the ability to maintain and quickly recover from a high level of physical exertion.
+1
additionally, bonus points for concise nature and pleasingly unambigous grammatical contruction!
the ability to maintain and quickly recover from a high level of physical exertion.
+1
additionally, bonus points for concise nature and pleasingly unambigous grammatical contruction!
has anyone said Cheryl Cole yet?
bakes - Memberhas anyone said Cheryl Cole yet?
There was a Mr Terry in earlier who said just that.
The ability to get and maintain a decent gap on the people your riding with without showing them how much its hurting?
VO2max of course.
Talking, whilst others are gasping
From my A-Level PE days, fitness is specific for the task - a fat-arsed taxi driver is fit..........for taxi driving.....seriously, this is one of the examples they used on the syllabus because it highlights that it's task specific - it's a common misunderstanding what 'fitness' is and that some people are fit and others are not, a marathon runner is shite at the 110m hurdles and vice versa, but they are both fit for their chosen sports
A high power to weight ratio with the ability to recover quickly.
vo2 max isnt a great measure of fitness. It only measures your cardiovascular system. A good definition of fitness would be something like: a sustained but maximal level of effort over a given period measuring different physical attributes (power, cv, recovery). Or something like that??..
woody2000 - Member
Talking, whilst others are gasping
That's it!
Fitness is a measure of one's ability to overcome whatever physical challenges present themselves.
JJ.
From what I've been reading, that idea of the taxi driver & about being specific to task is no longer in favour.
Surf - power or strength? The two, I belive, have different meanings.
"Muscular strength, is the ability of a person to exert force on physical objects using muscles"
"Power is timed rate of work done by a human"
See why it's something of a minefield?!
From today's Wimbledon:
Record-breaking Isner-Mahut clash stretches into third day tied at 59-59 in final set.
Bigtitsmanboobs,peachy pertsmelly arse, sassy attitude and sat astride a single speed
Yep, thats me! (ok except for the singlespeed bit..but soon
)
This topic has been closed to new replies.