Originally Posted by
VT Biker
My understand was the 80% of VO2Max is genetic, and therefore, few if any improvements will come in terms of absolute VO2Max (now Vo2Max per KG is based on weight, which can improve as you lose weight). However, Lactate Threshold can be trained.
If 80% of VO2max were genetic then there would be room for a 25% improvement from training (20/80). If you want to describe 25% as "few if any improvements" that's up to you. I think a 25% improvement is significant.