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Old 04-20-2012, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by cmorioles View Post
Of course that is the reason, but nobody seems to want to admit it.
Admit what? That horses that are not bleeding into their lungs and suffocating themselves have more air and run better? Not really a secret It's all about the VO2Max rocking that immediate, glycolytic and oxidative energy pathways. He whose ATP lasts the longest, wins.

It's that simple :-)
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