What is the vo2 max of proffesional tennis players

Bad Wigins wrote:

Tennis is another one of those sports where humans are better than all the animals. No animal would stand a chance against even an average human player.

As opposed to running, where there are many animals that would easily destroy all the humans. Arguably the average human could be better than the average animal, at least a few decades ago before mass obesity hit.

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Bjorn Borg was reputed to have been a veritable distance runner, beating a Swedish (countrymen) steeple chaser. I think Borgs Vo2 estimated around 80 and a resting pulse around 35. Which is why they called the "ice man."

Nadal is similarly gifted. Raonic, Djokovic, Federer are all tall and rely on big serves, nothing wrong with that.

back then wrote:

I think I recall reading the Bjorn Borg would run a lot. 10k per day? But back then it was miles, so maybe 10 mi per day.

Borg never did continuous, even paced running. He would sprint, stop, sprint etc. - just like you do in a match.

curious... wrote:

back then wrote:

I think I recall reading the Bjorn Borg would run a lot. 10k per day? But back then it was miles, so maybe 10 mi per day.

Borg never did continuous, even paced running. He would sprint, stop, sprint etc. - just like you do in a match.

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andymurrayyyyfan wrote:

curious... wrote:

Borg never did continuous, even paced running. He would sprint, stop, sprint etc. - just like you do in a match.

yeah

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ffdsd wrote:

andymurrayyyyfan wrote:

yeah

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Its really hard to know

trumpettt wrote:

ffdsd wrote:

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Its really hard to know

50-60 i guess

Bad Wigins wrote:

Tennis is another one of those sports where humans are better than all the animals. No animal would stand a chance against even an average human player.

As opposed to running, where there are many animals that would easily destroy all the humans. Arguably the average human could be better than the average animal, at least a few decades ago before mass obesity hit.

Well animals can't hold a racquet? And the average human doesn't even possess the coordination to hit the ball over the net from the base line; never mind into the service box.

Most monkeys and apes could handle a racquet quite comfortably. An elephant could use its trunk. A horse could hold one in its mouth.

Animals can hold a racquet but not very well. I took a tennis class full of average humans and all were able to hit the ball over the net soon enough.

I give humans credit for outrunning most animals because the vast majority are flightless insects. A more interesting contest is humans vs animals raccoon-size or bigger. In fact human vs raccoon is a worthy subject in itself that I've never seen discussed here.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Animals can hold a racquet but not very well. I took a tennis class full of average humans and all were able to hit the ball over the net soon enough.

I give humans credit for outrunning most animals because the vast majority are flightless insects. A more interesting contest is humans vs animals raccoon-size or bigger. In fact human vs raccoon is a worthy subject in itself that I've never seen discussed here.

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andymurrayyyyfan wrote:

2 part knee cap wrote:

Good for him. How fast would Andy be?

I dont know over long distance, but i read an article saying that Murray doesn't do 400 meter reps as it left him exhausted and sore the next day, he now does his cardio on the versaclimber. As for how fast i think Murray too heavy and bulky for 5k and above, could definitely run a sub 5 minute mile with little training.

80-90 vo2 max

anon. wrote:

Bjorn Borg was reputed to have been a veritable distance runner, beating a Swedish (countrymen) steeple chaser. I think Borgs Vo2 estimated around 80 and a resting pulse around 35. Which is why they called the "ice man."

No. He was not called the ice man because of his Vo2 max and low resting pulse. He earned this nickname by his cool and non-emotional demeanor on court.

easy weeks wrote:

anon. wrote:

Bjorn Borg was reputed to have been a veritable distance runner, beating a Swedish (countrymen) steeple chaser. I think Borgs Vo2 estimated around 80 and a resting pulse around 35. Which is why they called the "ice man."

No. He was not called the ice man because of his Vo2 max and low resting pulse. He earned this nickname by his cool and non-emotional demeanor on court.

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Bad Wigins wrote:

Tennis is another one of those sports where humans are better than all the animals. No animal would stand a chance against even an average human player.

As opposed to running, where there are many animals that would easily destroy all the humans. Arguably the average human could be better than the average animal, at least a few decades ago before mass obesity hit.

Not sure about this. Given their arm length and strength with correct training a silverback gorilla would be able to just serve out destroyer serves that no tennis player could return. We are talking about serves of 500 mph plus in speed if you look at the strength difference between gorillas and humans.

The only problem the gorilla would have is that rackets and tennis balls would have to be redesigned completely in order to withstand the sheer power forces that the gorilla would be exerting on them. With equipment in use today you would be seeing a lot of burst tennis balls and rackets with their strings blown out if a trained gorilla was ever to play a competitive tennis match and i am not sure if the rules allow a player to have an infinite supply of tennis rackets.

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fergrgr4t wrote:

animal planet wrote:

Not sure about this. Given their arm length and strength with correct training a silverback gorilla would be able to just serve out destroyer serves that no tennis player could return. We are talking about serves of 500 mph plus in speed if you look at the strength difference between gorillas and humans.

The only problem the gorilla would have is that rackets and tennis balls would have to be redesigned completely in order to withstand the sheer power forces that the gorilla would be exerting on them. With equipment in use today you would be seeing a lot of burst tennis balls and rackets with their strings blown out if a trained gorilla was ever to play a competitive tennis match and i am not sure if the rules allow a player to have an infinite supply of tennis rackets.

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Nadal has a vo2 max of 85

He will need a high VO2max if he's gonna be returning serves from a silverback gorilla.