VOmax

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VOmax

One convenient measure of aerobic fitness is called the VOmax. It is essentially a measurement of the maximum amount of oxygen a person can use per minute per kilogram of body weight. It typically declines 1 percent each year past age 25.

However, if the amount of physical activity and body composition is kept constant, the decline can be minimized to less than 0.05 percent a year. Keeping in mind that mind and body are interrelated, a decline in VOmax is not just age related, but influenced by other factors, such as age at onset of training, how much you train, any history of illness, or your genetic profilethe parents you didn’t choose.

Effective training can prove effective time and again in maintaining and improving physical fitness. A 1987 evaluation of 24 male track athletes ages 50 to 82 reported the effect of age in training on VOmax over 10 years. Those who remained active maintained a 10 percent higher VOmax than their noncompetitive cohorts even though each group showed the same decline in maximum heart rate (there are certain things over which we have no control).

Keep in mind that the majority of the general population wouldn’t run for a bus. Most aging men must accept that they are, unfortunately, slowing down in a few more ways than one. But you don’t have to let the reality of your aging affect you all that drastically. Sure, you may lose speed, but you don’t have to lose endurance. So, all in all, as we cruise through our forties and into our fifties, we have to expect some decline in strength, and an expected decline in the speed we are capable of achieving. Adaptation is the message here. That there seems to be less decline in endurance activities explains why older athletes can achieve some impressive results in endurance events.

Most loss in aerobic capacity fortunately is something that can be controlled by an act of will (mind and body again). You can will yourself to stay physically fit and make that conscious decision part of your daily regimen. But although the Olympics may be out of the question, statistics confirm you can maintain body (and mind?) if you exercise reasonably and remain fit. Rather than sprinting into your forties only to fizzle out at this critical turning point, the idea, I believe, is to keep at it for the rest of your life. Albeit, as you motor along, you’re ultimately gonna be shuffling along. But that’s really OK. facts about anti aging vitamins and supplements