disease". In general we'd agree with the more broader WHO definition: "State of complete physical, mental, and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".
5 лет назад
Generally 35 ml/kg is considered not in the risk zone according to Åstrand, but 48 is recommended for very healthy living!
