On Jan 26, 12:39 pm, Lyle Bogart <lylebog...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the research I've been looking at, one of the points left unclear to me > is how much is too much.
okay, so I read the abstract and related articles linked in the Peak Fitness article regarding the La Gerche study. To put "extreme" into context as we are discussing it, "highly trained" athletes are doing 3+ hour events and train for several hours a day (10+hours/week), resulting in workloads of 200–300 METs (metabolic equivalent of task) per week, which is 5–10 times greater than the exercise recommendations for preventing heart disease (I read that as recreational sporting - maybe 30mins/day at low intensity). MET is basically an index of the intensity of physical activities (not a very good one, because their is a lot variance based on individual physiology), but good enough for comparison's sake here. Not only that, but the intensity at which these "highly trained" athletes are performing during their events is off the charts are far as we are concerned - the athletes tested in the La Gerche study finished in the top 25% of their field. At that level, athletes are capable of working at 85-95% of the their max heart rate for long periods of time. We're not talking recreational/amateur stuff here. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
