Tag: endurance sports
Public Defense of doctoral thesis | Taking a breather: Do physiological changes induced by growth during puberty outweigh those induced by endurance training in youth athletes? by Halvard Grendstad,...
For his dissertation, Halvard Grendstad investigated how endurance training affects boys and girls aged 12 to 14 years. The participants were recruited from two distinct groups: one group engaged in endurance sports, and another group who was less active and did not participate in endurance training. He tracked their development of maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂max) and assessed their physical growth, including lung size, heart function, and blood volume—key factors for fitness.
