Perspectives #19: Adaptation, Signaling, and Performance, with Andy Coggan
Empirical Cycling Podcast
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Why Do We Get Slower as We Get Older?
Aerobically speaking yeah you would I'm gonna blame the heart. Our cardiovascular system more so than our skeletal muscle system in terms of endurance sports. VO2 max declines and muscle mitochondrial respiratory capacity might decrease as we get older but it seems that the reduction in VO2 max your central pump function is greater than the reduction any reduction in the capability of the periphery to take up and utilize oxygen.
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