V02Max

[huw williams]

After watching Petter Northug win the 50K XC skiing gold at the weekend I gathered together some interesting numbers on V02 max a feature in Cycle Sport
Northug's is reportedly 96 which is pretty amazing, here are some others

Greg Lemond - 92-94
Bradley McGee - 89
Indurain - 88
Cadel Evans - 87
Armstrong 83-85
Boardman - 80

If you really want to coach a future TdeF winner though, train your dog to ride a bike, a fully trained sled-pulling Husky has a V02 Max of 240!!!

[Jon H]

I heard that cross country skiers are allowed a haemocrit level of 54% too.

[Keith]

[quote="huw williams"]If you really want to coach a future TdeF winner though, train your dog to ride a bike, a fully trained sled-pulling Husky has a V02 Max of 240!!!

[Sylv]

Northug = Lemond + Cavendish!

[nick de meyer]

i read something about this with husky dogs yesterday, do you have a link to the article huw?

[Paul H]

[quote]Greg Lemond - 92-94
Armstrong 83-85

This limiting factor was a bone of contention for Lemond and hence his mantra "the numbers never lie".

[Alex S]

[quote]I heard that cross country skiers are allowed a haemocrit level of 54% too.

[nick de meyer]

its not necessarily how high your vo2 max is, but how close your vo2 peak is (ie your AT point) to your vo2 max from tests i have done that really determine an athletes potential.
joe friel has written an article on his blog on this
http://www.trainingbible.com/joesblog/2 ... mance.html

[kieran]

[quote="huw williams"]If you really want to coach a future TdeF winner though, train your dog to ride a bike, a fully trained sled-pulling Husky has a V02 Max of 240!!!

[George]

I always tend to do my best in races when I'm being an animal

[nick de meyer]

i dunno i think the training group had a pretty good heat signature going up thru merstham last sat on the CR, leaving a vapour trail sucking out the oxygen like a vacuum, i'm not so sure my [quote]heat loss mechanism is better/quote] than theirs...as i got shot out the back like a few others

[nick de meyer]

i obviously can't work out how to do quotes either lol

[quote="nick de meyer"]its not necessarily how high your vo2 max is, but how close your vo2 peak is (ie your AT point) to your vo2 max from tests i have done that really determine an athletes potential.
joe friel has written an article on his blog on this
http://www.trainingbible.com/joesblog/2 ... mance.html

[nick de meyer]

joe friels latest article on physiological fitness aerobic capacity and vo2 max

http://www.trainingbible.com/joesblog/2 ... acity.html