Posted by Brian Frederiksen on June 02, 2001 at 14:22:17:
In Reply to: Re: breathing posted by Frederick J. Young on June 02, 2001 at 11:25:01:
Years ago, Mr Jacobs commented to me that Dr Young did some formulas for vital capacity and they were quite accurate. There is no question that Mr Jacobs had a lot of respect for Dr Young but . . .
A 7 foot man with 18 liters? No way! Maybe 8 liters with a stray typo with the "1".
There are other minor factors in vital capacity such as smoking but besides height, age is a major factor. Sorry to tell everyone this but vital capacity decreases with age. Mr Jacobs always said "Don't get old, you won't like it." Now how can we do that?