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At 01:03 PM 3/22/98 -0500, Dan Volker wrote: >The VO2 max test will require an ergometer ( standing bike with wattage >output meter) , since it is the most universally available tool to test VO2 >max with, it more closely approximates the cardiovascular and muscular >demands of swimming with fins on, and because if we want to do chamber >simulations, the ergometer will be the easiest to use in the chamber . Aha. Makes sense to me. Just out of curiosity, how or where does lactate threshold fit into your in-gassing/offgassing model? Back in the mid-1970's, researchers discovered that Frank Shorter had a relatively low VO2 max, but an extremely high LT, causing a few to begin questioning whether VO2 max was as important to long-distance runners as previously thought. It's taken a while but from my unscientific sampling of the research over the last few years, it seems that more and more exercise physiologists are coming down in favor of a high LT being more important. Kenyan runners would seem a good example of this. I haven't seen any numbers comparing their VO2 maxes to their LTs, but I have seen their workout schedules and they're clearly designed to emphasize LT over VO2 max. Now, as you correctly pointed out, cycling better mimics swimming with fins than does running. But since it would seem that lactate build-up is even more important in cycling than running (correct me if I'm wrong about this: as a non-cyclist it just looks that way to me), is VO2 max vs. LT a question being raised in cycling circles (no pun intended)? If it isn't, I'd be curious to know why not. If it is, wouldn't it also need to figured into your diving model due to its similarity to fin swimming? Thanks. Shine -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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