#3: Hacking Fatigue With Tim Noakes (Plus More 4 Hour Body Fun)
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
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The v O Two Max in Athletes
In 19 81, if you wanted to publish a study of the v o two man acts in athlets, you had to write in a hundred % of athletes we saw the plateau phenomenon. So i said, ok, in those athletes who don't get a plateau, in my view is they don't show an oxygen deficiency. And then we started testing athletes and found that the v O two max was a dreadfully poor predictory performance. so i could get two athletes with a v o two max of 70, and one would be running a three hour marathon, and onewould be running a two hour 20 marathon.
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