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[RC] To Jon - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: ti Tivers@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I'd be REAL careful about ascribing cause and effect of Lance's performance in the TDF w/hypoxic training or living. I'd make a better case for the fact that the pre-chemo Lance, who by the way had won a world championship, weighed in at 170+ pounds. The post-chemo Lance weighs in the low 150's. His entire frame was dramatically changed such that when his body did recover from chemo his already amazing cardiovascualr system was powering a human machine that was decreased in mass about 10%............drop 10% off the weight of a race car w/the sme engine and see how much faster it goes AND how much less fuel it needs to power that car.> Yep. And even before cycling, he was a top Iron Man competitor--his weekly workloads were already high, even though he says he was only fooling around, even in his pre-cancer cycling period. Already a lean, mean racing machine that toyed with the competition, cracking them like dry twigs in the middle of a hill climb. The attitude and the fitness allowed him to withstand the devastating effects of the aggressive chemo treatments he underwent. After all that, he got SERIOUS about training. Hah! ti ti =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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