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hippy
Greenbank
Any links to papers about effect of weight loss on VO[sub]2[/sub]max? It's strongly linked to muscle mass, so with lots of fat to lose it will be a free win in terms of VO2max increase, but muscle mass will decrease as fat decreases as there's less bulk to move around. Someone must have done some research on it.
(My Garmin is reporting a VO2max of 40 at the moment at 95kg, which I'm taking with a big pinch of salt because there's no way I'm doing a 24:00 5k at this weight, and I'm aiming to get down to under 76kg. 40*95/76 = 50 but I know it's not as simple as that and would like to read up on some papers if there are any.)