Tanaka & Seals 2008, endurance performance and ageing

Review of how endurance performance declines with age: maintained to about 35, then a modest fall to 50–60, then a steeper drop, driven mainly by falling VO2max, with reductions in maximal stroke volume, maximal heart rate, and arteriovenous O2 difference contributing. The standard synthesis of the curvilinear ageing pattern. A review.