Andy Coggan
July 31st 03, 12:49 PM
"BD" > wrote in message
...
> Hey all,
>
> I have been trying to find a piece that was in a cycling magazine a while
> back. It could have been in a mainstream sports article, but I don't
think
> so.
> The article was about a piece of testing equipment that the University of
> Texas had for measuring lung capacity and performance under stress. The
> article talked about how they had tested all kinds of athletes in all of
the
> major sports and then got Lance to come in, he promptly destroyed the
> previous marks for performance that they had measured on other athlete.
> There was much more in the article, but that is what I remember most about
> it.
> Anyone have any idea what magazine it appeared in or where I can find it?
Never seen the article, but undoubtly it was about physiological testing in
Ed Coyle's lab at UT-Austin. Lung capacity wouldn't have been measured
(since except in swimmers and perhaps gymnasts, it isn't altered by athletic
activity), but VO2max would have been. Unless something has changed
significantly, however, I doubt that Armstrong "promptly destroyed the
previous marks for performance they had measured on other athletes". His
VO2max has been reported to be in the low to mid 80 mL/min/kg range, and I
know for a fact that at least one other cyclist has recorded a similar value
in Ed's lab.
Now that I think about it, Bicycling did a piece about Ed's lab a few years
ago...had a picture of him sitting on the ergometer in normal clothes, maybe
juggling something?
Andy Coggan
...
> Hey all,
>
> I have been trying to find a piece that was in a cycling magazine a while
> back. It could have been in a mainstream sports article, but I don't
think
> so.
> The article was about a piece of testing equipment that the University of
> Texas had for measuring lung capacity and performance under stress. The
> article talked about how they had tested all kinds of athletes in all of
the
> major sports and then got Lance to come in, he promptly destroyed the
> previous marks for performance that they had measured on other athlete.
> There was much more in the article, but that is what I remember most about
> it.
> Anyone have any idea what magazine it appeared in or where I can find it?
Never seen the article, but undoubtly it was about physiological testing in
Ed Coyle's lab at UT-Austin. Lung capacity wouldn't have been measured
(since except in swimmers and perhaps gymnasts, it isn't altered by athletic
activity), but VO2max would have been. Unless something has changed
significantly, however, I doubt that Armstrong "promptly destroyed the
previous marks for performance they had measured on other athletes". His
VO2max has been reported to be in the low to mid 80 mL/min/kg range, and I
know for a fact that at least one other cyclist has recorded a similar value
in Ed's lab.
Now that I think about it, Bicycling did a piece about Ed's lab a few years
ago...had a picture of him sitting on the ergometer in normal clothes, maybe
juggling something?
Andy Coggan