Originally Posted by
WhyFi
I was reading some RChung posts and he mentioned some early days discussions and w/kg calculations by someone now considered to be an authoritative voice on training (I don't recall who). My takeaway was that the guy had concluded that ~4w/kg is a pretty hard ceiling for the non-genetically gifted.
My best, since I started measuring at age 63, was a little over 3.3. I would love to think that implies it was 4 when I was a yout'. I was a better runner and my VO2max estimates were pretty decent in my 40s.