Population
1 world-class rower (Olympic athlete) followed from age 19 to 40 yr
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
21 years (from age 19 to 40 yr)
Authors
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Caution against assuming inevitable aerobic decline in masters athletes; leaves open generalizability beyond this single case.
This longitudinal case demonstrates that elite athletes can maintain maximal aerobic and anaerobic performance over two decades into their 40s through compensatory physiological mechanisms like increased oxygen pulse.
Nybo et al. (2014) studied this question.
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