Tests on sedentary adult males comparing different populations. Testing at birth wouldn't tell you much since your growth is to a large degree genetically programmed. It would have to be after the last growth spurt. Scientists testing muscular fiber type, such as Claude Bouchard whose work is renowned in this area, focus on such a late teenage or early twenties groups. On 4/12/01 7:23 PM, "t-and-f-digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:19:24 -0700 > From: Ed & Dana Parrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: t-and-f: lung capacity > > Jon Entine wrote: > >> East Africans also have huge natural lung capacity > > Do you mean untrained lung capacity? The only way I can imagine you could > test for "natural" lung capacity would be at birth. > > - - Ed Parrot -- Jon Entine RuffRun 6178 Grey Rock Rd. Agoura Hills, CA 91301 (818) 991-9803 [FAX] 991-9804 http://www.jonentine.com
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