Lance is a great athlete and a genetic freak. That is why he was so good. Give it up!
For what it’s worth.
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Physiologist Edward Coyle, who runs the Human Performance Lab at the University of Texas in Austin, has studied Armstrong’s body for eight years. He’s discovered that the cyclist has an oversized heart that has grown through training to become 30 per cent larger than the average man’s.
His heart can pump nine gallons of blood per minute, compared to five for the average person. In fact, Coyle estimates that the 5-foot-10 Armstrong had a heart proportional to the size of a 6’6 man.
Armstrong’s lungs can absorb twice as much oxygen. His muscles produce half as much lactic acid and expel it faster, allowing him to ride harder up the Tour’s notoriously brutal hills and then recover quickly.
An average person turns 20 per cent of the oxygen he breathes into muscle power. Armstrong gets 23 per cent — close to the highest ever recorded in a human. So with each breath he delivers more power to each push of the pedal.
Armstrong’s body is so unique, if he didn’t train at all, he would still be in better physical condition than an average person in top condition.
But of course, it’s not fair to attribute Armstrong’s Tour victories solely to his incredible body. Let us remember that before he was diagnosed with cancer nine years ago, the 33-year-old Armstrong had never won the Tour, even though he had the same genetic gifts.
Coyle says what really makes Armstrong unique is his determination and discipline.
Read more: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/CTVNewsAt11/20050725/armstrong_body_050722/#ixzz1xhz3PNSu
That's nothin, I had a heart of 6'5 trespasser and 2 of his smaller friends but the dog went and dug them up and well, you know how that goes
I had read his book, and apparently the cancer changed the nature of his body type.
As I recall, they used to call him “The Bull” before that due to his aggressiveness on a straightaway, but he had to lug that large upper torso up the mountains with him, which made him pretty average. After the bout with cancer, that changed, and his ability to climb hills changed with it for the better.
I don’t follow cycling, so I don’t have any before and after pictures to verify that, but working in medicine and seeing the effect cancer can have, I wouldn’t rule out it did change his body type.
Did you forget that Lance was a World Champion? And after cancer surgery and treatment he came back 10 Kilos lighter, which is a huge advantage in the Mountains?
It was discovered during his autopsy that the great race horse Secretariat had a heart that was almost twice the size of a normal horse's heart. I will never forget my Dad's face when we watched the Belmont Stakes in 1973 when Secretariat won the race by 31 lengths. He was absolutely stunned, almost in awe and I remember he said, "God was riding that horse, we will never see that again." Dad was right.
It was discovered during his autopsy that the great race horse Secretariat had a heart that was almost twice the size of a normal horse's heart. I will never forget my Dad's face when we watched the Belmont Stakes in 1973 when Secretariat won the race by 31 lengths. He was absolutely stunned, almost in awe and I remember he said, "God was riding that horse, we will never see that again." Dad was right.
It was discovered during his autopsy that the great race horse Secretariat had a heart that was almost twice the size of a normal horse's heart. I will never forget my Dad's face when we watched the Belmont Stakes in 1973 when Secretariat won the race by 31 lengths. He was absolutely stunned, almost in awe and I remember he said, "God was riding that horse, we will never see that again." Dad was right.
It was discovered during his autopsy that the great race horse Secretariat had a heart that was almost twice the size of a normal horse's heart. I will never forget my Dad's face when we watched the Belmont Stakes in 1973 when Secretariat won the race by 31 lengths. He was absolutely stunned, almost in awe and I remember he said, "God was riding that horse, we will never see that again." Dad was right.
It was discovered during his autopsy that the great race horse Secretariat had a heart that was almost twice the size of a normal horse's heart. I will never forget my Dad's face when we watched the Belmont Stakes in 1973 when Secretariat won the race by 31 lengths. He was absolutely stunned, almost in awe and I remember he said, "God was riding that horse, we will never see that again." Dad was right.
I believe that it was discovered during his autopsy that the great race horse Secretariat had a heart that was almost twice the size of a normal horse's heart. I have a wonderful memory of my Dad's face as we watched the Belmont Stakes in 1973 when Secretariat won the race by 31 lengths. He was absolutely stunned, in awe, and I remember he said very quietly, "God was riding that horse, we will never see that again." God gave Secretariat a big heart. Dad was right, we have never seen that again.
That is one of the articles that I recall reading about him. Thanks for digging that up. Exactly why I said he was a genetic freak.