Counterpoint: in health and in normoxic environment VO2max is limited primarily by cardiac output and locomotor muscle blood flow.
Wagner
Peter D
PD
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
D002302:Cardiac Output; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012039:Regional Blood Flow
D010100:Oxygen