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Cycling And Fitness

Friday, May 7, 2010 6:11:16 AM

Sport, Road cyclist, Cycling, Bicycle, Health

As health Sports, cycling has many advantages do it. One is the increasing ability of the heart lungs (cardio respiratory Endurance), commonly called the VO2 max.
More details are referred to VO2 max is the ability of a person inhaling oxygen during exercise. The bigger his VO2 max, the more fit someone is aerobic too. That is, he can cycling with high speed in a long time.
For cyclists, the achieved level of VO2 max is not the same. Apart from their physical differences - different people, VO2 max also depends on the discipline occupied.
On-road cyclists, it would have a high VO2 max, but upper-body muscle strength (upper body) is not too large. This is because the terrain in the past in the form of roads, so cyclists can race as soon as possible.
The amount of VO2 max for the cyclists in hobies levels ranged from 50-40 cc / kg / min. This figure increases with the intensity of someone cycling. In atlete ellite, VO2 max could reach 70-80 cc / kg / min.
In contrast to the past MTB off-road terrain, the speed is slower. Therefore, the VO2 max those who pursue this discipline is lower, which is about 60 cc / kg / min. But because they have to overcome bad field the MTB is superior in terms of upper body muscles stronger.
VO2 max level is lower again achieved by the sprinter who is used to racing on the track. They generally have a VO2 max of about 50-60 cc / kg / min. However, due to play a crank with a high speed, the sprinter superior in terms of muscle strength, especialy for leg muscle. Types quadriceps muscle strength (quadriceps) could reach 250 kg.
To increase the VO2 max, a cyclists are advised to do weight training (weight training) twice a week. By strengthening the body muscles, especially leg muscle feels so much easier, and speed will also be faster. Thus one can increase VO2 max.