Quote Originally Posted by christopher leigh View Post
Would you say a jump in V02 max from 49ml/kg/min to 66ml/kg/min was 'relatively small,' or even possible?
Surely part of said increase could be due to mental strength? If done as a "maximal" test, then can the perception of max effort be altered as well as the actual physical entity? If it's done (as is the case at some gyms) by going to a certain level of exercise and extrapolating to maximal based on a perceived exertion score then hard training will always make you feel like this level is easier.

Does that make any sense? It does in my head, but it's far too early and I've been building train sets with a 2 year old for the last hour or so!