To clarify some misinterpretations:
I did not say or attempt to imply the statement, "having a heart rate of 50 bpm isn't to be seen as a genetic advantage under the conditions of no training in an "advanced way"."
The context that this mis-quote is referring to is that I have not done advanced training in the normal sense. I did mention that I had done intense cardio as a youngster. What I didn't specify in my reference to continual outdoors activity, is that I push myself harder than the average in hiking and have most likely retained my endurance benefits from when I was young. I did mention I do Yoga, relaxation, and meditation which technically could be called training as well, although I was doing these prior to diving. I was using the sense of not training to mean that we had not participated in cardio and muscle training targetted towards diving/apnea. I also specified that my heart-rate is less than 50bpm mainly at key times of the day, when the body is not active. So mid-day when a doctor would test your heart-rate, I would probably have a 52-56 bpm. I will try to determine this more accurately over the next few weeks. So hopefully this clarifies this mis-quote.
The statement "your lungs are considerably larger than mine" referring to there are differences in genetics relating to apnea, is out of context from what I was referring to and what the person I was responding to, was referring to. We were talking about unknown genetic advantages, or at least that is what I understood. The main point that I was trying to suggest was, "why suggest there is unknown genetic advantages?" There is no positive value to this until we can actually work on the possibility of an actual genetic advantage to an end understanding. I do not think we are there yet, until there is some huge interest in funding such research.
Of course on the other hand we can already guarantee there will be genetic advantages and millions of them. Everybody will have a whole bunch of them. This guy has 5% more blood cells, she has more buffers, he has less skin, she has a smaller heart, he has... well I better stop there.
Anyhow my point is I think we were also referring to large % genetic advantages. Meaning every one of us has a unique body so we all have a host of differences that are advantages for the same thing, but the overall summation of those advantages leaves most of us on the same field. So I hope when we are talking about genetic advantages we are on the same wave-length when we limit it to large quantitative advantages or large ratio of advantages.
I totally agree that lung volume on its own can be seen as an individual genetic advantage, determinant factor in assessing outcome or not.
Hope that clarifies those.
Cheers
