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01-12-2016 | Letter to the Editor

Do maximal aerobic power and anaerobic capacity start really to decrease at the fourth decade of life?

Authors: Fabio Borrani, Grégoire P. Millet

Published in: European Journal of Applied Physiology | Issue 11-12/2016

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By computing the maximal aerobic power (MAP, W) and the anaerobic capacity (AnS, kJ) from the best performance times of elite Master track cyclists over distances ranging between 200 and 3000 m and by comparing 5-year age groups between 30 and 80 years, our respected colleagues (Capelli et al.) calculated the decays in MAP and in AnS (~16 and 11 %/decade, respectively) as a function of age and reported that these decreases started at around 45 (43–49) years of age. …

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Title: Do maximal aerobic power and anaerobic capacity start really to decrease at the fourth decade of life?
Authors: Fabio Borrani
Grégoire P. Millet
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Applied Physiology / Issue 11-12/2016
Print ISSN: 1439-6319
Electronic ISSN: 1439-6327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-016-3472-1

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