Sunday, July 29, 2007

Understanding Max O2 Consumption

This is an interesting site for explaining the O2 delivery system and why it is important for increasing endurance and work capacity. Kenneths Max Vo2 protocol is specifically designed to increase stroke volume, the limiting factor in getting more oxygen to the muscles.

http://home.hia.no/~stephens/vo2max.htm

2 comments:

Jim Ryan said...

Thanks for posting this, Rif. Interesting stuff I haven't looked at since I was in school!

Mark Reifkind said...

yeah this was good for me too. been too long outa school.

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