Originally Posted by
GhostRider62
Seems like pretty good rules of thumb. Thumbs up.
FTP and VO2 max relationship does vary especially older athletes. Maybe they get more efficient as some have proposed to explain the high capacity utilization or maybe oldtimers just more stupid
A third and, to my mind, more likely, possibility is that VO2max falls faster than FTP with age. Certainly true in my case. Longitudinal studies are needed to answer the question.