You're a psychopath. Those vo2 numbers show there is no direct relationship to performance. Please read the studies. Acting crazy for 20 years isn't going to cut it.
No they show no such thing. I have explained why, but you just don't care about the subject.
No they show no such thing. I have explained why, but you just don't care about the subject.
The poorest predictors were:
VO2max (r = -.55 to -.81) and
VO2 at 16 km/h (r = .40 to .45).
You're misinterpreting the data. You have to understand that elite VO2 max is sport and event specific. Also a runner can have an optimal VO2 max, but still lack oxygen economy and basic endurance. This is basic Exercise Physiology stuff.
ya, what is the placebo effect, where are the times? where is the control group? are the chicks fat, and just trained better and harder for 5 weeks? now they are being watched.
this study is garbage, though lightly trained athletes adding something like 30 minutes sauna, will definitely lose weight, and get fitter.
this study is thus essentially garbage.
At least one participant was Dan Nash, not really a novice. That said this is just another brick on top of an ever growing body of research which repeatedly shows heat training, active or passive, leads to better performance. The novelty of this study is that it hints towards what is happening beyond the initial blood plasma expansion that leads to improved performance with extended use beyond the typical 2 weeks.
You're a psychopath. Those vo2 numbers show there is no direct relationship to performance. Please read the studies. Acting crazy for 20 years isn't going to cut it.
Guys and Gals, Feel free to take the day off from trainimg today on Thanksgiving. Don't forget to take a hot bath however.
Canadian running wrote:
A recent study from Cardiff Metropolitan University in the Journal of Physiology analyzed whether passive heat exposure, specifically hot-water immersion, could boost aerobic performance in well-trained runners. The small study followed 10 athletes with VO₂ max levels around 60 over five weeks. Each runner completed five 45-minute hot-water immersion sessions per week while maintaining their usual training volume. The findings were surprising. After five weeks, runners saw an average increase of four per cent in their VO₂ max. According to Jack Daniels’ running formula, that increase is potentially enough to shave around 40 seconds off a 5K time, simply by sitting in hot water for 30 to 40 minutes, five times a week.
Today the Kenyan dominance in middle- and long-distance running is so profound that it has no equivalence to any other sport in the world. Critical physiological factors for performance in running include maximal oxygen consu...
Yeah, I don't see how you can make a direct correlation between VO2max and race time. Even things like differences in running mechanics will throw that possibility off.
welcome publication, but not surprising. Heat exposure already known to have favorable cardiovascular effects (e.g., via sauna).
Also loosens very tight muscles (including ones that help you breath and pump blood) and joints allowing you to have a longer, stronger strides and therefore run faster
I am a guy who loves hot baths. but mine aren’t that long. probably 10ish minutes in the tub followed by a hot shower. a 30-40 min bath probably requires adding more hot water during the bath. I guess I could start doing that once a week and watch my PRs drop like rain.
Since when do well-trained athletes have a VO2 max of 60?. They're running five times a week? Sounds like novice runners to me.
Besides, isn't it obvious that warm baths are a positive recuperation technique?
I know at least one of them was Dan Nash, a 2:12 marathoner.
Also, the study isn't measuring how well people recover - or even a direct improvement in performance - it's measuring if the prolonged heat exposure (after exercise) of sitting in a hot bath can increase haemoglobin mass. Raising your haemoglobin mass has the benefit of raising your VO2 Max. It's essentially what altitude does.
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as always, so called scientists with no pedigree what so ever on the sport come up with the most inane BS.
this wins bro science award of the year.
that said, fat people would probably improve cardio, due to ekevated hear beat over the half hour.
blood doping effect will be effectively nil in anyone moderately trained.
my statements are rant style, that is until you look into it with 4 AI opinions,
It nicely replicates the findings of this superior (in my opinion - at least in terms of sample/design) study in truly elite cyclists (eg men vo2 max in the mid 70s) but just using a different method of heat stress.
Yeah, I don't see how you can make a direct correlation between VO2max and race time. Even things like differences in running mechanics will throw that possibility off.
Elite distance running men are typically around 70ml/kg/min @10% bodyfat. Of course there are outliers. Also they have good basic speed to which helps optimize their efficiency.
For elite endurance cyclists, the number is around 80ml/kg/min @12% bodyfat and 85 for XC skiers.
We have a genetic ceiling for oxygen uptake, which partly determines which sport we are more suited to.
Yeah, I don't see how you can make a direct correlation between VO2max and race time. Even things like differences in running mechanics will throw that possibility off.
Elite distance running men are typically around 70ml/kg/min @10% bodyfat. Of course there are outliers. Also they have good basic speed to which helps optimize their efficiency.
For elite endurance cyclists, the number is around 80ml/kg/min @12% bodyfat and 85 for XC skiers.
We have a genetic ceiling for oxygen uptake, which partly determines which sport we are more suited to.
