Originally Posted by
sprince
Bird bones, as evidenced by the absurdly low body weights and many broken bones every time they touch the ground.
I've always suspected that the pros have very little in the way of anaerobic metabolism. Being nearly 100% dependent on the anaerobic side myself, I sweat like a pig, even if it's cold. Most everyone I've known who is exceptional at endurance stuff seems to hardly sweat. Maybe aerobic energy produces less heat? Sweat gene theory would fail if everyone produces the same amount of heat from the same amount of energy output. You have to keep cool somehow, and I don't see any other heat dissipation mechanism that is unique to birds, err pros.
I am definitely an aerobic kind of guy. At age 66 cycling results are harder to evaluate but in my 30's I was running 2:40'ish marathons and couldn't sprint my way out of a wet paper bag. And I sweat 4 pounds/hour on a routine basis and can go higher on occasion.
Alberto Salazar (definitely an endurance kind of guy) had a documented sweat rate max (while training for the 1984 Summer Olympics) of 7.8 pounds per hour.
I think the aerobic guys can be the same kind of sweat hogs as the anaerobic guys.
dave