On Jul 13, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Bob W wrote: >> I was once told that the athletes with the highest VO2max are >> biathletes. Makes sense, cross-country skiing needs a fair bit of >> exertion and they have to get their heart rate down quickly to be >> steady enough for the shooting. > > Could be - I don't really know if it's possible to compare fitness across > disciplines. I'd like to try cross-country skiing sometime, although it does > look like hard work.
I think that's what measurements such as VO2max are all about. From what I've heard it's not a pleasant test to undertake but there are ways of approximating it without going through all the effort and expense of a lab test. I've never done any skiing or snowboarding as it looks so easy to injure yourself. I agree that cross-country skiing looks hard. > Strangely when you watch professional squash they don't seem to be doing > much - they make it look easy. But a couple of minutes into a game you're > playing yourself you soon realise how tough it is. I think that's true of any sport. Bear in mind they have coaches, physiotherapists and dietitians looking after them. Competing at the elite levels needs a LOT of work! Which reminds me, I have to work on my diet plan. I can recommend a very good book on sports nutrition if anyone's interested. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
