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Re: Measuring VLamax [foobarx]
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I am slightly surprised that 9s - 11s sprint is enough to elicit VLamax.

In the Niesssen study they used sprints of 40m to 300m and the highest values were for 80m.

The concept and model for VLamax was developed at Cologne and a mathematical model was developed. Jan Olbrecht who got his PhD from Cologne was the first to widely use it and became known due to his work advising Luc van Lierde and then to the coaches of several other world champions, mostly in swimming. Olbrecht still works with van Lierde and triathletes. He also was the adviser to Victor Campenaerts leading up to his world record http://bit.ly/2HcsaU4

Sebastian Weber came later but also from Cologne and has worked mainly with elite cyclists. His software is available to any athlete for a fee.

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Dan Lorang mentioned in one of his talks/interviews that VLamax is difficult
to measure

Yes, it is very difficult to measure since there is no obvious external marker such as oxygen consumption. And that is the reason it has been ignored. But because it is difficult to measure doesn't mean it is not there and the insight that came out of Cologne in the 1980's was its effect on energy consumption and performance. See http://bit.ly/2ZSeiXA

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Jerry Cosgrove

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Last edited by: Jerryc: May 10, 19 7:12

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