Lifelong endurance vs. Healthy but untrained Octogenarians

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DCLane

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

Ming the Merciless

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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.

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CXRAndy

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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
 
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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

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

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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

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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
 
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