In this talk I will review ideas about the physiological limits of human performance using primarily endurance exercise and especially distance running as a template for discussion. A key focus of the lecture will be on how sex and gender influence the physiological limits to performance and adaptations to training. How these limits and adaptations have interacted over the years with social change will also be reviewed.
The Biomedical Basis of Elite Performance 2016 (Nottingham, UK) (2016) Proc Physiol Soc 35, PL01
Plenary Lecture: Physiological limits to exercise performance: Influence of gender
M. J. Joyner1
1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
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