Bryan Johnson· Author
The 2 national athletes also had an average SmO2(%) of (mean=29.5%, SD=32.6) and (mean=36.6%,SD=35.6%) respectively (4).
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The 2 national athletes also had an average SmO2(%) of (mean=29.5%, SD=32.6) and (mean=36.6%,SD=35.6%) respectively (4).
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Two national-level swimmers (mean age 18) in the study spent 152 and 126 seconds at SmO2(%) >10%, corresponding to 50.6% and 42% of the 5 minutes analyzed, their non-national level peers could only hold that level for 18% and 2% of the workout (4).