In a message dated 1/20/00 10:57:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< Thing is, there is 0 correlation between VO2 max and
 > aerobic energy--that's
 > where aerobics loses out over strenght training,
 > which has clear positive
 > correlations..  There is a study--I can't remember
 > where, but its out there
 > if you look hard enough, where they had the subjects
 > ride a bike using only
 > one leg or something.  Their VO2 max increased with
 > this.  After  however
 > many weeks, they retested, and yes the VO2 max had
 > increased significantly
 > over when they started, when they rode with that
 > leg.  But not when they
 > rode with the other leg.
 > The conclusion is that VO2 is musculature in
 > nature--and has nothing to do
 > with heart strengthening by making it beat more
 > through aerobic exercise!
 > >>
If this makes any sense at all, which I doubt, it is that the amount of
exertion possible when attempting to duplicate bicycle activity with the
untrained leg was significantly less than that with the trained leg. The
conclusion stated is idiotic.