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A recent article in Discover magazine outlined the "benefits" Lance enjoys and it's not related to his battle with cancer.
His VO2 max is higher than an average athlete, but without rigorous training his potential would never have been reached and he would have remained an average athlete. They tested his peers and they found that Lance has the ability to recruit more power per pound of muscle; thus, he's simply more efficient.
Along those lines, he goes through a dieting process a few weeks ahead of the Tour de France where he loses a certain amount of weight to minimize any extra baggage he's carrying and to maximize the efficiency of his muscles.
An echocardiogram performed on him showed no evidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or other cardiac structural abnormalities.
Simply, he's just the best at what he does as a superior athlete!
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