Lifelong endurance vs. Healthy but untrained Octogenarians

[Ming the Merciless]

Interesting to see the VO2 max numbers, plus how close the untrained group were to needing care.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544519/

 

[DCLane]

Interesting reading. Basically shows the benefits of keeping fit in old age ...

 

[All uphill]

Interesting to see the VO2 max numbers, plus how close the untrained group were to needing care.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544519/

Thanks for that; very encouraging.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Interesting reading. Basically shows the benefits of keeping fit in old age ...

Yes, I’d classify myself in the life long exerciser category. I only have a gas exchange VO2 max figure from 2018, but my Garmin and HRV4Training estimates show it’s holding steady at the moment, in the superior range for age and gender.

Need a better focus on strength work, to complement aerobic conditioning, but the ageing research encourages me to keep at it.

 

[CXRAndy]

Yes, I’d classify myself in the life long exerciser category. I only have a gas exchange VO2 max figure from 2018, but my Garmin and HRV4Training estimates show it’s holding steady at the moment, in the superior range for age and gender.

Need a better focus on strength work, to complement aerobic conditioning, but the ageing research encourages me to keep at it.

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Ming
What device is recording your V02 max?

Top 1% is fantastic, mine is average for age from Garmin watch, but I do any running

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ming
What device is recording your V02 max?

Top 1% is fantastic, mine is average for age from Garmin watch, but I do any running

Garmin Edge Explore 2, which gets both power and heart rate.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Top 1% is fantastic, mine is average for age from Garmin watch, but I do any running

The VO2 max gas exchange in 2018 was during a Kings College (London) lung research study into ageing amongst endurance athletes vs. Healthy but sedentary controls. Essentially showed for my gender and weight , my lung function was equivalent to the normalised values for someone in their 20s. It’s more nuanced than that , with a lot more data, they even measured brain / diaphragm strength and speed of signals, but essentially lungs in good shape.

 

[presta]

I thought you were a fan of large numbers. That sample's even smaller than the AF studies you were rubbishing.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That sample's even smaller than the AF studies you were rubbishing.

Which AF studies was I rubbishing? Can you provide links to the ones you claim I rubbished, together with links to the posts I rubbished them in?

 

[CXRAndy]

Can you get V02 max from Zwift racing? Does the Garmin watch or head unit work out the figure. I tend not go for max efforts outside

 

[nagden]

If it was needed that has convinced me to keep on pedaling. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Can you get V02 max from Zwift racing? Does the Garmin watch or head unit work out the figure. I tend not go for max efforts outside

Calculated by the head unit I believe, rather than centrally in Connect.

 

[Norry1]

Calculated by the head unit I believe, rather than centrally in Connect.

On my Garmin Edge 830 it is triple lines>My Stats>VO2 Max

Not sure how much I trust the figure?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

On my Garmin Edge 830 it is triple lines>My Stats>VO2 Max

Not sure how much I trust the figure?

Trend more than anything. It’s meant to be within 10% according to Firstbeat

 

[cougie uk]

It's interesting but not exactly rocket science ? Use it or lose it.