# Over 60- FTP and Real World

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**Created:** [January 19, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/over-60-ftp-and-real-world/80131 "2023-01-19T21:57:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/over-60-ftp-and-real-world/80131/13 "2023-01-22T13:17:56Z")

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The older you get the more important it becomes to maintain intensity. With vo2max it’s very much use it or lose it

> [@54% of VO2max loss in masters athetes can be explained by loss in volume](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/54-of-vo2max-loss-in-masters-athetes-can-be-explained-by-loss-in-volume/75786):
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> Seems that for us older folks it’s even more important to keep the intensity high, use it or lose it

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