Oxygen Consumption and Pulmonary Ventilation in Exercise. Although one’s respiratory ability is of relatively little concern in the performance of sprint types of athletics, it is critical for maximal performance in endurance athletics. Normal oxygen consumption for a young man at rest is about 250 ml/min. However, under maximal conditions, this can be increased to […]

There are few stresses to which the body is exposed that even nearly approach the extreme stresses of heavy exercise. In fact, if some of the extremes of exercise were continued for even moderately prolonged periods, they might be lethal. Therefore, in the main, sports physiology is a discussion of the ultimate limits to which […]