Lance Armstrong - transformation through intensity

A fascinating article on the physiological qualities and changes by Lance Armstrong. He's definitely not "mellow". . .


"As Lance Armstrong cruises to a probable seventh consecutive victory in the Tour de France, the world's premier road cycling event, most of us are left to marvel: How does the man do it?
Is there something in the 33-year-old Texan's genetic makeup that makes him superhuman? Not if you ask Ed Coyle, director of the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin.
Coyle has been testing Armstrong, who will retire from cycling after this Tour de France, for 13 years. The result is a rare comprehensive study of an athlete over his entire career. Coyle's findings were reported in a recent issue of the Journal of Applied Physiology. "

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0722_050722_armstrong.html